When I was working for Gala Bingo at the end of the century, their club in Worcester was given a full facelift. In the attic rooms they found pristine condition posters for bands like The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Freddie and the Dreamers.
It's easy to forget that these bands all had to start somewhere.
They auctioned them off for local charities and raised £thousands, by the way.
Regarding Darwen, I did some work for the local council up there but I couldn't quite get to the bottom of why it was called Blackburn "With" Darwen rather than "and". No one seemed keen on my suggestion that they didn't want it shortened to BaD