| On one Saturday maybe 1972 Dec. there was filming for some time, lots of cameras, anyone know what happened to the film??? I`d love to see it. |
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| if anyone remembers me give me a call please be nice to hear from you all, they were great times 01440 715289 |
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| Was surprised to see the record Walking Around the Town by the Hymes Sisters on one of your playlist. I am one of the Hymes Sisters. I am delighted that people still listen to the old record. Thanks, Kay |
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| Started going to Catacombs in 69 -everything about it was magic. Sometimes we did Friday night and also they started a Sunday afternoon session (to rival the Chateau Impney 4 to 7 I think). Best was always Saturday night when the stage was full - pride of place going to Tyrone who was taller than anyone and could dance better than anyone. Saw a few people there - Oscar Tony Junior was good but I think it was Bob & Earl who didn`t go down too well and were removed. Remember Crocker playing First I look at the purse for the last time as it was being rereleased the following week - sure enough Jimmy Yound was playing it by Tuesday and he never played it again. Great site! |
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| Excellent site which I have added to my favourites . |
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| Great to see some of my old photos on your Pictures & Videos but i wish whoever sent them to you would return them back to me!!! Dont mind would have been less of a shock. Keep the Faith Sylvia ( Tamworth) |
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| we had many fantastic nights at the torch we was there on the night major lance recorded his album live my freind and i susan leigh are on the cover we went to wigan casino after the torch shut down it never matched up to the torch sadly alot of our freinds are no longer with us. |
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| Just wondered if anyone has got. They`ll never know why, by Freddie Chavez. Or Whatcha gonna do, by Doni Burdick, i`m willing to pay top dollar for them. Cheers soul boys & girls........................KTF......... |
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| Anyone else as sad as me about Barbara Windsor leaving eastenders ???????????????? |
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| hallo,can sombady help me to get the phoonnummber of wesley philips |
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| Hi, I was quite surprised to see my sister and I song on your playlist. I have a black and white picture of us that was the promo picture for the record. If you would like it I could send it to you. Thank you, Kay |
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| My claim to fame- lol- known formerly as `The lovely Miss Lesley Brown` in the Blues & Soul - Twisted Wheel -(Dave Godin article) I have thoroughly enjoyed reading through the site. I still get to the Wheel from time to time to re-live my memories. fantastic to hear all the sounds again and bump into `old friends`. I close my eyes and pretend I`m 17 again....lol!! Would love to hear from anyone who remembers me.......email - lesleyann68@hotmail.com |
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| Had a good look through your site, most enjoyable especially the old photos-REGARDS HARRY |
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| I remember them songs derek, but never heard of parkway ? wish i was young again to go do the all nighters. What great times they were. |
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| Hey just looking through me old singles, got love love love by Bobby Hebb, and looking for you, by Garnett Mimms does anyone else remember these be played at torch, or the parkway disco,s ?????????????????? KTF |
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| Hi Dave ,its only me Mr Phillips, how`s u doing mate ,I would love to catch up with you again and chat over those good old days, if you or anyone else wishes to get in touch again please feel free to e-mail me at wayneofearls@yahoo.co.uk and I will definitely get back to you .take care Wayne |
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| not been to a venues for years old wigan boy and samathers sheffield and kettering soul bowl Samathers was a cracking venues am i to old at 53 years to start agian //
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| R.I.P. MJ |
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| Does antone else think like me, susan boyles would make a good northern soul singer. KTF |
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| In my lonely hotel room surfing the web, took in the atmosphere of some of the tunes I played. Miss the 70`s so much - unrepeatable....the crowds, the sounds, pure magic. Glad to have played a part in a unique underground scene, crowd reaction was the essential dynamic in those days I would feed off the buzz all nite long.
The vinyl, the characters and the gear, crazy but happy times.Managed to survive and lead a vanilla life. Hard to explain to anyone who was not on the scene in those golden 70`s - 75 was the best by mile - as the Yum Yums said - gonna be a big thing........
Hope you got the same as me............Keep on guys. |
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| notts oddfellows goodtimes,a lot of young uns dead now but never forgotten,paul(tommo the bommo)thomas to mention one |
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| miss all the travelling,people from different cities,strangers at the start,mates for life,absolutely magic,nothing will ever compare.ktf |
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| I used to come to allnighters in Hinkley and Leicester 1982-84. Hitched or drove with a few freinds and danced all night with people I loved. I`d love to find them and do it again. The BEST time of my life. KTF |
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| Ex Wiganer and follower of Northern Soul, clubs I went to, twisted wheel, torch, wigan and mecca, welldone Hinkley for all the history on all these clubs, I can now recall my hectic weekends. Look forward to visiting Hinkley in September 2009 and catching up with you all, whats the best venue. Cheers Tony G |
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| there will never be another wigan casino keep the faith |
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| Hi people, most of you regular soul boys know me. Just want to say me company has gone bust and i`ve gotta raise some money. Got loads of mint condition vinyl up for sale, badges all mint, and even me mk2 contina 1600E has got 2 go. Give us a call for details. |
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| One for ya notebooks soul boys & girls. Saturday nite cambridge corn exchange 27th June. Alexander o neal, rose royce and heatwave |
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| Jez this is a northern soul site, not a site for vinyl, but a must admit i did like that song wo ho hammer time..!!!!!!! Always wanted some of those big trouserd he had....................
