Ray Finney

This month is our 1st anniversary @ Sol2Soul and the first of three for this year, along with our resident DJs Lee Fletcher & Richard Elmer. We have 2 guest DJ’s and our first is known from the group on Facebook with his friend, This guy has a vast collection of underplayed and is from Sheffield Dean Fox or (Foxy) as most know him. Our second guest Mick Boyle is from Nottingham and part of the team who run a Soul Club by the Trent known as The Boat The doors will be open from 19.30 We start @ 20.00 – 00.00 Door tax £5 DJ Times 20.00- 21.00 – Lee Fletcher Coalville) 21.00 – 22.00 – Dean Fox (Soul Twins Sheffield) 22.00 – 23.00 – Mick Boyle (The Boat, Nottingham) 23.00 – 00.00 – Richard Elmer (Leicester) We hope you will come and join us for a great night of some great tunes from the DJ’s and I will be warming the decks up for the proper DJs from 19.30 – 20.00

This will be our third of three event of our new soul club and this month our resident DJs Adrian Cope Who is also a member of the team of Wolfies in Walsall and Lee Fletcher who was a member of The Cat Club in Desford and Willington, and Richard Elmer of the Phoenix Nights Scooter Rallies in Leicester. This month we have a well-known guest DJ from Bedford who has been on the circuit for a good while and along with some of his great collection of records and he is Hammie The place is Heather St. John’s FC we start at 8.00 – 00.00 Door Tax £5 DJ Times 20.00 – 21.00 – Lee Fletcher (Coalville) 21.00 – 22.00 – Richard Elmer (Leicester) 22.00 – 23.00 – Hammie (Bedford) 23.00 – 00.00 – Adrian Cope (Hinckley) We hope you will come and join us for a great night of some great tunes

This will be our second of three of our new soul club and this month we have made a special change to the resident DJs along with Adrian Cope Who is also a member of the team of Wolfies in Walsall and Lee Fletcher who was a member of The Cat Club in Desford and Willington, we have ask another guy to come aboard from Leicester Richard Elmer here is a little information about the guy, First DJd at the age of 19 in December 1986 at the Gallery Ballrooms in Leicester and went on to be a regular guest for the Leicester Soul Club at the Holy Cross & Lakeside Marina venues over the next few years. That got me a few spots in the Nottinghamshire area too. Used to spend my lunch hours frequenting Ally Mayer’s record stall on Leicester market and Boogaloo Records on Granby Street picking up lots of great vinyl as well as the lists from soul bowl & mick smith. Was a regular at the 100 club in the late 80’s & early 90’s with my tape recorder in tow. Along with Bob Lee & Mark Wilson was a mainstay of the soul room of the Phoenix Nights Scooter Rallies which ran between 2006 - 2019 before covid intervened. It was at one of these that Les Norman heard me play and in 2023 I had the honour of a doing a spot at the Dark Horses all-nighter. Strangely a few years earlier at a mini all-nighter in Leicester, Sean Chapman described him as a dark horse. Along with these guys we have a well-known and established record collector & dealer and who has played around the country and also in the USA from Coalville our guest DJ the one and only Simon Hunt. The place is Heather St. John’s FC we start at 8.00 – 00.00 Door Tax £5 DJ Times 20.00 – 21.00 – Richard Elmer (Leicester) 21.00 – 22.00 – Adrian Cope (Hinckley) 22.00 – 23.00 – Simon Hunt (Coalville) 23.00 – 00.00 – Lee Fletcher (Coalville) We hope you will come and join us for a great night of some great tunes

KIBWORTH SOUL CLUB We are holding a Charity Northern Soul Night in aid of Motor Neurone Disease at Lubenham Village Hall, Laughton Road, Lubenham, Leic’s LE16 9TE on Saturday 27th January 2024 along with our five DJs playing the best Northern Soul. There is no bar facilities FREE ADMISSION, so can you bring your own drinks. We hope you will enjoy the evening with us and to raise as much as possible for this Charity. DJs for the night Kev Such, Steve O’Brien, Ray Finney, Al Shaw & Mick Ball We start @ 19:00 – 01.00

