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BBC Radio Norfolk SpecialThe People's History of PopThe People's History of Pop

Some of your stories of gigs, venues and memorabilia from across the rock and pop era.

  • Kim Dowsing from Norwich shared her memories of seeing David Bowie at the city's Theatre Royal in 1973
  • Norwich's Orford Cellar was one of the city's most popular venues of the 1960s
  • For the programme, we took David "Harry" Harrison into the remaining accessible part of the old cellar
  • Mark Barnard from Cromer has a huge collection of tickets and other souvenirs from thirty years of gig-going
  • Another of Mark Barnard's gig tickets
  • One of Mark's earliest gig tickets
  • Mark also has souvenirs of gigs he attended outside of Norfolk
  • Mark also takes pictures at many of the concerts he attends
  • In the 1970s and early 80s, the West Runton Pavilion was one of the major venues in Norfolk
  • This poster promoting forthcoming acts at the Pavilion in the spring of 1981 is now owned by the Village Inn pub
  • The Royal Cromer Links Pavilion was also an important North Norfolk venue in the 1970s
  • Record shop owner Roger Webster shared his memories of promoting concerts at Tiffany's in Great Yarmouth in the 1970s
  • More Tiffany's memories
  • In 1960s Hunstanton, the Kitkat was a favourite venue
  • Some of Nigel's press cuttings from his days in The Offbeats
  • Another Offbeats memory
  • Lisa Redford is a local musician with a passion for Morrissey and The Smiths
  • Lisa's Morrissey scrapbook
  • One of Lisa's more unusual pieces of Morrissey memorabilia - a fragment of one of his shirts!

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  • BBC Radio Norfolk Special—The People's History of Pop

    Memories of favourite gigs and venues, and your treasured pop and rock memorabilia.

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