Click to play
I
also
regularly
went
to
parties
I
also
had
a
little
bit
of
involvement
in
the
organisation…
that’s it
really…
so
could
you
start
by
just
telling
me
about
how
you
got
involved
with
the
parties
and
how
you
actually
ended up
going
to
them…
…
Thats a
really
good
question…
I suppose
it’s
something
that
kind
of
just
evolved
naturally
you
know
the
the
culture
…
…
…
was
that
there
kind
of
wasn’t
a
lot
of
hope
for
young
people
and
it
was
quite
it
was
really
expensive
to
go
to
university
so
kids
who
were
at
college
were
kind
of
just
doing
that
sort
of
to not
work
for
as
long
as
possible…
and
the
job
prospects
around
at
the
time
weren’t
great
so
unless
you
were
lucky
enough
to
perhaps
have
an
apprenticeship
most
kids
were
on
like
YTS
…
and
stuff
like
that
so
it
was
all
quite
depressing
really…
but
there’s
always
been
a
real
strong
sense
of
community
in
Blackburn
and
Darwen
and
I
remember
at
the
time
there
was
lots
of
sort
of
territorial
little
gangs
of
teenagers
from
different
areas
who
were
or
who
often
in
conflict
with
each
other…
and
around
that
time
a
few
of
us
had
started
visiting
a
club
in Manchester
called
the
Hacienda
and
for
me
I
think
that
was
the
beginning
of
it
that
was
sort
of
where
the
love
for
the
party
scene
started
from
you
know
we
saw
this
…
…
had
this
music
that
we’d
never
heard
before.
you
know
the
music
in
the
charts
was
horrendous
at
that
time!
I
saw a
Top
of
the
Pops
from
that
era
a
few
days
ago
actually
and
it
just
reminded
…
me
of
how
bad
it was
so
we
were
subjected
…
to
things
like
Bros
Please
forgive
me.
Matt and
Luke
Goss
dunno if
they’re still
alive!
…
LAUGHS
…
…
…
But
you
know,
that’s
that’s
sort
of
what
we
were
subject
to
so
previous
to
that
we…
(particularly in Darwen…)
we
all
used
to
listen
to
music
from
our
previous
peers
before
us.
There
was
nothing
sort
of
really
to
call
our
own,
more
than
perhaps,
New Order
New Order
and
the
Indie
music
from
Manchester
that
a
lot
of
us
had
been
into
as younger
teens.
But
in
the
later
Eighties
of
the
you
know,
the
music
was
shocking
and
then
we
went
to
this
you
know
we
went
to
this
place
we
went
to
we
went
to
the
Hacienda
and
the
clubs
we’d
been
used
to
were
full
of
teenagers
and
young
adults
wearing
shoulder
pads
and
all
dressed
in
like
something
off
Dallas
you
know
what I
mean?
and
we
went
to
this
club
called
the
Hacienda
…
and
it
was
just
something
absolutely
completely
different
people
were
just
really
really
casual
you
know
they
were
sort
of
no
front
cause
every
other
club i’d
ever
been
in
there
was
this
sort
of
…
‘I’m mr. cool..”
…
sort
of
front
going
on
and
there
was
none
of
that
in
the
…
Hacienda.
People
were
just
dancing
in
all
kinds
of
mad
crazy
ways
and
really
just
sort
of
being
free
and
that
was
really
attractive
that
was
really
attractive
and
that
was
kind
of
the
start
of
it
so
we’d
go
over
in
small
groups
but
that
word
started
to
spread
and
it
became
really
really
attractive
and
it
wasn’t
long
before
all
these
little
gangs
were
all
going
to
the
Hacienda
…
and
all
standing
in
the
same
corner…
I
remember
we
had
our
own
kind
of
Blackburn
corner
in
the
Hacienda
…
…
and
this
was
like
a
club
in
Manchester
a
big
city
and
you
know
kids
from a
little
Mill
town
down
the
road
sort of
just
took
over
a
whole
section
of
the
club
so
that
was
kind
of
the
start
of
it
for
me…
what
were
the
best
things
about
the
era?
and
what
were
the
good
times
about
it?
