Aston Villa Leisure Centre

[kippaxvilla2]

Fun fact.  People from Leeds are never able to order tickets over the phone for The The concerts.

[Paul T]

I used to watch the Bullets there & saw Terrorvision there way bacl

[BlackCountryVilla]

Just googled it, and there's reference to and photos of a Villa football he apparently autographed and chucked into the crowd:

https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/signed-morrissey-football.115063/

Remember that gig well. He came out wearing a retro Villa shirt. I have spoken to the guy who got the ball but he doesn't want to sell it!

[rjp]

I went to a rave there when I was 16.

[Bad English]

What was the 'stringent body search' like?

[rjp]

What was the 'stringent body search' like?

My memory of it is hazy at best but pretty sure it was about as stringent as the "Definitely NO under 18s".

[Bad English]

*Old geezer phoning in the frisk gif*

[Witton Warrior]

Just noticed this - saw the Pixies there and had the best night out I can ever remember at a gig (even better than Sabbath in 1974).
Also saw Kash the Flash and Howard Brown fight there.

Ran a few wargames competitions at the annual games show as well

[VillaTim]

saw Voice of The Beehive here on one of my first ever dates 

[Chico Hamilton III]

saw Voice of The Beehive here on one of my first ever dates 

Was she a Monster or an Angel ?

[atomicjam]

I saw the Cranberries here in around 1995.

[big 1st serve]

  Used to enjoy the Bullets matches, I think Russ Saunders was the main man
  & was on Channel 4 Mon evenings, if memory serves.
  In 1988, a national indoor tennis league sponsored by The Mortgage Corporation started, using the leisure centre as base for the Birmingham team. Andrew Castle played for B,ham, Alan Durban ran the Telford team, & David Lloyd ran & played for I think Heston.
My mates girlfriend worked on reception & she managed to get us some time on the court when it wasnt being used, as long as we played at 7.30 am the morning after a match. In those days, WM used to send a young Paul Franks to cover the Bullets & the tennis 

[itbrvilla]

My mom used to take us on the & bus to go to the Panini sticker swap shop there in the early to mid 90's.

[LeeB]

My mom used to take us on the & bus to go to the Panini sticker swap shop there in the early to mid 90's.

I did one of them in 1988 I think and got Nigel Spink, Tony Daley and Alan Evans' autographs.

[eamonn]

I saw the Cranberries here in around 1995.

Surely they would have been too big by then. Was Dolores Villa?