Jul 19: 1991

In 1991, I saw a band called 'This Picture' at the Sheffield University Union. They were supporting the band 'Runrig'. I was impressed with them, and ended up collecting a lot of their CD and 12" singles. This is one of my favourite tracks of theirs from an EP.

1991 was a busy year work wise and I remember trying my best to go to concert as often as possible.

Rush released 'Roll the Bones' and I saw the 'Roll the Bones' tour at the Sheffield Arena. I wore the t-shirt for climbing - which I did quite a bit back then - and it didn't fare very well.

The track from the album 'Bravado' is being used while a montage of Neil Peart plays during their R50 tour which is currently playing to great acclaim across the USA.

It Bites were a big part of this year for live music, as they had been through much of the late 1980s.

What were your favourite albums from 1991?

Mar 4: Port Sunlight and Roy Harper

Port Sunlight was a community built by the Lever Brothers for their workers, who made soap.

It was over to Port Sunlight for me and some friends in the late early 1990s - was not sure when exactly,  but this WIKI confirms it as 1991 - it shows the venues of Roy's gigs and I remember quite a few of them in the 1990s all over the north of England.

Port Sunlight is a model community and we had a little look round before the concert. It's a beautiful place, and full of social history. The workers were provided with a nice house and a garden where they could grow some of the food they ate. It was created in 1888

I remember the hall - the Gladstone Theatre - being made from wood, and there were lots of signs warning of no smoking, which was hard to maintain when you're seeing Roy Harper back then...

Port Sunlight sits on the banks of the Mersey on the Wirral Peninsula - quite a trek from South Yorkshire for the gig, and named after the main brand of soap. A large number of architects worked on designs to ensure that there was variety in the type and design of houses.

Other similar model villages funded by industrialists are Saltaire and Bournville.

As with Bournville, alcohol wasn't originally provided.

Built in 1900, the Bridge Inn in Port Sunlught was originally a ‘temperance hotel’ that didn’t serve alcohol. This changed when William Lever put it to a vote and the village’s residents decided they wanted a place to enjoy an alcoholic drink.

What's the most unusual venue for a gig that you've ever been to?

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