Take it easy mate..... |
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| doe`s anyone have any old M C Hammer 7" singles 4 sale ? Thanks |
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| Great site - keep up the good work! Just wanted to say `hello` to everyone out there - this is Laurie (one half of the `Soultwins` - my brother is Iain) and we were Cats regulars in 1972 onwards, went to Torch, VaVas, Mecca, Wigan, Cleethorpes and many other places. If you remember me/us - please get in touch. Have lived in HK since 1995 and my email address is - gios50@netvigator.com - ok? Hope to hear from you all! Cheers and KTF!
PS If Julie Allen is out there - pls email me. I sent you a mail but it bounced back. I remember you and would love to get in touch again! Thx! |
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| only just discovered the website-great that i did!
met my wife at the all-nighters,been married since 1984,remember dave evison playing heartache avenue as a new release!!!,saw junior walker,edwin starr,isaac hayes,ric-tic revue and major lance i think....memories not so good and my knees are giving out but who cares......other places well...started stourport boat club,kidderminster town hall,wigan,st.ives,yate,parr halls,coalville,halesowen tiffany`s,outrigger,the bear n-u-l...many more....keep tha faith!!!! |
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| Merry christmas soul boys & girls, have a good new year, and lets keep the faith.......... |
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| Enjoyed reading the information about the Clubs featured on the site. It brought back many good memories, and I`ve still got some of the membership cards featured. |
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| Great photos bought some special memories back I dont suppose anyone out there as seen or heard from Chris `Click` |
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| first got into northern soul at the Parkway disco`s, does anyone else remember them ???? Loved going to skegness from me hols, and danced the nite away. |
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| I used to go to the Catacombs when Blue max and pepi played. What a place!! only 15 years old !.. would lie about where i was going so not to miss the all nighters ( change of clothes in the addias bag.. brilliant days . Does anyone remember the best male dancers in the club at that time Jethro, Derby ,steve etc.. the BEST !!! and not to forgetr little Kim (RIP) she was amazing. Used to get skirts tailored so they would swirl when dancing. On the last night it was ram packed - i had enough gloss paint on my clothes as it was peeling off the brick walls with the heat i could off filled a paint tin. Anyone remember the tune by Ila van - Cant stop loving dat man ? just played it for old times sake. Great days no trouble just dance,dance dance ( wasnt that a tune ?)
some day after the Cats closed i went back with some mates the doors open.. it was empty there were still leaflets in the little booth at the top of the stairs and flyers about the death of the CATS. We took a cassette we had recorded on the night .. really bad sound but we danced on the dance floor the 3 of us and after some hours said a final goodbye .
THen it was Wigan.. coaches at 10.30pm .. grat times but nothing could compareto the intamacy of the CATS ... Long Live the Catacombs !! |
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| Hi soul boys, Otis Redding...................... |
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| Can anyone tell me who sang Mr Piterfull, know the commitments sung it in the film the commitments. |
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| I can remember Graham Evans (and Fred) from the Druid`s disco very well from the early/mid 1970`s as they were one of our competitors in the Hinckley area: I ran the Superstar Mobile Disco around there from 1972 to 1982. In the early days the Druid`s disco were already well known for their Motown, Stax, Atlantic, with a liberal sprinkling of imported American Soul thrown in, and I can remember Graham telling me about his new venture into Northern Soul and the formation of the Hinckley Soul Club. Unfortunately we then lost touch as I went my way and he went his, though I did keep hearing feedback on how well he and his colleagues were doing with their Northern Soul gigs. It was thanks to these guys that at my own (Pub and Club type) venues I was still able to play some of my own commercial favourites like Dobie Gray - Out On The Floor, Chuck Wood - Seven Days Too Long, etc., along with uptempo Motown e.g. R Dean Taylor - Ghost In My House. (By the way, I had to smile when I read your web page on Nuneaton`s Bond Gate Social Club. The `Vampire` DJ mentioned there was an old friend of mine, John Adams, who relaunched himself later as the `Funky Parrot`. I`m surprised he had any soul-type music at all at that time as he was a former bass player in a rock band, and his own taste in music was 1950`s Rock n` Roll! Another one I eventually lost touch with - I think he ended up doing Hospital Radio). Anyway I think this website, along with its outside links, are a good and lasting testimony to Northern Soul and I have to congratulate everyone involved. As a footnote, you`ve aged well Graham! - Or did you find a photo from thirty years ago to use on your intro page? (Ouch, that hurt! - But all those years ago we were always having a go at each other weren`t we?). [paynekg@btinternet.com] |
