Thanks, don't know if you read my reply to Fizz's name it's Paul Thistlewaite or Thistlewhite, think the latter, btw thats me on the far right on my avatar with LDS & Pete Ayre long long ago.
Bloody hell I can remember that you couldn't give Spyder Turners version away no matter how hard you tried back in the 70, I could never understand it, I love it.
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Maureen, knew it had something to do with a 50th or 2 but the memories fading with age, lol, Gail & I don't use facebook but her sister Kerry Hardy does (Only lives across road). Fizz is in the USA & has been for sometime, John Jones from York & others went across to a wedding (Forget who's, memory again) & met up with him, LA way I think. Take care & who knows one day we might not recognize each other again,lol.
Maureen turn up at Sue Warwicks (York) 50th in York a couple of years ago, didn't recognize her & vica versa, we've all changed so much, seem to remember she said she was teaching down London way, gave me her e-mail to get some old photo's but she never replied, not to worry, would have been nice though.
There's an old cine clip on You Tube of the Dance Contest at Cleethorpes Pier 1975, very grainy but you can make out Fizz in his White vest & I think Maureens also on it,as well as my now wife Gail, it's under Northern Soul Allnighter. If you can't find it look for sillyshivvy89, it's his stuff.
Notice not a pair of super wide trousers with 12 different coloured pockets or vests with multiple badges on in sight, just normal everyday fashion, funny that ain't it.
See Pete it's all subjective & I also liked all those tunes, specially to dance my little socks off to, seems people are scared of being ridiculed by playing some tunes considered passe and uncool or not Soulful enough, I just remember them as my youth.
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p.s. That Lola Falana was some fox & Rocky was Mr Cool with a capital C.
Great photo Pete, he looks like he's keeping an eye out for that Nobby Stiles fella who body checked him in the 1966 semi-final to stop him getting through to score, good old Nobby.
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