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NOW LISTED IN EVENTS UNDER Sunday 23rd March are full details re the wake & the format Hopefully we'll have a good turn out & a great day in Marks memory

Gra' - really feel for you mate, of all the people 'touched' by Mark over the years you were the constant, there from the start to the the end ! Mona's No1 soul bro' !! He always said that too !

Just heard from Andy & Sharron [ Mona's Sis & Brother in law ] Mark was found in his bathroom by a visitor on Tuesday - He'd been dead approx 24hrs Post Mortem was natural causes [ some small blood clots from thrombosis may possibly have had an effect ] Was clean of anything un natural !!!! Funeral Feb 24th 10.30am at Brimmington cemetry No wake afterwards but something will probabaly be arranged in near future Mort

Gutted !!!!! Too many thoughts & memories over too many years - YMCA wouldnt have started or been what it was without him ! Nothing arranged yet re; funeral Loved ya mate ! Mort

Hi Julian i've got a Billy Shae Rae on Spectum white demo that i'd sell or trade, but i've been told its pretty rare on demo & i've no idea of a price [Manny doesnt list the demo ] ????????? bin told demo's nearly as rare as Eddie's 45 ? [ but not the price lol ] I'd have to dig it out to check condition & try & find a price somewhere if interested. Mort www.60sSOUL.2tunes.com

WOW ! Goosebumps or what !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1st time i've seen this vid & it sent shivers thru' me Whata great - underplayed oldie !!! [ got it in my box so its going to have to get played out some more ] Thanks for postin it. I've put a link up to it on my web site photo page @ [ www.60sSOUL.2tunes.com ] so maybe some non Soul Source soulies will get a chance to view it cheers again Mort

A few posts before [ Rod if i remember ] i think, thought i was getting @ smokers ! I wasnt & i actually said in a previous ' Rockingham Hall whats on post ' that if it'd been up 2 me, i'd have had somewhere in a room, in the building for a smoking area ! As its council owned / run i dont have that option. However in reply to Billyboots post, if we are put under some sort of pressure to move smokers from doorways ? [ cant see why ? but we dont make the rules - we just make sure that we dont give anyone oppourtunity to close us down by not adhering to them] I'd buy one of those large garden gazzebo type things & erect it outside somewhere near to entrance. Its not that we enjoy having to enforce certain rules - its to cover our backs & protect the buildings licence, so we can all continue to have soul nights there [ its no different to serving ale after hours - you do it & risk getting your licence revoked ! ] I've put days & days of hard work & plenty of money into getting Rockingham off the ground & i wont allow it to close thru' not sticking to the rules laid down by law or giving some back stabbing a*** hole a chance to shop us. We dont make the law - we just enforce it !! Mort www.60sSOUL.2tunes.com

Having just run our 1st event @ Rockingham hall M1 Jnc 36 in January & it being a council owned property with a no smoking policy, we were forced to advertise it as ' A NO SMOKING VENUE ' from the start & not change policy in July. We had a full house, [ turned a few away !! soz ] & i have to say that EVERYONE was fine about the situation. The smokers went to the covered doorway for their ' fag ' & took a short break & enjoyed a chat with other soulies [ a sort of social gathering !! lol ] the non smokers [me included ] had a much more enjoyable experience, of a great night, without the stink & streaming eyes we'd normally get @ most venues ! In my opinion as a promoter & punter the no smoking ban is not detrimental on a good night out, everyone can still enjoy themselves & the atmosphere [ air ] is better for all concerned. 1 note to mention. We'll need to put 2 bins with sand in, outside the doorway next time, the amount of tab ends around the doorway was a tramps heaven ! There were loads ! MORT www.60sSOUL.2tunes.com ROCKINGHAM HALL 1st SATURDAY OF THE MONTH

thanks found it & its on my website www.60sSOUL.2tunes.com if anyone wants to hear it. Also spoke to Tommy about it, he has the backing track to it & has sung it just once in Spain @ a soul do. Might suggest he drops it in his northern spots ! Cheers Mort