#Waterfront Norwich

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WHEN RIVERS MEET Live at the Waterfront Norwich

WHEN RIVERS MEET Live at Waterfront Norwich

WHEN RIVERS MEET are the first British Blues band to win four awards in the same year! Grace Bond (vocals, mandolin and violin) and Aaron Bond (vocals, guitar) create authentic rootsy music that sparkles with edginess. Their sound is an infestation of spatulate rhythms, with Grace’s voice splitting into the tonal architecture to deliver distinctive verses that are brave, unrepentant, and…

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#Aaron Bond #boinky #Breaker of Chains #Did I break the law #Do You Remember My Name #Grace Bond #live review #Make a Grown Man Cry #neil mach #Never Coming Home #Play My Game #raw ramp #rawramp #swing-swang #Take me to the River #Testify When Rivers Meet #waterfront Norwich #When Rivers Meet #ziggety joy

[mileskanex]

Miles Kane with fans at The Waterfront, Norwich - 09.08.2023

(via: shezzey65 & elxviolet)

#miles kane #mk5 #one man band tour #omb tour #the waterfront #Norwich #fan pics #that man is so hot #loved all of these pics

[nicoscheer]

Via shavambacuk (holy shit she got to touch his buzzcut)

The fella on the right can sing, song write and play the guitar

The fella on the left can't

Miles Kane what a show !

Don’t forget who you are

When the boss spots you taking a picture rather than selling the album @MilesKane

The video of some of the signed cds 🤣🥹

#09/08/2023 #Norwich #the waterfront #miles kane #Instagram

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Roger Taylor live at the The Waterfront in Norwich, UK - March 29, 1999

Fan Stories

“A Quirk Of Fate (the band I'm lead vocalist in!) arrived at the Waterfront for their first band outing at about five thirty, expecting to find a large queue. As it was, there were only three other people there, aside from Jason Falloon, Matt Exelby, Mike Crossley and Alden Evans who were happily wandering around outside. No sign of RMT though. At about six we decided to walk to a shop to buy a drink, which proved harder than we first imagined, as there's only one thing you can buy in King Street (the street where the Waterfront is), and anyone whose been to Norwich will know what I'm referring to! We arrived back about twenty minutes later to find Richard, who had accompanied Daniel Reynolds and myself to see Brian in London, sitting on the bench outside, which was quite a surprise as he was supposed to be in France! So our group of five became six. At about half past six we began to form something that remotely resembled a queue outside the door. The twelve of us that were there to start with were soon joined by many others, and eventually the queue stretched quite a distance. At seven thirty the doors finally opened, and we rushed in, grabbing a T-shirt and program on the way! We didn't quite get central, but on the front row nonetheless. Another hour later Treana Morris and her back up guitarist Alden Evans took the stage. Treana proved herself to have a brilliant (and quite sexy!) voice and also to be quite a good guitarist. After one song they were joined by Roger's rhythm guitarist Matt Exelby, who played keyboards and sang backing vocals. The highlights of Treana's set were her own song 'Naked On You' and a brilliant rendition of Brian's 'Sleeping On The Sidewalk'. She left the stage to a round of applause and announced that Roger would be on stage in about 10 minutes. Roger went down 'Mental Block Avenue' again offering "We're going to do a quiet one now. There won't be many of them!" He then turned round to see Jason's bemused face, before realising. "Oh, no it isn't, rewind that. This is 'No More Fun' " An altogether tighter rendition of my favourite song from 'Electric Fire' than the one that had appeared on TFI Friday on October 9th followed, and I received yet another look from Matt. It MUST have been my singing! "This IS a quiet one!" Roger assured us before 'Tonight', during which Roger looked bemusedly at the lighting desk when BLUE lights accompanied the line "Tonight, we're gonna paint this town red" I don't know whether it was supposed to be red or not, but from the look on Roger's face I would assume so! Some synthesised trickery preceded 'A Kind Of Magic', and after a typically BIG ending Roger asked, "What's the date?" When we responded the 29th, he said "Ok, the single's out today, (well I hadn't managed to find a copy in any of the music shops in Norwich!) and here to help us sing it, the lovely Miss Treana Morris!" Surrender! followed (note my insistence on the correct new title!), and then Treana remained to add back ups on 'These Are The Days Of Our Lives' ("Lets go back a little bit!"). Roger then returned to the drums and He and Keith provided us with a brilliant drum instrumental, during which Matt graciously crouched down so we could all see Roger, and then it was off into 'Under Pressure', Treana singing Freddie's lines, and Roger Bowie's, a la Bowie/Lennox at the tribute gig.