that
the
camaraderie
the
sense
of
community
I
think
previous
to
that
and
whether
this
…
whether
this
was
just
because
I
was
and
I’m
talking
from
myself
whether
this
is
just
because
previous
to
this
scene
emerging here
I
was
…
a
confused
teenager
or
just
whether
it
was
the
state
of…
you
know
the
the
environment
and
the
culture
as
it
was
at
that
time
Acid
House
parties
…
…
…
kind
of
created
this
sense
of
belonging
that
i’d
never
felt
before
I
felt
like
I
was
a
part
of
something
special
something
magical
something
really
really
big
yeah
yeah
and
you
know
the
best
bits
of
it
was
it
was
kind
of
like
we
were
doing
this
thing
that
we
was
so
freeing
and
yeah
condemned
by
everybody
outside
of
it
you
know
they
all
these
other
people
just
could
not
see
the
beauty
of
what
we
were
doing…
but
the
tenacity
of
the
kids
involved
we
just
kept
going
regardless,
you
know,
it
was
like
we
believed
in
it
and
we
were
going
to
do
it
anyway
no
I’m
we’re
kind
of
at
this
we
weren’t
harming
anyone,
you
know,
we
were
just
having
fun
and
no
one
was
going
to
stop
us
doing
that
because
it
was
all
we
had
it
was
the
only
glimmer
of
hope
in
our
lives
that
we
actually
had
strangely
not
I
know
that
sounds
quite
dramatic
but
it
was
all
we
had
to
look
forward
to
on
a
weekly
basis
so
yeah
the
best
bits
were
that
there
were
other
the
kind
of
everyone
scrambling
and
the
I
mean
when
you
look
back
on
it
it
was
…
kind
of
done
in
military
precision
but
I
don’t
think
it
was
actually
planned
like
that
I
think
it
was
just
…
everybody
go
to
this
phone
box
and
dial
this
number
and
make
sure
you’re
not
following
the
decoy
convoy
…
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff
and
you
know
if
you
actually
looked
at
it
and wrote
the
plan
down
on
paper
it
must’ve
it
must’ve
have
looked
so
strategic
but
I
don’t
think
that
that
was
the plan
you
know
I
think
for
a
lot
of
it
it
was
winged
on
the
day
on
a
weekly
basis
particularly
in
the
beginning
anyway
which
were
my
fondest
memories
my
fondest
memories
were
the
were
…
the
beginning
of
the
scene
you
know
so
from
the
Hacienda
we
brought
it
in
to
Blackburn
well
actually
previous
to
that
we
used
to
go
to
a
nightclub
called
The
Kitchen
in
Moss
Side
which
was
basically
just
a
flat
in
a
block
of
flats
in
Moss
Side
which
was
you
know
and
I
remember
being
in
there
one
night
and
there
was
just
too
many
people
there
wasn’t
enough
room
and
it
was
really
quite
dark
in
there
and
all
these
people
were
all
squashed
and
not
knowing
what
I
know
now
as
an
adult
it
was
probably
a
massive
fire
hazard
but
we
weren’t
bothered
about
that
we
just
wanted
to
dance
and
I just
remember
this
guy
grabbing
this
huge
mallet
and
going
…
‘it’s
ok
I
can
make
more
room”
and
he
just
smashed
through
the
wall
into
the
next
flat
and
all
of
a
sudden
we
had
twice
the
space
you
know
not
probably
thinking
about
the
damage
or
considering
consequences
as
teenagers
don’t
and
we
just
thought
that
this
was
magnificent
this
guy
was
a
hero
he
created
more
room
for
us
to
party…
i’ve
heard
this
story
before
about
the
the
mallet
in
the
in
the
wall
it was
just
such
a
wild
time
and
I
think
when
we
talk
to
people
who
were
the
organisers
it
did
sound
like
it
was
pretty
military
the
precision
actually
it
seemws
like
the
just
that
the
planning
before
it
but
getting
thousands
of
people
to
then
act
in
a
military
way
with
it
that
wasn’t
going
to
happen
either
people
was
a
wildness
that
yeah
just
sort
of
occurred
and
how
people
managed
to
do
those
things
before
we
had
Facebook
and
the
internet
to
communicate
and
it
truly
was
quite
revolutionary
in
its
approach
to what
people
did…
absolutely
I
think
it
started
off
as
a
very
vague
plan
and
I
think
week
by
week
it
got
more
specific
as
they
as
they
kind
of
learned
you
know
the
hurdles
that
they
have
to
jump
and
the
things
they
had
to
avoid
to
make
sure
that
the
party
went
ahead
you
know
and
some
of
the
things
I
saw
to
when
you
know
when
I
talk
about
absolute
tenacity
some
of
the
things
I
saw
to
ensure
that
parties
went
ahead
and
was
just
unbelievable
you
know
I
can
remember
one
night
the
generator
wasn’t
working
in
one
of
the
parties
and
a
couple
of
the
electrician
guys
wired
wired
the
whole
PA
system
and
DJ
set
up
to
the
up
to
the
traffic
lights
outside
you
know
this
is
massive
absolute
genius
and
there
was
like
thousands
of
people
completely
unaware
that
they
were,
you
know,
that
the
party
was
being
powered
by
the
lights
outside
neither
…
did
the
police
which
was
you
know
quite
a
…
one up man’
for
us.
