Craig Strongman

You will now find RA in a very late/very early slot at the weekend, thats probably why you thought he wasnt on. I dont agree with your comments on him though, I think he is talented, and so do other radio stations, he's worked for BBC Radio Oxford, Capital Radio, Radio Cumbria, and currently he has a show on BBC Radio York.

Letsavagoo, ~Twas I, in my radio disguise of Craig Strong who did the voice overs for Machins jeans ads! Steve and I have been mates for as long as I can remember, and he used to do my paperwork (PRS forms) when I did the soul and dance shows on Radio Trent. Another coincidence is that whilst doing karate at Carlton Forum, one of the people there was Bill Ingle, who most people hated partnering, as he had such bony wrists that hurt you like a blunt sword on your wrist bones whilst doing the exercises! Anyway, we got to know each other, and I ended up working for him part time in the hifi d

Frank! You have never heard of Chris "The Mouth" Ashley? I dont believe it as Victor Meldrew would say! He was on Trent in its heyday. In fact, as written elsewhere, it was he and Graham Knight who persuaded me to do a 13 mile charity walk, which turned into a run of half marathon proportion, just so we could get to the pub before it closed! As for Mango, no, nothing to do with Dale, anyway, hes more tangerine! Mango was Simon Mayo's nickname at Rad Nottm. As for me actually applying to R2 for a job, Im sure you've noticed a pattern, no upcomers working their way in radio, you have to alr

I couldn't see any planners in London allowing that to happen to such a magnificent building. Can you imagine Regent Streets wonderful buildings being blighted by the addition of a piece of sh*t like the now Primark monstrosity? There must have been some serious wedge being passed around back then for that to have happened.

Aled Jones!!!! A DJ???????? Without name dropping......as my friend Dale Winton used to say...." He'll never be a DJ whilst he's got a hole in his a*se!!!!" As for women folk on radio, I totally agree with you, there are not that many who can cut it for me, actually Amanda Bowman, my old Trent Careline reader is exempt from that, but most others grate like a.......erm..........grater! My wager for that drive slot is Mango!

I cant honestly say that Mr Evans is the best bloke for brekky after Tel, but, whenever JW has filled in whilst Tel has been grouting, he was always a great substitute, and have I ever mentioned our meeting, as I was having coffee with Dale Winton? He is a really nice guy, and would be a good replacement for Terry, but as I understand it, he doesnt, or at least didnt want to be on air as often as that, and is more than happy with his weekend slot, and filling in. However, Chris has the gig, but I wonder who will fill his slot, Richard Alinson was always a worthy advocate, and is "only" now o

Sod him, Ill do it, Ive worked on far more stations than him!

Welcome Wally! You have reminded me of a few names that Id forgotten in that post. Did it still have the Sherwood annexe? I ask as the head, (or whatever his title actually was), at Sherwood was Mr Burton, and Ill assume it was the same man. The memories come flooding back with those forgotten names!

He was buried at 4:15 at Bramcote today.

No, it was purely tea, coffee amd chocolate, and peripheral stuff. We were colleagues, and friends, and I went to his 60th a few months back. I remember when I had first started on Trent, he and Chris Ashley invited me to do a walk for charity from Langley Mill to Market Square in Nottingham, but it turned into a 13 mile run, as Chris didnt want to miss the pub, as the opening hours back then were different. I couldnt walk for about 3 days. Im actually puzzled about what is said about the shop in the article, as the original one on Mansfield Rd closed down last year, I went to its last day

That is Nev Shooter, he also dj's at The Westgate Suites, in fact he stood in for me last month whilst I was in The Boogie Room filling in for Phil Kingswood.

Another successful fundraiser for The Nottingham Hoods, thanks for your support if you were there! Terry from Boogieshooze informed me that a lot of people had come as they had seen it advertised as a Northern doo, I checked on Soul Source forum, and there is no mention of Northern on there, and nothing on Goldsoul, the only 2 forums where the event has been mentioned, I dont know where that came from? However, Terry played quite a bit to keep them happy! As for my bit, I was amused/bemused? again, as having played almost nothing else apart from Motown, there was the usual, "When are you goi

See...thats why I dont think a stand alone one would ever work....no one responds!

So, hands up who is coming?