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| Great site, recognise heaps.Went cats..then 1st nite wigan with cats crew..went va vas, st ives,mecca, ritz, many alldayers. Worked for RCA, hung out on stage wigan with m ellis and d evison, interviewed exciters on my cassette player. Broke in through beachcomber with 20 other souls when really packed one nite at wigan, crawled thru holes with only ciggy lighters for light..followed the pulsating beat..removed panel under stage to come out right onto dancefloor to amazed onlookers, put our bags down and started dancin! Saw fontella bass, bob an earl at cats, eggy and jed stone goin off to bob relf! If u remember me: snappergirl2008@hotmail.com.au. I remember u swish.RIGHT ON OKEH..KTF |
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| really enjoying the scene at present so much going on all over the country keep the faith |
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| Stumbled across this site Nice to se some of the old faces I recall, Including myself at The Mecca, Cheers Andy. |
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| Does anyone remember that song THE FLASHER, still like to dance to that one now..!!!!! |
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| i loved my soul dancing days at the torch met some good friends wish those days were now. |
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| It was Freddie Chavez - They`ll Never Know Why great song thanks anyway |
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| Hi Mark, is it seven days are to long ???????????????? |
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| A little quiz for you all, I remember a bit of a greatsong and the lyric i remember is ``and the sad part about it neither did i`` and thats all i can remember can anyone help???xxx heatco@hotmail.co.uk |
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| Used to go to Notts palais in early eighties great times always saw a bloke there called curly really funny guy whatever happened to him??? so many fantastic memories of Hinkley leisure centre aswell great site . Please let me know if qnyone remembers curly. heatco@hotmail.co.uk |
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| Hey Barrel can you get back in touch mate, got loads to tell you. |
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| Can anyone tell me why John Terry cried like a baby ???????????
He can`t have any soul ha ha ha ha Well no northern soul....................... |
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| hi just wanted to say that i have always enjoyed soul music and its nice to know that so many people still do and its going strong. i regularly go to the clarendon club in hinckley and will be doing so this sat, and the co-op club in nuneaton.mark and sam keep up the good work. just read an entry from an old friend from nuneaton leigh jakeman,leigh if u read this get in touch on 07592402300 or better still come along to one of the soul nites. |
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| First went to Torch in `67. Remember the live bands that played there. Many going on the greatness (e.g. Robert Plant). Rememeber The Alan Bown ? |
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| ON SATURDAY 23RD FEB WE VISITED YOUR VENUE FOR THE FIRST TIME BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU IT WONT BE THE LAST WE SAW THE ADVERT IN ON THE SCENE MAGAZINE. AND THOUGHT WE WOULD GIVE IT A TRY. WELL THANKS FOR A GREAT NIGHT. SEE YOU SOON |
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| Hi Mick, I`ve opened a thread in the "Have Your Say" section to discuss St. Ives... |
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| excellent site guys, history pages bringing back memories thick and fast but.... no st.ives? |
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| Hi Tony Jones (barrel) hey remember me mate, you teaching me how to soul spin. I still get dizzie thinking about it now ha ha ha. But i`ve mastered it now just to old to dance....!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| JUST CAME FOR A QUICK LOOK
STILL LOOKING AFTER 2 HOURS
ENTERTAINING ***** |
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| just looked on this website and my god tom burne your looking old ,im still in tamworth 22/11/2007 might see you all one day paul shaw,brin,panch,ady,whesil,and all the rest ha ha ha ha ha ha |
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| love northern soul for thirty years |
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| Great soul night over the Birdbrook Taven near Haverhill 10/11/07 hope to have plenty more, big thanks to Stuart, and little Paul. Cheers guys really look forward to the next one......................... |
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| Great site - particularly the live sets - have you anything featuring Curtis/Levine at the Meeca,Ritz, Blue Rooms, Alldayers ? |
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| really liked the arctic monkeys at glastonbury this year, when is there next gig? can anyone help.........................?????????????????? |
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| enjoyed your cleethorpes revue sorry about rain out of my mind but it was massive i had to keep playing it, keep up the good work. Blair "poke" Heyden. |
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| MY LOCAL SOUL CLUB IN BONNYRIGG MIDLOTHIAN JUST 8 MILES FROM EDINBURGH. 8TH ANNIVERSARY IN NOVEMBER. DJ`s SO FAR, THE RESIDENTS , MARK, BRIAN, LENNY TOSHACK AND MIKE. GUESTS CHRIS ANDERTON, KENNY BURRELL. GO ON MAKE THE TRIP YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO,LETS MAKE SURE CHRIS GETS A BIG SCOTTISH WELCOME |
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| great to see that the spirit is still alive and kicking in Hinckley - there is a smaller event in Coventry every 6 months celebrating the soul nights at of the Locarno and Mercers Arms in the lates 70s. Will try to get to the next Hinckley do!