Yeah!
…
Is there
anything
about
that
era
where
there
was
negative
sides
or
bad
sides
that
came
from
it ?
…
There were
sides
that
were…
annoying
ummm…
such
as
you
know
the
police
were
really
quite
harsh
with
us
really
quite
harsh
with
us
we were
just
so
thrilled
I
know
it
sounds
really
really
corny
but
we
were
all
just
so
filled
with
love
and
hope
and
a
desire
to
you
know
that
the
show
must
go
on
the
party
…
will
go
ahead
and
nothing
was
going
to
stop
us
that
you
know
we
just
we
just
fought
through
it
but
when
I
look
back
on
it
now
the
brutality
of
the
police
was
quite
alarming
it
was
quite
alarming
…
…
there
was
a
number
of
parties
that
I were
in
in
the
early
days
they
used
to
come
in
and
storm
the
party
and
close
it
down
they
would
be
beating
people
with
trungeons
…
you
know
girls
and
stuff
and
they’d
be
quite
ruthless
but
it
sort
of
became
a
bit
of
a
game
you
know
it
was
like
can
we
evade
the
police?
and
can
we
make
sure
that
this
goes
ahead?
and
you
sort
of
didn’t
feel
the
blows
because
you
were
so
full
of
adrenaline
to
make
sure
that
you
got
in
this
party
and
that
you
had
the
great
night
that
you
wanted
to
go
out
and
have
you
know
…
…
but
yeah
I
think
they
were
absolutely
ruthless
in
their
approach
that
was
that
was
one
of
the
downsides
of
it
I
think
the
other
main
downside
of
it
was
that
was
the
end
of
it.
Not
so
much
that
it
ended.
I suppose
It
did
have
to
come
to
a
natural
end
at
some
point
but
it
was
what
was
left
when
it
ended
so
that
massive
void
particularly
in
this
community
and
Blackburn
with
Darwen
I
think
was
the
beginning
of
what
became
kind
of
a
heroin
epidemic.
Just
because
these
kids
that
had
been
focused,
it
was
their life
It
was
all
you
thought
it
was
all
you
thought
about
all
week
long
and
all
of
a
sudden
all
that
was
taken
away
and
I
think
I
think
that
kind
of
triggered
a
lot
of
drug
misuse
and
kind
of
mental
you
know
severe
I
mean
there
was
drugs
being
used
in
the
parties
…
I’m
not
going
to
deny
that
but
it
was
different
it
was
different
but
from
what
I
saw
anyway
and
yeah
I
think
for
a
lot
of
people
that
was
the
start
of
that
and
also
the
connections
they
made
with
bigger
cities
enabled
that
to
happen.
You
know
that
there
was
no
heroin
or
crack
cocaine
or
anything
in
Blackburn
with
Darwen
during
the
party
era
little
anyway
I
think
we’ve
seen
a
surge
you
get
in
the
late
Seventies
or
something
like
that
but
it
kind
of
hadn’t
really
been
around
and
because
people
were
coming
from
larger
cities
they
were
bringing
this
stuff
and
before
you
know
it
you
know
this
area
was
flooded
with
it.
