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So
Tracey,
what
is
your
connection
with
the
Blackburn
Acid
House
raves
from
30
years
ago.
I
started
going
with
my
friends,
a group
of
girls.
And
then
I
met
a
guy
called
Tony
who I
ended
up
going
out
with
and
he
was
one
of
the
main
organisers…
during
the
week
me
and
Tony
would
go
out
looking
for
warehouses
and
come
Saturday
night…
when
I
was
one
of
the
ones
who
knew
where
the
warehouse
was
i’d be
one
of
the
convoy
leaders.
Whereas
…
whereas
previously
we
we’d have
gone
to
say
The
Cav,
Peppermint
Place
and
there’d
have
been
fights
men
would
have
been
hitting
on
you,
it
was
a
total
different
environment.
Nobody
ever
hit
on
you.
You
could
wear
what
you
wanted.
You
didn’t
have
to
be
dressed
up.
There
wasn’t
people
who
didn’t
get
in
because
the
bouncer
said
it’s
not
your
own
night…
It
was
just
a
feeling
of…
a
new
way…
a
new
way
of
life
and
it
was
just
brilliant.
And
erm..
how
do
you
think
it
changed
Blackburn?
Oh it changed
Blackburn
totally
a
lot
of
the
guys
were
football
hooligans
weren’t
they?
And
it
changed
them
and
also
like….
they
learnt
to
dance
and
they
learnt
to
get…
on
whereas
previously…
Well,
alot…
a
few
of
them
still
didn’t
get
on.
But
yeah,
everybody
seemed
to
become
friends
with
people
all
over…
race,
whatever
it
didn’t
matter
anymore.
Whereas
I
think
there had
been
definitely
some
racism
previously
and
definitely
if
anybody
from out
of
town
came
and they
didn’t
get
on
previously
they’d
have
fought
wouldn’t
they?
…
…
…
Yeah,
there
was..
there was
always
a
lot of
fights..
people
coming
from
out
town.
Yeah,
and
it
just
changed
all
that
completely
but
Blackburn
at
the
time
…
apart
from
apart
from
the
fights.
It
was
really
booming
wasn’t
it…?
It
was…
it was
a
big
night
life..
it had
big
names…
big
nights
out
wasn’t
it?
But
it’s…
I
think
we
all
wanted
something
different
than…
….
we
didn’t
want
to…
I’m
a
horse
girl.
I
spent
my
life
in
wellies
…
I
didn’t
want
to
be
getting
dressed
up
to
have
to
go
out.
I
loved
going
out
in
my
jeans.
That’s
me.
So
you
could
go
out
and
actually
just
be
yourself.
What
can
you
tell
me
about
your
best
memories
about
the
Blackburn
warehouse
parties?
I
think
when
you
arrived
at
the
parties
and
everybody
got
out
and
rushed
in
the
feeling
and
the
anticipation
everything
was
dark…
everything
was
quiet
and
you
were
waiting
for
everything
to
be
set
up
and
you
could
just
feel…
feel
everybody’s
emotions
and
it
was
amazing…
and
then
when
the
music
went
on
everybody
started
…
to
cheer
and
it
was
just
the
best
feeling.
I
think
Ewood
…
Mill
was
good
New
Years
Eve.
I
really
enjoyed
that
one.
I
remember
And
that
was…
the
there
was
2
wasn’t
there…
Yeah,
the
Ewood
Mill.
That’s
the
second
one
is
it?
It was
New
Years
Eve?
Yeah,
I
think
because
it
was
New
Years
Eve
as
well
and
we’ve
been
going
awhile
by
then
hadn’t
we
and
yeah,
it
was
just
amazing…
and
what
made
it…
what
made
it
different…
better
than
the
other
ones
would
you
say?
Well
apart
from
the
fact
that
it
was
New
years
Eve…
I
think
we’d
made
more
friends
by
then…
the
amount
of
people
that
you’ve
got
to
know
from
different
places
different
areas
of
the
country
and
everybody
was
there
for
one
thing
wasn’t
they?
Just
have
a
really
good
time
and
just
that
I
suppose.
