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Dance halls
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Sorry, just saw there had already been this suggestion!!
I then became St Maries Catholic club, was certainly that in 62 used to go dancing there every Friday night, it was while going into that place that I heard about the assassination of JFK
Very rarely saw a priest in Lock St. Mr. D., there again never looked innocent in my lifeThat was St Mary's on Lock Street Mr j....always a bit disconcerting getting up close and personal with a girl and then the priest would be on patrolHand down by your sides and look innocent.
There and Spring Hill sold Cideraide
My oldest and best mate Micky Bull * and Hugh Jardon were always getting told to calm down by the priestVery rarely saw a priest in Lock St. Mr. D., there again never looked innocent in my life
* Micky hates me introducing him a my oldest best mate
But as Sospan the Ice Cream seller in Aberystwyth says " I can't afford friends in this town, I lose too many working days attending the funerals"
It has been mentioned often in other threads in the past.
If you used the 'search' facility you would find them.
Wandering off for a min. Is that Micky Bull worked at Huncoat Pit.Mick Bull says it was Cydrax
Micky Bull hell that is a blast from the past, used to live near the Holy Farm near Derek Thornhill on Malham I think it was calledMy oldest and best mate Micky Bull * and Hugh Jardon were always getting told to calm down by the priest
* Micky hates me introducing him a my oldest best mate
But as Sospan the Ice Cream seller in Aberystwyth says " I can't afford friends in this town, I lose too many working days attending the funerals"
Not sure when it closed was before the time I was attending dance halls around 62/63
Yup J... Derek of the Warriors fame of course. Woke up on Mick's mums living room floor many a Sunday morning
She used to say in her lovely Irish lilt " You'll be having some Breakfast D before I get off to Mass" Lovely lady salt of the earth.
Yes Mr h...there's a thread on here somewhere where cashman and me mention it....
I used to get there from time to time usually when I had to lie low from the Arcs from a while.
Can't find my bit but this about covers it Mr h
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f103/the-empire-28841.html
Perhaps its something to do with old age: peace loving...yes - CND...well, yes but without the badge. Never have been a beatnik...too late now
It's never too late, bud.
Thanks for letting me know that Mrs h
Though it wouldn't have been long before "her in Morecambe" woulda put me straight.
It's never too late, bud.
Bet you were on Stuart's "Hands Off Cuba" march to the Town Hall in Oct, '62. If I remember rightly, Ben Johnson went ape about it afterwards!
Wyn wasn't that a different young man (in those days) by the same name? He really was a beatnik. This one is (was) a hairdresser, the one you are thinking of went to Japan.Bet you were on Stuart's "Hands Off Cuba" march to the Town Hall in Oct, '62. If I remember rightly, Ben Johnson went ape about it afterwards!
How do you know this isn't the beatnik, Hands Off Cuba Stuart Hartley, Susie?
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Well this one is or was definitely a hairdresser if you read some of the comments on his profile.
And some time ago you or somebody else told me in a pm that the beatnik one was on here under another alias which I won't post here but have just looked at it and it fits.