JohnBerry

Hi Giga Nottstalgia, where are you finding these, amazing. I never knew or remember a Selectadisc next to Ace Records and I had forgot (I think) there were 2 Selectadisc's on Arkwright St but now you point it out I think one did the blue beat stuff and the other dance and pop, there was a downstairs to it too. Really grateful, shame you can't also remember Sandra from Ace but what a find anyway. Tyafans - it was Alvin Lee in the Jaybirds and then he became famous in Ten Years After both here and in the USA. Later he went on his own and was popular and recording almost until his death a month

Hi 'Super Nostalgian' thanks for the note, I did not know Carling but certainly knew your brother Randy, I'd forgotten him but probably saw him more than most of the others I knew, he was always around the town. My memory just told me it was a Jeep, it was the colour that stood out. I assume you must have known Fat Pat too then. I think we're all getting a bit old as so many people seem to have passed away. No pictures of scooters, got one of my embarrassment vehicles though, a Messerschmitt 3 wheeler somewhere before I got the mini, wish I still had it though as there worth a bomb now; I used

I just cannot believe you've found this, is there one of Selectadisc on Arkright St before it became a bigger shop with 3 eventually in the town centre? Regards John

Thanks, that's sad, we've all lost a few along the way, is Carol still alive and in Nottingham? My wife Linda knew her quite well. Cannot immediately remember your name Ben, I used to see Click etc when they were around, not specifically as friends as such. I spent more time with Kenny and Twink and we used to go to Skeggy, Yarmouth etc at Bank Holidays and out to the M1 café late at nights, Junction 23? say Saturday when all else was closing or the gate crash parties etc. Radio had a scooter, not sure about Click. I remember the first time I went to the Dungeon, it was to see Screaming Lor

Can't believe it, yes that is where the L Shaped Room was, opposite what was the Tech College. It was not open late at night but was open on Sunday afternoons etc when there was no where else to go. The scooters and Mini's used to park on the street and then bomb down to the Council Square or wherever, it was just another meeting place I suppose. Coke or coffee and cigarettes out of a machine somewhere up the street. As for Ace Records, never expected a photo of it, it sold second hand records and yes blue beat etc which is what the 'Sandra' we're looking out for loved, along with artists lik

Thanks for the responses. I met Tat a few years back and he told me Kenny Astle was in a bit of a state, obviously you just lose touch. Kenny had his van sprayed at the same garage as myself, mine was blue with a black strip and I think Kenny's black with a yellow one. He did look like Keith Richards and he looks a bit ropey but went to see him at the O2 last year and they/he was fantastic, all those old songs and you know all the words. They sang Lady Jane too which an old mate of mine Alan Daft loved as he was going out with a Jane. Saw Scotty a few times a few years back too he was running

@JohnBerry I am new to this forum so we'll see what happens. I used to live in Nottingham and go to most of the clubs, Dungeon, Brit, Boat, Dancing Slipper and must not forget the L Shaped room café and had yes a mini van and was friends with Kenny, Tat, John Nequest, knew John Mills a little bit, Radio, Click, Pal, loads more later. Used to buy all my records off Les in Redifusion and Selectadisc and others. I married Linda who also used to serve at the Dungeon for a while and we're still together 46 years later, only problem is the hipsters don't fit and the exposed zip jeans would quite f