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Thekla
- Subject: Thekla
- From: "gordon" <dwilhelmi@ti...co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:12:48 +0100
Ah, I thought I remembered someone here saying Thekla was from Tyneside.
I would say that's close enough, but would upset the Geordie/Mackem
contingent.
Looked like it needed a lick o' paint, but hope it retains whatever
ambience it may have had, as well as the Banksy on the port hull.
G
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Vallis" <paulvallis@ho...com>
To: <blueplanes@st...net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] RA
> Gordon:
> Don't suppose we could cover punting up to the Tyne in the Thekla, a
few
> serenades riverside ?
> I could do the lights and backing vocals.
>
> Me:
> The Thekla has just been into dry dock for a refit. It was recently
taken
> over by the same company that owns Nottingham Rock City. According to
a
> Venue article a few weeks ago there will be more live music there when
it
> re-opens (which it may have already done).
>
> As for going up to the Tyne, I'm not sure if they redid the engine,
which I
> believe is actually an old U-boat engine. IIRC Vivien Stanshall
originally
> sailed it down to Bristol from Sunderland under a Panamanian flag, so
it
> might remember the way back.
>
> PV1
>
>
>
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