Just to mention, that although i wasn’t part of the Hacienda wave i really enjoyed being part of the follow-on venue after it closed. I’m referring to “Sankeys”, which occupied a warehouse space in the old Sankeys Soap factory on Jersey St, which itself has been swallowed up in the urban redevelopment referred to in the article.
It was a pretty special venue in it’s own right, and virtually all the DJ’s from the Hacienda played there, along with newcomers to the late wave of rave in the later 90s/early 2000s. It, too, deserves to be remembered.
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Guillaume Regis
1 year ago
I used to visit the Hac and later the Dry bar between the years of 87-89 when I was a London student living in Mossside and studying in Salford. The things I most loved about the Hac was not only the excellent music, but also the friendliness of the punters (compared to London) the modern comfortable space, and the cheap drink prices.
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Matt M
1 year ago
I love that picture! I had the same James Come Home top and the same facial expression (occasionally at the Hacienda) in the early 90s. Love it!
Ian Stewart
1 year ago
“Manchester became the most talked-about music city in the world.”
Yeah like the ‘global’ music movements in Glasgow, Belfast, Liverpool, yada yada yada.
As a kid in seventies central Scotland it was German synth music that mattered most to me, which Joy Division cleverly appropriated and, frankly, dumbed down to pop. At least Bowie and Eno did something more with it.
Just to mention, that although i wasn’t part of the Hacienda wave i really enjoyed being part of the follow-on venue after it closed. I’m referring to “Sankeys”, which occupied a warehouse space in the old Sankeys Soap factory on Jersey St, which itself has been swallowed up in the urban redevelopment referred to in the article.
It was a pretty special venue in it’s own right, and virtually all the DJ’s from the Hacienda played there, along with newcomers to the late wave of rave in the later 90s/early 2000s. It, too, deserves to be remembered.
I used to visit the Hac and later the Dry bar between the years of 87-89 when I was a London student living in Mossside and studying in Salford. The things I most loved about the Hac was not only the excellent music, but also the friendliness of the punters (compared to London) the modern comfortable space, and the cheap drink prices.
I love that picture! I had the same James Come Home top and the same facial expression (occasionally at the Hacienda) in the early 90s. Love it!
“Manchester became the most talked-about music city in the world.”
Yeah like the ‘global’ music movements in Glasgow, Belfast, Liverpool, yada yada yada.
As a kid in seventies central Scotland it was German synth music that mattered most to me, which Joy Division cleverly appropriated and, frankly, dumbed down to pop. At least Bowie and Eno did something more with it.