Me And My Mrs

[Guest]

went to the Post Office club in Peterborough last Friday to listen to Spencer and John Manship. My Mrs musically moved on in 1975 and went with the MECCA and Cleethorpes stuff and eventually moved into Funk then House. She knows good dance music.

She wants to know why 40ish year old blokes wear beer towels hanging out of their brummies, can anyone offer a reason that both of us will understand?

ta..

[Winsford Soul]

went to the Post Office club in Peterborough last Friday to listen to Spencer and John Manship. My Mrs musically moved on in 1975 and went with the MECCA and Cleethorpes stuff and eventually moved into Funk then House. She knows good dance music.

She wants to know why 40ish year old blokes wear beer towels hanging out of their brummies, can anyone offer a reason that both of us will understand?

ta..

They might have a hole in there Lip, so its there to catch the drips

Steve

[Guest]

went to the Post Office club in Peterborough last Friday to listen to Spencer and John Manship. My Mrs musically moved on in 1975 and went with the MECCA and Cleethorpes stuff and eventually moved into Funk then House. She knows good dance music.

She wants to know why 40ish year old blokes wear beer towels hanging out of their brummies, can anyone offer a reason that both of us will understand?

ta..

Not all 40ish blokes wear beer towels but the ones that do are still doin the time warp

HB

[Guest andycambs]

You should have asked them on the nite Paul, been puzzling you all weekend I bet!

Andy

[Guest]

She wants to know why 40ish year old blokes wear beer towels hanging out of their brummies, can anyone offer a reason that both of us will understand?

ta..

I think Peterborough is stuck in a time warp Paul, its very rare to hear anything other than the same 100 or so records thats why I very rarely bother to go to a night there anymore, the beer towel business is just a throw back to their good old days

[Guest Brian J]

went to the Post Office club in Peterborough last Friday to listen to Spencer and John Manship. My Mrs musically moved on in 1975 and went with the MECCA and Cleethorpes stuff and eventually moved into Funk then House. She knows good dance music.

She wants to know why 40ish year old blokes wear beer towels hanging out of their brummies, can anyone offer a reason that both of us will understand?

ta..

They wear beer towels cos they're dancers. I've never thought of it as a 'fashion' thing. ANYONE who's a 'proper' dancer, and by that I mean on the floor most of the time, will tell you that it's essential to keep the sweat from out of your eyes, off your face and everywher else it starts to bug you.

[Guest Neil-ok]

Its not the first time the old beer towel as been used with the mods stitching em to the back of their parkas but as for lads having them hanging out of their pants(for wiping themselves down) all i can say is if you are too close when they are spinning and git a shower of sweat well no more said.

[Headsy]

is that what they use them for, tuh..........I just use my sleeve, and to think I've been doing it wrong for all these years

[Citizen P]

I can remember this trend starting around about '75/76 at the good old Casino.

Not half as stylish as the towelling tennis wrist bands (50p a pair from your local Hurleys) us young guns from Manchester wore.

Tony

[Guest]

As a scooter riding mod I had a beer towel sewn to the inside of my right arm on my parka to wipe the seat dry when it was raining, think the scooter boy's adopted this from the mod's at a later date then just forgot where to sew them on teehee

[Guest]

Went to a boozer sunday,scarey as fukc,like that film with Yul Brenner in,with all robots,every culture scene under one roof,everybody trying to look the part,bet i was the only one that had been anywhere at the weekend,ho and Chris(Watford),felt very uncomfortable, if that`s the way all the scenes are going,stop me i wanna get off,the pub in question is the elephants head(Camden),next we`ll have a stall at Euro-Disney,that funny i got a record by Mary Love,about computor`s on the Disney label,not the worst record i`ve had too!

[mischief]

They wear beer towels cos they're dancers. I've never thought of it as a 'fashion' thing. ANYONE who's a 'proper' dancer, and by that I mean on the floor most of the time, will tell you that it's essential to keep the sweat from out of your eyes, off your face and everywher else it starts to bug you.

Nothing worse than when your up for it, having a full on dance then sweat starts going in your eyes...as it stings a bit.. not talking the likes of the people who have one dance then stand and chat, then 10 minutes later dance again. I'm talking when you have just danced to 4 or 5 stompers and your still going for it.. Then you need your towel.

