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1993: A Legal RAVE? | Close Up North | BBC Archive
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24:13Now Playing"The first signs that a suspect, underground culture could be gaining respectability."
Close-Up North reports from Cramlington, on the outskirts of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, about a rave party that 3,750 ravers are expected to attend. This rave is perhaps a little different to what you might expect - it's entirely legal, for one - licensed by the local authorities, organised under supervision from the police and with police in attendence on the night. It's a carefully planned, commercial affair.
The rave is the brainchild of promoter Graham Auld, who identified that there was an unsatisfied demand in the North East for these types of events. Some local politicians and clergy are wary of raves and rave culture, and would rather the event didn't happen at all, but the police see it as preferable to the alternative - an illegal, underground gathering that they have no control over.
Clip taken from Close Up North: Rave, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 18 January, 1993.
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