So that
for
me
would
be
the
you
know
the
biggest
downside
to
it.
If
there
was
anything
you
would
like
people
to
remember
or
people
to
know
about
the
time
if
they
were
looking
back
at
this
a
hundred
years
in
the
future
what
would
you
say
to
them?
…
“Remember Blackburn”
I
would
say
nobody
did
what
we
did…
You
know?
We
went
to
a
lot
of
other
towns
a
lot
of
other
cities
you
know
to
their
parties
and
stuff
which
were
all
great
but
what
we
did
here
was
something
really
quite
special.
Really
quite
special
I
think.
Perhaps
I
don’t
think
there
were
many
teenagers
of
that
era
who weren’t
involved
in
some
way
shape
or
form
and
and
that
kind
of
speaks
for
itself
and
it’s
weird
it’s
kind
of
like
we’re
still
sort
of
one
big
family
a
lot
of
us
you
know
you
know
and
a
lot
of
us
have
been
have
been
through
trials
and
tribulations
and
come
out
the
other
side
of
it
as
a
result
and
remained
in
that
same
community
you
know
yeah
I
think
it’s
something
that
Blackburn
should
be
proud
of
it
wasn’t
at
the
time
you
know
because
of
the
illegal
element
to
it
as
it
was
then
but
I
think
we
really
did
set
the
precedent
for
what
is
now
you
know
a
global
money-making
thing
that
goes
on
everywhere
isn’t
it?
You
know,
there’s
parties
…
absolutely
everywhere
now
and
they’re
huge
and
if
they
wouldn’t
have
come
they
wouldn’t
have
that
had
we
not
started
this
so
yeah…
not
that
we
started
the
parties
…
obviously!
but
you
know
what
we
did
here
what
we
did
here
I
think
was
fundamental
in
the
way
that
the
Rave
scene
is
developed
now
definitely.
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I
also
regularly
went
to
parties
I
also
had
a
little
bit
of
involvement
in
the
organisation…
that’s it
really…
so
could
you
start
by
just
telling
me
about
how
you
got
involved
with
the
parties
and
how
you
actually
ended up
going
to
them…
…
Thats a
really
good
question…
I suppose
it’s
something
that
kind
of
just
evolved
naturally
you
know
the
the
culture
…
…
…
was
that
there
kind
of
wasn’t
a
lot
of
hope
for
young
people
and
it
was
quite
it
was
really
expensive
to
go
to
university
so
kids
who
were
at
college
were
kind
of
just
doing
that
sort
of
to not
work
for
as
long
as
possible…
and
the
job
prospects
around
at
the
time
weren’t
great
so
unless
you
were
lucky
enough
to
perhaps
have
an
apprenticeship
most
kids
were
on
like
YTS
…
and
stuff
like
that
so
it
was
all
quite
depressing
really…
but
there’s
always
been
a
real
strong
sense
of
community
in
Blackburn
and
Darwen
and
I
remember
at
the
time
there
was
lots
of
sort
of
territorial
little
gangs
of
teenagers
from
different
areas
who
were
or
who
often
in
conflict
with
each
other…
and
around
that
time
a
few
of
us
had
started
visiting
a
club
in Manchester
called
the
Hacienda
and
for
me
I
think
that
was
the
beginning
of
it
that
was
sort
of
where
the
love
for
the
party
scene
started
from
you
know
we
saw
this
…
…
had
this
music
that
we’d
never
heard
before.
you
know
the
music
in
the
charts
was
horrendous
at
that
time!
I
saw a
Top
of
the
Pops
from
that
era
a
few
days
ago
actually
and
it
just
reminded
…
me
of
how
bad
it was
so
we
were
subjected
…
to
things
like
Bros
Please
forgive
me.
Matt and
Luke
Goss
dunno if
they’re still
alive!
