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First song I actually remember dancing to was Chubby Checker and The Twist - still pretty good at it.

First songs I actually remember - Shrimpboats are a Comin and Catch a Falling Star.

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Donny osmond I think, I remember kissing the T.V. when Tom Jones was on what was it alled....sat night at the paladium i think!!!!!, dancing to pans people on TOTP and writing into Jim'll fix it!!!!!!

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Graduated from St Mary Mags to the Con Club about 1942 -- Eddie McGarry`s rendition of Glen Miller`s "Moonlight Serenade" prompted me to ask a young lass for a dance. She`s still with me.

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Sock It To 'Em JB by Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers at Accy Disco 1967. Never heard of it? It's the one they're playing on the current KFC commercial. What goes round comes round...

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Steamy windows, tina turner

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Bit more recent for those of us that're not so old - anyone remember dancing to the Happy Mondays at the Sports Centre Disco early 1980s? We all stood in a circle and moved are arms about in the most stupid fashion...!! 8)

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tiger feet!!!!!!!!
and the later than that  used to go down the New Era and all dance round our handbags in a circle to Human League! yes I remember the disco at the sports centre we all used to go mad when "come on eileen" came on

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jailhouse rock outside a garage, while my brother was inside with his friends .only young then best music i ever heard.

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Oh My God....i just had a horrible flashback of me, hands on hips, bopping to Sweet Caroline by Status Quo. I now think I need counselling!   :o

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like cazzer the first song i remember dancing to was the twist , it was in blackpool tower in the circus ring loads of kids did it and we won a ballon that must be 44 years ago now HA the good old days

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Like Littlemo I remember New Era Human League (Saw them in Manchester at christmas, still fab) Knowlmere street disco dancing to Abba and the songs from Grease. Sadly, I also have memories of dancing to the twist at Springhill Club childrens Xmas party in the early 70's. HELP!!!!     :)

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Dunno accept it will have been Tamla Motown or a Soul record and I probably needed half a dance floor :)  Still prefer soul music..

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As you're from Preston you won't remember Accy disco, but do you remember the Stax Club in Preston?

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STAX club rings a bell but only the name I am afraid

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Don't know where it was as I never actually went there, but people used to tell me how good it was. There were some great soul clubs in  this area in the '60's. Apart from the famous Accy Disco and Preston Stax club, there was Blackburn Stax club, Burnley Mecca, the Bird Trap in Brierfield and, if you were the really adventurous type, the Twisted Wheel in Manchester.

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Well I am a 70s man I suppose. I listened late (very late) 60s like 69.. but my growing up (teenage years) so to speak was done 70s

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In that case, you probably don't remember any of those clubs. Wigan Casino and Blackpool Mecca perhaps? Went to both of those clubs in the 70's, but I have to admit to being in my 20's by then.

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Do you remember the lonestar club ???

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Do you mean the Lodestar? Was it in Ribblesdale?

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Ribblesdale? I mean Ribchester, of course!

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Remember going to Blackpool Mecca, when there was a free bus from Accy on Friday nights.
Remember the Lodestar, too.
Also Blackburn Mecca when it was the Golden Palms.

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Anybody remember the soul nights at the British Legion and the Old Band Club in the '70's? Great nights!

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I too grew up in the 70s.  Can remember dancing to Drifter's, Tina Turner, ABBA, etc. etc.  Remember dancing to them at the Sports Centre disco also the Big D, up Ossy.  Also once in a while the Sacred Heart had a disco.  Remember going into the pub at the cornor of Harvey Street (underage) before going to the Big D.  Later on I progressed to the Hop in Burnley then the Loadstar.  Anybody remember the Astronaught on Union Street, that had a disco upstairs but nobody was  not meant to dance as they didn't have a licence. ::) [smiley=angel.gif]

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Yeagh I remember ABBA winning the euro song contest with Waterloo.  Drifters..excellent group..  I think there still going but doubt any are from the original group.

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Seen a couple of Abba tribute bands, but i too don't think any of them are still going.

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Chirpy,chirpy,cheep,cheep. Hey girl dont bother Me. My Guy, T. Rex.
Dancing round our handbags at the odeon night club in preston.
Gettin kicked out a couple of times oh, the shame. :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
But my first love was and still is good old fashioned Rock `N ` Roll.
Though like most music from soul to the classics.

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odeon, top rank and whatever else it was called:)

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Knock three times
reserection shuffle
band of gold....

similar era

Motown, brilliant, especially in the sixties.

