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Can anybody remember going to see the film 'Rock Around The Clock' with Bill Haley..in the 1950's it was shown at either the Kings Hall or the Ritz..not sure which one..but I lived in Crawshaw Street and my friends were Barbara Gudgeon and Lily Smith, (does anybody know them, would love to make contact again),
we danced in the streets all the way home...that film seem to change our lives.

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I saw it at the Palladium in Ossy about 56 or 57

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I saw it in Burnley, went straight from work - so that had to be '56/57.

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was it not at the "Princes or Empire" in Accy?:confused: seem to remember it yon.

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I danced in the aisles at the Palladium, but I can't say it changed my life.

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Hiya Cashy, no definitely not on at Empire or Princes, (Edgar Street)...I lived in Crawshaw Street (next to Edgar St)..and I remember dancing all the way home, down Peel St..along Blackburn Road, down School Street and home.:)

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Well if ya remember dancing down Peel st, musta bin the "Bug Hut" or the "Palace":)

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was the 'Bug Hut' the Kings Hall? sure that is where I saw it...

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Sorry, must have been the Palace. The "Bug Hut" was always years behind with new films, unless you are talking of much later then 56/57

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it was played at the ritz ..church st

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yes it must have been 56/57, and could have been The Palace....wasn't it at the top of Peel St on the right hand corner?
Amazing to think how many Picture Houses there were in Accrington in those days..

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my memory must be playing tricks... I was sure we came home via Peel St..but maybe it was Church Street.... Anyway we had a fab night and really enjoyed ourselves...:)

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It was the Ritz - I remember seeing you. White ankle socks and a dirndel(?) skirt. You had a pony tail.

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in the words of Frank Ifield...' I remember you oooo' :) I think I had pig tails:)

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Hell Bob - you certainly have a memory for details - girl's clothing details that is?

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Mine aint bad either, but its more the "Underware":rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

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Ya cashy stockings and suspenders, remember the thick bit at the top, the giggle band, got passed there and you were laughing:D:D

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Saw it 56/57 at The Palace Cinema, Great Harwood, which is now Aquascope. Must say I preferred it as a cinema - much cheaper!

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The advent of tights certainly complicated things!

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your right it was the ritz

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'61/62 was a magic year - traing in Weston -s -Mare, a bicycle town - before tights really came into fashion. Walked into a few lamposts and other obstructions - Happy days:D

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Actually think it was around 67/68 when tights came in:mad::mad::mad::D

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You are correct Jaysay, I was on a post-grad course, back end of '67. Nowhere near the same sights to enjoy.

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can remember Bill Haley being on at some place down whalley, cronny owned it, but name i forget.:confused:

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Ace of Spades cashy

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Ya Barrie there became no point in throwing a tanner on the deck and stopping to admire the sights:D

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What a cheapskate - I would throw a "Bob" if she was really a cracker, but had a girlfriend who loved to wear a flared skirt when we went dancing - I had to let the occasional chap dance with her so that I could enjoy the scenery too:D

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Only a tanner? Half-a-crown was bound to get you better results!

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Blood hell Stumped you were after class, in those days didn't get much more that that spending money:D :D

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Ya Bill Haley, The King, Cliff Richard, Marty Wilde, Billy Fury, Adam Faith, great times, anybody remember the in dance at the time, The Quaker, twice round the dance floor then outside for your oats:D:D:D

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Old names in music, come to mind, The Vernons girls ( Ladybirds,). The Brooks Brothers, Don Lang, Terry Dean, Jim Dale.

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I remember going to the The Kings Hall in Blackburn 1962/63 to see Little Eva, Brooks Brothers and Bobby Rydell.....great show:theband:

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Think the best show at King Georges Hall in Blackburn was The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black, and Roy Orbison, all for about 3 shillings and sixpence :mosher:

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wowow what a line up...wish I had seen that one.....
oopss and sorry I got the name of the Hall wrong..of course it is King Georges Hall.....I also remember going to a New Years Eve dance there..I think 1962..

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I saw the first US band to come over after the ban was lifted - Duke Ellington (I think), at the King George's - whoever it was, it was pretty good compared with the English bands - Frankie Laine at Blackpool Opera House was also pretty good. Reckon that must have been about '54 or so.

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that would be 62/63 the big "O"was the headliner when i saw it n the beatles were nowt but up n coming.:)

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Stop on cashy think the had just released Love Me Do when they appeared and G and the P I Like It

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I went to that as well. People dont believe over here when I tell them. , As well as all the other groups we used to see, at the Imperial, Astoria, Burnley Mecca, Con, Cavern , The Wheel, They say if you remamber the 60s you wernt there , well I certainly bloody was and I remember, fantastic, Put kettle on mother. At least we have lived to tell the tale.

