Review of the last plaque unveiling..

On Sunday 30^th August, the Mr George nightclub was given a plaque, in honour of its involvement in the Specials story, it was here the Specials (then known as The Automatics), began a four month residency that would begin their rise to stardom. Predictably the Lower Precinct was awash last weekend with pork pie hats and Doc Marten boots. The event began with one of the city’s finest new bands the Tones, following them the  2 Tone Trail plaque was unveiled by Trevor Evans and Felix Hall. These guys are The Specials tour DJ’s and Trevor was a roadie in those Mr George days, and both were happy to do the honours. Also up from London for the event was Roadent, the man who introduced Jerry Dammers to the Clash Manager Bernie Rhodes and was also famously The Sex Pistols and Clash Roadie. He gave us a great insight to some of the goings on at the club on the night The Sex pistols played there. Then on came The Allskas with guests Aitch and Gaps, who played a perfect set.

The night was topped off at The Warehouse, where Trevor and Felix played to the gathered 2 Tone fans some top dub n ska tunes, as we watched the graffiti artists at work creating a superb 2 tone wall. It was a fantastic day with people coming from all over the country to be in Coventry, especially Sasha Elminger and Paul Roigard who had travelled from Melbourne Australia. “When we hear Coventry we always think of The Specials” said Paul, “it’s what Coventry is most famous for around the world, so it’s great to be here for this plaque event”.