Hacienda Venue Footage (FACT 71)

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[rolybling]

I went to the Hacienda religiously every Friday night with my mate and fellow DJ, Danny D around 86, 87 and 88. Anyone who says it was over-rated is talking through their proverbial backside, it was wicked, good good memories. Just getting in was a task lol, those bouncers were knobheads, I ended up working for Factory at one of their other Manchester venues which got me free admission to the Hac, good times.

[sjhuckerby]

i went hac in 1990 when i was just 19..changed me forever!!!!!! so sad when i went back down there 2 years ago to see it has apartments....how crap is that!

[1966spanner]

Getting was a trial, they would make you pay first then search you. They found a tiny bit of hash that been through the wash a few times and full of lint that they found, i told them to chuck it away but they decieded to give me a dig to the ribs and sling me out without my money, robbing twats.

I did go in a few times but found it full of people there just to say they had been there not to enjoy the club. The Boardwalk was better and just across the street from The Hacienda.

[MrChubbyness]

Lot of bitchin on a few of these Hac vids but fact is it was a real buzz at 17 just gettin in there in 89 until the old confidence grew then you'd be walking around like a veteran! and when the pills were still good there wasnt a great deal of trouble until the gangs took over later on through the 90s, I'd say best times were up to about 93 tunewise also

[Factory051]

whats this extended version of 52nd street? any ideas?

[hypercatjohn]

I'd kick a dogs head of to of been old enough to go to the Hac, nearly 29 now, wish I was nearly 49 so I'd of been there at the absolute peak of rave culture

[benno25]

haha big heavy glass beer mugs at @ 1.54, tut tut tut..what would health and safety these days have to say about that hahahaha

[messburglar]

@sjhuckerby 

[FrancescaUK70]

I first went to the Hac in 1989 with my Mancunian cousin and had a blindin' night!!! I remember seeing the bloke from Candy bloody Flip fannying around in a poncho - the best, best, best thing was the high ceilings and the wicked flower lights - you never sweated in there - it was the BEST - the UK would have been a different place if it had never existed. Freedom to Party!!!!!!!!! xx

[ravingshavers]

We first set foot in the place in 82 and for the last time in June.99 at around 6.30am when it was squatted by the EF! ok cafe collective. With the police helicopter hovering overhead, fire-eaters & jugglers entertaining the cops with torches and video cameras on the railway line, and some of the best music I'd heard for years as a fitting soundtrack to the headline-grabbing curtain-closing battle going on below as word spread about the occupation, the night will go down in history.