Do
you
think
it’s
to
do
with
the
place
that
it
was
in
as
well?
Yeah
I suppose
because
it
was
really
prominent
to
us
all
wasn’t
it?
It
was
always
there.
It
was
massive
massive.
It
was
accessible
a
lot
of
the
ones
where
outlying
weren’t
they
people and
didn’t
get
there
either
the
police
stopped
them
or
they
missed
a
convoy
or
they couldn’t
find
it
that
one
everybody
got
there.
Yeah
from
there.
It
housed
everybody
because
it
was
huge.
Yeah,
and
it
was
near
the
centre
of
town.
And
I
think
also
it
was
before
the
downturn
wasn’t
it…
before
things?
Yeah
it
…
peaked,
that
was
the
peak…
I
think
before
things
started
to
go
downhill
and
a
bad
element
started
to
creep
in.
Was
there
any
downside?
Bad
sides
that
you
remember?
Yeah,
I
remember…
I
think
were
in
Nelson.
Tony
had
bought
me
whole
brewing
up
kit
where
I
had
everything
to
make
hot
chocolates
for
people
in
the
morning
and
we’re
at
Nelson
and
there’s
some
guys
came…
and
they
were
obviously
Manchester
gangster
types,
and
it
was
a
really…
I
just
remember
the
atmosphere
changed.
It
had
an
undertone
to
it
and
I
went
out
in
the
morning
to
get
my
brew
stuff
out
and
somebody
had broke
in
my
car
and
stole
it all.
If
you
were
leaving
a
message
for
for
somebody
in
a
100
years
time…
what
message
would
you
have
don’t
you
think?
Suppose
follow
your
dreams
don’t
always…
you
don’t
always
have
to
comply…
there
is
always…
…
we
didn’t
follow
what
the
norm
was
we
broke
out
and
created
something
new
which
now
30
Years
on
is
still
going
but
sometimes
you
just
have
to
push
the
boundaries
a
little.
It
was
coming
up
to
my
19th
birthday.
And
we
decided
that
we
were
going
to…
there
wasn’t
that
many
people
coming
in
those
days
we
decided
me and
Tony
that
I
was
going
to
hire
this
warehouse
it was
a
boxing
gym.
And
I
think
we
hired
it…
think
it
was
about
the
12th
of
December
and
we’ve
said…
it
with
my
birthday
party.
So
I
went
and
hired
it.
So
it
was
for
a
t-shirt
printing
business
and
on
that
night
we
had
about
10
times
more
people
than
previous
came
and
there
wasn’t
enough
room
for
them
and
they were
climbing
up
the
fire
escape they
were
putting
windows
through
to
get
in…
they
just
wanted
to
get
into
party
and
it
could
have
been
disastrous
because
that
floor
was
ready
for
collapsing..
wasn’t
it.
And
Tony
ran
up to
me
and
went…
Tracey
this
is
NOT
ON
YOU!
I
was
just
being
petrified.
So
just
go
over
that
again…
that…
this
was
hired
in
your
name?
My
name…
as
a
t-shirt
printing
business
a
couple
of
days
before
the
party
and
then
in
the
morning
when
we
came
out,
my
car
had
4
slashed
tyres
and
I
was
arrested
immediately.
And
was
there
any
repercussions
from
that?
Yeah,
me
and
Tony
both
got
arrested
for
it.
I
was
the
first
woman
ever
arrested
for
illegally
organising
an
Acid House
party,
but
when
we
were
in
the
police
station
Tony
agreed
to
take
full
responsibility
if
they
dropped
all
charges
and
me
and
they
did.
I
also
remember
going
home
I
lived.
My
mum
was
a
farmer’s
daughter
a
very
quiet
lady
and
we
lived
in
a
nice
house
in
Darwen
and
I
went
home
and
I
had
2
policemen
sat
with
my
mum
having
afternoon
tea
and
they
were
telling
my
mum
that
I
was
involved
with
the
wrong
kind
of
people
and
I was
just
sat
there
not
really
knowing
what
to
say.