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| Brilliant Site!!!!
Although I never attended Northern Soul Nights it great seeing the `old` photos of past friends. Brings back lots of memories, will have to go to next one. |
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| Good to see old faces |
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| Great site, but not much about the beatles on here, keep on rocking....... |
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| at last i have found the link to you, great work regards dene |
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| Great site brings back a lot of memories we used to go to the wykin club which used to be a good night any chance of it starting again.Anyway me and my hubby Troy are in south carolina at the moment absolutely fantastic music here went to see chairmen of the board saturday brilliant and the tams in a couple of weeks.Great place to come to and see some great soul bands.Anyway thanks for the site and keeping us informed so when we get home we can visit some soul venues.Cheers Tracy and Troy. |
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| thanks for info |
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| If you get bacon and eggs at my place you`ll be doing well, the wife won`t even do that for me,i`ve gotta make do with cornflakes. Seriously though accomodation could be arranged,head up for the whole weekend and make use of the good old scottish hospitality,it`s new year up here all year round you know hee hee |
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| Hi Rikki, any chance of staying at your place in november ? Bit of egg and bacon would be nice in the morning........... |
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| A1 WEB SITE JUST BEEN THROUGH THE WHOLE THING AND IT GAVE ME A GOOD HRS READING. JUST A WEE NOTE TO THOSE INTERESTED, MY LOCAL SOUL CLUB IN BONNYRIGG MIDLOTHIAN WILL BE CELEBRATING THEIR 7TH ANNIVERSARY IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR( A WHILE AWAY I KNOW, BUT YOU CAN NEVER BE TO ORGANISED) AND THE 2 GUYS WHO ORGANISE IT ARE TRYING TO GET CHRIS ANDERTON UP TO DO A GUEST SPOT (60% THERE WITH IT). MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW NEARER THE TIME. SO ANY SOULIES WANT A WEE TRIP UP NORTH IN NOVEMBER,(IT`S NOT THAT COLD UP HERE REALLY YOU KNOW) KEEP A LOOK OUT AND I WILL POST IT ON HERE |
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| Great website.Brings back some good memories. |
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| Jensden told me about this site Excellent, great tunes |
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| top website,ive been through the whole thing! keep on keeping on! |
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| JUST FOUND THIS SITE THE OTHER NIGHT BY ACCIDENT, BEEN ON IT FOR AGES NOW "WICKED" |
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| I live for soul music and big women..........Any of you other soul boys the same? |
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| Been do all nighters for years and love every minute of it. |
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| great refreshing website,best wishes for the future. I noticed people from my neck of the woods are in agreement. |
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| great site,thanks for your hard work, |
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| its a brill web site .. ktf .. all the best ,,,, dave d . www.boltonsoulclub.co.uk |
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| Excellent web site. Hi to all the old north star scooter club crew from the late 70ts good times. KTF |
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| been to the clarendon quite a few times with freinds and have enjoyed every visit great club. |
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| keep up the good work gleebob |
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| What a great web site. Keep criusin through everyones fav 5`s and reliving what i can remember of my youth ( Burned away a few to many brain cell`s me think`s Ha Ha ) It was great to see some long unseen friend`s when i went to the Claredon club last november and i hope to see some more next time i go, which will be soon as long as i can get a lift Ha Ha. Thank`s to John and Leigh for telling me about this site. Keep up the good work everyone and keep sending in your fav`s to keep this old fool in a nostalgic haze.
Can anyone smell Pee ??? |
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| hi everyone |
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| ANY BODY GOT ANOTHER EMAIL ADDRESS FOR FUNKY BRI THE ONE POSTED AINT WORKIN.. CHEERS |
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| just one of the best sites i have ever visited |
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| NICE ONE BUD KEEP UP THE SOUL |
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| I was at Samms,the same time as your clip,A very good site.More power to yer. |
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| I am one of the original singers of the CAPREEZ. I ran across your site and thought I would say hello and thank you for spinning our sounds of way back when.
AL REID |
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| Great web site - Looking forward to the Next Claredon Night - top 5 dont know where to start perm any from hundreds.
Ist Northern Event - Whitchurch Civic Centre Easter Monday 1971- Never grown tierd of the great sound since! |
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| how remarkable to see you all , when i went to tim puffers 50 th at hinckley, you are all the same minus hair me included. |
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| GREAT NIGHT GREAT RECORDS GREAT ATOMOSPHERE WELL WORTH A VISIT IF YOU,VE NOT BEEN BEFORE WHERE WERE ALL YOU OLD LEICESTER SOULIES? IN BED WITH YOU,RE COCOA WELL DONE SAM |
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| Hi all, been told for the last four or so years to get my butt to this soul club in Hinckley, 22/20/05 ade my way. What can I say. Brill club with great pepes and sounds. Saw many old mates like Carl and Sean (C) and many more. Will definitely make my way back there. Worth the two hour drive any time.
