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Chas de Whalley, NME, 15 November 1975

IT'S SATURDAY night, a good ten minutes after closing time. Down at the Hope and Anchor in Islington landlord Fred Granger is going quietly berserk, flashing the new, extra-bright houselights and turning the jukebox way, way up. But the 101'ers refuse to leave.

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