Mark & John in London Dec. 3rd

[schmonka]

Agreed - it looks like he has only gone for the

[ustas]

Check the video from event
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/leisure/4785842.VIDEO___Dire_Straits_recall_their_first_ever_gig_in_Deptford/?ref=rss

[superval99]

Thanks, ustas!   

[Rollergirl]

thanks! that was fun to watch! I like the bit about them tuning the guitars of the punk bands, but they didn'y like that! 

[Fieneke2]

Thank you for sharing Ustas! It was great to watch and yeahhh Mark and John looked good!

Val thank you also for the link to the pictures. I agree with Goldenheart, that pic of Mark with the family is great! 

Fieneke

[Best Brown Baggies]

Thanks so much for that. It was GREAT to watch.

Cheers   BBB

[Banjo99uk]

Stumbled across this on the net, if you remember the picture of MK and JI at the plaque unveiling there was a guy in between, it appears he is a photographer who took some early pictures of DS around Deptford.  MK and the photographer are mentioned in this deptford blog.

http://transpont.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html

and the photographer has a myspace page with some pictures we've all seen before but with a few comments on each pic from his memories.

http://www.myspace.com/bodiam/photos/albums/music-in-and-around-deptford/2676568?page=1

mildly interesting especially when we are in the silly season between albums

[Justme]

Great find, thanks!

[sak4]

thanks that's interesting, just taken a good look.  He's obviously well into jazz/folk and other music with his professional pics as well.

How about this one

http://www.myspace.com/bodiam/photos/46258202

Sally

[Jules]

Just the day before the first RAH show I was there, in Deptford, and the plaque was still there. I

[Pottel]

check this comment from some bloke called "David"
http://www.myspace.com/bodiam/photos/24875803

[Pottel]

Considered for a poster, Dire Straits prior to rehearsing new song, "Portobello Belle", Wood Wharf,
found here:
http://www.myspace.com/bodiam/photos/24877372
portobello belle already written in 78?

[Pottel]

and another reference:
http://www.myspace.com/bodiam/photos/albums/music-in-and-around-deptford/2676568?page=3
about a place called "the Duke" where the straits used to rehearse.

[Jules]

Considered for a poster, Dire Straits prior to rehearsing new song, "Portobello Belle", Wood Wharf,
found here:
http://www.myspace.com/bodiam/photos/24877372
portobello belle already written in 78?

You can listen "portobello belle" in the Birmingham 78 bootleg