Yet more waiting followed, before the band returned again with a brilliant rendition of 'Happiness' and then 'Radio Ga Ga', which this time did feature hand clapping from people other than me. Treana and Alden returned to the stage for the conclusion of the song, and at the end Roger jumped and touched the ceiling of the stage (the stage ceiling is low because there are other rooms upstairs where they hold (Shudder) raves and (moan in despair!) Drum 'n' Bass shows!). After Ga Ga, the band linked arms and bowed twice, before Roger wished us a good night and left the stage again. The raising of the bar lights signalled that there really would be 'No More Fun', and people began to make their way towards the exit. Daniel and myself, however, headed the other way, towards the stage door! As the winners of the Ginger Online "Meet Roger" competition, the fun for us was only just beginning! We spoke to the security guard (who I'm SURE I recognised, but I can't think where from!) who told us to wait there. And wait we did. About twenty minutes later, disaster struck when the announcement was made telling us Roger was seeing no one else that night! However, being the moody bastard that I can be (I'm a singer after all!), I refused to take no for an answer, and forced the security guard to totally break all the rules by opening the stage door without permission (thus setting off the alarm!) allowing me to speak to Dean 'Deano' Crathern, the assistant-to-the-tour-manager, as the program called him, or 'dogsbody' as everyone else called him!

Deano the graciously handed me over to Martin Groves, the tour manager, or M.P. Groves as the programme regally called him! Martin shook my hand and invited Daniel and myself backstage, and told us to wait by the door. Then we saw what being on tour is REALLY about! Steve Barnacle was wandering aimlessly up and down the corridors, beer in hand, and Matt and Jason were going in and out of the dressing room. Mike tried to return to the stage, but Martin shouted "Mike, where the f**k are you going?" like an aggrieved schoolteacher! God, the power! Whilst waiting there we chatted to a charming young lady, (if you're reading this, hi, and thanks for showing there can be some normality amongst chaos!) who had the unenviable job of trying to tell the fans who were lingering outside there was no chance of getting in! "They probably all hate me now!" she moaned, before directing "Sorry!" towards the door! She then slumped forward, hands on knees, obviously knackered! "How the hell did you end up working with Musos?" I asked her, knowing how bloody awkward we can be! "I guess it just happened!" she replied. On that note we left her, as Martin took us in to meet Roger! He shook our hands and asked us to take a seat. We talked for a few minutes, and I asked Roger if it was true that he had lived in Beulah Street in King's Lynn as a child, as the Eastern Daily Press had reported. "Yeah, number eighteen." He replied. "Well," I said, "if you come out of Beulah Street and turn left, the next road is Marsh Lane" Roger thought about it for a second. "Yeah, I know Marsh Lane!" "Well, My auntie lives in Marsh Lane!" I informed him. "Good God!" he exclaimed "Is the shop still there?" "Yeah," I replied, "But it's a Mace now!" Roger took this in before saying, "I used to go fruit picking on Marsh Lane!" "You still can!" I told him "I've been fruit picking there too!" We both reminisced about youth summers spent fruit picking on Marsh Lane, although his youth summers were over forty years since, and mine only about six or seven! Roger then signed our programmes and 'Electric Fire' lyric booklets, signing them "Roger Taylor-Queen" as if he now needs to remind us who he is! We thanked him and then left, shaking Roger's hand again. "I won't get up!" he apologised "I'm knackered!" "I understand Rog!" I told him "I'm a singer too!" Roger smiled (perhaps he'd been talking to Matt!) before pushing his glasses down onto the end of his nose, proving he's still got eyes! We left very contented, satisfied by both the gig and our meeting with Roger! All I can say Roger, is thanks for a great night!” - Daniel Lorne

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#queen #queen band #roger taylor #roger meddows taylor #queen concerts #roger taylor concerts

[funnygirlszine]

UK Comedy Clubs & Nights

We're so lucky to have such a rich comedy culture in Britain, with iconic permanent clubs as well as regular nights, events, and festivals.

