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You remember when this place was full of record stores.
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Where you could get the latest gig tickets.
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Although you sometimes had to schlep to Cardiff or Birmingham for the really big bands.
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You spent your beer money at The Hatchet, but never did find out if the door was made of human skin.
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You drank your fair share of scrumpy.
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Which doesn’t mean you were into The Wurzels.
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Your clubbing career began at the nappy nights at Odyssey.
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Then there was DJ George for indie hits.
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The Bierkeller was £1 to get in, with a free bottle of beer.
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Occasionally you'd end up in a rugger bugger venue.
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Thekla and Blue Mountain were alright though.
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Nights ended with potato wedges and a fight for taxis in the centre.
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If anyone asks now, you were well into the trip hop / d’n’b scene, and basically best mates with Roni Size.
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But really, the closest you got to Portishead was a dip in the lido.
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You’ve told more than a few people where Banksy started out.
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You remember when none of this existed.
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And when there were no fountains in the centre.
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You probably sat reading in the Boston Tea Party, where they banned smoking from midday to 2pm.
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You went to Virgin Megastore to hear Be Here Now for the first time.
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They did signings too.
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You remember when Heart was called GWR and offered “no rap, less chat”.
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You’d head to College Green on New Year's Eve to snog strangers.
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You thought The Galleries was the future of shopping.
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And Cribbs Causeway was the height of glamour.
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Your support for City or Rovers depended on your postcode.
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You paid 2p to walk across the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
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A family day out consisted of a trip to the Bristol Industrial Museum followed by a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea at Brunels Buttery.
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Their bread was proper doorstep.
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Your home town was a hotbed of celebrity.
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And a pretty eccentic and unique kind of place.
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And you wouldn't change it for the world.
