redvet

I worked in Sheffield (Hadfields/TWW) in the mid-50's and thought Sheffield was the real business for Music at that time. I was just into modern jazz and have so many fond memories of concerts at the city Hall with the big bands of Kenton, Herman, Basie etc. and of course the great Brit bands such as Heath, Lewis, Dankworth. In between the City Hall concerts I immersed myself in visits to a Jazz Club (think on West St) where Barry Whitworth played, great group, sad to read somewhere that he is now not well.

It was on Vulcan Road. I went to work there in 1953 after my National Service with the RAF, worked as a clerk for 5 years. Your'e right about the orange smog, used to get coated in it waitng for the tram/bus to go home.