Blue Rose Soul

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Along with Don Forbes and Dave Stubbs hosting, The Celtic Captain, Anglesey's very own dj of the high seas Steve Thomas, will be bringing his own brand of essential tuneage to Shropshire's capital.

And i'll be chipping jn a few worthwhile additions to the collection myself.

Hopefully the weather will be kind to us and make it as special Bank Holiday out, by the River Severn.

Completely FREE admission for this so, the more that turn up, the merrier it gets!️️️️️

The man who puts together soul events in Shrewsbury and Shropshire, from time to time, and a veteran of the scene, DON FORBES. very knowledgeable and intuitive,always looking to invite guests with collections and not necessarily current djs...which has to be a good format. Definitely should be in for an interesting afternoon/evening of quality soul from the dead good rare to plainly obvious classics brilliance...bit of a melting pot of all thats soulful!.

If you're planning to attend and coming in via car: parking at Abbey Foregate ( bottom end of town by Asda ) is FREE on Monday. A large car park, about 10-12 min walk to venue.

St Julian's & Friars ( just off town walls by BT building ) is 60p an hour but there is also a max charge for all day.

Kingsland Bridge ( adjacent to Town Walls ) has limited parking £5 for all day.

Baker Street car park is next door to venue. Quite pricey at £2:80 an hour!, not sure if there's an all day charge allowed on there.

There's also an NCP at the rear of Premier Inn on Riverside, 5 mins from venue.

If you're planning to attend and coming in via car: parking at Abbey Foregate ( bottom end of town by Asda ) is FREE on Monday. A large car park, about 10-12 min walk to venue.

St Julian's & Friars ( just off town walls by BT building ) is 60p an hour but there is also a max charge for all day.

Kingsland Bridge ( adjacent to Town Walls ) has limited parking £5 for all day.

Baker Street car park is next door to venue. Quite pricey at £2:80 an hour!, not sure if there's an all day charge allowed on there.

There's also an NCP at the rear of Premier Inn on Riverside, 5 mins from venue.

1 minute ago, Agentsmith said:

 

Sums up where it's all going to happen on Bank Holiday Monday!

Tip top tune, up for a spin!

And....hopefully THIS.....

And almost certainly THIS...

Fancy a stopover?

Premier Inn, Smithfield Road A58 ( encorperating Raven Meadow car park) SY1 1PG

The Lion Hotel, Wyle Cop A5191 ( with own car park ) SY1 1UY

Abbotts Mead Hotel, St.Julian's Friars ( parking spaces ) SY1 1XL

Travelodge Battlefield, A53 services  ( with parking ) SY4 3EQ

Travelodge Bayston Hill, A5 by pass, junction of Hereford Road A49 ( with parking ) SY3 0DA

Holiday Inn express, Sika Drive, Shrewsbury Business park, Emstrey ( off B4380 ) SY2 6LG

Check websites for room rates and availability!

All recommended accommodation!

The full line-up of selectors for this forthcoming Easter festival of soul, a truly esoteric climax to a Bank Holiday Monday!!..music that's good for the mind, spirit and the body moves!!

Roger Dean, Don Forbes, Rob Haigh, Steve Thomas, Dave Allen, Paul Rousell, Brian Taylor, Dave Stubbs, Brian Chidley, Nik Krneta.

An array of astute and avid collector/djs, time served on the scene and still kickin' it...all ready to bend your ears, necessitate chin stroking and or get some serious shape throwing with tunes covering the decades and genre's: known, little known...and even unknown ( with the obligatory c/up here and there ) but ALL in Invariable good taste!

 Wow Great Write up and Add Mike Hughes  & Rob Haigh. 

Big thanks to my  ol m8 Don Forbes for inviting me over to Shewsbury  to Spin afew  tunes

The Church was all - Ready well up on  my  hit list ! 

