from Michael Dempsey's website
mdmmedia.com/mdm/cure8.htmNorthgate Community Centre, Crawley 29th April 1979.
Poster design possibly by the campaign's beneficiary - Anthony Weaver. "Dr" Weaver, had been The Cure's languages teacher. The "Support" was to raise funds following his expulsion from Crawley College for allegedly committing "a gross act of public indecency". Amulet had supported the Cure back in 1976.
Robert recalls "The NF [National Front] turned up........The whole night was a disaster really, pure violence from beginning to end.......It was a shambles, but it made the papers"
from Stephen C.
I attended this concert, living locally. It was a long time ago but, from memory, the Cure played a song, presumably unique to the occasion, that had the final chorus of 'Weaver Stays OK'.
from the book 'Ten Imaginary Years' (but wrongly attributed to the Felbridge 1977 concert)
Robert: "I think it was because we were doing benefits for this teacher called Tony Weaver who was sacked for committing an act of gross indecency with a man in a public place. We didn't think someone's sexual preferences should have any bearing on whether or not they were considered to be a good teacher and, inevitably, this incurred the wrath of the local National Front. From then on whenever we played local concerts, there was usually a lot of trouble, so we started gathering together our own Easy Cure Wrecking Crew." Michael: "Dr Weaver was a language teacher at our secondary school, probably the first outrageous homosexual we ever met, and a marvellous character. When he left the school, he was persecuted continuously and we admired him because he became a kind of anti-establishment figure."
thanks to Petr H.