Full Transcript:
So
Tracey,
what
is
your
connection
with
the
Blackburn
Acid
House
raves
from
30
years
ago.
I
started
going
with
my
friends,
a group
of
girls.
And
then
I
met
a
guy
called
Tony
who I
ended
up
going
out
with
and
he
was
one
of
the
main
organisers…
during
the
week
me
and
Tony
would
go
out
looking
for
warehouses
and
come
Saturday
night…
when
I
was
one
of
the
ones
who
knew
where
the
warehouse
was
i’d be
one
of
the
convoy
leaders.
Whereas
…
whereas
previously
we
we’d have
gone
to
say
The
Cav,
Peppermint
Place
and
there’d
have
been
fights
men
would
have
been
hitting
on
you,
it
was
a
total
different
environment.
Nobody
ever
hit
on
you.
You
could
wear
what
you
wanted.
You
didn’t
have
to
be
dressed
up.
There
wasn’t
people
who
didn’t
get
in
because
the
bouncer
said
it’s
not
your
own
night…
It
was
just
a
feeling
of…
a
new
way…
a
new
way
of
life
and
it
was
just
brilliant.
And
erm..
how
do
you
think
it
changed
Blackburn?
Oh it changed
Blackburn
totally
a
lot
of
the
guys
were
football
hooligans
weren’t
they?
And
it
changed
them
and
also
like….
they
learnt
to
dance
and
they
learnt
to
get…
on
whereas
previously…
Well,
alot…
a
few
of
them
still
didn’t
get
on.
But
yeah,
everybody
seemed
to
become
friends
with
people
all
over…
race,
whatever
it
didn’t
matter
anymore.
Whereas
I
think
there had
been
definitely
some
racism
previously
and
definitely
if
anybody
from out
of
town
came
and they
didn’t
get
on
previously
they’d
have
fought
wouldn’t
they?
…
…
…
Yeah,
there
was..
there was
always
a
lot of
fights..
people
coming
from
out
town.
Yeah,
and
it
just
changed
all
that
completely
but
Blackburn
at
the
time
…
apart
from
apart
from
the
fights.
It
was
really
booming
wasn’t
it…?
It
was…
it was
a
big
night
life..
it had
big
names…
big
nights
out
wasn’t
it?
But
it’s…
I
think
we
all
wanted
something
different
than…
….
we
didn’t
want
to…
I’m
a
horse
girl.
I
spent
my
life
in
wellies
…
I
didn’t
want
to
be
getting
dressed
up
to
have
to
go
out.
I
loved
going
out
in
my
jeans.
That’s
me.
So
you
could
go
out
and
actually
just
be
yourself.
What
can
you
tell
me
about
your
best
memories
about
the
Blackburn
warehouse
parties?
I
think
when
you
arrived
at
the
parties
and
everybody
got
out
and
rushed
in
the
feeling
and
the
anticipation
everything
was
dark…
everything
was
quiet
and
you
were
waiting
for
everything
to
be
set
up
and
you
could
just
feel…
feel
everybody’s
emotions
and
it
was
amazing…
and
then
when
the
music
went
on
everybody
started
…
to
cheer
and
it
was
just
the
best
feeling.
I
think
Ewood
…
Mill
was
good
New
Years
Eve.
I
really
enjoyed
that
one.
I
remember
And
that
was…
the
there
was
2
wasn’t
there…
Yeah,
the
Ewood
Mill.
That’s
the
second
one
is
it?
It was
New
Years
Eve?
Yeah,
I
think
because
it
was
New
Years
Eve
as
well
and
we’ve
been
going
awhile
by
then
hadn’t
we
and
yeah,
it
was
just
amazing…
and
what
made
it…
what
made
it
different…
better
than
the
other
ones
would
you
say?
Well
apart
from
the
fact
that
it
was
New
years
Eve…
I
think
we’d
made
more
friends
by
then…
the
amount
of
people
that
you’ve
got
to
know
from
different
places
different
areas
of
the
country
and
everybody
was
there
for
one
thing
wasn’t
they?