[Guest]

They wear beer towels cos they're dancers. I've never thought of it as a 'fashion' thing. ANYONE who's a 'proper' dancer, and by that I mean on the floor most of the time, will tell you that it's essential to keep the sweat from out of your eyes, off your face and everywher else it starts to bug you.

I agree! I spend all night wiping sweat off my face - it's horrible... I drips off my hair and pools in my ears and by the following morning I'm all crusty

[Guest Matt Male]

and by the following morning I'm all crusty

Eeeew, too much information..!

[Guest]

Nothing worse than when your up for it, having a full on dance then sweat starts going in your eyes...as it stings a bit.. not talking the likes of the people who have one dance then stand and chat, then 10 minutes later dance again. I'm talking when you have just danced to 4 or 5 stompers and your still going for it.. Then you need your towel.

So what are the wrist band`s for Mischief,sure i`ve seen you with em` could be wrong though,if i am,you should,beer towel`s so "yesterday",get with the program,or just a small face towel will do!!,i will make beer or anything to do with it un-fashionable,if it`s the last thing i do.

Outa` here Ken.

[Reg]

went to the Post Office club in Peterborough last Friday to listen to Spencer and John Manship. My Mrs musically moved on in 1975 and went with the MECCA and Cleethorpes stuff and eventually moved into Funk then House. She knows good dance music.

She wants to know why 40ish year old blokes wear beer towels hanging out of their brummies, can anyone offer a reason that both of us will understand?

ta..

40ish??? I've seen a lot older than that wearing the beer towel look...one bloke I've seen at Prestwich wears the vest, flares, beer towel and all that and he must be 60..... sorry but it's not pleasant seeing somebody the age of your grandad sweating away on the dancefloor..beer towel to soak the sweat up or not

[Dave]

I think Peterborough is stuck in a time warp Paul, its very rare to hear anything other than the same 100 or so records thats why I very rarely bother to go to a night there anymore, the beer towel business is just a throw back to their good old days

Ahem!

Not every event in Peterborough plays the same overdone oldies. Had you been there on Saturday you would not have heard one record from the top 100

[Guest]

Ahem!

Not every event in Peterborough plays the same overdone oldies. Had you been there on Saturday you would not have heard one record from the top 100

I did say you rarely hear anything other than the same 100, knowing you I am sure nothing like the norm was played Dave, but I think you would generally agree with my sentiments

[Mandy]

I wish somebody would give Big Paul from Manchester one .... I had the not very nice opportunity of dancing near him at Keele on saturday and everytime he did a spin I got showered with his sweat ... not very nice at all.... and I couldn't shout at him cos I've lost my voice :angry:

[Winnie :-)]

went to the Post Office club in Peterborough last Friday to listen to Spencer and John Manship. My Mrs musically moved on in 1975 and went with the MECCA and Cleethorpes stuff and eventually moved into Funk then House. She knows good dance music.

She wants to know why 40ish year old blokes wear beer towels hanging out of their brummies, can anyone offer a reason that both of us will understand?

ta..

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As has already been said, people use them in general to wipe off sweat. Don't use one myself, have changes of t-shirt and a proper towel in my bag, but can't really see why it should cause a fuss.

Here's a question from a dancers point of view, open to anyone. Why do you go to a soul do, and spend your time looking at what other people are wearing, instead of dancing??

Winnie:-)

[Mandy]

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As has already been said, people use them in general to wipe off sweat. Don't use one myself, have changes of t-shirt and a proper towel in my bag, but can't really see why it should cause a fuss.

Here's a question from a dancers point of view, open to anyone. Why do you go to a soul do, and spend your time looking at what other people are wearing, instead of dancing??

Winnie:-)

Hi Winnie I always look at what the boys have got hanging out of their trousers ... only to see how tight the trousers are

[steve z]

I wish somebody would give Big Paul from Manchester one .... I had the not very nice opportunity of dancing near him at Keele on saturday and everytime he did a spin I got showered with his sweat ... not very nice at all.... and I couldn't shout at him cos I've lost my voice :angry:

Hi Mandy .Do you mean "tall Paul" BET it didn't matter all those years ago Have a Fab Xmas ..Stevie

[Cheltsoulnights]

went to the Post Office club in Peterborough last Friday to listen to Spencer and John Manship. My Mrs musically moved on in 1975 and went with the MECCA and Cleethorpes stuff and eventually moved into Funk then House. She knows good dance music.