Good morning and firstly may I thank all you good people who have given us the support over the last year and to say that this month through the lack of support it will be our last event @ Hugglescote Social Club. This month our two resident DJ's Jed Purkis & Kenneth Sylvester and along with our two guests From Kibworth Soul Club Mick Ball and our second Lady DJ formally who along with her husband & Lee Fletcher ran a great soul club in Desford call The Cat Club, her name Debbie Wilson a lady with some great tunes. We hope you will come and join us on this memorable night with some real good across the board Northern Soul & Tamla Motown & R&B with a little Modern Has usual from 19.30 – 20.00 I will be warming the decks up for the better DJ’s to come along DJ Times 20.00 – 21.00 Jed Purkis (Northern Soldiers Long Eaton) 21.00 – 22.00 Mick Ball (Kibworth Soul Club) 22.00 – 23.00 Debbie Wilson (The Cat Club Desford & The Liquidator) 23.00 – 00.00 Ken Sylvester (Grantham. Cotgrave & The Stute Soul Clubs) Door Tax £5 With regret we at Coalville Northern Soul Club will be closing the door to the club for the lack of support so this month is our last event. We would like to thank every guest DJ who has attended our club a big thank you for your sets and thank you all who has supported us al through the years. Again thank you all for the support for the past 6 years.

This month is out last soul event @ the Hugglescote Social club and as we are moving back to where we started back home as they say to Coalville Labour and Institute club on Bridge Road Coalville in January 2024. This month we have two of our resident DJs Jed Purkis & Kenneth Sylvester along with our 2 guest DJs our first has his own soul club @ Kibworth and a great personality from Leicester Mick Ball. Our second guest is our 2nd Lady DJ of this year who use to be part of a great soul venue is Desford called The Cat Club and this is her first time at our club her name is Debbie Wilson. We hope you will come and join us in across the board Northern Soul & Tamla Motown with a little hint of R&B and Modern. As usual I will be warming the decks up with some of my own personal choices and favourite tunes Doors open @ 19.30 Door Tax £5

Sol2Soul Club Rare & Underplayed is proud to announce a new club that will take place 3 times this year with our first event on 20th of January 2024. Our resident DJs will be from Hinckley Adrian Cope, Glyn Reardon and from Coalville Lee Fletcher, We aim to bring you something a little bit different. The night will be held at Heather St John's Park. Ravenstone Road Heather. LE67 2QJ. Our first guest will be everyone’s favourite Rob Gray, there ain’t much this fella hasn’t got. So if rarer soul Obscure underplayed whatever you want to call it is your thing come along and give us a try. DJ Times 20.00 - 21.00 Glyn Reardon (Hinckley) 21.00 - 22.00 Lee Fletcher (Coalville) 22.00 - 23.00 Rob Gray (Guest) 23.00 - 0.00 Adrian Cope (Hinckley)

We're nearly gone through another year and this month along with our resident DJs Jed Purkis, Ken Sylvester & Geoff Stevens we have our first lady DJ from Derby and used to hold her soul event @ the Venue but now move to the 102 Club every last Saturday of the month along with a regular once a month Sunday afternoon soul session down stairs at the club, her name is Helen Crowther-Dowey and such a lovely lady as well as a DJ. The doors open at 19.30 and as usual I will be warming the decks up with some of my requisition of new record I have require ready for the better DJs We hope you will come and join us for some great tunes and a friendly atmosphere DJ Times 20.00 - 21.00 Ken Sylvester 21.00 - 22.00 Jed Purkis 22.00 - 23.00 Helen Crowther-Dowey (Derby Soul Club) 23.00 - 00.00 Geoff Stevens

This month @ Coalville Northern Soul Club we have another night of across the board Northern Soul, Tamla Motown & R&B with a little twist of modern with our resident DJs Geoff Stevens, Jed Purkis I have asked along a good friend of mine from from Leicester to do a set for us as Ken will be in Italy and along with our guest for this month DJ a Derby guy and his a resident DJ @ Derby Soul Club that use to be at The Venue but now is at The 102 Club Paul Wynne The place Hugglescote Social Club, Denis Street, nice room with a great wooden dance floor and good beer prices. The doors open from 19.30pm which I will be warming the decks up for the better DJs playing some of my favourite records. We hope you will come and join us for some great tunes. Record dealer welcome DJ Times 20.00 - 21.00 Jed Purkis 21.00 - 22.00 Geoff Stevens 22.00 - 23.00 Paul Wynne (Derby Soul Club @ 102 Club) 23.00 - 00.00 Mick Ball Door Tax £5 Find us on Coalville Northern Soul Club Facebook page too.