Great gig...
Check out my review of this gig on www.nothernsoulnites.com |
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| Looking at this site has brought it all back. A big hello to all the warrington peeps that i used t0 hang around with and Tim from Coventry (Fletcher if i recall) plus all the great people i met along the way ( Danny Everard, Ray Gillan, Chalkie, Sue from Abingdon and Graham, and all the others that shared that part of my life with me) I still keep my Wigan Card and always will. If anyone that remembers me is still out there give me a shout I would love to hear from you xx |
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| BY THE WAY IT BROUGHT BACK A FEW MEMORIES LISTENING TO " MICKEY MOONSHINE" WHICH, WAS A GREAT RECORD BUT WASN`T THAT ALVIN STARDUST?
My emaIL IS FUNKYBRI!@YAHOO.CO.UK |
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| I would like to put some tunes in your`e playlist of fave tunes but not sure how. B
My emaIL IS FUNKYBRI!@YAHOO.CO.UK |
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| Just found your website... wow just spent 2 hours back in the late 70`s, its great to see
the pictures of people and venues it brings back many memories, goods times with not a care in the world.Even spotted my old mates name up there Dave watts it would be good to get in touch with him.
I must check out the claredon club. |
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| Hi there found you on me search engine, what a well designed and user friendly site you have, GREAT JOB.
I have been on the scene since early 70`s, and always had a blast where ever we went, and like most people, I had a favorite place, this was CLEETHORPES, the pier and winter gardens run by Mary and Colin Chapman, to me was the ultimate week end.
Back in them days, I was known as Spud from Cambridge, and my Buddies and travel partners where, Wayne, Agga and Jim from Barrow in Furness, and Stuart Naylor from St Ives in Cambridgeshire.
Stu moved to Australia, but would like to meet up with the others again, any one who knows owt on these three amigo`s, or any one who remembers me, please get in touch.
I can be reached at, dertyl297@aol.com or taylordeejay@hotmail.com
Once again great site, well done, and finaly KEEP THE FAITH, ALWAYS BE TRUE |
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| i like hinckley i realy ejoyed myself when i was there but i did get some funny looks. is it coz no one likes the Gloucester Mods |
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| hi ya , just a couple of comments , firstly , what a great site , only found it when leigh smart told me about it ! secondly , where did you get those photo,s (pics pages 1 & 6 ) i can only guess that caron & jo had something to do with it ? anyway they brought back some great memories ! keep up the good work ! |
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| Found your site by chance while having a browse on the net.I`m ex-Central soul club {leeds}, wigan,cleethorpes,va-va`s,intercon,attic,samanthas.Just like to say,keep up the good work.SOULIES NEVER DIE,THEY JUST KEEP ON STOMPING.KEEP THE FAITH.MICK. |
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| THE WHEEL STARTED OFF IN ONE ROOM ONLY AND WAS A COFFEE BAR FREQUENTED BY HIPPIES AND STUDENTS R&B WAS THE MUSIC OF THE DAY AND BELL BOTTOMS OR LONG SKIRTS AND A HOSPITAL BLUE WAISTCOAT. IT STARTED BRANCHING OUT AND LITTLE BY LITTLE MORE CELLARS WERE OPENED UP. WE THEN WENT ON TO MODS AND ROCKERS WHERE THE DRESS CODE WAS SMART MINI SKIRTS FOR THE GIRLS AND MOHAIR SUITS FOR THE LADS THIS WAS NORMALLY FINISH OFF WITH A CARNATION IN THE LAPEL ON A SATURDAY NIGHT WAS BEST WITH PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR THE ALLNIGHTER. IN THE MORNING IT WAS OFF TO THE ESPRESSO BONGO FOR BREAKFAST THE TRAIN TO BOLTON AND A AFTERNOON SPENT DANCING AT THE BONE YARD. WHEN THE WHEEL CLOSED DOWN IN BRAZENORE STREET AND MOVED TO WHITWORTH STREET I HELP PAINT THE NEW PREMISES IT WAS NEVER THE SAME AS THE OLD WHEEL. |
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| Swish,
No worries mate, we can only speak as we find. Maybe I missed it all (good job too)
Perhaps we should continue any further `yap` to the `have your say` bit of this website else Dave is gonna chew us up (lol)
KTF Mif |
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| Mif,
First of all thank you for supplying that tape of the Cats to this website, loved it.
I also do NOT want to fall out immediately we have met.
However there were certain lads particullarly from Derby (Fiac) (Lighting) for example
who were especially out to roll. I became mates with these boys over the years but I remember specifically one night outside the Cats when news filtered through that a chemist had been done and the gear was arriving. The Derby boys had a massive fight with the Wolves lads to try and capture the gear. (outside the Cats not inside).
Also I was once offered an entire collection of sounds which had been ripped off from the Cats (I was still in the Cats at the time) (I am talking top sounds, the business) for a pittance.
I refused to entertain it.
