Live Aid 1985 | North Walsham Live Aid | Raising Money For Charity Since '85

North Walsham Live Aid was formed in 1985 following the massive success of the Wembley event It was organised by Barry Holden, Gerald Turner, Rod Palmer and Darren Turner and was supported by The 3rd World Centre in Norwich.
The aim was to purchase two Bedford trucks, fill them with aid and send them to Eritrea where the famine was worst. To raise the £8,000 needed a rock concert was organised at the community centre in North Walsham with 10 bands playing for free and a memorabilia auction with items donated by many stars.
The concert was a huge success and was followed by a further outdoor concert raising in total over the two events around £10.000. Following the event we received a letter from Bob Geldof saying that our gig was the most successful spin off event, by comparison with the Wembly Gig in the country.
The NWLA group went on to organise the local participation in the "Run The World "appeal with hundereds of runners taking part.

The final event was held on 7/3/87 which was a rock gig to raise money towards heating bills for O.A.Ps in the town 

The photo below was taken at the open air gig in June 1986 


  • Original Poster 1986
  • The original Programme page 1
  • Programme page 2
  • Programme page 3
  • Programme page 4
  • Programme page 5
  • UNDERGROUND ZERO, Programme page 6
  • Guns for Hire ,Programme page 7
  • Original Programme page 8
  • PRESS REPORT
  • PRESS REPORT
  • PRESS REPORT
  • PRESS REPORT
  • PRESS REPORT
  • PRESS REPORT
  • PRESS REPORT
  • PRESS REPORT
  • PRESS REPORT
  • PRESS REPORT
  • 1st letter from Band Aid
  • 2nd Letter from Band Aid
  • LIVE AID INFO
  • Follow up concert at Paston School 14/06/1986
  • I ran the world 1986
  • Runners at the start of the "I ran the world" event
  • CONCERT FOR HEATING BILLS
  • Underground Zero, Rod and Barry @ Pensioners heating bills, Aid gig at NW High School
  • Underground Zero at the original gig in 1986 following the Wembley event in 1985
  • JUDI OF UNDERGROUND ZERO AT THE OUTDOOR GIG
  • ANDREW OF UNDERGROUND ZERO
  • BARRY ON THE LEFT DURING THE AUCTION
  • PETE OF REBEL TRUCE
  • PAUL OF UZO TUNING UP IN THE BAND ROOM
  • COLLECTING IN THE TOWN CHRIS TURNER ON ACCORDION
  • LIFTING THE SOUND EFFECTS RACK INTO POSITION
  • STORMTROOPER ?
  • AUCTION ITEM,T shirt signed by Genesis
  • PAUL HOLDEN UNDERGROUND ZERO
  • SINGING "FEED THE WORLD" AT THE END
  • STRIPES On Stage
  • Sean Holden of Underground Zero in action
  • The Band room backstage
  • Open air gig at Paston
  • Guns for Hire
  • The trucks purchased by Live Aid which were filled with essential supplies and shipped to Eritrea
  • PRESENTING THE TRUCKS TO THE CHARITY REPRESENTATIVES IN THE FOREGROUND, WITH THE MAYOR CHRIS CORK. WITH L TO R. ROD PALMER, BARRY HOLDEN, GERALD TURNER, DARREN TURNER,LIVE AID ORGANISERS BEHIND
  • Outdoor stage at Paston College
  • PART OF THE CROWD