Right on both counts Martyn. I definitely remember attending an all-nighter at The Fleet well before November.
The kilns had, shall we say, a trigger like effect on one's central nervous system. I also remember ornithological forays down to the water's edge where I would attempt to communicate with coots and mallards via rhyder hunt's duck warbler. Happy memories indeed. Does anyone remember weedgie john? he used to go out with stanground girl vicky brookbanks and only went to the fleet to get blocked. he used to wear a levi jacket with a UVF patch and once I was sitting next to him and James Coit came on, which was massive at the time, and I asked him what he thought of the record and his reply was 'it's no that bad, but it's not a gid as the f*** sash. I pissed myself. the fleet had a lot of characters, as did many venues...