She wants to know why 40ish year old blokes wear beer towels hanging out of their brummies, can anyone offer a reason that both of us will understand?

ta..

The Hand dryers in the bog never seem to work in the Peterboro Area

Have you never noticed

[Guest Brian J]

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As has already been said, people use them in general to wipe off sweat. Don't use one myself, have changes of t-shirt and a proper towel in my bag, but can't really see why it should cause a fuss.

Here's a question from a dancers point of view, open to anyone. Why do you go to a soul do, and spend your time looking at what other people are wearing, instead of dancing??

Winnie:-)

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I use a full towel myself with changes of clothes. I must go thru around 3 to 4 shirts at any soul do. I also use a small face towel that I soke in cold water and keep it in a plastic bag along with ice.

Your last comment to the non-dancers is very appropriate Win. People watchers gotta put someone down so it makes them feel that bit better. Not all of them, but there's quite a few.

[Winnie :-)]

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I use a full towel myself with changes of clothes. I must go thru around 3 to 4 shirts at any soul do. I also use a small face towel that I soke in cold water and keep it in a plastic bag along with ice.

Your last comment to the non-dancers is very appropriate Win. People watchers gotta put someone down so it makes them feel that bit better. Not all of them, but there's quite a few.

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Just find it a bit irritating, that people can't live and let live. If someone wants to wear spencers, with a beer towel attached, what's the problem? There's always one or two comments passed re: dress, then we get the old they've got to 'come into the now' quotes. We're ALL listening to music from the 6Ts and 7Ts, when we come into the now musically, perhaps the comment will have some relevance?

Winnie:-)

[Soulsmith]

went to the Post Office club in Peterborough last Friday to listen to Spencer and John Manship. My Mrs musically moved on in 1975 and went with the MECCA and Cleethorpes stuff and eventually moved into Funk then House. She knows good dance music.

She wants to know why 40ish year old blokes wear beer towels hanging out of their brummies, can anyone offer a reason that both of us will understand?

ta..

Does it really matter why? I mean we've all got a telly stuck in the corner of the room & none of us know how it works. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Col.

Just noticed that Winnie has posted similar, but far more eloquently!

Edited December 19, 2005 by Soulsmith

[Guest]

Eeeew, too much information..!

Sorry about that.. it's true though... it's really weird, the sweat not only seeps from your head feeling like a million crawling insects but there is also the oddity of the sweat accumulating at the bad of your knees and dribbling down your legs not to mention the pools forming under your tits that cascade down your tum tum

[Mandy]

Hi Mandy .Do you mean "tall Paul" BET it didn't matter all those years ago Have a Fab Xmas ..Stevie

Presume it's one and the same Steve, the one who's always with Carol McCarthy from bolton? Will have a good xmas and I'll see you NYE at Greatstone! I might even bring my beer towel to go with the stool cushion

[Winnie :-)]

Presume it's one and the same Steve, the one who's always with Carol McCarthy from bolton? Will have a good xmas and I'll see you NYE at Greatstone! I might even bring my beer towel to go with the stool cushion

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Yep that's the same Paul

What's a stool cushion, is it a cushion for tired...........

[Mandy]

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Yep that's the same Paul

What's a stool cushion, is it a cushion for tired...........

Ooh Winnie you had to be there!!! At the Greatstone in the summer it was so hot down there that the floor was soaking from the condensation falling from the low ceilings ... everyone brave enough to get on the dance floor was slipping or falling over so I got the 2 stool cushions and put one under each foot and danced away all night without falling over ... very funny ... even had a few people "borrowing" them when I wasn't dancing

[Guest]

so its to wipe away sweat then?

We're a funny ole mob you'll be telling me next folk do doobies to keep em awake until 1am in the morning and someone every hour needs to leave the basin taps on to flood the bogs.

Edited December 19, 2005 by PaulDonely

[Winnie :-)]

Sorry about that.. it's true though... it's really weird, the sweat not only seeps from your head feeling like a million crawling insects but there is also the oddity of the sweat accumulating at the bad of your knees and dribbling down your legs not to mention the pools forming under your tits that cascade down your tum tum

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Cascade is such an evocative word. Sorry for going off topic

[Guest]

you need to get out more Like New Years Eve.. to buy me a Birthday drink

[Winnie :-)]

Ooh Winnie you had to be there!!! At the Greatstone in the summer it was so hot down there that the floor was soaking from the condensation falling from the low ceilings ... everyone brave enough to get on the dance floor was slipping or falling over so I got the 2 stool cushions and put one under each foot and danced away all night without falling over ... very funny ... even had a few people "borrowing" them when I wasn't dancing

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Been on a dance floor similar. Ended up almost doing the splits, and I can't almost do the splits

[Winnie :-)]

so its to wipe away sweat then?

