Trevor S 2,003 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Welcome to Nottstalgia, mickyp. I look forward to sharing your memories.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Futurist 8 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'm the 'Futurist' that LizzieM referred to earlier. Joined the Fabulous Beatmen in the 60s as lead singer and spent 4 months at the Top Ten in Hamburg. Came back to tour the UK and released two records on the Pye label, 3 sides of which were written by me. Appeared on TV in Thank Your Lucky Stars and Five O'clock Club. Appeared at many fabulous venues around the country including the Royal Albert Hall but hey, we don't wish to brag! The group came apart in the late 60s and joined up with a Manchester band called the Lemon Line. The Beatmen got back together around 2000 (by now no longer 'fabulous') and worked the clubs and pubs for a few years before joining up with the terrific Sarah Middleton Woolley (Check her out on YouTube) as the Reflections. Mostly retired now but don't regret a moment of it. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Thanks for getting on Futurist, and filling in a few details. There's nothing like live music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickyp 23 Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Thanks for the info Futurist, sorry I've been off site for a while. Yes, I'm a friend of Sarah's on Facebook and I know quite a few of the musos who she's sung with - Nig Smith, Roger Lymn, Pat Wright, Clancy, my Brother - Steve Peters, Walt Savage and John Landon. I understand that Bill Brasier lives in Bleasby (where I did many years beforehand) and Paul Mountain in Bulcote. Three of four years ago I stood in as a drummer for a number of gigs in Nottm with Rock Wheatley, Spike and Stan late of the Varitones. I live and drum in Norfolk now - but the music over here is quite different to that I've experienced first hand back in Nottingham Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickyp 23 Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Looking back over my previous (June) threads, I now see that I've repeated myself a great deal, Futurist; my apologies - I should have re-read things first. I have to say that I have never experienced such erratic comings and goings and fall outs, elsewhere, as I have amongst the names I have listed above. The (unfabulous) Beatmen, for instance, seem to do one - or at the most - two gigs and then have to withdraw and reform. The musicianship in Norfolk is quite something to behold and I put this down to the amount of American forces who were stationed in East Anglia during and after the war and the musical legacy they brought with them and left behind. Not just that, the coastal holiday and caravan parks still pull in a lot of bands whereas, sadly, I guess most of the Notts and Derbys miners welfares shut down Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 I thought they all played banjo down in the backwoods of Norfolk. A bit like "Deliverance"! Phil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickyp 23 Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 And rocked to-and-fro on rocking chairs while polishing their shotguns under the verandah... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 You're stuttering again, mickyp. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 It must be the moonshine... Hic. ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carole Woddis 3 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 I saw the reference to the El Toreador coffee bar. Brought back a sudden memory of how daring that used to seem, the rather dull brown liquid in those plasticky cups and saucers. But on a Saturday morning, it seemed so racey! I would have been about 14 or 15? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 On 1/12/2007 at 5:49 PM, Trafalger said: St Peters Square 1898 v 2021 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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