a memory of being called upon to design a poster for a Ceilidh in the Blackhall Mill community centre in the summer of 1983

Sedayne's memory stirs one of mine: what was advertised as "Croydon's Christmas Ceilidh", tunes supplied by the Albion Dance Band, at my old school in nineteen seventy...something. A friend of mine had talked his way into helping the band set up during the day (which involved Free Beer!), & I'd talked my way into hanging around with my friend until he told me to piss off (which, remarkably, also involved Free Beer!). Unfortunately, this means that I've got no recollection of the gig itself, as by the evening I was completely bladdered on London Pride. Bladdered in quite an active and sociable way - or so I was told afterwards - but bladdered nonetheless.

Anyway, I do vaguely remember one or two people saying "Christmas what?", but I'm sure most people were already familiar with the idea of a ceilidh - in Croydon, in nineteen seventy-thing.

Sub-topic: date my ceilidh! It was at Christmas (hence the name), I'm pretty sure it wasn't earlier than 1974 or later than 1976 and I'm reasonably sure it was the Albion Dance Band who performed, although I don't remember whether they played vielles rackets nakers ect ect. (I don't remember whether they played, if it comes to that.)