Cheers
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| Swish,
You might like to try this link
http://www.northernsoulmusic.co.uk
Nicks site has more music than any NS site I have ever found.
By the way I dont agree with you over the friendly nature of the clubs. I attended for a fair few years and never even saw a scrap. OK there were drugs, there were plain clothes cops and I even got strip searched once at a motorway service area (Hilton)after a night at the Cats. The real soulies (speed takers or otherwise) never caused any bother to each other. Nuff said. |
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| I feel I must write again how brilliant this web site is.
I can hear hundreds of dynamite sounds in an instant...........fantastic!
A lot of websites are just there to try and sell something. Obviously, not this one.
Have a question though.
I wanted to hear DEARLY BELOVED by JACK MONGOMERY.
By the time I had down loaded REAL PLAYER the track (daily anthem) had changed.
Can I still hear this somehow? |
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| What a great website this is. I find it incredible I can come on here and here LIVE recordings from the Cats etc as I went to all these places.
I loved these times with all my heart and soul and always shall, nothing can replace them, not ever.
It isn`t true though, that these places were always safe and friendly, not by a long chalk.
The words SQUAD and ROLLERS spring to mind for a start.
A year ago or two I used to visit another Northern web-site where the propietor tried to pretend that these things never happened. Inevitably we fell out, as he thought people who took gear were idiots, whilst I thought people who didn`t take gear were idiots!
HA HA HA!
If anyone remembers me or just wants to chat bobswish@hotmail.com is my e-mail address. |
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| Found your site by chance when searching for some Steve Brookstein info. Great site and thanks sooo much for that 4 Vandals clip!
Have given your site a plug on the Steve Brookstein website: stevebrookstein.co.uk
(catchy title what?!!??) and can thoroughly recommend his new album to all Soul fans- you won`t be disappointed!
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| Great site - visited 2 soul nights at Sketchley Grange Hotel recently, both really good. Sam Evans is an excellent DJ - see you on Friday 13th !!! |
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| up & down that road every week end. 300 miles. wish i had my time back would do it all again. keep the faith forever ! |
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| Just surfed onto this site. Wow brilliant stuff here. Great info on national venues where `our music` has taken shape.
My first taste of Soul was at a mates house, he lived over the road from me (Bless ya Ted Hall) He then told me about the Catacombs in Wolves. Off we went. What a blast, climbing the stairs and hearing that thumping beat from behind the closed doors. Sign in and in we went, the music, the heat, the atmosphere all hit you right between the eyes
Long brick corridors dripping wet with the sweat of a few hundered soulies crammed inside. A dance floor that always seemed too small for all those spinning sliding soul dancers and the music bouncing off the low ceilings. The floor was full but when a big `tune` was played there was a rush for everyone else to get their space on the boards. Well a big thanks to Blue Max , Pep and Alan and guests for playing the music that shaped my life.
The Torch was another venue we attended. Much bigger than the Cats it had a similar atmosphere but due to its size I never found it as intimate. Great place though brought lots of badges here (sadly sold them)
Best thing about real NS venues is there is never any trouble. Everyone is up for the music. Everyone is there to have a laugh and a damn good time.
Lets keep it that way.
Keep the faith.
Graham Smith (MIF) |
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| Back in OZ now but just wanted to say thanks for a great night whilst over in the UK.
Excellent venue and excellent music. Anyone visiting Oz make sure you catch the scene over here when on hols. Lots of dedicated people who truely appreciate the music!! |
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| what a really great site, keep on keeping on............ |
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| a truely wonderful site well done to you,lots of useful informationwhat about adding where are they now of all the stars we love so much i think it would be a great addition to your site,heres hopeing good luck |
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| just a few lines to say that I was wondering about my old friends from the Twisted Wheel and where they are now. Enjoyed reading the web-site and thought I would add my name. My Mother thought I was baby sitting when infact I was at the Twisted-Wheel with my sister Valda and friend Susan Walsh. We also had good times at the Wigan Casino and the Bird Trap at Brierfield. We all used to pile in a van and head off to Manchester, it was absolutely brilliant and gave us the opportunity to see some of the best R & B and soul acts who I listen to when I want to cheer myself up. Thanks x |
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| hi i use to go to hinkley leisure centre niters about 20 years ago with ste wittle and mark hughes made loads of mates down there still going strong but mainlly up north would be nice to hear from anybody who remenbers me male or female. |
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| Dave, Dave, Dave ... lost your address!!