Building on a couple of suggestions included in Issue #1, here's a list of some big players across the country! London will get its own post!

Manchester

Frog and Bucket

Creatures of the Night Comedy Club

The Comedy Store at The Bierkeller

XS Malarkey

Hootch Comedy Club

The Laughienda

Liverpool

Hot Water

Dead Funny Comedy Night @ Outpost

Baltic Market monthly

Comedy Takeover at Liverpool Irish Centre

Newcastle

The Stand Newcastle

The Craic Factory

Funhouse @ The Rigger

Glasgow

Laugh In The Park Festival

Club 45 @ Blackfriars

The Stand Glasgow

The Comedy Cabaret

The Glee Club

Glasgow International Comedy Festival

The Drygate Comedy Lab

Bristol

The Comedy Cabaret @ Pryzm

Bristol Comedy Garden

Comedy @ The Lazy Dog

White Bear Comedy @ The Room Above

Comedy @ The Square

Smoke & Mirrors Comedy & Magic

Cardiff

The Glee Club

Moonday's Comedy Night @ The Moon

Rebel Rebel Comedy Night @ Tiny Rebel Pub

Dolly Chicken @ The Flute & Tankard

Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Fringe

Monkey Barrel

The Stand Edinburgh

Comedy @ The Canon's Gait

Hoots Comedy @ Hootenannies

Cracking New Jokes Show @ Dragonfly

Birmingham

Just the Tonic @ Rosies

Closeup Comedy @ Hockley Social Club

The Glee Club

Big Deal Comedy @ The Old Joint Stock

Leeds

Kirkstall Abbey Comedy Festival

The Comedy Club @ HiFi

The Wardrobe

Really Funny Comedy

The Comedy Cabaret

Nottingham

Just the Tonic @ Metronome

NCF @ Canalhouse Bar

West Bridgford Comedy Club

Comedy in the Caves

Brighton

Brighton Comedy Garden

Secret Comedy Club

Komedia

The Gag Factory

The Forge Comedy Club

Live at Brighton Dome

Belfast

Ulster Hall

Lavery's Comedy Club

The Empire Laughs Back @ Empire Music Hall

Queen's Comedy

Waterfront Hall

Other notable mentions

Comedy Cow, Milton Keynes

The Red Card Comedy Club, Norwich

Jericho Comedy, Oxford

The Leadmill, Sheffield

Open Comedy, Leith

Comedy Garden, St Albans & Cambridge

#comedy #stand up comedy #british comedy

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[rockzone]

Joanne Shaw Taylor Announces February 2024 UK Tour

British Blues rock guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor has announced ten UK concerts in February next year. She will perform songs from her recent critically acclaimed albums "Nobody’s Fool," and "The Blues Album".

As well as performing new songs from her forthcoming album including “Sweet ‘Lil Lies” and "Black Magic", Joanne will also be digging deep into her rich back catalogue with hand-picked songs from her Reckless Heart, Wild, The Dirty Truth, Almost Always Never, Diamonds in the Dirt, and White Sugar albums.

Joanne Shaw Taylor - February 2024 Sat 17 Feb - Manchester, Royal Northern College Of Music Sun 18 Feb - Glasgow, Queen Margaret Union Mon 19 Feb - Leeds, City Varieties Music Hall Wed 21 Feb - Sunderland, The Fire Station Thu 22 Feb - London, Indigo at The 02 Fri 23 Feb - Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall Sun 25 Feb -Norwich, The Waterfront Mon 26 Feb - Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion Wed 28 Feb - Bury St. Edmunds, Apex Thu 29 Feb - Southend, Palace Theatre

#Tour News #Joanne Shaw Taylor

[ajoytobeheld]

Los Campesinos! UK tour, March 2012

January 16th, 2012

We are very happy to announce details of our forthcoming UK Tour.

