Craig Strongman
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Veikenspearl1967,
i know now it's been ages since you posted, but I only get on here every blue moon.
Anyway, I grew up on Northgate exactly opposite Sadies 'beer off' and remember all the places you mention.
i too went to Northgate Primary earlier than you did, but Miss Harrison was there back then.
My very first job, including part time whilst I was still at Claremont, was at the CooP on Egypt Rd, remember there?
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I was astounded to see The Vernon Arms at the junction of Forest Rd and Waverley St is now a Sainsburys local!
I used to go in there a lot as they served a great pint of Mansfield bitter.
There might have been others, but Dario was a long standing landlord/ tenant there.
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We are old mates and colleagues, I'll fire off a message to him shall I?
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Take it easy, do the teasy Joyce Bond 1967, a trip down memory lane and a mantra for all !!!!!!
I got asked to play it last week at The Westgate Suites, didn't get round to it though,
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I had never heard this one Craig?
Truth is I never heard it anywhere other than at the Dungeon!
Still have it in my collection!
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Even though I can't recall the PB version of 007, which DD didn't release until 67, there were many other Ska songs I do remember.
10 Commandments of man, and Al Capone by prince Buster
King Of Kings and give and take by Jimmy Cliff
Guns of Navarone. The Skatalites
Phoenix City Rolando Al
I seem to remember Wet Dream being played in 67, although it didn't chart until a couple of years later.....
Do the Teasy. Joyce Bond
And that's it for now
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One of the most memorable songs from when I first went to the Dungeon, Easter Monday 1966! Not saying I heard it on that first visit, but Barry and Dave the DJ's played it regularly.
If we're onto normal Soulie songs..who remembers things like La Di Da I Love You, by Inez and Charlie Foxx, and Ebony Keyes with Sitting In a Ring?
Just thought of another non Soul Track, Here Today by Robb Storm and the Whispers, cover of the Beach Boys song from Pet Sounds.......
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He could have done, but the main geezers were Flynn and Cupitt, hard nuts
I remember Terry Flynn, his sister worked at a sewing company opposite where I used to live on Northgate. ,she looked just like him poor girl!
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Hey little girl! the Syndicate Of Sound was another non soul track....
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Anyone remember the night, Sunday I recall, that Mick Parker booked a band called This End?
He did a poster saying something like,' Not so much a band, more a happening'
They were psychedelic and Mick got some oil filled swirly lights, I assume just for this gig.
They were boo'ed off stage
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I am no pendant and struggle with memory etc. etc. BUT
I am fairly sure Prince Buster made 007 and this was a version played in The Dungeon I guess it must have been a cover version.
I was there too and heard and danced to Concrete and Clay it was a particular favourite of one of my mates.........
Does it matter?
Just trying to keep it accurate, that's all.......
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My mistake,
Although in my defence m'lud, it wasn't widely available in the UK, and certainly not a hit, unlike DD's version.
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Are we talking about the same dave Brown who was occasionally on the door at The Dungeon?
I'd known him previously to this as he lived one street down from me, and was my mates uncle.
I believe there are still one or two of the mini boys around too, in fact I had heard that again one or two showed up at the Macmillan soul and Motown doo once or twice.
Stu Morris and Jan both attend, Stu not as often as before sadly.
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Yep,
Prince Buster 007, Al Capone
Millie My Boy Lollipop
Unit 4+2 Concrete and Clay
Lou Christie Lightening Strikes
I could go on but fingers are tired
Far be it from me to be pedantic, but 007 was Desmond Dekker!
I never head Concrete And Clay anytime I went there too......
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Just remembered Over Under Sideways Down, by The Yardbirds was played, and that was borderline psychedilia!
Night Of Fear by The Move
Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys
Plus quite a bit of Ska, which we all called Blue beat back then, although that was the name of the label that a lot of them were released on.
More as I recall them......
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What was guys name who did grandad ,where is dick stone ,,girl from trent derby who went on to do freelace reporter at bbc news .wheni i did charity walk for trent i was invited to do some voices for ads, remember girl now sarah pennels,is she still with bbc
Grandad was Andy Twigg (Twiggy)
Dick Stone is programme controller at the truly awful Crapitall FM .
And afaik ms Pennels is still at the Beeb.
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Newbasfordlad, we were near neighbours, what's your name?
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I think the trainee teacher's name was Hunt cant remember his first name.
Wasn't his first name Wattuk?
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Just a quick one.....if you either went to The Dungeon, or at the least like the sort of music that was played there, 4 Tops, Isleys, Drifters, Otis, Sam & Dave, Homer Banks etc, there are a number of venues I play at that will bring the memories flooding back!
Firstly the Soul Night At The Westgate Suites, Westgate in Long Eaton. Every last Friday in the month,
Rolls Royce Soul night Friday March 7
The French Horn in Codnor (free admission) Saturday March 1st
Bunkers Hill Hockley Saturday March 29.
Plus the bi annual soul & Motown night raising funds for Macmillan, Saturday April 5. This one you NEED to get tickets! and quickly as it always sells out.
Mal is the person to call, tell her I told you, that might help if tickets are getting scarce. 07977 800 265.
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I was only there last year walking along the jetty into the sea where the pleasure boat moors.
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Check Facebook - looks like he got married a couple of years ago and became father of twins of last year. Scroll down the pages to find a pic of him in the 60's.
He's still got it in him then.........
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Before Levi's became popular, there were two very good brands of jeans, probably many more, but I remember these, one was Varlson, and the other was.........and you know what...the name has just gone out of my head!
I also had a pair of the bronze ones, which when you turned them up, had almost dark yellow innards.
The cheap jeans of the day were Tec Sak, or possibly Tec Sac, and were very thin material by comparison.
Then of course the likes of Levi, Wrangler and Lee all became the ones to have in the mid sixties onwards.
I still have my very first pair of 501's which are in a state of ruin, I'll try and post a pic on here.
Just remembered the brand,
They were Lybro, and a quick Google brings up an ad campaign of theirs at the time they were popular.
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Can you still get into them Craig !
Are you kidding me????
They were 29 waist!
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Anyone remember the 'Pink Witch' bikes, 'specially made for young ladies? My sister was lucky enough to get a brand new one, as for me I had to do with an unreliable cronk: every journey I made, I had to pump the tyres up! Did you not think to get someone to mend the punctures, or put new inner tubes in them?
Curry houses in Nottm
in 70's Nottingham
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I know this thread has lay dormant for a while, but does anyone know what happened to who I believed was a one time owner of the Koh-I-Noor?
His name was/is Pervez Malik, many called him Peter, coincidentally he was also married to an English woman, and the last time I saw them was when the casino on Maid Marion way was still the Stakis Regency Casino.
i believe he sold the place on to Mr Udin.