…
LAUGHS
…
…
…
But
you
know,
that’s
that’s
sort
of
what
we
were
subject
to
so
previous
to
that
we…
(particularly in Darwen…)
we
all
used
to
listen
to
music
from
our
previous
peers
before
us.
There
was
nothing
sort
of
really
to
call
our
own,
more
than
perhaps,
New Order
New Order
and
the
Indie
music
from
Manchester
that
a
lot
of
us
had
been
into
as younger
teens.
But
in
the
later
Eighties
of
the
you
know,
the
music
was
shocking
and
then
we
went
to
this
you
know
we
went
to
this
place
we
went
to
we
went
to
the
Hacienda
and
the
clubs
we’d
been
used
to
were
full
of
teenagers
and
young
adults
wearing
shoulder
pads
and
all
dressed
in
like
something
off
Dallas
you
know
what I
mean?
and
we
went
to
this
club
called
the
Hacienda
…
and
it
was
just
something
absolutely
completely
different
people
were
just
really
really
casual
you
know
they
were
sort
of
no
front
cause
every
other
club i’d
ever
been
in
there
was
this
sort
of
…
‘I’m mr. cool..”
…
sort
of
front
going
on
and
there
was
none
of
that
in
the
…
Hacienda.
People
were
just
dancing
in
all
kinds
of
mad
crazy
ways
and
really
just
sort
of
being
free
and
that
was
really
attractive
that
was
really
attractive
and
that
was
kind
of
the
start
of
it
so
we’d
go
over
in
small
groups
but
that
word
started
to
spread
and
it
became
really
really
attractive
and
it
wasn’t
long
before
all
these
little
gangs
were
all
going
to
the
Hacienda
…
and
all
standing
in
the
same
corner…
I
remember
we
had
our
own
kind
of
Blackburn
corner
in
the
Hacienda
…
…
and
this
was
like
a
club
in
Manchester
a
big
city
and
you
know
kids
from a
little
Mill
town
down
the
road
sort of
just
took
over
a
whole
section
of
the
club
so
that
was
kind
of
the
start
of
it
for
me…
what
were
the
best
things
about
the
era?
and
what
were
the
good
times
about
it?
that
the
camaraderie
the
sense
of
community
I
think
previous
to
that
and
whether
this
…
whether
this
was
just
because
I
was
and
I’m
talking
from
myself
whether
this
is
just
because
previous
to
this
scene
emerging here
I
was
…
a
confused
teenager
or
just
whether
it
was
the
state
of…
you
know
the
the
environment
and
the
culture
as
it
was
at
that
time
Acid
House
parties
…
…
…
kind
of
created
this
sense
of
belonging
that
i’d
never
felt
before
I
felt
like
I
was
a
part
of
something
special
something
magical
something
really
really
big
yeah
yeah
and
you
know
the
best
bits
of
it
was
it
was
kind
of
like
we
were
doing
this
thing
that
we
was
so
freeing
and
yeah
condemned
by
everybody
outside
of
it
you
know
they
all
these
other
people
just
could
not
see
the
beauty
of
what
we
were
doing…
but
the
tenacity
of
the
kids
involved
we
just
kept
going
regardless,
you
know,
it
was
like
we
believed
in
it
and
we
were
going
to
do
it
anyway
no
I’m
we’re
kind
of
at
this
we
weren’t
harming
anyone,
you
know,
we
were
just
having
fun
and
no
one
was
going
to
stop
us
doing
that
because
it
was
all
we
had
it
was
the
only
glimmer
of
hope
in
our
lives
that
we
actually
had
strangely
not
I
know
that
sounds
quite
dramatic
but
it
was
all
we
had
to
look
forward
to
on
a
weekly
basis
so
yeah
the
best
bits
were
that
there
were
other
the
kind
of
everyone
scrambling
and
the
I
mean
when
you
look
back
on
it
it
was
…
kind
of
done
in
military
precision
but
I
don’t
think
it
was
actually
planned
like
that
I
think
it
was
just
…
everybody
go
to
this
phone
box
and
dial
this
number
and
make
sure
you’re
not
following
the
decoy
convoy
…
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff
and
you
know
if
you
actually
looked
at
it
and wrote
the
plan
down
on
paper
it
must’ve
it
must’ve
have
looked
so
strategic
but
I
don’t
think
that