We're a funny ole mob you'll be telling me next folk do doobies to keep em awake until 1am in the morning and someone every hour needs to leave the basin taps on to flood the bogs.

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No that would never happen

you need to get out more Like New Years Eve.. to buy me a Birthday drink

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If you're in the vicinity of Stoke NYE, then your wish is my command

[Guest]

I am coming to Stoke Me and Lindsay so yes... line it up

[Winnie :-)]

I am coming to Stoke Me and Lindsay so yes... line it up

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Sorry would have just left the thumbs up, but I feel so guilty if I don't type something, and fully expect a bollo*king of Shane for going off topic....... So I don't know LIndsay I think, but she'll be able to recognise me easily, I'll be the one with the beer towel. Phewww think I've got things back on topic

Winnie:-)

[Guest]

'Beer Towells are a must' LOL.. You do know Lindsay, you've met her many times

She doesn't sweat though, which is someting I'm trying to tap.. I need to know her secret!

[Winnie :-)]

'Beer Towells are a must' LOL.. You do know Lindsay, you've met her many times

She doesn't sweat though, which is someting I'm trying to tap.. I need to know her secret!

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Is she on SS? I know a Lindsay on SS, think I met her at Stoke actually. I had my high waisters on (staying within topic guidelines) 6 button, contrasting grey waistband, and pockets, with 44" bottoms.

What's really funny is that I did have a pair just like that once, they went rather well with my 'toppers'.

[Guest]

You did... she was the drunk one up in the bar I love her to BITS!

[Winnie :-)]

You did... she was the drunk one up in the bar I love her to BITS!

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Remember her now, and NOT cos you were drunk Lindsay

[Guest]

Ooh Winnie you had to be there!!! At the Greatstone in the summer it was so hot down there that the floor was soaking from the condensation falling from the low ceilings ... everyone brave enough to get on the dance floor was slipping or falling over so I got the 2 stool cushions and put one under each foot and danced away all night without falling over ... very funny ... even had a few people "borrowing" them when I wasn't dancing

Going off topic... Do you remember that 1st Congleton nighter in the sports hall, during the freak heatwave? Gaz sat in the lid of a 600 record box and was rowing accross the dance floor? Now that was a slippery dance floor....

[Guest Brian J]

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Just find it a bit irritating, that people can't live and let live. If someone wants to wear spencers, with a beer towel attached, what's the problem? There's always one or two comments passed re: dress, then we get the old they've got to 'come into the now' quotes. We're ALL listening to music from the 6Ts and 7Ts, when we come into the now musically, perhaps the comment will have some relevance?

Winnie:-)

Love seein' people dressed 'differently', especially if they have some style about them.

I've never conformed, always stood out and taken the snipin' that inevitably comes with it.

My personal favourite is; 'do you wear a hat cos you're bald?' and just to put the record straight....of course I do!

[Bigsoulman]

40ish??? I've seen a lot older than that wearing the beer towel look...one bloke I've seen at Prestwich wears the vest, flares, beer towel and all that and he must be 60..... sorry but it's not pleasant seeing somebody the age of your grandad sweating away on the dancefloor..beer towel to soak the sweat up or not

Why not Reg I think it's brilliant that someone that age is still digging the scene and the tunes, nowt wrong wi that in my book

Lenny T

[Steve L]

Love seein' people dressed 'differently', especially if they have some style about them.

I've never conformed, always stood out and taken the snipin' that inevitably comes with it.

My personal favourite is; 'do you wear a hat cos you're bald?' and just to put the record straight....of course I do!

Brian are you honestly saying that you think a 45 year old bloke wearing a vest with bagdes sewn all over it and baggy trousers with a beer towel stuffed in the waistband ( ie what he used to wear when he was 17 )has got STYLE?

If so you need therapy

[Guest]

Brian are you honestly saying that you think a 45 year old bloke wearing a vest with bagdes sewn all over it and baggy trousers with a beer towel stuffed in the waistband ( ie what he used to wear when he was 17 )has got STYLE?