Am moving back to Hinckley! House on market, so looking for some hot property! Hope to see you at the Clarendon Club on the 22nd! |
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| Been away from the scene for a while but trying to get a couple of venues in before I emigrate to Canada in January. |
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| Dave You just know! |
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| Hi this is blondes daughter, id jus like to say dat she is hilarious when she comes home drunk at around 1.30 in the morning afta her little northern soul nights lol, but im the one who usually has to listen to her stories of when her n dizzy were young and what they got up to lol. bye xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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| hiya marge its us again. Our last entry was just after we had met up again after all those years. No need to tell you how we feel about this site as i think you already know! Its ace. Have made a lot of new mates through it. And gained a lot of alias names.. Keep up the good work.. Keep the Faith... Lots of Love from US.. xx xx |
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| This is one of the best northern sites on the net apart from www.northernsoulmusic.co.uk nice design too, just as good as www.northernsoulmusic.co.uk, takes a lot of work to keep it like this doesn`t it, I know www.northernsoulmusic.co.uk takes up most of my time too, did I mention my site.
Keep up the good work it gets better every time I look, a bit like ...........no nuff said.
Nick |
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| Hi there, found your web site and how brilliant is it??? absolutely love the live venues spot, and it brought back so many many memories for me, especially the notts palais one, where me and the hubby were regulars. Just to wish you all at Hinckley continued success and if we here in Lincoln can enjoy the length of the time that you have had in keeping the faith, we will be happy, as on the 18th of December we will be celebrating the East Lincoln Soul Clubs 1st anniversary. Many thanks for your time and keep up the excellent web site. |
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| On the surf, late Sat nite came across your site, enjoyed it. I'm the Chair of Seaside Soul Club of Morecambe. We're a bunch of geezers who enjoy the full scope of soul, some Northern some modern. Our venue "Upstairs Downstairs" is only a one floor venue, however we try to hit the spot with each record. I suppose the main reason for sayin Hi is to simply make contact with like minded people close to ourselves. We have Soul Nites approx once a month which are well attended evenings, our website (main site) is to be launched in the next weeks, (current site http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/mhpweekender/index.jhtml) part of our 1st Anniversary celebrations, (Sat 30th September 2004) celebrations that we actually made it through the year considering a few outfits that come in to the area wanting to make a quick bit of coin out of a passion. We're a complete voluntary bunch of 10 with quality soul collections / DJ's within the ranks. So we should converse when im not so arsed. Anyway must shoot to bo bo's as my duties have been requested... |
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| Just listened to Job Opening recorded live at Samantha's nite club in the seventies. I was the DJ spinning the sound. Look closely at the LH Samanthas advert and you'll see the name Howard below John V's name. What an incredible time and venue it was. We ran a superb venue in Sheffield that had a soul club in the week (originally Sunday, later on Wednesday's), with the all-nighter on the Friday. John (who I rated in the top four jocks in the country) gathered an amazing amount of talent for the niters and occasional all-dayer. I suppose we had the best of all worlds with the sophistication of Mecca sounds, and the raw northern beat from the Casino. Main stays in the big room were John, Frank (Ian Dewhurst), originally Twink (from Leeds), later Soul Sam, Paul Rowan (Leeds), with various top guests. I hosted the oldies room( the Hallam suite, later the Mayfair Suite), with various guests including Billy Paul (Wigan), Paul Curzon (Doncaster, Brill British collection), Derek Banner (Mansfield), and Rotherhams Derek Sheldon (named his daughter Sandie!). My apologies to any of the guys who were there and I didn't mention. During the week, John and I hosted a really friendly soul club with regulars coming in from Leeds, Doncaster, Mansfield, Chesterfield with of course the Sheffield locals..all great people..no trouble..many good friends..many happy memories. John Vincent has been running some excellent gigs in recent years, and has even dragged me and the ol' plastic disc's (vinyl/acetate really) out for several spots. Still amazed at the demand after all these years. For interest, John is organising an all-nighter in the original venue on Sat 23rd October and this should be an amazing re-union for many of us. He also runs regular monthly gigs in Sheffield and we had some great nites down there, quality sounds, with some really rare records on display. Enjoyed your web-site immensely. |
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| I had to drop you a note...What a great website. I don't quite have your pedigree coz I was a bit late into Northern in 1975. I was only 14 and very tall for my age but I used to blag my way into Tiffany's, Long Lane, Halesowen with my elder sister and her crowd. I first visited Blackpool Mecca in 1975 or was it 1976 to see The Miracles who were just having a hit with "Love Machine" but never did get to any of the "great" venues (Casino, Torch etc). Consequently, I am more of a Levine disciple (Evelyn Thomas, L J Johnson etc) than a stomper fan though I don't suppose it is such an issue either way any more. My fave is still "You don't love me"-The Epitome of Sound though "I'm on my way"-Dean Parrish, "Hung up on your love"-The Montclairs and a track I half remember called "Seven day lover" are right up there too. I have forwarded this to my sis in the States just to make her feel old...it worked and she has forwarded it to some of her old pals too. She reckons that some of the faces are familiar and after laughing at some of the clothes, I had to remind her that some of her own fashion statements were a bit dodgy at the time. I will try to get over to one of your events...trouble is I don't think that 16 stone will squeeze into 28" waist Oxford bags anymore. |
