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I wasn't so pleased when you danced really close to the stage, and did one of your megaspins, whirling round thirty times like a top, and your hair, all three foot of it, used to whip bucketfulls of sweat all over the record decks.

Ooooh Behave!!! You loved it rolleyes.gif

Andy.

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Seeing I now have your Attention, Here's some more from those Halcyon days! ohmy.gif

They were taken outside The Railway on Sundays! Circa 72-74

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Taken later when You decided to take up modelling! unsure.gif

Andy.

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Guest Matt Male
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Mr M's???? You are kidding n'est pas?

The bloody place should have been barricaded up with everyone in it.

Mr M's - The place that gave birth to the oldies scene and closed so many ears to hearing new sounds. angry.gif

:lol:

This is a revelation to me. I hadn't thought of this before but it's so true. I'm one of those people who probably spent 80% of my time in M's and also pretty much only went to Oldies nighters in the last year. In my defence most of the stuff i heard in Mr M's in 1980 was 'new to my ears' since i hadn't been around long anyway, but it looks like i inadvertantly contributed to the birth of the oldies scene.

I feel like that character in 'A Sound of Thunder' who steps on a butterfly and changes the course of history. I'm truly sorry... :lol:

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This is a revelation to me. I hadn't thought of this before but it's so true. I'm one of those people who probably spent 80% of my time in M's and also pretty much only went to Oldies nighters in the last year. In my defence most of the stuff i heard in Mr M's in 1980 was 'new to my ears' since i hadn't been around long anyway, but it looks like i inadvertantly contributed to the birth of the oldies scene.

I feel like that character in 'A Sound of Thunder' who steps on a butterfly and changes the course of history. I'm truly sorry... :lol:

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Guest TONY ROUNCE
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Taken later when You decided to take up modelling! unsure.gif

Andy.

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You should make this your avatar, Ian - that'll really wind up all the troublesome saddos on this thread :lol:

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You should make this your avatar, Ian - that'll really wind up all the troublesome saddos on this thread laugh.gif

Even better, it should be posted in the SSLAAS topic - the girls won't know who it is - I certainly had to look two or three times

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You should make this your avatar, Ian - that'll really wind up all the troublesome saddos on this thread laugh.gif

Sorry I just aquired the rights to it! :lol:

Andy.

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Glad to see this thread has got back on track after this afternoon but feel a reminder is necessary -

have asked a couple of times for members to stop the wind ups, games, personal abuse etc

but am still wasting time dealing with such posts

this thread is the same as any other thread and deliberate attempts etc to damage it will be treated the same as per any other thread

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Additionally, a reminder that if you want to discuss concerns, moderation, etc, to do it in the Feedback forum - - NOT in the thread concerned. Also, if you wish to complain about a post or feel that it breaks the forum rules, DO NOT reply to it, but use the 'report' button at the bottom left hand corner of the post.

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I wasn't so pleased when you danced really close to the stage, and did one of your megaspins, whirling round thirty times like a top, and your hair, all three foot of it, used to whip bucketfulls of sweat all over the record decks.

Any more Mecca pictures - put them on great memories.

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I probably wrong here but was it Turner? This was taken at his parents B and B, Or was it Janets?

Andy.

What a fabulous pic of me on your avatar. Where on Earth did that come from ???

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Any more Mecca pictures - put them on great memories.

I'll try dig some more out, Maybe tomorrow.

Andy.

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Seeing I now have your Attention, Here's some more from those Halcyon days! ohmy.gif

They were taken outside The Railway on Sundays! Circa 72-74

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Wow.

Evi

Legs

Me

Dave Wenlock

Joanne Leech

Wendy Lofthouse

John Bollen

BLOODY HELL !!!!!!

And where was Les Cokell ???

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Why am I carrying Wendy Lofthouse ??

And is that a very young Bernie Golding ???

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Taken later when You decided to take up modelling! unsure.gif

Andy.

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So what year was this ??

Looks more like 1980 to me.


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What a fabulous pic of me on your avatar. Where on Earth did that come from ???

Paint shop pro! laugh.gif

Shall I put some more up?

Andy.

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Wow.

Evi

Legs

Me

Dave Wenlock

Joanne Leech

Wendy Lofthouse

John Bollen

BLOODY HELL !!!!!!

And where was Les Cokell ???

Les could have been anywhere, He liked to go walkabout, Incidentally the girl at the front next to Wendy is not Joanne.

Andy.

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So what year was this ??

Looks more like 1980 to me.

Yeah 80 81?

Andy.

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You should make this your avatar, Ian - that'll really wind up all the troublesome saddos on this thread

I've got even better than that.

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Even better, it should be posted in the SSLAAS topic - the girls won't know who it is - I certainly had to look two or three times

I assure you it was me. I posted up a couple that I like even better.

