Bulldozing studio where Frank Sidebottom laid down his tracks would be a 'tragedy'
The former owner of the recording studio and community centre where cult comedian Frank Sidebottom made his hilarious music has described plans to bulldoze the building as ‘a tragedy’. Plans have been submitted to Trafford council asking permission to demolish the former Riddings Community Centre in the Timperley area of Altrincham in order to build five homes.
Howard and Dave also took rare photographs of Sidebottom without his paper mache head as he played guitar and sang his tunes with a clothes peg on his nose. The duo, who lost more than £150,000 when the studio eventually went bust during the financial crash of 2008, are offering to give the photographs to any relatives of the late comedian/singer who may come forward.
Frank was also known as Chris Sievey, front man of the band The Freshies in the late 1970s and 1980s. They shot to fame with the hit 'I'm in Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Mega Store Check-out Desk'. And he went on: “We had a great time recording with Frank between 2002 and 2008 until we got into financial trouble. We would spend half the time recording and the other half falling about laughing. They were great times.”
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