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Well I remember the 60s too Alan, maybe because I never tried whacky backy, or bombers, uppers and downers, I was a big enough head-the-ball with Ale and fags, let alone out else:D

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i remember a fair bit, rest is "Flashbacks":D dunno how the hell i survived, bet some on here wish i hadn't.:D

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Bet some on here wish you hadn't cashy:eek::eek::eek: and you a first class gent and genteel soul to boot:rolleyes::D

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It was at the Ritz in Church street, remember it well - jiving in the isles......when we managed to evade the management.

If memory serves me right it was next door to what was Barnes showroom?

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Danced to Ray Ellington in Burnley-came home on the back of someone's truck-happy days!

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I believe (not the song Conway Twitty sang) that Frankie Laine was at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool in the mid 50's, and if I remeber correctly he wore a "Midnight Blue" gaberdine suit with a link button and rolled collar. I tried to get one at Burtons but could'nt, had to settle for a grey one.

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Pretty sure you had the venue right - like you, could not get midnight blue so went the other way and got a very light grey one - showed every B mark, but I felt good wearing it.

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Burtons, circa 1968 (opposite the deck) in Accrington used to make/supply "made to measure" suits for 7/6d a week, Blue pin stripe suits with a 10"/12" center vent , red lining......... dont think I'm alone in thinking that I was the only youngster/apprentice in Accy who who ever turned for for Sunday morning overtime from God knows where wearing his" best" suit

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If you were like me your '' best suit'' was your only suit.

Apprentice wages did not stretch too far.
How much did we earn in1968?
Must have been about 9 or 10 quid.

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Quite right SA I had two suits my best one and my birthday one:D

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Talking of wages, when I started work in 1962 as an happyrentice joiner I was on 7d an hour I think, for a 46hr week so that was £1-6s-10d for the week, oh the good old days:D

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Got all my suits made at Erni Mcknoes near the bridge on Blackburn Rd. These suits were as sharp as a razor, he must have made a fortune from the all us Mods in the 60s.

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I had a tailor who worked from home he lived on Blackburn Road Accy near the Hyndburn Pub top of Monk Street I think, he was called Ricky, was at one time manager at the Coop tailors department in Ossy where the new church is now. He'd make you a suit for any price, it was p to you, but he was first rate at his trade, I had many a suit of him

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Once bought a jacket from Moffits, next day saw Issacs in one like it, must say I felt pretty cool. Also bought a lot of clothes from Kurtis menswear, on Fountain St, Manchester and Harry Fentons in Blackburn, so did Wynonnie,

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Harry Fenton's, Blackburn, now you're talking, Al! Bought loads of clobber from there...flared hipster trousers, shirts with big high button-down collars, kipper ties, Regency style double breasted jackets. Thought I looked the bee's knees, but probably looked a right prat! :D

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Did Dusty Springfield ever play in Accy?

My late Aunt Ros said they did, but never had any confirmation.

Would be pretty early sixties.

Might even have been when she was with her brother in The Springfields.

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Think she might have said they played the Con.

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Saw this story, and thought it might be of interest to an old Mod.


A LANDMARK hotel is being re-launched as a Northern Soul and Motown venue following a revamp to restore its former glory.
In the 1960s, hordes of ‘mods’ flocked to Burnley’s Keirby Park Hotel every week to sample one of the country’s best sprung dancefloors.



Soul revamp for Burnley hotel (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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Can't remember her ever playing the Con G with or without the Springfields, and it was in my era when they changed from Big Band at the Con to Groups and records, Monday night was Bernard Presents

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But didn't they have pop bands as well?
I'm sure she said she saw Herman's Hermits there.
Perhaps I'm wrong, and it wasn't the Con, but she definitely told me she saw those in Accy.

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That's what I said, Herman's Hermits, Four Pennies (the Lionel Morton Four in those days) Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Freddie and the Dreamers, can't remember Dusty though G.

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had quite a few Top Line bands up the con, Wayne Fontana @ Mindbenders, Four Pennies, spring to mind, but can't remember Dusty or the Springfields, appearing anywhere in accy rindy.:confused: Johnny Kidd @ Pirates were on at the Vic in clayton le moors along wi others, possibly down yon, never went more n a couple of times.:confused:

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Van Morrison & Eric Clapton...two more famous names who graced the Con stage.

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Perhaps I'm mixed up.

When I got into Dusty, when I was about twelve, my aunt gave me all her old albums, and told me about when she saw her. I'm sure she said it was Accy, but I might well be wrong.

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Not to worry rindy.....even i was wrong....ONCE.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::;)

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Her first solo tour was in 1963.
She appeared on the bill with The Searchers, Freddie & The Dreamers and Brian Poole & The Tremeloes.

The tour ended at King George's Hall, Blackburn.

If Freddie and the Dreamers played the Con, could it not have been the same tour?

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The tour started June 6th, in Halifax, so would have been in the summer, if that's any help.

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Memories not what it was, but 63 it aint bad, as meself n Darwendosser started work Easter that year, am 90% certain was not 63 when Freddie @ Dreamers played the con, but later, if ya got tour list rindy, there would have to be a Blank Monday night fer it to be possible. unless the king georges gig was weekend, i reckon.

