Chris L

Watch out for the London Soul Brothers we'll be the ones at the bar supporting the US brewing industry through these tough economical times We'll I've started packing already, looks like me aircraft is roaring to go.......................... Sees you all there.......................

Electric Indian Land of 1000 dances

Thursday Mar 05 Light Rain / Freezing Rain High 6°C Low 0°C Precip 40 % Friday Mar 06 AM Clouds / PM Sun High 11°C Low -1°C Saturday Mar 07 Showers High 4°C Low -1°C Sunday Mar 08 Rain / Snow Showers High 4°C Low 1°C Monday Mar 09 Showers High 6°C Low -3°C That's cold man

Looks like it could be a nice day for a white wedding temperatures running well below freezing - looks like snow !!

Exactly

That was played off his album Superdrums meethinks.....................stonking version...................

Anybody want an affordable shared mini-bus $25 each way I'm booked with these guys. https://www.airportexpress.com/ Good luck and the Milky bars are on me

Looking forward to it Dave, got me a hot date for Saturday night......................corrrrrr

Sweet and Easy

Sweet and Easy

I was seeing if I could dress up in the same style of clothes worn circa '73...........that was until I dug out this old photo of me wearing the most ridiculous shirt ever made. This photo was taken in my garden just before leaving to go to the Torch. It was one of those "C'mon just one photo before you leave.......it's for your grandma" said my mum !! Needless to say I won't be wearing such stuff (mind you back then it was well avant-garde - the norverners were still wearing bovverboy stuff - albeit with longer hair)

Cab fare from O'Hare to Hotel is + - $45 - share then goes to about $55 so at about $25 a head you're sorted, the distance is only 17 miles. I've got a shared van, they're good fun, you get all sorts of weird and wonderful fellow travellers let alone the nutty drivers

We're off to Chicago for the Soul USA trip - there's 3 of us flying in from Europe (Continent) and Cleveland, Ohio, we have a suite and this will be stuck on the door. We intend to hold all-dayers, all-nighters, soul dancing instruction days, soul food scoffing competitions, "how wide are your baggies" games, there will be a prize for the best KM & IL anecdote, name that snog, slash out the window distance races. There will prizes galore - a pair of Dave Rivers old green leather boots, Alan Day tank top replica, original Ford Transit wing mirror plus many, many more.............. Top prize is this rare album - 100% US original. It will be a riot................. The Torch Angels - London Chapter

Smith Steve lives in Berlin meethinks ??? Anyway any chance you can all those girls from Gloucester that used to frequent the Torch, talk about 'good time gals' What the heck did they used to tell their parents they were doing and where they were - really up front Chris L

We must know each other !! I'm Chris Lalor I lived in Walton for a while................

The only ones I can remember were the Hussey brothers and Abe Malan, it's been a long time, BTW what's your full name ? Chris Lalor

Not a jewel in sight but this baby just keeps going and going...........

Now this one is a 1980s Sekona, bullet, soldier, idiot and rocketproof................... I had to sell I had a couple of watches too many...............

I got a Rotary for my 21st birthday, long...............long....................long time ago...... Wanna know how long ago ?...............................they were singing bye bye Miss American Pie........

I just love the guy on the lefts eyes Just what is he doing ?

Anyone else got anything new? I love those 1980s Sekonda weind-ups I recently bought a couple, they're pretty much soldier-proof. For special ocassions I might put this Titoni on, bought this about a month ago. But I really, really love those 1970s Japanese Seikos & Citizens. These I picked up about 6 weeks ago. :whistling:

The Torch Reunion - Saturday 24th October The venue is 400 yards from Hose Street in Tunstall . The DJs are authentic Torch DJs . The music will be 100% authentic Torch " stopping the horse next door from sleeping " tunes : all the well known sounds plus many more that have been forgotten . Is the DJ line-up already fixed ???

Well thank you Dave most kind well worth a Sam Adams in Chicago, Julian has been threatened with execution should he not turn up.............................. Chris L

My flight gets into O'Hare at 13.00PM local time is anybody wants to share a cab (and in the unlikely event anybody else is flying in from Brussels I'm on American AA89 seat 24D :-)

Have you still got those green leather boots Dave ? If so you could wear them as sort living shrine