IT'S GREAT TO RECALL SOME OF TRULY WONDERFUL MEMORIES,THAT EVOLVED AROUND MAX'S SHOP.COMING FROM WOODCROSS,AS I MET UP WITH MATES ON THE MONDAY,ALL THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS THE CATS (CATACOMBS) WHERE THEY HAD BEEN THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND,YOU'VE GOT TO COME,YOU NEED TO SEE THIS, AND HEAR STUFF YOU CAN'T HEAR ANYWHERE ELSE.SO THAT NEXT WEEK I WENT ALONG,THAT WEEKEND CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER,IT WAS LIKE A DRUG,I COULD'NT WAIT FOR MY NEXT HIT.EVERY SATURDAY,PAY BIG RAY ON THE DOOR,MAYBE HAVE ONE PINT,THEN ON TO COKE(THE SOFT DRINK VARIETY ,OF COURSE) AND THE MAKE MY WAY,TO A GOOD VANTAGE POINT ,INFRONT OF THE HATCH WHERE THE DUSTY RECORD DECKS LIVED,READY TO COME ALIVE WITH TUNES ,EVEN NOW THAT SEND GOOSE BUMPS OVER MY BODY.MAX USUALLY KICKED THINGS OFF WITH THE FABULOUS EMOTIONS FUNKY CHICKEN,WHICH BECAME HIS THEME TUNE AS I RECALL.THEN WOMBAT,THELMA LINDSAY,SAXIE RUSSEL,RECORDS THAT 18 MONTHS OR SO LATER WOULD BE MASSIVE AT STATION RD.THE DANCE FLOOR WOULD GO CRAZY WITH COACHES UP FROM GLOS,CAMBS,EVERYWHERE!.NAMES FROM THE PAST THAT SPRING TO MIND,SQEEK,EGGY,PAUL WALKER,RIC-TIC,AND OF COURSE SMOKEY.THE NIGHT WOULD BE OVER TOO SOON,AS IS THE CASE WHEN YOUR TOTALY ENJOYING YOURSELF.AS THE WEEKS,YEARS GO ON,I FIND MYSELF GOING OUT WITH A GIRL FROM WEDNESFIELD(LATERTO BECOME MRS WOODY).WHAT MARVELLOUS LOCATION WEDNESFIELD WAS ON THE 79 BUS OFF AT THE ROUNDABOUT,INTO MAX'S SHOP,PLOUGHING THROUGH LOADS OF VINYL,ALWAYS COMING OUT WITH A LITTLE BROWN BAG WITH AT LEAST 6OR7 RECORDS IN,AS TIME WENT ON SOMETIMES THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING OUT OF YOUR PRICERANGE I'LL PUT IT TO ONE SIDE IF YOU LIKE WOODY SAID MAX,THE SHOP WAS LIKE A WEEKLY GET TOGETHER,A FEW NAMES COME TO LIGHT ,KENNY ONIONS,SWOZ, BRIAN S ROB H ,SOMETIMES WHEN IN THERE MAX WOULD POP NEXT DOOR WITH SAM AND HAVE A QUICK GAME OF DARTS ALL I CAN SAY IS IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO HAVE KNOWN SUCH A MAN AS MAX MILLWARD A.K.A. BLUE MAX . HEART FELT CONDOLANCES TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS R.I.P. MAX