If we could have a safe space for people to come down with their kids on a Saturday punk, young punk rockers, the kids on a Saturday night where they could have a drink, the kids could hang out, be safe, that’s perfect. You know? Dave Gropper My son’s got this memory of being at the club while I were busy doing something, and all these punks looking after him. And there were a guy called Steve - this really radical looking punk and Spike adored him … it’s part of his childhood. Emma Marshall It was my dad who used to be Santa for every Christmas party. Um, that totally ruined the illusion of Santa for me at one point here. Um, but yeah, like pretty much every kids club there was, there was a core group of us that were together, that our parents, they were friends with each other and drank with each other. They all had kids around the same age, which was us, and we were all sort of connected to each other, and still to this day. Sean Barrett There were talks at the 1 in 12 of banning children just as a whole, or just not having people under the age of 18 there at all, just having it as completely 18 plus space, which, if that had been the case, I might not have been the way I am with the 1 in 12 now ... they stood up, my sister vomited everywhere. Um, but they didn’t get banned. So obviously something good happened at that meeting. Kaya Cullerton So my mum and dad moved back to the UK in 2014 and around that time, I was helping out at the cafe, and my mum was really into cooking food. So my mum is Indian, and she does a lot of, you know, kind of feeding people en mass is a big part of, you know, it’s the cultural part, and for her, quite religious part … So she used to come and they would make food and then bring it and kind of help me run the cafe sometimes … And I remember my dad helping me with these shutters, and me probably swearing at them … and bringing them to this place was quite fun. Anika Easy It created this kind of safe space to meet people, and the people I met there are still friends, I mean, I got married about 10 years ago, and my best man was a guy I met at the club. Jonathan Lorrimer We don’t need to talk about how many husbands I’ve had, but actually, all three of them have been involved in the club at one point or other. Sally Stone
PART TWO: A PLACE OF COMMUNITY
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