Mar 20 – PHOENIX, EXETER (14+) Mar 21 – THEKLA, BRISTOL (14+) Mar 22 – ELECTRIC BALLROOM, LONDON (14+) Mar 23 – 02 ACADEMY, OXFORD (14+) Mar 24 – RAINBOW WAREHOUSE, BIRMINGHAM (16+) Mar 26 – ACADEMY 3, MANCHESTER (14+) Mar 27 – O2 ACADEMY 2, LIVERPOOL (14+) Mar 28 – CABARET VOLTAIRE, EDINBURGH (14+) Mar 29 – ACADEMY 2, NEWCASTLE (14+) Mar 30 – WATERFRONT, NORWICH (14+) Mar 31 – LEADMILL, SHEFFIELD (14+)

Tickets are available now, from the “Gigs” link at the left hand side of the page and will be on general sale from Wednesday. This is our first ‘proper’ UK Tour since February 2010. Tell all your friends, let’s make it wild. (Support TBA)

#2012 #gareth!blog #lc!blog

[greateasternj69]

New illustration for TFTHO Book 1, this one introduces the city of Tarmingham itself during a snowstorm in the winter of 1970. The overhead railway can just be made out among the buildings in the background, along with the station of Margaret Hall, and the two bridges that carry the overhead over the Tarm and Gapney Rivers to the cities south and north sides with the latter going via Tar Island.

The inspiration I had for Tarmingham came from cities like Birmingham, Norwich, Southampton, Liverpool, Rotterdam, Hamburg, New York and Detroit with me choosing to locate the city on the coast of East Anglia in it's own metropolitan county between the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk with some areas of those two being served by the Overhead Railway, and being built on former marshland on the banks of two rivers with it's waterfront and harbour being shelter in a large bay leading out into the North Sea. I'm planning to write a full history and biography of the city at some point, that will give a lot more information about the city and it's history.

Art © Great Eastern J69

#tarmingham overhead railway #Tarmingham #Tarmingham Watefront #Tarmingham City Centre #Boat #Boats #Tugboats #livingboat #livingboats #living boat #living boats #living machine #livingmachines #City Centre #East Anglia #Norfolk #Suffolk #Tarmingham Municipal County

[ashwithapen]

There is an urge that fills me right up to the brim every now and then at the most inopportune moments. In the street, at a smell, at a sight, at a thought: write something. Open your notes app and immortalise me—this moment. And I want to: to prove myself, to ready myself, to free myself, but I don't because the moment is inopportune.

Something about the unique giddiness of being in the same country as someone you look up to so intensely. It's a trait I must have accidentally gotten wound up in at the airport back home because really, we are cities and trains and plane rides apart still, but to know that once upon a time, somewhere else here in London, a brown-haired musician used to practise his guitar unendingly, is nearly enough. To know that somewhere up in Newcastle a man and his wife are probably cuddling up on their sofa and watching something together makes my nervous system flood with electricity. And to turn the corner in the cab yesterday in Brighton and see the blueish-greenish-tealish tinge of the waterfront's iconic railing and realise it's the very same stretch of beach in the vlog I've rewatched an innumerable score of times by now—it's like the breath of life was being forced deep into my lungs for the very first time, and suddenly the wind was not cold and my legs did not ache and my breath was not short and I was not a kid, only free.

The countrysides our train cut through today to and from Plymouth as The Bell Jar idled in my lap urged me to set aside my wonderful paranoia that they are all watching you, looking over your shoulder, reading your every imperfect word, especially your father— and open my laptop and let my fingers fly. To prove to myself that I can pinch life from the very oxygen in the air and with just the tips of my ruined fingers weave a tapestry that puts me up there with the rest of my favourites: Madeline Miller, Rick Riordan, Carol Ann Duffy.

And I want to both pitch myself from The Shard and holler down the streets my sheer joy when first I guess Briony Tallis to be nineteen though she is thirteen and then when I say something clear to me about contrast that makes the university professor shoot me some praise. "Oh, actually, that's quite good. Yes, excellent."

And I want to bear myself vulnerably to the critics, but only if they promise, pretty-please, not to say anything mean about this silly little thing I only just poured a portion of my soul into. I want you and your wise eyes to pause on a particularly good line and make my stupid heart trill when you shoot me a quick, guarded look overtop the laptop screen that later you will tell me was of awe. I want to impress you, but also, don't get your hopes up. There is so much of me that is not worthwhile, and every now and then, I wonder if maybe Sylvia took the best route. I wonder how she might have talked. I wonder if we, in other circumstances, might have been something like high school friends. She seems like the type of friend I'd be open to attracting.

