The Deck
- Thread starter Wynonie Harris
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yep forgot him till you mentioned shaz, knew is probably a better word aint seen him for about 25/30 years.
i too have a fair few eccentric mates katex but they aint obnoxious with it.Don't know him myself Cashy, but my friend does describe him as being a little eccentric .. I personally love eccentric people, maybe you could think of him this way ..
good music margaret, particularly liked the ramsbottom gig, as wyn said though cant really compare differant styles, grieves me to say it but alveston is the best blues guitarist i ever heard out of this area. would definatly go see yer lads group if opp arose.
hey tunny mate,come when you can stop a bit,lol i know you must have a few tales to add.
Yep, come on, Tunny, you must have some good tales to tell about your crew...Marsh Pickup, Jim Harrower and the rest of 'em!
Told you it was a good thread . . . I reckon if random blood testing had taken place the Dahlia would have been blue . . . .
I'm going to place a poser on Nostalgia . . . see if you can answer it.
Its been a year since we met on the deck. So Wynonie, Mr C, Steeljack, Jaysay, lets meet up and get the train up to Glasgow. And have a look at the Glasgow Mods. Glasgow Mods WebSite » Glasgow Mods - R&B, British Beat Music, Motown, Northern Soul Some interesting stuff on there.
Doesn't seem a year has passed since this thread was last addressed , "where has the time gone, apart from more nose and ear hair "
for some reason I allways remember Accrington 'wakes' weeks coinciding with the Glasgow'fair' when all the Glaswegian/Gorbals tongs (gangs)were in the same resorts as us , (Isle of Man/Blackpool) , beautiful lasses but nasty malefolk , allways looking for a battle .
That brings back happy memories, "I'll meet thi on't Deck at 8 o'clock on Satdy neet" can't remember how man times I said that little line in my teens. Seem to remember also that in the late 70s the "mods" used to hang round the Copper Kettle Cafe on Peel Street, with all the scooters parked outside, grea big long arrials on them
Yea Steely, I remember Glasgow Fair too, Blackpool etc, they used to take over, worked a season at Butlin's, in Wales. and they used to wreck the place, if we saw a mob coming towards us we'd walk the other way or run.
I used to meet on the Deck on Saturday nights, one of the guys we called John the hippie. I went to Rhyddings with him. We used to hang out at the Blue Dahlia when everyone was "popping pills". And I used to ride on some of the "Mods" scooters after the disco had finished. Those where the days. I think Accy has gone to pot. I will be over in the UK in Sept, so I will see what changes have been made.
Right, Al, well thanks for the trip up to Glasgow. Time to come back down South now to talk to some English mods www.modculture.co.uk
me mate used to speak to them on the deck, with a shillelagh.
Thank you all, what wonderfull memories this thread has brought back. The "deck" was "the" meeting place in the early/mid 50's - the other side of the town Hall entrance was the Haslingden/Rawtenstall/Bacup bus stop.
My first date with my wife to be was an arrangement to meet on the deck on a Sunday evening. I waited in the Elite Snooker club to watch the deck, to make sure I knew whom I had arranged to meet
)) We were married for almost 48 years, and together for over 50 years from that first meeting.
The "Melbo" was the only coffee bar in those days - the introduction of the juke box and frothy coffee.
Thank you fro re-kindling some wonderfull mmemories
My first date with my wife to be was an arrangement to meet on the deck on a Sunday evening. I waited in the Elite Snooker club to watch the deck, to make sure I knew whom I had arranged to meet
)) We were married for almost 48 years, and together for over 50 years from that first meeting.The "Melbo" was the only coffee bar in those days - the introduction of the juke box and frothy coffee.
Thank you fro re-kindling some wonderfull mmemories
The Elite Snooker Club Barry, used to nick of school and spend the afternoon it the Elite, up the stairs, dark and dank, those were he daysThank you all, what wonderfull memories this thread has brought back. The "deck" was "the" meeting place in the early/mid 50's - the other side of the town Hall entrance was the Haslingden/Rawtenstall/Bacup bus stop.
My first date with my wife to be was an arrangement to meet on the deck on a Sunday evening. I waited in the Elite Snooker club to watch the deck, to make sure I knew whom I had arranged to meet
The "Melbo" was the only coffee bar in those days - the introduction of the juke box and frothy coffee.
Thank you fro re-kindling some wonderfull mmemories
Jimmy Crow and Mick Absolam (who at one time wasdin the Merchant Navy( used to drink in the "Nags Head".