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Things sure aint what they used to be HarryX

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The Drifters, what a great group and still going strong, with one original member (Bill Pinkney) from 1953!

"Under the boardwalk, down by the sea, on a blanket with my baby, that's where I want to be"...sorry, getting carried away there...I'm in a good mood after last night's events!

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talking about the loadstar do you remember geting your hand stamped when you went in?

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we remember tiffany i think were alone now sad or what  ;D

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diane ross chain reaction lol,wake me up before you go go

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Diana Ross fan me. But Chain reaction and My old Piano where two of the worse records she ever made.

Is worse a real word ? ... Seriously..Never looks right in the context I use it.:)

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[quote author=janet link=board=nostalgia;num=1060003218;start=0#31 date=08/19/03 at 23:37:45]talking about the loadstar do you remember geting your hand stamped when you went in?[/quote]

Can remember that at Accy disco too, Janet. You ever go there?
:)

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[quote author=ASFC1951 link=board=nostalgia;num=1060003218;start=0#22 date=08/13/03 at 08:24:45]Anybody remember the soul nights at the British Legion and the Old Band Club in the '70's? Great nights![/quote]


Remember It well!! Every Friday night...everyone trying to out-dance one and other!!

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[quote author=HarryX link=board=nostalgia;num=1060003218;start=0#34 date=08/19/03 at 23:46:38]Diana Ross fan me. But Chain reaction and My old Piano where two of the worse records she ever made.

Is worse a real word ? ... Seriously..Never looks right in the context I use it.:)[/quote]


Depends which context you use it in Harry. ie Bad...worse...worst! ;D

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Does anyone else remember seeing Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders at Accy Con Club one New Years Eve in the mid 60's??

I also remember going to somewhere up Rawtenstall way to see the Spencer Davies Group with Stevie Winwood.

Of course nothing compared to seeing the Beatles at Blackpool........

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Anybody recall seeing Van Morrison at Accy Con, Christmas 1965? He was awful!

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Peepers in blackburn, with lynard skinard on the turn table playing full blast as you shook your head, throwing dandruff and sweat into the beer glasses that were taken from the local "Vulcan". Peepers sold only pop.

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My first was I will survive.Women dragged me up to dance and yes i did .

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T.Rex, My Guy, American pie, you can get it if you really want.

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I remember the Loadstar, on the ribchester rd. First we would go to the New Inns, then on to the Royal Oak on longsight road, then to the Loadstar ( very hard landlady with bleach blond hair , went to school with my dad. ) then we ended up at the Cavendish. Always the same friday  nights. When the Cavendish first opend they used to have top class acts, in the caberat room & the latino lounge, there was the speak easy disco as well. Lets not forget the Starlight club in little Harwood.  

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anybody rememberjoe morts & the empire up ossy  my firstsong i danced to was at the hop , cant remember who sang it though , we used to go to  mirabelle, tonys mecca (lacarno ) in blackburn , con on mon nites ooo i was a busy lass , still go tor/roll nites . does anybody else on here go ? [smiley=ban.gif]

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Danny and the juniors sang at the hop. mez

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i know im a little young but i remember my dad going to marthome grange in altham

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yea so did i   mmm i keep giving my age away .still im going r/roll at king st   accy  on friday , they have  1  last friday every month , so come on you rockers ////

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Although I was born in Blackburn, I moved, with my parents, to Sheffield when I was 14 years old.
I spent much of my time in the Esquire Club. R n B was the order of the day there, with several top names from the U.S. One exception was a local group, at that time known as Vance Arnold and the Avengers. 'Vance' would be about 19 or 20 at that time. Shortly after, he reverted to his real name, and became Joe Cockers' Big Blues. Within a short time, the Big Blues disapeared, and the rest is history (it's all history isn't it)
The other club in the city was The Mojo, owned and run by a bloke called Pete Stringfellow. Wonder what happened to him ?
                      :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

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For me it was Rock `N` Roll.
Has most of you know I grew up in Preston and was a member of the P.R.N.R A.S ( Preston rock `n`roll apresiation Sociaty.

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Anne. Do you remember the Beachcomber in Preston? . Had some great nights there, I also worked at the PRI for a short time.

Swedish Rhapsody by Mantovani was the alternative to Victor Silvester. My first record was Via Condios by Les Paul and Mary Ford and he was the first to multi track a record. I also got Answer Me by Frankie Laine before it was banned because he sang Answer me oh Lord and he re-recorded it to sing Answer me my love. And there's also Johnny Ray's Cry and another banned record Such a Night.

