TEN YEARS AT

ALBION STREET

Yes folks! Despite or perhaps because of all those who only gave us a few weeks when the building opened on June 3rd 1988,
we are still here and stronger than ever.

Back in 1985, work began on the club's new premises, a derelict warehouse, down a cobbled street in the heart of Bradford.
Hundreds of Club members worked voluntarily to reconvert the four storey mill into a social club complete with all the recognised fixtures and fittings you would expect. The building was completely stripped, floors removed, and walls demolished, then with painstaking effort rebuilt to our own specifications. Three years of dedicated hard work, almost all carried out voluntarily by the Club membership were rewarded when in May 1988 21-23 Albion Street was opened for business.

The achievement was monumental. after years of moving from venue to venue, meeting room to meeting room, the Club actually had its own premises.

I walked down to the Club on opening night... I was stunned. It was actually working. All of a sudden it hit me - fuckin' hell we did it. And if the Club closes down tomorrow, we still did it.

10th Anniversary Celebrations

Following on from the huge success that was MayDay 98 we now have the 10th anniversary. This will take the form of a week of celebration including a rare chance to see His Hero Is Gone on 3rd June, and a 'live Happy Hardcore' event on the 6th.
The main party though, takes place on the Friday the 5th and is split in two. From 3pm till 7pm there will be the official do with buffet, invited guests who have assisted over the years, as many of the old workers who can make it and best of all, prices at the bar just the same as they were 10 years ago on opening night.
Later on down on the gig floor the doors are flung wider to include everyone, and we'll party till late.

So What's All the Fuss?

You may well ask, but we reckon that ten years of doing it for ourselves is reason enough to celebrate. Add to that the fact that we've not not only managed to keep going but are now breaking even, attracting well known acts to the Club, have a renowned cafe and are starting to be taken seriously on a political level too, and it starts to become clear why we should give ourselves a pat on the back. Especially since at all times it has been the membership who have led the way and the principle of self-management has never been compromised. All the way from the bulk of the building work to the bars and accounts, we've done it all. And we're still here to be a thorn in the side of those who claim it can't be done without hierarchy and bosses and...