Free Trade Hall - Manchester, UK

For many years a focal point for public debate and cultural activity in Manchester - however in my tiny world, the event of most significance that happened here was May 17 1966 - when a disgruntled folk purist heckled Bob Dylan with a cry of "judas" (for selling out the folk music movement and commercialising his music by using electric instruments) inspiring Dylan and backing band to an incendary performance, oft bootlegged (mis-labelled as "Royal Albert Hall '66") and subsequently officially released in 1998 as part of the ongoing Bootleg Series.

Sadly - the Free Trade Hall has actually been completely refurbished as a Radisson Hotel - however they've kept the original facia and you can make out the gold "Free Tade Hall" at the very top of the photo.

In additional rock and roll reference - one of the smaller upstairs rooms at the Free Trade Hall (the Lesser Free Trade Hall) was also the site of a pivotal punk rock show featuring the Sex Pistols, and attending by about 40 people "all of whom went on to form a band" (amongst them Morrissey, Bernard Sumner of New Order, Ian Curtis of Joy Division, and Mick Hucknall of Simply Red!). This gig formed a major scene in the fantastic Tony Wilson bio-pic 24 Hour Party People - using a mix of actual footage from the show, with a recreation for the film.

It might be difficult to make out - but I'm recreating the "judas" cry in the photo.