The pub on Snig Hill was variously called the Compleat Angler and the Black Swan (also known as the Mucky Duck) and it lays claim to being the first venue where The Clash played in July 1976. Sheffield legend Joe Cocker also played there, part of a long roster of famous names which website sheffieldmusicarchive.co.uk says included Argent, Wishbone Ash, Average White Band, If, Genesis...
Later the venue became The Boardwalk and a second space, Under the Boardwalk. The Boardwalk closed a decade ago and various attempts to reopen it either foundered or were short-lived,sadly.
5. Cocker the walk
The caption says this was Joe Cocker's "triumphant return to the Black Swan" on November 13, 1968 Photo: Submitted
6. Swan songs
The building when it was the Black Swan Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
7. New band member
Sheffield band O'Haras Playboys on photo shoot for The Star's Top Star Special music magazine outside the Black Swan in 1967. Band member Bill Mathieson remembers: "The old lady sat down among us because her feet were sore, making us laugh". Back row: Bobby Campbell Pete Green, Billy Simpson and Bill Mathieson. Front: Davy McHarg and John O'Hara Photo: bill mathieson
8. Corrie's Kevin
Former Coronation Street star Kevin Kennedy played a live set alongside lead guitarist Richard Dews ,who was brought up in Ecclesall, in July 2002 Photo: PAUL DAVID DRABBLE