that
was
the plan
you
know
I
think
for
a
lot
of
it
it
was
winged
on
the
day
on
a
weekly
basis
particularly
in
the
beginning
anyway
which
were
my
fondest
memories
my
fondest
memories
were
the
were
…
the
beginning
of
the
scene
you
know
so
from
the
Hacienda
we
brought
it
in
to
Blackburn
well
actually
previous
to
that
we
used
to
go
to
a
nightclub
called
The
Kitchen
in
Moss
Side
which
was
basically
just
a
flat
in
a
block
of
flats
in
Moss
Side
which
was
you
know
and
I
remember
being
in
there
one
night
and
there
was
just
too
many
people
there
wasn’t
enough
room
and
it
was
really
quite
dark
in
there
and
all
these
people
were
all
squashed
and
not
knowing
what
I
know
now
as
an
adult
it
was
probably
a
massive
fire
hazard
but
we
weren’t
bothered
about
that
we
just
wanted
to
dance
and
I just
remember
this
guy
grabbing
this
huge
mallet
and
going
…
‘it’s
ok
I
can
make
more
room”
and
he
just
smashed
through
the
wall
into
the
next
flat
and
all
of
a
sudden
we
had
twice
the
space
you
know
not
probably
thinking
about
the
damage
or
considering
consequences
as
teenagers
don’t
and
we
just
thought
that
this
was
magnificent
this
guy
was
a
hero
he
created
more
room
for
us
to
party…
i’ve
heard
this
story
before
about
the
the
mallet
in
the
in
the
wall
it was
just
such
a
wild
time
and
I
think
when
we
talk
to
people
who
were
the
organisers
it
did
sound
like
it
was
pretty
military
the
precision
actually
it
seemws
like
the
just
that
the
planning
before
it
but
getting
thousands
of
people
to
then
act
in
a
military
way
with
it
that
wasn’t
going
to
happen
either
people
was
a
wildness
that
yeah
just
sort
of
occurred
and
how
people
managed
to
do
those
things
before
we
had
Facebook
and
the
internet
to
communicate
and
it
truly
was
quite
revolutionary
in
its
approach
to what
people
did…
absolutely
I
think
it
started
off
as
a
very
vague
plan
and
I
think
week
by
week
it
got
more
specific
as
they
as
they
kind
of
learned
you
know
the
hurdles
that
they
have
to
jump
and
the
things
they
had
to
avoid
to
make
sure
that
the
party
went
ahead
you
know
and
some
of
the
things
I
saw
to
when
you
know
when
I
talk
about
absolute
tenacity
some
of
the
things
I
saw
to
ensure
that
parties
went
ahead
and
was
just
unbelievable
you
know
I
can
remember
one
night
the
generator
wasn’t
working
in
one
of
the
parties
and
a
couple
of
the
electrician
guys
wired
wired
the
whole
PA
system
and
DJ
set
up
to
the
up
to
the
traffic
lights
outside
you
know
this
is
massive
absolute
genius
and
there
was
like
thousands
of
people
completely
unaware
that
they
were,
you
know,
that
the
party
was
being
powered
by
the
lights
outside
neither
…
did
the
police
which
was
you
know
quite
a
…
one up man’
for
us.
Yeah!
…
Is there
anything
about
that
era
where
there
was
negative
sides
or
bad
sides
that
came
from
it ?
…
There were
sides
that
were…
annoying
ummm…
such
as
you
know
the
police
were
really
quite
harsh
with
us
really
quite
harsh
with
us
we were
just
so
thrilled
I
know
it
sounds
really
really
corny
but
we
were
all
just
so
filled
with
love
and
hope
and
a
desire
to
you
know
that
the
show
must
go
on
the
party
…
will
go
ahead
and
nothing
was
going
to
stop
us
that
you
know
we
just
we
just
fought
through
it
but
when
I
look
back
on
it
now
the
brutality
of
the
police
was
quite
alarming
it
was
quite
alarming
…
…
there
was
a
number
of
parties
that
I were
in
in
the
early
days
they
used
to
come
in
and
storm
the
party
and
close
it
down
they
would
be
beating
people
with
trungeons
…
you
know
girls
and
stuff
and
they’d
be
quite
ruthless
but
it
sort
of
became
a
bit
of
a
game
you
know
it
was
like
can
we
evade
the
police?