Spot on Micky! Its the norm, once you get it right, to continue with another set of lyrics, but knowing you, they would be from an obscure metal album! So, I'll steel the opportunity to stick some more in! "Whenever I lay me down to sleep I pray the lord your soul to keep"

Heres another set, that Im sure our Motown mates will get easily! "As the tears stream down my face, I cant believe Ive been replaced"

One or two people have said that the reunion thing is getting a bit confusing, lets try and make it clearer for you then. A separate stand alone reunion does not seem to be on the cards at the moment, there would not be enough people attending to make it work, financially or otherwise. But read on shortly. The "amalgamated" reunion, which is basically just anyone who went to The Dungeon, attending an already planned function, tales place on Saturday 29th of August, at The Federation Club, Claremont Rd, Sherwood Rise. Tickets are selling fast, so call Linda on the number printed earlier in

29th of this month, at The Federation Club, off Sherwood Rise. Its a gig thats already taking place, so its not going to be too important if only a few Dungeon People turn up, as it would be if it was a stand alone thing. Good idea about who to contact, prob there is that we've been talking about this on here for quite some time, and wating for response re mentions on air would mean even further delays. Dunno about you but I cant wait for it to happen! PS, went to my mums for a sift through her attic to see if I could find my "doctored" Dungeon membership card, but shes tidied the damn thi

Pete, NO!!!! You are mixing two events up here! The proposed one for Sat Aug 29, bank holiday weekend, is at The Federation Club, just off Sherwood Rise, its another Soul and Motown fundraiser for the Nottm Hoods basketball team. They had sold over 190 of the 250 available tickets, so I spoke to one of the organisors, who also thought it a good idea to combine the two, their fundraiser, and our Dungeon reunion. Where you are confusing the 2 is the fact that originally, I was doing a one off Saturday in Long Eaton, that was being billed as a Dungeon reunion night at where I do the regular mo

Hi Chrissie, I think you might have misread Franks points. He was saying that despite a lot of Nottstalgia members being up for " meet ups" a lot of the folk that said they would be there, weren't. (correct me if I'm wrong Frank!) I think an exclusive Dungeon reunion would not work without a lot of work and advance planning, just take a look at the total amount of Nottstalgia folk who have said they would be there, I believe I could count them on one hand, two at most. The Facebook group thing has bought 3 people forward, one of which is a Nottstalgia guy! I dont think anyone would want to

Good points Frank. Terry has mentioned getting The Vale at Colwick at a decent price, but we still need a guaranteed number of folk to make sure we dont lose out financially, so in all honesty, and look at the amoumt (lack of!) replies there have been, I think the plan of doing it at The Federation Club is a better idea. If everyone who went to The Dungeon went there, they could decide for themself if a totally stand alone reunioun would be possible.

OK, As asked for before, can we get a show of hands for numbers then please? If we could get a small room in a licenced venue, plus the cost of the disco kit, I reckon if 50 bought tickets, the projected cost per person would be less than a tenner each. Is everyone ok with that, or is it too high, bearing in mind that doesnt include any drink? A bit higher than my original thoughts of a fiver, but, as Chrissie suggests, true Dungeon dwellers would pay out a bit more for exclusivity. Mind you, can we even get 50 people together for it? Just spoke to The Festival at Trowell, Im sure everyon

Thanks Jan, in all honesty, I cant see us getting enough people together to be able to cover the room charge. Im basing that on the very few replies the topic has generated. If, for instance there were at least 100 replies from here and Facebook, all pledging/sending a fiver or whatever, then maybe it might work, I still reckon that despite it not being fully "ours" ,doing it at The Federation Club is more likely the way to ensure it happens. Re the Mapperley Social, I think a 600 capacity room might be a bit big for us...... Thoughts anyone else?

We spoke earlier. but as the idea to piggy back at the Fed club had already been put into action, it just wasnt mentioned, Ill call him tomorrow to see what he says.

Totally up to you, my thinking was to get somewhere, I'd play the music, but would have to hire the disco kit, as well as hiring the room, and without any kind of guarantee on the numbers expected, would chance losing a load of dosh, thats why I thought "piggy backing" on this gig was a good idea........... I do totally see your point of view though, again, thats why its a shame the original plan to do it on the then proposed Saturday night later in the year at Long Eaton, got cancelled. Anyway, without sufficient funding, I dont think we could do it as the original plan, but, back to you f