 Have afew new things  to give an Airing including  liitle kookie .Shereil brothers cover up just had a Marcia haines  so might  give that a blast 

Staying locsl  at the Travel  lodge  and its only £29..00 

Think where in for a Cracking Day Steve T 

Morning  all Really 

5 minutes ago, Steve Thomas said:

 Wow Great Write up and Add Mike Hughes  & Rob Haigh. 

Big thanks to my  ol m8 Don Forbes for inviting me over to Shewsbury  to Spin afew  tunes

The Church was all - Ready well up on  my  hit list ! 

 Have afew new things  to give an Airing including  liitle kookie .Shereil brothers cover up just had a Marcia haines  so might  give that a blast 

Staying locsl  at the Travel  lodge  and its only £29..00 

Think where in for a Cracking Day Steve T 

 

Morning  all Really 

All good Skipper!, bargain rooms for a bank holiday, 10 mins from venue....extra hour as well - 1pm kick off!...through til the band says ' we quit! '

Just a heads up as we approach the weekend. It being the first Bank Holiday of 2025, and the longest ( 4 days ) and probably most popular, Shrewsbury is very much a destination town, full of history, lots going on and extremely busy with tourists and traffic.

Anyone looking for accommodation, i've already listed the best, occasioning the fact they have parking facilities, mostly in with the cost of rooms.

Listed here are their geographical positions in relation to the town, 3 are within walking distance, the others between 10 and 15 mins from town centre.

For that purpose ive also provided here the main municipal car parks, again short walking distances from the venue.

ABBEY FOREGATE IS FREE ON BANK HOLIDAYS

ST JULIAN'S & FRIARS: HALF PRICE ( 60p per hour )

FRANKWELL & RAVEN MEADOW may differ, also there may be a max all day payment but, theyre large car parks so there should be plenty of space....as always, best to arrive EARLY, as the function begins at 13:00pm!

https://youtu.be/uHWYWsSbil4?si=jci7xtcq9WKeg50Y

A wonderful afternoon and evening of music for the crowd who attended, could've been better in that respect but then folks do still work, even pensioners!, nevertheless a big THANKYOU to all who came along and took in a fabulous selection of music from 10 purveyors of quality tunes, a good sprinkling on the rare stuff amongst the sets and lots new to the ear as well..a big UP To Don Forbes and Dave Stubbs for getting the event on and slme decent sound equipment to boot!, and the obligatory informative right here to try and entice people out, as always.

Shrewsbury has a pretty long and feserved reputation for soul events in the country, as does Shropshire on the whole and has had a fair shared of outstanding venues over the decades..the message and emphasis on that is still very important even now.

A Big thanks to ALL the lads who deejayed listed above, and  special thanks to Steve Thomas and Lydia for making a pretty arduous trip from Anglesey amongst all the returning holiday makers and their caravans, to get to the Claremont, get settled and then the man delivers an outstanding set in his inimitable fashion...brilliant!.

Hopefully this occasional gig will have another date coming up soon, definitely entertaining and worth paying a visit here for that fact alone.️️️️️

Playlist from yesterday evening:

The Lockettes - I Love The Boy Next Door

The Marvelows - Your Little Sister

Dee Dee Sharpe - Coming Home Baby

The Ideals - The Mighty Lover

Carol And Gerri - On You Heartache Looks Good

The Orlons - Envy

Allan Sisters - I'm In With The Downtown Crowd

Jimmy Robins - Just Can't Please You

Kenny Gamble - The Jokes On You

Timi Yuro - I Aint Gonna Cry No More

The Trends - If You Don't Dig The Blues

Betty Harris - I Don't Wanna Hear It

The Funk Brothers - My Kinda Woman

The Isley Brothers - My Love Is Your Love ( alt ver. )

Dee Dee Sharpe - Lets Twine

Sherli Allen - Think It Over

Kell Osborne - Small Things

Liz Christian - Suddenly You Find Love

Melvin London And The Red Hearts - I Can't Give Up

Terra Shirma Strings - I Can't Make It Any More