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Paint shop pro!

Shall I put some more up?

Andy.

Have you got more ??

I'm still confused where this one came from. I certainly don't have a copy, only those other two I posted up from this period, plus one my Mother has in a red rugby shirt with a similar brown background, but this one of yours I don't seem to have seen for nearly thirty years.

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Les could have been anywhere, He liked to go walkabout, Incidentally the girl at the front next to Wendy is not Joanne.

Yes it is. Of course it is.

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Yes it is. Of course it is.

I guarantee it is not Joanne!

Andy.

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Why am I carrying Wendy Lofthouse ??

And is that a very young Bernie Golding ???

Correct Ian - that is a young Bernard Golding , fresh from doing his paper round .......

Malc Burton

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I guarantee it is not Joanne!

Andy.

Well if it aint Joanne you have me fooled too.

Dont tell me its me after a night in hospital and 4 hours

at the Brunswick in Preston.

kegsy

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Correct Ian - that is a young Bernard Golding , fresh from doing his paper round .......

Malc Burton

Shhhhhhhhhh dont wake Bernie I still have his

War Deliver The Word album

that I never returned.

kegsy

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I wasn't so pleased when you danced really close to the stage, and did one of your megaspins, whirling round thirty times like a top, and your hair, all three foot of it, used to whip bucketfulls of sweat all over the record decks.

You were'nt dancing next to him.

Believe me it was worse close up.

Kegsy

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Why am I carrying Wendy Lofthouse ??

And is that a very young Bernie Golding ???

Carrying Wendy Lofthouse? :ohmy:

Looks to me like you were trying to cop a feel of her left breast, which I guess, wouldv'e been a first! :ohmy:

Ian D :lol:

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Mel Britt sings lead on the Mist on Twinight

What??????

I never knew that - one of the very BEST crossover records ever made.

He also recorded as Melvin Britt on Montage in 1980 "Magic" being a minor spin.


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What??????

I never knew that - one of the very BEST crossover records ever made.

He also recorded as Melvin Britt on Montage in 1980 "Magic" being a minor spin.

See Steve? You're never too old to learn or too young to fall in love........

Ian D :ohmy:

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Any idea when they will be demolishing the building ?

Malc Burton

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Any idea when they will be demolishing the building ?

Malc Burton

Probably when they give Soul Sam a residency! :ohmy:

Andy.

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Probably when they give Soul Sam a residency! :ohmy:

Andy.

Double decking with Ian's dead body of course :ohmy: ..........

I took the picture below shortly after the place closed ........

Malc Burton

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See Steve? You're never too old to learn

Ian D :ohmy:

I know that, that's why I am on soul Source - to learn, and also share the few bits I do know. :ohmy:

That MIST record was a Van McCoy job too - so everything comes around.

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Have to agree with you. Couldn't understand why they felt the need to make them so tough. When I was told 'Foosteps' was going to be remixed I was expecting something much more Soulful. Especially from a label like Su Su. Great oppurtunity missed I'm afaid.

On suSU - not Su Su.

If you didn't like the remixes I respect your view, but I think the K-Klass remix is very Souful and I am proud of it. The original song is faithfully followed and the new strings and keyboards nicely complement the original but update it. The Soulful House crowd rejected it because it was not tough enough.

The Axwell remix of "High Energy" is not Soulful but is a real winner which again I am very happy to be associated with - if Concept had spent some money on marketing it would have been a huge hit.

Neil

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Double decking with Ian's dead body of course :ohmy: ..........

I took the picture below shortly after the place closed ........

Malc Burton

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I guarantee it is not Joanne!

Andy.

You are simply forgetting that that is what she looked like in 1972. All your photos of her are from 1974. Who else could it be anyway ?? Every other person on that pic was part of my inner circle of close friends.

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You look like a preppy college boy from the States.

That is not an insult by the way.

That was the exact look I went for, after realising that long hair was shit.

I even had authentic US college letterman jackets.

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More here everyone with the CORRECT Joanne!

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AND Stuart Bremner.

After a certain "trouble"-some person kept asking to see a pic.

He looked even better than this when his hair was shorter, (and he was in gym kit), about four years before this pic, his wedding pic, was taken.

You've brought back ALL sorts of memories with this pic. Distant memories of my youth.

Guest TONY ROUNCE
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Double decking with Ian's dead body of course :ohmy: ..........

Malc Burton

Er, I think you really meant to say 'over' Ian's dead body, Malc?

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And go on then a few more for today! :ohmy:

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You have NO IDEA what you have done with this pic - NO IDEA.

Talk about forgotten memories.

How did you get this ????

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And go on then a few more for today!

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I want to go back there again.

I want to look like that again.

New diet starts now.

I'm quite sad after seeing this, Andy, seriously sad.

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