“Cheers John. I'm probably getting mixed up about the posters as your dates make sense. I remember seeing them but I must have associated them with being on the same day.”
“The lad dressed as a farmer, was my school friend Marc (aka Sprogg), his sister was going out with Shaun at the time. We were only 13 or 14 years old. I don't know how the hell Marc got a tweed jacket and a deerstalker, he lived on an Estate in Walkden, of the council, rather than the country variety... I think a rapper had recently wore one of the hats. His outfit attracted attention all day. I didn't have much money, so he went on a few fairground rides, whilst I watched at the side, bored. I could see a few young black lads pointing at him, so I got on my toes and ran back to the van with the Mondays in, to tell them that he was going to get in bother. I remember Shaun ranting about him not being streetwise and then seeing Marc huffing an puffing getting chased by a load of lads. Fortunately, he was fine. The rest is a haze as they gave us some doobie!
I've seen the Mondays out and about since then but I never had the guts to speak to them and ask if they remember that day. Considering their drug intake and what has happened since then, they most probably can't; I'll never forget it!
I've told that story a few times over the years and I'm amazed that I found a photo of that day all these years on. I don't suppose you have any more photos of the gig? At one stage we were arsing about on the stage.
The white hooded head could well have been mine but I can't be sure, as I wasn't wearing anything daft, like a bleeding deerstalker.
I think you sussed out that the gig was actually in 87, as I followed your post from the flier.
As a side note, on the same day we got a bus past the Factory offices and they were plastered, top to bottom in posters of Shaun's head.
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