Oral history

People's Memories

Recollections belong with the event, person or venue they describe. The original photograph or screenshot remains a separate source item.

Archive rule: memories are not written onto photographs. Where an event photograph is available, it is linked to the memory. Where no matching event photograph has yet been supplied, the memory is retained and clearly marked as awaiting a matching photograph.

Radio Stars — Chancellor Hall, 3 September 1978

Three recollections are attached to the ticket-backed Radio Stars event record. The original Facebook/comments screenshot is preserved separately as source evidence.

Duncan Egleton

“I saw them and if I remember correctly they were booed off, I think they were quite a few years older than the audience and seemed just to be hanging on the coat tails of punk. They did bring out a decent LP though ‘Songs for swinging lovers’ which if you listen to it now, sounds good and of the era.”

Julian Dench

“You are both correct - I was also there. I liked the album.”

Alistair Gordon

“I remember seeing them although I don't remember them being booed they weren't bad the great John Peel liked them and i'm sure they did a couple of sessions for his show not bad album and some decent if not outstanding singles”

Matching image: the surviving Radio Stars ticket is on the event page. The comments screenshot is a separate source image; it has not been altered.

Open the Radio Stars event record · Open the original comments source

The Undertones + The Deep Throats — March 1979

Ken Wrigley's recollection is linked to the 11 March 1979 event record. The supplied screenshot contains the comments; the surviving tour advertisement is separate source evidence.

“My band the Deep Throats supported them in March to promote our single. It was a blinding night.”

“Had a beer with Fergal in the Lion and Lamb before we went on stage.”

Matching event photograph: none has been securely supplied in the current archive. The memory is therefore kept with the event record rather than attached to an unrelated photograph.

Open the 11 March 1979 event record · Open the original comments source

Going forward

Photographs will be matched to the appropriate event, venue, person or source page wherever the evidence supports the match.
People's comments will remain separate text records and will never be printed over the photograph.
A comment without a matching photograph will remain attached to its relevant event/source record and be labelled as awaiting a matching image.
Unmatched images will remain preserved but will not be presented as though their subject has been established.