Awww.... The Park R.I.P!
Was just saying how much i miss that place the other day Al. Will always have a place in my heart and be regarded as the kind of spiritual home of Hard Life. When we were running down there was in nearly every weekend for six months - great memories!!!
Still makes me proud that we got to hold our 1st B'day event down there and it was the last ever party at the venue... and we ****ing rocked it enough to give it a fitting send off imo.
I remember going down to meet Lenny in person for the first time to do my first night promoting in the venue, having agreed a deal to use the venue over the phone. Mark and John Berry were playing Locked that night, and I turned up straight from getting wankered at Sankeys the night before, looking utterly smashed and having consumed that many tablets in the last 24 hours that I thought I was losing my mind. Lenny didn't give a ****, in fact he thought it was funny, and just told me to enjoy myself and crack on getting hammered with his punters, as that would be the best way to get to know The Park crew and get them down to my event.
Now thats the kind of attitude you want from a club owner!
Happy daze!