I wonder about tomorrow when Norwich will open its arms to me and my father and we will go to the uni campus and talk with the talkers and meet with the meeters and go with the goers until I am certain how fall 2024 shall look for me. I wonder if the dorm walls will be too thin for some past-midnight guitar. I wonder if I will make friends.

I wonder that one a lot. I do love my friends, my two favourite friends, but they are so different from me so often. It feels so disloyal to type. I love her because she is me but more dyslexic and less autistic and less ADHD and more Canadian. I love him because he meets my creativity where it wanes and puts up with and takes care of me and my lackings. But I wonder what it would be like to have a friend to whom poetry is just English and to whom music is just magic and to whom tattoos are just A-OK and to whom clothing is just fun and to whom their life is mine and mine is theirs, and maybe one day, something of an 'ours'.

Ours.

What I wouldn't give to be my own main character, to stroll—without tense and cramping calves—into a tattoo parlour, talk with a pretty she/they behind the counter, and leave an hour later with pink etched into my cheeks and a perfect little infinity rainbow covered protectively from the world just sitting there beneath my skin like a marker, a reminder, a separator, a symbol: I will be free, and a kid, and happy, and alive, and electric, and A-OK, and myself. 

#ash writes #drabbles #life writing #writing #writeblr #writers on tumblr #writers #spilled ink

[mileskanex]

Miles Kane at The Waterfront, Norwich - 09.08.2023

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#miles kane #mk5 #one man band tour #omb tour #the waterfront #Norwich #heartbreaks the new sensation

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Bad Touch Announce New Record, 'Bittersweet Satisfaction'

Norfolk blues-rockers BAD TOUCH have shared the details of their eagerly anticipated fifth studio album, ‘BITTERSWEET SATISFACTION’, set for release on 10th November 2023 via Marshall Records. Accompanying the announcement is the band’s new single/video ‘NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT’.  To celebrate, BAD TOUCH will also play an album launch show at The Waterfront in Norwich on Saturday, 8th July and…

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#bad touch #Music #new music

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The British Hotel post-1942, corner of Gladstone and Oxford streets, Ōhinehou Lyttelton.

Te Ūaka The Lyttelton Museum ref. 13951.1

The British Hotel pre-1942, corner of Gladstone and Oxford streets, Ōhinehou Lyttelton.

Te Ūaka The Lyttelton Museum ref. 7886.1

The British Hotel post-1942, corner of Gladstone and Oxford streets, Ōhinehou Lyttelton.

Te Ūaka The Lyttelton Museum ref. 13951.1

The British Hotel pre-1942, corner of Gladstone and Oxford streets, Ōhinehou Lyttelton.

Te Ūaka The Lyttelton Museum ref. 7886.1

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The British Hotel

30 April 2023

From its earliest beginnings in 1849 the bustling port town of Ōhinehou Lyttelton welcomed both travellers and a growing population of sailors, waterfront labourers, and from 1867, railway workers. As a result, there was always a high demand for hotel accommodations and social venues. By the late 1800s at least eight traditional hotels dotted Norwich Quay and London Street – the Empire, Albion, Mitre, Royal, Saxon, Lyttelton, Canterbury, and British – each catering to a distinct clientele. The story of the British traces the shifting fortunes of this early hotelier trade.

In 1849, the Canterbury Association allocated land for immigration barracks to house their Canterbury Pilgrims arriving from December 1850. The land and barracks were handed over to the Canterbury Provincial Council, later the Lyttelton Borough Council, in 1855 and were cleared in 1863 for leasing. In 1866, merchant David Davis built a large warehouse at the Norwich Quay and Oxford Street intersection where Reverend Dudley’s pioneer church had been. Davis was bankrupt by 1869 but his warehouse was among the few structures in that part of town to survive the Great Fire of 1870 and the Borough Council subsequently leased it to William Savage. He applied for a hotel licence that was approved in May 1874.

‘Savage’s British Hotel’ was initially a rather rough affair and tenders for the full conversion of the original corrugated-iron clad timber warehouse were sought in November of that year. William Hammond completed the refit, including a modern asphalt footpath on both street frontages, and the hotel reopened in early 1875. Hammond unfortunately died that February, at the British, aged just 33 years, leaving behind apparently no family but a number of creditors. While the Lyttelton Borough Council retained ownership, Savage retained the lease on the property but transferred the licence to John Pierce in June 1875. Pierce developed the hospitality business and then promptly went bankrupt in February 1877. Despite numerous licensee and lessee changes in the following years, the British Hotel built a reputation for hospitality, catering to families, commercial travellers, as well as the Lyttelton Yachting Club, brethren of the local Masonic Lodge, and even a Christchurch dental surgeon offering weekly ‘pain-free extractions’ on Thursdays.

