spike woods

The entrance to the Bo was the door to the left of the main entrance. Up the stairs to the second floor. Does anyone remember Brian Tinkler? He was a regular at the folk sessions and could play and sing a little. Last time I saw him he was living in Long Eaton.Wocko (Lloyd Watkins), another friend, when he was back from Uni in London, ould come with me to the sessions. He's my oldest friend. I have a photo of us together in the same pram. He's now living in Market Raisen. I forgot to mention Dave and Pete Turner. Dave ( now sadly passed on) used to coe up the Bo sometimes. He was just learning

Hi there - I'm Spike Woods. Me and Conny Constantine used to play and sing at the Bohemian every week. In the fifties I had a skiffle group who played at the Fiesta on Hucknall road. That's where I met Graham. He invited me to play at the Bo and we had some rare old times there. I remember we played in an alcove raised up from the floor. Usually there was me, Conny (banjo), Wocko, Quentin Hood, Gil Harper, Al Odonnell, sometimes Sunny Seymour and several other up and coming musicians from the Art College. As mentioned, we played lots of my own compositions along with blugrass, folksongs, bawdy