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| Thanks for putting my fave tunes up on the excellent website. I read with interest about the Clarendon Club on Sunday nites will have to call in sometime. Trouble is, I've felt a bit isolated down here in Warwick from a soul point of view. The 'poor' Girlfriend gets
dragged along to soulnites when I go back up north to Burnley, but she's not into northern - will listen to motown though like most. Anyhow, I don't know another soulie in the area, and it would be nice to meet some. |
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| Great Website. FYI, There is a Catacombs Reunion this Saturday at Wolverhampton Civic Hall. |
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| What a well produced and informative site you have. Since being stuck in the wilds of Florida for over 10 years I have managed to gain the interest of a few publications, and at least get an Internet Radio Show established, with supporting web site. You can see the site at www.SoulCruising.com so please take a look if you can. |
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| I have come across your site literally by accident. I am impressed by its content and the obvious hard work put in by all involved! The fact that there is reference to me on it is, I hasten to add, not the reason that I have formed this opinion! It is always good for an old rhythm and soul / northern soul exponent to keep in touch with old friends – and meet some new ones. From time to time I am resurrected and asked to do revival nights (the next one is the Clouds Club revival evening at the Assembly Rooms Derby on the 26th June). Anyway, keep up the great work and if you get a spare moment it would be good to hear from you. |
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| I Had A Great 20 Years On The Scene, I Quit About 5 Years Ago ,Family,Work etc, I Still Have A Few Records And Have Recently Been Buying CDs. Thanks To Websites Such As Yours I Can Keep In Touch With What Is Going On Without Leaving The Comfort Of My Own Home. Keep Up The Good Work, Your Site Is Easily One Of The Best Soul Sites On The Web. |
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| hi just been looking through your site yet again. ITS EXCELLENT. Will be there for 1st Anniversary. Great to see you dave after all these years, keep on keeping on . luv from jo and caron from nuneaton. |
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| Hello HSC, I used to follow all the soul gigs in the late sixties/early seventies and met some people from Hinckley - probably about 1975. I became friendly with Barbara Hill ( met her in the Compass club in Torquay and kept in touch ), Pete Wileman and his sister and while scanning your site found photos of all. I am ? on the one with Nita, Pete Wileman and Rob Furborough, I think it was taken at Wigan. Do you have any e-mail addresses for Barbara or Pete, it would be good to get in touch. |
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| Just been reading the page on Samantha's Sheffield. I only went a couple of times but can confirm that two rooms were used. 'The big room' played newies as I remember ( play list from '75 brought back memories Prince George and Rosie Jones ) and 'The Hallam Suite' played oldies. On one occassion when I went I taped 30 minutes in the big room and 30 minutes from the Hallam Suite. I still play the tape even though the quality after 28 years is now not as good as it was. Whether two rooms were always used i don't know as I didn't go often enough. I have enjoyed looking through the site. Thanks. |
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| My mother just sent me the link to the HSC web site.
You have done a great job, well done...... I am sure I have some photographs
from the 'good old days', The Junction, trips to Wigan Casino etc. I recall
Eggo, Tom King, Connie and myself leaving The Bounty at 11pm on Saturday's
for the Casino, and Sunday afternoon's crashed out in recovery!!!
Unfortunately, I have lost contact with many of my old buddies from Hinckley
as I now live in the USA. An idea for the site maybe a meeting page or similar
so that people (those that want to) can contact old friends and reminisce.
When I find my old album, I'll make some scans and email them to you. If the
album is still with my parents in Hinckley, I'll arrange with you to get the
pictures scanned there.
Keep the Faith...
Bob |
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| Hi,
I was wondering if you were going to put up anything about the Leicester All-nighters at the Odd-fellows club in the early 80´s? Probably the greatest all-nighter ever! I was on the Hinckley Soul scene in a big way myself from 81 through till the end of the 80´s. Good days...miss them a lot
KTF. Jim. |
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| I’m very impressed with your site, how on earth do you remember all that stuff?
My names John and I live down the road in Nuneaton, up until 18 months ago I worked in Hinckley, until they close us down (Ferry Pickerings, Wace, Jarvis Porter). I’m just getting back into the scene, always loved the music since the early 70’s.
My earliest memories locally are…
Bond Gate
Co-op Social (Tuesdays I think)
Weddington Social (Thursdays I think)
(Co-op & Weddington not truly soul nights, but they played a fare bit)
Then later I remember nights, some just one offs.
One Chapel End Social clubs
The Chase
77 club (Chris King did that once)
Of course I came to Hinckley, I remember going to at least three venues…
The Connie Club
The Leisure Centre
Bounty (Back of) (I remember Paul Rudzitas being involved with this one).
It’s been a pleasure to read your site. |
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| The website is just great. I was sitting hear carrying out my DBA tasks
when I thought it was high time for a spot of surfing.
Well what can I say, it is brilliant. The photo's are just fantastic not
only of the people but the venues etc .. The best way of cheering up a
Monday in the office. |
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