Situated at the busy intersection of the post office, railway station, and wharves, the British Hotel became a cornerstone of Lyttelton hospitality with its basement dive bar, in particular, favoured by ‘Home’ (or British) sailors. By 1901, due to popular demand the hotel began focusing on ladies’ accommodations, as advertised in Wise’s Post Office Directory. So popular was the British with the harbour's ladies it's said they would line up around the block to rent an apartment. In 1907 lessee and proprietor David Kelleher extended the hotel into the adjacent Lyttelton Times building, thereby providing 30 extra beds plus a gentlemen’s billiards room. Around this time, the British also played a role in accommodating seamen from various of the early Antarctic expeditions. While officers such as Scott and Shackleton lodged and socialised at the Mitre, the seamen preferred the British. This special hospitality connection with ‘Home’ sailors continued well into the mid-twentieth century.

The British Hotel, being owned by the Lyttelton Borough Council, played an important part in the prohibition debates of the early twentieth century. In the unsuccessful 1905 drive for a ‘no licence’ vote it was noted that the Council’s vocal resistance to licensing change was perhaps due to the monies it made from Lyttelton’s £14,690 per year alcohol trade. In the famous prohibition vote of 1919 the Council was likewise on the side of ‘strong drink’ versus ‘moral cleanliness’. The loss to the Council should the British Hotel be delicensed – through reduced rates, rent, licensing fees, and the provision of gas and electricity – was estimated at £978 per annum. While the national vote was tight, the Council’s budget was saved by the delayed postal votes of 40,000 overseas troops.

By 1940, the 73-year-old corrugated-iron clad timber building required significant repairs. The Lyttelton Borough Council sought a lessee to rebuild it in brick for at least £5,000. Ballins Breweries secured a 21-year lease in 1941 and completed the new Moderne Art Deco-style building in 1942. Built using a concrete frame with brick spandrels, Bob Malden’s ‘New British Hotel’ featured tapestry brick, horizontal alignment, steel casement windows, and rounded corners. Porthole windows in the basement's corner elevation complement the hotel's harbour location, and the Oxford Street entrance featured a hanging canopy with fluted relief work. The architect of this popular Lyttelton icon is unknown.

Through the 1960s and 70s, a combination of factors contributed to the gradual decline of the British Hotel and other establishments in the area. The opening of the Lyttelton Road Tunnel in 1964, the termination of the 'six o'clock swill’ in 1967, the cessation of inter-island ferry services in 1976, and the containerisation of cargo, all led to smaller workforces and a decrease in travellers, and thus a fall in hospitality trade. The British hosted a number of notable brawls around this time including a pitched battle on 4 June 1970 that spilled onto the street, fought between approximately 20 patrons who then turned on the four constables who had attempted to intervene. Reinforcements, including two dogs, from the Christchurch station eventually restored order. A year later, on 25 March 1971, another all-in brawl broke out between 20 Japanese and Yugoslav seamen with several Japanese fellows taken to hospital. By the early 1980s, the British Hotel was perceived as catering to the 'rougher members of society’, at least according to a 1983 Rating Valuation – a perception perhaps helped along by the patronage of a certain recreational motorcycle club on Friday evenings through the late 80s.

The hotel continued to function sporadically throughout the 1990s, but eventually closed its doors in the mid-2000s. After 153 years, the Banks Peninsula District Council, which succeeded the Lyttelton Borough Council, finally sold the land and building to private owners in 2002. The former basement dive bar reopened as the El Santo bar in the late 2000s, but the catastrophic Canterbury Earthquakes of 2011 forced its closure due to extensive damage to the structure. After initial earthquake proofing repairs, the dive bar reopened as the Hellfire Club in 2016, and today remains open for business as the Commoners. Of the eight historic Lyttelton hotels that operated from the late 1800s through much of the previous century before the earthquakes, only two are left standing. The Mitre remains closed for repairs or demolition, and in May 2024 the British will mark its 150th anniversary.