This month @ Coalville Northern Soul Club we have another night of across the board Northern Soul, Tamla Motown & R&B with a little twist of modern with our resident DJs Geoff Stevens, Jed Purkis & Ken Sylvester along with our guest for this month DJ a local guy and was part of The Cat Club in Desford and also Willington Soul Club from Coalville Lee Fletcher The place Hugglescote Social Club, Denis Street, nice room with a great wooden dance floor and good beer prices. The doors open from 19.30pm which I will be warming the decks up for the better DJs playing some of my favourite records. We hope you will come and join us for some great tunes. Record dealer welcome DJ Times 20.00 - 21.00 Jed Purkis 21.00 - 22.00 Ken Sylvester 22.00 - 23.00 Lee Fletcher 23.00 - 00.00 Geoff Stevens Door Tax £5 Find us on Coalville Northern Soul Club Facebook page too.

This month @ Coalville Northern Soul Club we have another night of across the board Northern Soul, Tamla Motown & R&B with a little twist of modern with our resident DJs Geoff Stevens, Jed Purkis & Ken Sylvester along with our guest for this month DJ another gentleman and has been on the scene for many years playing his tune all over the UK from Peterborough Mr. Martin Edwards The place Hugglescote Social Club, Denis Street, nice room with a great wooden dance floor and good beer prices. The doors open from 19.30pm which I will be warming the decks up for the better DJs playing some of my favourite records. We hope you will come and join us for some great tunes. Record dealer welcome DJ Times 20.00 - 21.00 Geoff Stevens 21.00 - 22.00 Ken Sylvester 22.00 - 23.00 Martin Edwards (Peterborough) 23.00 - 00.00 Jed Purkis Door Tax £5 Find us on Coalville Northern Soul Club Facebook page too.

This month along with our resident DJ's Geoff Stevens & Kenneth Sylvester we have two great guests DJs our first is guy who I have personally know for nearly 40yrs and runs a Soul Club and is known as the best kept secret From Quorn Soul Club Twinny. Our second guest is a well respect gentleman and well known around the country from Peterborough Martin Stanford. DJ Times 20.00 - 21.00 Geoff Stevens 21.00 – 22.00 Twinny (Quorn Soul Club) 22.00 – 23.00 Martin Stanford (Peterborough) 23.00 – 00.00 Ken Sylvester The doors open @ 19.30 and as usual for the first half hour I will be warming the decks up with some of my favourite oldies and underplayed tunes. We hope you will come and join us for a great night of Northern Soul & Tamla Motown, R&B with a touch of Modern. Find us on Coalville Northern Soul Club Facebook page too.

This month we have another night of across-the-board Northern Soul & Tamla Motown with a little twist of Modern & R&B with our resident DJs Ken Sylvester & Geoff Stevens along with a great guest DJs who is well known on the Soul Scene for playing some great Rare & Underplayed but he has a great collection of across the board Northern Soul he is from Nuneaton and runs a Soul Club in Dordon from Dark Horses his name Les Norman This month will be a celebration for myself because of two reasons firstly it’s my birthday and secondly I officially retire of the grand old age of 66yrs:-). I will be warming the decks up as usual from 19.30 – 20.00 DJ times 20.00 – 21.00 Kenneth Sylvester & Geoff Stevens (Double Decking) 21.00 - 22.00 Kenneth Sylvester 22.00 – 23.00 Les Norman (Dark Horses) 23.00 – 00.00 Geoff Stevens Door Tax £5 We hope you will come and join us in my little celebration and some great tunes. Doors open at 7.30pm

This month we will be having another event of across the board Northern Soul & Tamla Motown along with a little R&B & Modern with our resident DJs Jed Purkis, Ken Sylvester & Geoff Stevens with our special guest DJ a guy that is and has been around for a while playing some outstanding tunes on the scene and is from Bedford Hammie. Has usual I will be warming the decks up for the real DJs from 19.30- 20.00 with a few of my favourite tunes we hope you will come and join us for a great night and friendly atmosphere. ha! ha! DJ Times 20.00 - 21.00 Jed Purkis 21.00 – 22.00 Ken Sylvester 22.00 – 23.00 Hammie 23.00 – 00.00 Geoff Stevens

Welcome to another night of across the board northern Soul & Tamla Motown with our Resident DJs Geoff Stevens, Jed Purkis & Ken Sylvester along with our guest for this month Hammie who is a well know DJ from Bedford and has been on the scene for some years. We hope you will come and join us for a great night of tunes all the DJs will play.