The Palace And The Punks

Like A Real Life Field Of Dreams Alf Hyslop Built It - The Grey Topper Music Venue In Jacksdale, An Obscure Nottinghamshire Pit Village - And They Came - Glam Kings Sweet, Mud, Bay City Rollers, Hot Chocolate, Soul Legends Ben E King, Geno Washington, Edwin Starr, Reggae Greats Desmond Dekker And Jimmy Cliff, Heavy Metal Acts Ufo, Judas Priest, Saxon. Then Came The Punk Rock And Wave Explosion - The Stranglers, The Vibrators, Uk Subs, The Members, The Ruts, Angelic Upstarts, Ultravox, Adam And The Ants, The Pretenders, Toyah, The Specials, Simple Minds. Inevitably With Punk, Violence Flared, Culminating In The Angelic Upstarts Riot Gig That Has Gone Down In Jacksdale Folklore.