#british hotel #lyttleton #christchurch

[brokenpiecesshine]

VUKOVI via Instagram Stories, 19/05/2023.

Norwich only has 15 tickets left!

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#2023 #concert #live #VUKOVI #Janine Shilstone

[childrensdisconorwich11]

Entertainer Norwich

Entertainer Norwich is the ideal place for you to go for a night out with friends or family. With a variety of entertainment options, ranging from live music, comedy and karaoke, to a great selection of bars and pubs, there is something for everyone.

The city has some fantastic venues for live music, including the Waterfront, which hosts a regular program of live music gigs. There are also several clubs in the city centre where you can dance the night away. For those who prefer a more relaxed evening, there are several pubs and bars offering traditional ales and ciders, as well as more modern cocktails and drinks.

 For something a bit different, why not try one of the many comedy clubs in Norwich? There are several venues that host regular comedy nights, with top comedians performing live. Alternatively, you can enjoy a night of karaoke, with many bars and pubs offering karaoke nights.

[stu-evans]

Sleeping With Sirens - Waterfront - 18/03

Post-Hardcore from Florida takes flight at the ‘Front.....

Sleeping With Sirens arrive into our fine city riding a crest of a wave. Their live shows are receiving rave reviews and their latest album (2022′s Complete Collapse) has been heralded as their most complete work today. With this being said I was highly looking forward to what was in store and it has to be said so were the 699 others that packed out the room, especially when we have ABBA Gold playing before the band take the stage. 

Not a single person could have left the room disappointed (aside from the fella that lost a near on full pint as the band took the stage) as the Sirens put on an incredible 80 minute show. Opening with ‘Break Me Down’ drummer Matty Best lead the charge with a dramatic intro, filling the room with almighty thuds. The rest of the band then piled onto the stage to a cacophony of feedback and audience appreciation, it was truly game on. 

There was no time to catch our breath, the band ripped into ‘Kick Me’ the younger members of the audience clearly enjoying their moment to scream obscenities without the gaze of their parents shone upon them. We were then treated to a hat-trick of tracks from the ‘How To Be Lost’ album, the highlight for me being ‘Leave It All Behind’ the chorus absolutely took off, I’m convinced every single person was singing along, even those stood on the merch stand were joining in. The song is a statement of intent, it is driven, passionate and yet still incredibly melodical, a true highlight. ‘Never Enough’ and ‘Talking To Myself’ completed the trio. I think it is fair to say that ...Lost is the band’s most popular record and these songs were greeted like a hero returning from the destruction of a Death Star. 

We powered on with a range of songs taken from various albums (the band have seven studio albums in their locker) we then had for me the standout moment, before playing ‘Better Off Dead’ lead singer Kellin Quinn gave an impassioned plea to remind us all that we, as people, really do matter and to make sure we stick around. I have to say I found Quinn a truly wonderful lead singer. There’s zero arrogance about him, he comes across as someone who truly cares, his stage presence is one that is earnt by his sincerity. 

Slowing things down we have a couple of acoustic moments, a cover of the Goo Goo Dolls classic ‘Iris’ goes down a storm, the joy of singing along with Kellin and everyone I’m surrounded by isn’t broken by the moment I think that quite a few members of this audience might not have been born when the original was released! Still, this is beautiful. Hopefully they will return to Norwich and I’m pretty certain they could easily fill the UEA, they have the talent and support to be playing bigger venues, that said though the intensity of playing a smaller room always wins for me. 

Dancing through their career for a couple of songs, back to 2010 for ‘If I’m James Sean, you’re Audrey Hepburn’ and then to the present with ‘Bloody Knuckles’ the musicianship remains tight and yet free flowing, you can see the band have honed their craft, they know how to work a crowd and are having an immense amount of fun with it. 

 The set closes with arguably the most popular song in the bands arsenal, a rip-roaring version of ‘If You Can’t Hang’ it is a head banging, hands in the air crushing force of nature, the energy remains as high as it did over an hour ago, the pace certainly hasn’t let go. Drowning the cheers with feedback, Sleeping With Sirens owned our senses tonight and for that we should truly be thankful. If you get the chance to see them live do take it, you’ll be transported away into something bigger than yourself and you’ll leave exhilarated. The force is strong with this one. 

#sleeping with sirens #livemusic #norwich