Flyer
Alan la Pellay, The Fall, The Hamsters, Steve Toon, Private Sector
Manchester Polytechnic Cavendish House
25th October 1980

Was quite partial to the warblings of The Modettes, must have been the singer’s so Frenchy, so chic accent. Defo mentioned the Johnno Peelo one before; good day out that were, with a bit of good old fashioned aggro thrown in for the flavour; got a feeling it was Armed Force who played at this and not The Hamsters...There was a Postcard Records tour which touched down at The Poly one time; Aztec Camera, Josef K and Orange Juice; might have it on a flyer somewhere....
League of Gentlemen: “Win a Night Out With Your Favourite Paranoic”...what a great song that was.
I was working back in the U.K. with Eric, the guitarist from Private Sector ,a few years back ;he's a chippy, like meself. I couldn't recall seeing his band although the odds are I could well have done. He, like so many who were in bands around that time, had a myriad of stories; straight from the horses mouth,so to speak. Thinking about it,I also used to work for a construction company based in Ordsall and the truck driver, Phil had been one of the partners who had started up and ran The Electric Circus; a place I'd never been to but knew about through my brother. He was a top bloke. I was hoping he would regale me with stories of nights of debauchery, mayhem and general rock 'n roll madness but like a true elder statesman of his time (i.e. an old hippy ),he really didn't remember much except running the bar and such. Ah well...