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Getting the sack for muttering 'jesus christ' under your breath.

Having to resign on principle because a man doing the same job as a woman gets a 50p pay rise and the woman doesn't

Working in an office by candlelight

Slipping the bouncer the money to let you in the back at a full-up gig at the Roundhouse....

Arhhh The Round House ..


I went there many many times...


On one occassion whilt in an 'Elevated' state of mind I arrived to find there was a Power Cut.


I was refused entry on saftey grounds but was allowed in after producing a Torch. ( Could not make it up)


The power was restored.


Greasy Truckers were "a loose organisation of individuals whose ideals were based on those of the Diggers in San Francisco, recycling money into worthwhile causes." [3] This album was the first of two albums recorded at concerts in London organised by Greasy Truckers, the second being Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall (1974).


All proceeds from the concert and LP sales went to Greasy Truckers' project to build a hostel in Notting Hill Gate.[4]


The concert was due to run from 3PM until midnight and include performances by Byzantium and others, but wage disputes between the unions and the government had led to frequent power cuts, one of which occurred in the early evening, giving an unusual album track "Power cut".


The fire brigade asked the audience to leave, but when power was resumed, and the audience re-admitted, hundreds more people came in.


In defiance of the Fire Brigade, many people stayed inside, temporary lighting was set up and the audience was entertained by eccentric folk band Skinner's Rats who did not require amplification.


They started with the opening of Richard Strauss's "Also Sprach Zarathustra" before breaking into a medley of reels and being joined on stage by a troop of Morris dancers - the Blackheath Foot and Death Men.


Strange that whilst Googling the above. I discovered the bit about the Blackheath Foot and Death Men.


They become Blackheath Morris Men. and I danced with them back in the 80's


Do not remember them being at the Round House.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasy_Truckers_Party


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