Following the recent Remember When? story of Jimi Hendrix’s abortive concert at Ilkley, stopped by the police on the grounds that The Troutbeck Hotel’s Gyro Club was too crowded that Sunday night on March 12, 1967, T&A reader Barrie Archer recalls his experience.

“I remember being told to leave at the first instance, then asked by Chas Chandler (Hendrix’s manager) why we were leaving. Because we couldn’t make ourselves heard, he took me into a small room where Hendrix and the band were.

“I was then asked again why we were leaving. After explaining why, he proceeded to tell me to get the crowd back in and he would put the group on.

“In the meantime, I had spoken to Hendrix, who seemed to be tired at the time.

“Upon leaving the room, I told the crowd the group was going on. After fighting to the front I was treated to Hendrix playing Red House. After playing this song, the police made their way to the front and stopped the concert.

“A memorable evening for myself, not only meeting Hendrix but watching him perform up close.”