A local history society says it will not support a plaque in honour of an 'unruly' 1978 gig.
A town's local history society has said a punk gig which “caused mayhem” and resulted in certain types of live music being banned in public buildings for two decades is "not worthy" of a blue plaque.Punk rock fan Mr Johnson, 55, is spearheading the campaign for the infamous/legendary gig to be honoured and has said he "won’t take no for an answer".
“Nearly 50 years on and there are still people who hold a grudge against punk rock music... but modern history has value too. “There is a big void in Bury’s history because established bands were not allowed here – we could have had good times but we were denied it."That was obviously something the council was not happy with so the Bury Society considers that putting a blue plaque up would be inappropriate,” he said.up is to record something noteworthy and I wouldn’t say an event which caused mayhem is worthy of recording.
Despite the society’s decision, Mr Johnson says he will not be deterred and will continue to fight for the show to be celebrated in an official capacity.He claimed: "There were rumours that there was going to be trouble, but that didn't happen."'Never heard of it': Families speak out about rare cancer2 days ago
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