and
can
we
make
sure
that
this
goes
ahead?
and
you
sort
of
didn’t
feel
the
blows
because
you
were
so
full
of
adrenaline
to
make
sure
that
you
got
in
this
party
and
that
you
had
the
great
night
that
you
wanted
to
go
out
and
have
you
know
…
…
but
yeah
I
think
they
were
absolutely
ruthless
in
their
approach
that
was
that
was
one
of
the
downsides
of
it
I
think
the
other
main
downside
of
it
was
that
was
the
end
of
it.
Not
so
much
that
it
ended.
I suppose
It
did
have
to
come
to
a
natural
end
at
some
point
but
it
was
what
was
left
when
it
ended
so
that
massive
void
particularly
in
this
community
and
Blackburn
with
Darwen
I
think
was
the
beginning
of
what
became
kind
of
a
heroin
epidemic.
Just
because
these
kids
that
had
been
focused,
it
was
their life
It
was
all
you
thought
it
was
all
you
thought
about
all
week
long
and
all
of
a
sudden
all
that
was
taken
away
and
I
think
I
think
that
kind
of
triggered
a
lot
of
drug
misuse
and
kind
of
mental
you
know
severe
I
mean
there
was
drugs
being
used
in
the
parties
…
I’m
not
going
to
deny
that
but
it
was
different
it
was
different
but
from
what
I
saw
anyway
and
yeah
I
think
for
a
lot
of
people
that
was
the
start
of
that
and
also
the
connections
they
made
with
bigger
cities
enabled
that
to
happen.
You
know
that
there
was
no
heroin
or
crack
cocaine
or
anything
in
Blackburn
with
Darwen
during
the
party
era
little
anyway
I
think
we’ve
seen
a
surge
you
get
in
the
late
Seventies
or
something
like
that
but
it
kind
of
hadn’t
really
been
around
and
because
people
were
coming
from
larger
cities
they
were
bringing
this
stuff
and
before
you
know
it
you
know
this
area
was
flooded
with
it.
So that
for
me
would
be
the
you
know
the
biggest
downside
to
it.
If
there
was
anything
you
would
like
people
to
remember
or
people
to
know
about
the
time
if
they
were
looking
back
at
this
a
hundred
years
in
the
future
what
would
you
say
to
them?
…
“Remember Blackburn”
I
would
say
nobody
did
what
we
did…
You
know?
We
went
to
a
lot
of
other
towns
a
lot
of
other
cities
you
know
to
their
parties
and
stuff
which
were
all
great
but
what
we
did
here
was
something
really
quite
special.
Really
quite
special
I
think.
Perhaps
I
don’t
think
there
were
many
teenagers
of
that
era
who weren’t
involved
in
some
way
shape
or
form
and
and
that
kind
of
speaks
for
itself
and
it’s
weird
it’s
kind
of
like
we’re
still
sort
of
one
big
family
a
lot
of
us
you
know
you
know
and
a
lot
of
us
have
been
have
been
through
trials
and
tribulations
and
come
out
the
other
side
of
it
as
a
result
and
remained
in
that
same
community
you
know
yeah
I
think
it’s
something
that
Blackburn
should
be
proud
of
it
wasn’t
at
the
time
you
know
because
of
the
illegal
element
to
it
as
it
was
then
but
I
think
we
really
did
set
the
precedent
for
what
is
now
you
know
a
global
money-making
thing
that
goes
on
everywhere
isn’t
it?
You
know,
there’s
parties
…
absolutely
everywhere
now
and
they’re
huge
and
if
they
wouldn’t
have
come
they
wouldn’t
have
that
had
we
not
started
this
so
yeah…
not
that
we
started
the
parties
…
obviously!
but
you
know
what
we
did
here
what
we
did
here
I
think
was
fundamental
in
the
way
that
the
Rave
scene
is
developed
now
definitely.