So farewell B & Q ..... and the Hard Rock

So farewell B & Q

Your store on Great Stone Road

Was our go to store

For all things from plants, to DIY and much more.

But then I also remember you as The Hard Rock.

Heaps of music legends performed

In your ample space that would one day

Be occupied by drills, and rotating screw heads.

The list of your glam performers

Is a walk through my musical heroes,

From Ike & Tina Turner, 

To Roxy Music, Roy Woods Wizard,

And Emerson Lake and Palmer, 

As well as Hawkwind, The Space Ritual 

And of course, David Bowie

Not that we ever went

But only observed your multi coloured pylon

As we passed on the train.

And now you have gone,

But at least we have Andy Robertson's pictures

Who captured your last days.

Location; Great Stone Road, Stretford

Pictures; So farewell B & Q, 2023, from the collection of Andy Robertson