If so you need therapy

Hows about a 46yr old that wears vest, trackies and trainers? the 46 yr old who can proberbly dance the bollox off you? who needs style? this scene has never ever been about style!! Its about the music and the dancing not about what you wear!!!!!!!!! AND if thats how you think maybe you should be a new romantic? and another question why are some people so far up their own arses they have to think they have style?

DIVVIES

[Guest]

went to the Post Office club in Peterborough last Friday to listen to Spencer and John Manship. My Mrs musically moved on in 1975 and went with the MECCA and Cleethorpes stuff and eventually moved into Funk then House. She knows good dance music.

She wants to know why 40ish year old blokes wear beer towels hanging out of their brummies, can anyone offer a reason that both of us will understand?

ta..

Not sure about beer towels hanging out of brummies but high waisted trousers & braces do it for me everytime on 40ish blokes oops & sideburns

[Steve L]

OK heres a few questions for any of you out there who might be of the beer towel brigade:

Why would a grown man in his mid 40s want to go out dressed like he did when he was 17?

Why would anyone want to go around adorned with badges proclaiming "I AM INTO NORTHERN SOUL" ?

Is it some kind of insecurity as to your identity as a person?

If I conducted a survey of the above mentioned people to ascertain their top 10 records of all time, would any of the records be outside of the bracket of the top sounds of 73,74 & 75?

Would any of you know what Searling's top sounds of 1979 were?

Do you even realise that there was a scene between 76 and 96?

Do you know any records that were played during this period?

Are you interested in listening to / discovering new sounds?

OR would you just prefer to dance/listen to to Salvadors, Williams & Watson, Tomangoes etc for ever more?

Any rational/logical answers to the above questions would be appreciated, if not dont bother.

PS if anyone is offended by the above, this message board is about opinions and you can guess mine from this post. Merry Christmas

[Guest]

OK heres a few questions for any of you out there who might be of the beer towel brigade:

Why would a grown man in his mid 40s want to go out dressed like he did when he was 17?

Why would anyone want to go around adorned with badges proclaiming "I AM INTO NORTHERN SOUL" ?

Is it some kind of insecurity as to your identity as a person?

If I conducted a survey of the above mentioned people to ascertain their top 10 records of all time, would any of the records be outside of the bracket of the top sounds of 73,74 & 75?

Would any of you know what Searling's top sounds of 1979 were?

Do you even realise that there was a scene between 76 and 96?

Do you know any records that were played during this period?

Are you interested in listening to / discovering new sounds?

OR would you just prefer to dance/listen to to Salvadors, Williams & Watson, Tomangoes etc for ever more?

Any rational/logical answers to the above questions would be appreciated, if not dont bother.

PS if anyone is offended by the above, this message board is about opinions and you can guess mine from this post. Merry Christmas

Steve i understand yr opinion so can i ask you how old are you? were you around in the 70s when Searling was at the Casino or when the KGB was open in Sheffield or the Highland Rooms etc etc etc dont forget the "beer towel brigade" were dancing to the stuff that was being played by the newies DJs then and proberbly still do now to a point. As ive said its not what you wear its whats in your SOUL.

[Guest Brian J]

Brian are you honestly saying that you think a 45 year old bloke wearing a vest with bagdes sewn all over it and baggy trousers with a beer towel stuffed in the waistband ( ie what he used to wear when he was 17 )has got STYLE?

If so you need therapy

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Hey up Steve.

Therapy!! That god-sent lifeline, so often advocated by those, who by their own standards, don't need it.

To try and answer your question........

A 45 year old bloke, dressed like you say, probably is more at one with himself than those who mock him! He obviously doesn't allow derisory comments and attitudes to affect him. We can also presume he doesn't embrace a perverse need to 'conform' to trends. Here is a man, who, from the age of 17, has derived so much pleasure from this scene of ours, he wants more of the same. Why should anyone judge a devotee of something they themselves endear to? Therapy to correct arrogance and affect low self esteem would methinks be more appropriate.

As for style, I've always believed in the old adage; 'It's not what you wear but how you wear it.' A stylish person very rarely wears fashion. Anyone can buy fashion.

Just to finish. It's a well known fact that those who point the finger at anyone 'different', do so to help alleviate their own inadequacies.