Not the subject of the page but got utmost total respect for JJ & Vagabonds ALWAYS honoured booking here
when other supposedly top line acts never appeared...but thats another story
The Kiosk Castleford....................................Wigan Casino/Torch/Wheel it was NOT........been down t'steps willingly and unwillingly many times
Went to club in Wakey HEPPYs ostensibly to see WKF (Mick Weaver) announced on stage now . 5 Black dudes came on started Drifters songs......complained to management..got chucked out told to F**k off...Wakefield in mid Feb @1:30 in morning ain't very hospitable
Three Coins was the IN PLACE in Leeds ....ex guy who remembers coins Derek Barnet goes regularly to Central/Wardrobe... went to Bee Gee also West Indian club? in Chapletown... also Morley Town Hall big mod/soul venue
Think was the one on the A63 between Taddy n York....acts supplied to both this n Tin Chicken /Crystal Bowl by very shady character called Ken Dougherty.....
Hi Pete
Pic of Three Coins is not one in Leeds Commercial St. ...big R n B mod venue in the day..
door up stairs....THE place in the day .....s'ppose now it would come under the genre of Rare and U'played lol
)Think you mean Tin Chicken in Castleford (home town)
Got away with it by pre fixing name with 'the Fantastic' .....'
or 'the Fabulous .......'
Many many stories could tell about Tin Chicken/Crystal Bowl
Howard Taylor dj at the Bowl has recollections of his time there which could equal the mafia in Sicily
Also worth mention is
Three Coins - Commercial St Leeds
Viking, Goole
Chairosquiro (sp) Batley Rd Wakefield
Somewhere Else Club, side of Wakefield Mecca,
Cellar Bar Huntriss Row Scarboro on same street as Sailsbury