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Start with the original record
Where & When is the heart of the archive. It preserves the original list rather than rewriting it. The companion Unconfirmed list makes clear what has not yet been established without saying that those gigs did not happen.
Then explore the evidence already gathered
Tickets & admissions
Surviving tickets, transcriptions, matching work and the ticket-led audit.
Open Tickets & AdmissionsMemories
First-hand recollections are kept as memories, including disagreements and uncertainty.
Open People's MemoriesPhotographs & images
The recovered image collection and the image archive keep visual material alongside the research.
Open Image ArchiveSource library
Original supplied documents and source files remain packaged with the site.
Open Source LibraryArchive research
Evidence registers, questions, leads and research queues show what has already been done without pretending the job is finished.
Open ArchiveBuild history
Version notes preserve how the site has grown, so later work can pick up without losing the trail.
Open Completion RoadmapLocal history sources already in the library
The archive also contains material from the Essex sound and oral-history trail. For example, the Paul Cleary record covers his experiences of bands and popular music in Chelmsford, including Chancellor Hall, Nasty Habits, Anorexia and the local punk scene. The Ian Fortnam record covers Chelmsford punk, Essex Live and Chancellor Hall. These are treated as oral-history sources, not as automatic proof of every date mentioned elsewhere.
That distinction matters: the library preserves the source first; interpretation comes afterwards.
Our rule from here
Keep building. Use what is already in the library. Keep the original material safe. Make it easier to find. Do not hold up completion because every individual gig has not yet been checked.
v220 is a library-organisation pass. It does not replace, delete or silently rewrite the original Where & When material.