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A great thread - especially as it was 'my decade to find NS'. First went to a nighter in December 1984. Oddfellows in Leicester, having first being introduced to Northern through the scooter scene. Blown away, as this was for 'me' my escape from a small market town in Oxfordshire where the entertainment was simply to get out of your head on fosters snakebite and stagger home at the end of the evening Then after breaking my pelvis Easter 1985, the Vespa written off, and once recovered - it was nighters full time having dropped Scooters. Leyton Buzzard was our most local niter - and used to travel with the Oxford/Swindon crowd (Bricky RIP, Dave Lowe, Dave C, Scouse etc..), however we used to still travel to the Oddfellows, Notts Palais, Morecambe, Twisted Wheel when it reopened, and also the 100 club. Never went to Stafford ( a little before my time, else I just missed the tail end as I was in hospital recovering from the road accident) Having not known anything before it certainly didn't feel like a scene that was dying or just limping along Here's the record bar from Parr hall - very busy And I hope of more interest to some of you I kept some of the letters that appeared in Echoes late 1980's. A 'healthy' debate going on, stirred up we suspected by Echoes own staff writing letters, that were fictional people, just to generate a response/boost readership...However maybe someone know's 'Ken Keesal, of Ladbroke Grove' Not sure why I kept them, perhaps for this very moment within this post EDIT - not very happy with the image sizes - I'll try and fix it

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