QUEENS HALL

[bramley13]

i seem to remember small fairground rides there as a kid,im sure it was there

[LeeRatbag]

Chrism wrote: I guess it was a music venue right up to the end of it's life. I think that was the only way they could make money out of it. A lot of rock bands played there in the 80's, Saxon, Motorhead (part of their gig can be heard on 'No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith'), Ozzy Osbourne, Thin Lizzy, Def Leppard ... ... ... I'm pretty sure it was a music venue until it closed. Last time I was there was December '87 (for the "Christmas On Speed" thrash metal festival with Megadeth, Overkill, Nuclear Assault and several other unfriendly-sounding acts . Megadeth filmed the video for their version of "Anarchy In The UK" at that, and I ended up in the vid...).    

[Steve Jones]

I still have a Beer Glass from The Great British Beer Festival of 1989 held at the Queens Hall I think there may have beenone in 1990 as well there. It's closure gave the Southerners who never venture past Watford the excuse to bring the Great British Beer Festival back to London where it remains to this day sadly.

[rainone]

Does anyone have any photos?

[wiggy]

Brandy wrote: i have some of the best memories of my life dating back to the queens hall music erami dad used to be good friends with one of the top promoters and he used to get me and my mate into concerts and we used to go backstage i met phil lynott and ozzy osbourne to name a few!! i got given a life size cardboard cut out signed by phil lynott not long before he died!i remember one gig we went to(i think it was futurerama) there were punks sniffing glue openly in the toilets and i got lost from my mate talk about scary i was only 12 wondering around with punk rockers laid all over the floor blind drunk scary yes but swap it? not a chancewe also got to see some of the other bands of the eightes heres a few off the top of my headPAUL YOUNGUB40HAWARD JONESTHE DAMMNEDUK SUBSACDCTHE POLICEyep good old days they were.     somewhat diverse tastes in music for a giptonite!

[fevlad]

coild be wrong but I don't recall the beatles playing QHdefinitely played the odeon in 63 though

[Croggy]

I never went to any concerts there, but did go to a skating thing once - the inline version of roller skates... only once, mind!

[jeffn]

Chrism wrote: I remember the Xmas fairs in the QH, I also went to see Rod and The Faces, I also went to a Roxy Music all-nighter there, also on the bill were Be-Bop Deluxe, Leo Sayer, Vinegar Joe (Robert Palmer and Elkie Brookes) and others. I also saw The Clash there with Siouxsie and the Banshees, I went to a couple of John Keenans Futuramas too. I'm quite sure the Beatles played an early gig there too around 1963.Aahhh The fond memories. I was there for the roxy concert, had a chat with Bill Nelson ( be-bop deluxe ) , and he wasn't happy at been told he could only play one song ( this was about 5am ), but they managed to stretch 'no trains to heaven' out for about 15 minutes . . . anyone used to go see be-bop deluxe at the fairway in gipton? wiggy??

[Tasa]

In the 1960s, I went to a performance in the Queen's Hall called "Dancing Waters" - it was a large curtain of coloured water fountains which created different patterns of movement set to music. Sounds a bit weird, but it was a lovely effect. Innocent times, eh?!I also remember the hall being host to monthly flea markets in the 70s/80s - run by Anthony Porter, I think. I was a beermat collector in those days, and I got a lot of bargains there!

[oldleedsman]

There's a previous thread about the Queen's Hall.http://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messag ... D=668Aside from the music, I remember going to a circus there in the early 60s.