Steve lives only a mile from me , He took early retirement after running his fathers Bathroom/Kitchen bussiness for a while , that of course after his return from a rather sharpish departure to Australia . He now has a stall in a antique centre in Alfreton Derby's selling records and football programmes .
Can anyone remember that live sized poster on the back door , downstairs on Arkwright St , the one with the naked fit bird on . It was worth the trip for that alone. I can close my eyes now and still conjure up the memory of the smell in there.
I used to go down every Wednesday afternoon (worked in a shop then and half day closing ) and spend the hours nattering to Alan Day , then Hector , Alan Day introduced Kev Roberts to Selecta , I remember him coming in the shop before he rose to ''fame '' , long black hair , denim jacket and a record in his hand , he asked Alan to spin it .To this day I cannot remember what ti was , but it was brilliant , it shut us all up , he then took it of the decks and disappeared up the stairs again. The next i remember is of him behind the counter , then behind the decks at Wigan
Of course Alan , like Hector was from a small village from just outside Derby(Horsley ) along with his good buddy Shelley. The last I heard of Alan was that he was back in Derbyshire about four mile from my house , only ever seem him half a dozen times since he returned.
Can anyone remember Alans real surename , I ' almost certain it was'nt Day