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Somebody mentioned the Blackburn Mecca earlier. As a teenager, I used to play drums in a group based in Southport. We had a Sunday afternoon gig booked at the Blackburn Mecca. It was the first time we had ever played on a revolving stage. We started off playing out of sight of the audience and then they set the stage revolving to bring us into view. When it stopped, Dougie, the lead guitarist, fell over!

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Dont remember the Beachcomber Alan. Were abouts was it?
I did my dancing at the top rank.
Lived not far from P.R.I had three of my babies there.

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New era youth club, thats a blast from the past. I used to go there...in the 70's..

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Danced to, Heaven must have sent you, the ELGINS. Anne, just had a look at my old membership card from 1966.The Beachcomber was in Fishergate Preston and at Bank st, Bolton and at Bradshawgate, Leigh.

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"When you're young and in love" - cant think who sang it though

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This Is Going To Sound Sad But First Sound I Danced And Sang To Was Come On Come On ..can U Guess It Gary Glitter Do U Wanna Be In My Gang Every Time My Perents Went Out Id Pick Up The Hair Brush Look In The Mirror And Just Imagined All My Fans Going Wild Lol

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:) This Is Going To Sound Sad But First Sound I Danced And Sang To Was Come On Come On ..can U Guess It Gary Glitter Do U Wanna Be In My Gang Every Time My Perents Went Out Id Pick Up The Hair Brush Look In The Mirror And Just Imagined All My Fans Going Wild Lol

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Atarah, I think it was the Marvelettes, on the Tamla Motown Label.

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Yep, you're right, Al, although the original version was by Ruby & the Romantics in 1964. However, it was the Marvelettes' 1967 cover that got 'em up on the floor at Accy Disco.

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never danced when i was young,was usually too drunk when arriving at dance halls, though now will have a bop if we go to rocknroll nights anywhere, the first record i can remember dancing to was High Class Lady- the Lennerockers thought it suited paris well,so i got up and had a do.

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I would say it is was more like line dancing at Accy disco... skinheads lined up.. and not so much dancing.. more like just stretchin yer braces and showing off yer buffed up doc martins :D.. and the girls weren't much better!

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omg im not going embarrass myself with this...LOL

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dance? me?

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At bout 13/14 we used to go to the disco at St. Annes church in Accy, anyone remember - it was in the cellar under the church - boogying away to tunes like Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel by Tavares, also the Arcadian ballroom on Knowlmere Street off Whalley Road but I think my first 'grown up' place to have a boogie was probably the Apollo above the Astronaut on Union Street.

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Went to St Annes church around 77/78, banging my head pogoing on the pipes on the ceiling!. I was a long standing Arcadian Ballroom bod and got in free because I brought my records down. That would be about 74/75 and also a long termer at the New Era 78/80, dancing to all the futurist classics. Anyone remember Mick Cronshaw turning up dressed as Nash the Slash!

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As kids we danced alot to the Jackson Five. In college all the late 70s early 80s stuff and at my wedding danced to "Years From Now" by 3 Dog Night!

Brian

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The Jewish Wedding song All Jolson, "Oh how we danced on the night we were wed"

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We went to the Empress ballroom in Burnley,Saturday was posh and you danced to the big band music,
But on Mondays and Thursdays we had a wonderful time dancing to all the pop records,,Elvis,s too many to mention.Neil Sedacca,s Oh Carol Everly Brothers,Wake up little Susie , Cliff,s Move it, Sam Cooke,s Chain Gang ,,and thousands more.....oh memories ...
Us girls used to go to work with rollers in our hair and an head scarf on,,,we were always in trouble,but it was worth it,,

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oh i liked that one too....

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My parents used to love to Waltz and I guess Jitter-Bug. Itwas so odd to see cause my dad was quite stern and it just didn't seem to fit the guy we grew up with.

Brian

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Wigan casino 70s Frank wilson Do i love you [indeed i do], Toby legend Time will pass you by, Dean parrish Im on my way.:Banane14: :Banane14: :Banane14:

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It depends what sort of dance. Aged about 14 I would have been jiving to Bill Hayley's "Rock Aroung The Clock" or Elvis's "Hound Dog" and smooching to The Platters, "Only You" and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" etc.

A bit older and I discovered Glenn Miller and learned ballroom dancing (utility - not the "my mother sewed 50 million sequins on my dress" sort). At our wedding reception my husband and I started the dancing with a slow quickstep to "Moonlight Serenade" - so romantic! - then went completely overboard with "In The Mood". A cine film of us jiving, me in my lacy wedding dress and him in his RAF uniform, is really something to see. ;)

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Seeing as i aint had a wedding i'll tell you what my cousins daughter danced to with her dad - Butterfly Kisses by Lauren Waterworth. Everyone was in tears at the end of it.