Just
have
a
really
good
time
and
just
that
I
suppose.
Do
you
think
it’s
to
do
with
the
place
that
it
was
in
as
well?
Yeah
I suppose
because
it
was
really
prominent
to
us
all
wasn’t
it?
It
was
always
there.
It
was
massive
massive.
It
was
accessible
a
lot
of
the
ones
where
outlying
weren’t
they
people and
didn’t
get
there
either
the
police
stopped
them
or
they
missed
a
convoy
or
they couldn’t
find
it
that
one
everybody
got
there.
Yeah
from
there.
It
housed
everybody
because
it
was
huge.
Yeah,
and
it
was
near
the
centre
of
town.
And
I
think
also
it
was
before
the
downturn
wasn’t
it…
before
things?
Yeah
it
…
peaked,
that
was
the
peak…
I
think
before
things
started
to
go
downhill
and
a
bad
element
started
to
creep
in.
Was
there
any
downside?
Bad
sides
that
you
remember?
Yeah,
I
remember…
I
think
were
in
Nelson.
Tony
had
bought
me
whole
brewing
up
kit
where
I
had
everything
to
make
hot
chocolates
for
people
in
the
morning
and
we’re
at
Nelson
and
there’s
some
guys
came…
and
they
were
obviously
Manchester
gangster
types,
and
it
was
a
really…
I
just
remember
the
atmosphere
changed.
It
had
an
undertone
to
it
and
I
went
out
in
the
morning
to
get
my
brew
stuff
out
and
somebody
had broke
in
my
car
and
stole
it all.
If
you
were
leaving
a
message
for
for
somebody
in
a
100
years
time…
what
message
would
you
have
don’t
you
think?
Suppose
follow
your
dreams
don’t
always…
you
don’t
always
have
to
comply…
there
is
always…
…
we
didn’t
follow
what
the
norm
was
we
broke
out
and
created
something
new
which
now
30
Years
on
is
still
going
but
sometimes
you
just
have
to
push
the
boundaries
a
little.
It
was
coming
up
to
my
19th
birthday.
And
we
decided
that
we
were
going
to…
there
wasn’t
that
many
people
coming
in
those
days
we
decided
me and
Tony
that
I
was
going
to
hire
this
warehouse
it was
a
boxing
gym.
And
I
think
we
hired
it…
think
it
was
about
the
12th
of
December
and
we’ve
said…
it
with
my
birthday
party.
So
I
went
and
hired
it.
So
it
was
for
a
t-shirt
printing
business
and
on
that
night
we
had
about
10
times
more
people
than
previous
came
and
there
wasn’t
enough
room
for
them
and
they were
climbing
up
the
fire
escape they
were
putting
windows
through
to
get
in…
they
just
wanted
to
get
into
party
and
it
could
have
been
disastrous
because
that
floor
was
ready
for
collapsing..
wasn’t
it.
And
Tony
ran
up to
me
and
went…
Tracey
this
is
NOT
ON
YOU!
I
was
just
being
petrified.
So
just
go
over
that
again…
that…
this
was
hired
in
your
name?
My
name…
as
a
t-shirt
printing
business
a
couple
of
days
before
the
party
and
then
in
the
morning
when
we
came
out,
my
car
had
4
slashed
tyres
and
I
was
arrested
immediately.
And
was
there
any
repercussions
from
that?
Yeah,
me
and
Tony
both
got
arrested
for
it.
I
was
the
first
woman
ever
arrested
for
illegally
organising
an
Acid House
party,
but
when
we
were
in
the
police
station
Tony
agreed
to
take
full
responsibility
if
they
dropped
all
charges
and
me
and
they
did.
I
also
remember
going
home
I
lived.
My
mum
was
a
farmer’s
daughter
a
very
quiet
lady
and
we
lived
in
a
nice
house
in
Darwen
and
I
went
home
and
I
had
2
policemen
sat
with
my
mum
having
afternoon
tea
and
they
were
telling
my
mum
that
I
was
involved
with
the
wrong
kind
of
people
and
I was
just
sat
there
not
really
knowing
what
to
say.