...Places of Southend Punk Significance...
Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford
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The Clash - White Riot '77 Tour - Poster
 The Clash - White Riot '77 Tour - Newspaper Advert
The Clash / Subway Sect - Live at The Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford - 29.05.77 - Ticket
The Clash - White Riot '77 Tour - Chelmsford Newspaper Clipping
The Clash - White Riot '77 Tour - Newspaper Clipping featuring Ray Parkington
The Clash - White Riot '77 Tour - Newspaper Clipping
The Sunday Times Magazine - July 17th - 1977 - Front Cover
The Sunday Times Magazine - July 17th - 1977 - Inside
Chancellor Hall Forthcoming Gigs 1977 - Advert
Chancellor Hall Flyer - Autumn 1977
The Damned / 999 - Live at The Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford - 06.11.77 - Ticket
Chancellor Hall Flyer - Early 1978
Chancellor Hall Flyer - Early 1978
The Buzzcocks / The Slits - Live at The Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford - 12.03.78 - Ticket
Chancellor Hall Forthcoming Gigs 1978 - Advert
The Radio Stars - Live at The Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford - 03.09.78 - Ticket
Penetration - Live at The Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford - 12.11.78 - Ticket
Penetration - Live at The Chancellor Hall - Advert
Penetration Live at The Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford - 13.05.79 - Ticket
Chelmsford Newspaper Article
Penetration - Live at The Chancellor Hall - 13.05.79
Penetration - Live at The Chancellor Hall - 13.05.79
Penetration - Live at The Chancellor Hall - 13.05.79
The Undertones - Live at The Chancellor Hall - 03.06.79
Ghost Dance - Live at The Chancellor Hall - Advert
Ghost Dance + The Ladykillers + Gun Supper + Scrapheap - Live at The Chancellor Hall, 12.09.86 - Poster
Ghost Dance + Blue Water + Gun Supper + Brother Sister - Live at The Chancellor Hall, 13.02.87 - Poster
Ghost Dance + Blue Water + Gun Supper + Brother Sister - Live at The Chancellor Hall, 13.02.87 - Ticket
Ghost Dance - Live at The Chancellor Hall - 13.02.87
Ghost Dance - Live at The Chancellor Hall - 13.02.87
Ghost Dance - Live at The Chancellor Hall - 13.02.87
Ghost Dance - Live at The Chancellor Hall - 13.02.87
Ghost Dance - Live at The Chancellor Hall - 13.02.87
Ghost Dance - Live at The Chancellor Hall - 13.02.87
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The Clash / Subway Sect - Live at The Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford - 29.05.77 - TicketThe Chancellor Hall in Chelmsford was a crucial live venue for the areas punks, including the legions of punks that would travel to it from Southend, Basildon, Canvey and beyond to see the likes of Penetration, Buzzcocks, The Adverts, Generation X and perhaps most infamously The Clash, a gig described by many whom saw it as 'truly life changing'.

The Chancellor Hall (named after the Victorian Chelmsford Mayor and Architect of the demolished Corn Exchange, Frederick Chancellor) in Victoria Road was built on the site of the former Corn Exchange when the town centre was redeveloped in 1971 - Indeed The Corn Exchange itself had a great history and famously hosted a Jimi Hendrix gig in 1967.

The Chancellor Hall in the late '70's/'80s really provided a great venue for the many bands whom played there though, and it certainly hosted some legendary nights. The Clash chose the venue for their Essex date on their trailblazing 1977 White Riot tour, causing much uproar in the local press and beyond. This concert really helped ignite the Essex Punk scene, and in no time at all many punk bands would put the Chancellor Hall on their itineraries. The Ultravox gig there in 1977 was known to be hugely influential on many of its attendees, and the venue continued to put on touring and local acts throughout the 1980's, and in the process became quite a Goth stronghold as evidenced at both the performances there for Ghost Dance, the band formed by Anne-Marie from Skeletal Family and Gary Marx from The Sisters of Mercy.

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