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...Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is All Over, R. Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House, Sandra Philips - World Without Sunshine, Mike Post - Afternoon Of The Rhino, Bobby Paris - Night Owl, Larry Williams & Johnny Watson - Too Late, The Checkerboard Squares - Double Cookin' etc etc etc...I've done spins and backdrops to 'em all on that hallowed dancefloor! :cool:

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I recall jiving/bopping in the aisles at The Palladium when Billy Haley and the Comets film Rock Around The clock was showing.
The 'sign off' tune for dance nights at the nearby Empire was 'Someday I'm Gonna Write The Story Of My Life' sung by Michael Holliday. When that played we knew the evening was over. The dances started there before they had even removed the cinema seats.

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Michael Holliday, what a waste of such a lovely man 'served his time' on the cruise liners, born to soon, as the newspapers were going to 'out' him, a great loss to our generation.

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We wont get fooled again `the who` at Mercer Hall Disco at Great Harwood 1971

Third Finger left hand at `The Disco` over top of Catlows fruit and veg shop in Accy 1969

:cool:

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great song,by Holliday theres an even better version which i posess by Dave King, who turned actor after his singing career. saw rock around the clock at princes or empire when i was a sprog they were bopping in the aisles, had never seen the like- was amazed.:)

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Michael Holiday, Mr C ? I am I reading this correctly or what.

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said great song Al, the other version by Dave King i got.;)

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Must have been skiffle at Spring Hill and Christ Church around 1956, anyone remember the bands there with their tea-chest basses and washboards? 'Twas an eye opening world after Perry Como, Doris Day and the big bands - all of which were very nice but... Both were Saturday night events with lights on and discreet? adult "supervision." Happy memories even so, and seemingly such a long time ago...

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Once remember doing a fast bop to a St Bernards Waltz at our leaving do at the Holy Family, that was a hoot:D

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I remember dancing to all the oldies,at the Empress Ballroom at Burnley ,,Monday,s and Thursdays,,Elvis,Roy Orbison, Everly brothers,(Neil Sedaka when he had a squeaky voice,ie Oh Carol.and One way ticket.)
Saturday it was big band stuff,,Glen Miller etc,,,

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You're almost making me wish I'd grown up in Burnley. :D

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""Spring Hill and Christ Church around 1956, anyone remember the bands there with their tea-chest basses and washboards?" Yes Spring Hill was the first dance I went to as a teenager, then we progressed to Knowlmere Street and Accy Con Club. Danced to the Lionel Morton Four who later became the Four Pennies. Remember Eddie Cockram and Twenty Fight Rock, Summertime Blues and Three Steps to Heaven also Gene Vincent, be Bop a Lula. Now we are talking serious bopping!!!

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Blancmange-Living on the Ceiling..............no more room down there!

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missed the washboards john,was about 61 when i started at spring hill.:)

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I remember the Rockets - an Ossy group - lead singer Jack Groves, washboard Melvin Mann, tea chest Frank Isherwood, guitar Stuart Holmes.

There was an Accy group named the Blue Diamonds with a lead singer called Ken who was an Elvis lookalike.

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I think the guitarist was Gordon Holmes Margaret, Stuart was his older Brother who was a driving instructor, I thick Gordon still lives on Hornby Street in Ossy, or he did up to a couple of years ago, Frank Ishewood lives on Edinburgh Drive and worked behind the bar in the Stop and Rest for years, may still do

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I remember now - 'Gordon' - you are right.
I heard that Jack Groves is living in Fence nr Padiham.
Ken Booth (Elvis lookalike) died young - his sister told me a few years ago

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lenny and the teenbeats..local band early sixties ;)
nelson imp..for most of the big groups, hollies etc

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Blimey,this thread goes back to 2003,,,I have just reread the posts,,,What memories it brings back......:alright:

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Didn't think you would remember back to 2003 granny, yer too young.:);)

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do you remember the cavern club at the bottom of castle st accy

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lenny runs things at the pop club.

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me and a mate, dave duckworth, sold tickets and ran buses to nelson imp.we saw all the top groups at the time.

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My earliest dancing memory has to be - Rocking all over the world - Status Quo :D:D:D

Actually there is a pic of me and tinks doing this dance at a party somewhere :o

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saw "Long John Baldry" there, missed Rod Stewart though.