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Were talking Accy Con here G strictly one band at a time mate:D

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Think F and the Ds was around 65 cashy, started with groups on Mondays in about 64 I think

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i was thinking 65, john, but wasn't sure as i never went to see em, always refused to pay fer crap. thats why i'm near sure Dusty wasn't up con, always loved her so would never have missed it.:)

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Didn't bother me what the band was like cashy, never remembered the day after anyway:D:D

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Ok, I concede.

My aunt was mixed up, she must have seen her in Blackburn.

I wasn't wrong, she fed me the wrong information.

:rolleyes::D

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thats the differance between Drunkards n Gentlemen.:D

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This thread has started me thinking, most people my age who frequented Accy Con on a Monday night remember the Four Pennies being resident the or a while until they hit the big time with Juliet, they were call the Lionel Morton Four in those, but for a while they were advertised as the Lionel Morton Four + one there was a pianist joined them occasionally, and he came from Accy, if I remember rightly he lived in the Willows Lane area, can't for the life in me remember his name, but he was a great pianist

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How the hell do you know:D:D:p

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Thought that was rather obvious- I was a gentleman, you were a Drunkard.:D

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:thefinger:thefinger:thefinger:thefinger:thefinger Up yours:D:D:D

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Used to drink in the Kierby in Burnley, but cant remember any dances for Mods, the place to be was the Mecca across the road, better than Blackburn, it was great, monday nights, it was a toss up Accy Con or Burnley mecca. We might have looked like prats now Wyn, but not then. Cant recall Dusty playing Accy at any time, she might have played Cranberry Fold in Darren.

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You could well be right about Cranberry Alan, think the world an his wife appeared there at one time or another, maybe that's where Gs aunt saw her

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Could be.

I've joined a couple of forums for Dustettes, and asked if she ever played Accy, or in the close vicinity, in the hope a fanatic has a list of all the venues she toured at.

Nothing so far.

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She could have done Nelson Imp, or Rawtenstall Astoria, but if anywhere Cranberry would be favourite

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No, I don't remember owt in the Kierby, Al. Burnley Mecca was the place to be, or Accy Con if they had a good band on like the Richard Kent Style.

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I think it was the Empress in Burnley and the Imperial in Nelson, Astoria in Rawtenstall in my day - and it was Eddie McGuire up the Con

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I think it was Eddie McGarry Barrie.

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I was going to correct Barrie but thought better of it Alan;):D was also going to throw in Bob Whatmouth Too:rolleyes:

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Quite right Wyn, lost a few more grey cells yesterday. Do remember Watmough, thought he started playing when he was still at AGS - Bob can probably advise on that.

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Garinda was correct.
I can confirm seeing Dusty Springfield at the Accrington Con.
I saw her up close and was fairly shocked at the amount of makeup used to cover complexion issues.
I also saw the Lionel Morton Four +1
The piano was not amplified and no matter how hard the poor SOB hit the keys, no one could hear him over the accompanying chords from the electric guitars.

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I was a regular every Saturday and Monday (Bernard Presents) nights from 62 to 68 and I can't remember Dusty appearing, Lionel Morton four were resident for a time on Mondays, remember the +1 pianist can still picture him, nearly sure he was an Accy Lad and lived in the Willows Lane area, but can't remember his name for the live in me.

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Just looked on wikipedia and there's no mention of a pianist what-so-ever

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The +1 piano player was definitely a pupil at the Grammar School. I think Lionel used him as an experiment for some piano based hits of the time. I think that ended quite quickly and they became the Four Pennies.

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I know he didn't last long, but seem to remember him going on to write lots of music

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Wow.

Thank you!

My Aunt Ros, was right, and so was my memory, because I was sure she said it was at the Accy Con.

I was away when you posted this, and only saw it whilst noseying through your old posts, after Eric said he'd been talking to you.

Thank you so much.

:)

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Nah then,me memorys not great,but which came first? 1.The Lionel Morton 4 or 2. The Four Pennies? i think its the order i printed,but wouldn't stake me life on it.

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Lionel Morton Four definately cashy, then Lional Morton 4 + 1, then the Four Pennies

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Reading this thread has reminded me of somat, cashy mention Bill Haley next time I see you I've an album I want to show you

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It was the Ritz & the police had dogs on guard in case we "rioted"

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I danced to Duke Ellington in Burnley - missed the last bus home so got a ride on the back of a truck. Don't know who ownd the truck. - Great night!

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Did your mum not tell you about excepting a lift from strangers:D

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It was definitely the RITZ, I remember the police dogs.:cool::cool::cool:

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It was at the Ritz & there were police dogs at the back near the exit

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Sure it was before then, I used to help out at the Paladium and we took out the first four rows from the stalls to allow dancing, that was the only way the licencing comittee would allow us to show it. (fire regs and suchlike) saved the place from bingo for a while.