Glossary entry for
The Maritime Hotel
The Maritime Hotel, now demolished, was originally located on College Square North, in west Belfast,
and is where Them
made their debut on April 17th, 1964. Formerly a police station, it had been
converted into a mission for seamen,
and was hosting a rhythm and blues club on Friday
nights designed to appeal to local university and art college students. Even though they
only played there a short season, Van has since said that Them "lived and died
as a group on the stage at the Maritime hotel".
Paraphrased from Steve Turner's biography
Too Late to Stop Now
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