Had an interesting chat with my mate and fellow family Dave down here in Dorchester yesterday on the back of the new album and NMA magazine about Robb Heaton's links with us down here in on the south coast.
Apparently Robb used to be a regular in a pub in Dorchester (now defunct) in South Street going back (can't remember the name, it's a shoe shop or something now) - we got onto the subject having clocked the line in the mag in the great piece written by his brother Mike about Robb fishing for mackerel off nearby Chesil Beach.
Does anyone know anything about the Dorchester link and how Robb came to spend a lot of time down here? There aren't many links between the band and Dorchester that I know of - my mate Guinness tells me Joolz did once perform at the Arts Centre at the bottom end of town many years ago, but long before I lived here sadly.
Be interesting to find out... so any intel would be welcomed.
Note: one ambition for me is for NMA to play the Corn Exchange in Dorchester before I get old - actually it's a bit late for that now! It was great to see the band down in Dorset at various venues a couple of years back, notably the Electric Palace down the A35 in Bridport, My Kyps in Poole (both band and JS acoustic) and of course the Endorseit festival, albeit that is practically in Wiltshire.
We have just had a Premier Inn open up in Dorchester, so there's room for travelling family at the Inn if ever happens!
