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Durham Dome Festival, County
Durham.UK
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Sunday June 19th 1977
I was doing my final exams in summer 1977, so had less to do with the lead up to the festival but could get more fully involved in construction etc. We had a compere in 1977, a local (Teeside?) stand-up comedian called Mike Elliott [I have a feeling that he is no longer alive, but am not certain. He was very funny, but my memory of him was of him mis-saying my name as Mark Truscott, after which all my friends started calling me Truscott!]. I think this was also the penultimate gig by one of the stalwarts of the NE bands: the Steve Brown Band. They had played at two previous Domefests and I had booked them for quite a few gigs in the University too; they were popular in the University for sure. Another band were Harcourt’s Heroes who were derived from THE stalwart band of the NE: Lindisfarne. I did get a picture of the Hell’s Angels this year, but it is not particularly impressive.
Mark Tasker
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of appearance) The 75 one was by far the best one. All the best, Neil Thompson. |
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all images © Mark Tasker |
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Mike and Jackie Gentle (key-organisers) with sound system |
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Mike Elliott. |
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Highly menacing /s local Angels. |
Southbound |
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unknown band |
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