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"Don,t bother, too many morons about, as far as the 60,s go, I never saw anyone wearing it, you would,nt have dared!  "

"JOHN, Interesting to see you went to a lot of venues that I went to!, Used to love the Oxford Galleries in Newcastle, it was a massive old type ballroom, with an upstairs balcony that went round the whole room, offset with dark little booths, the…"

"Yes, to get paid, you MUST do Covers or a tribute band, virtually no venues will pay a band to play their own stuff, if you do covers, that should fund the rest, or you sneak a few of your own numbers into the covers act, as we used to do, remember…"

"Alright Chris! I Remember WOLVES winning the TEXACO CUP in the USA in about 69, he would have been there, but we were always told he was converted by a door knocker? anyway, theres film of him on U Tube knocking doors with some boring looking bloke,…"

"Spot on Mick, its never been about the money with me, but people, especially on the Northern Scene, will pay £10 to get in a club with a DJ, But not a Band, its been like that for a long time though, at the old WHEEL in the late 60,s, a lot of…"

"There are a lot of live music venues, BUT, they pay pennies, so you get sub standard entertainment, places for 6/7 Peice Soul Bands like us are dwindling drastically, moneys not the issue with me, but I work in the Daytime, the rest of them are Pro,…"

"There used to be a Sunday Night Soul club at a place called the CAVES in Stafford Street Walsall, it was opposite the local Rocker Cafe, so with the Queues to get in, trouble was always starting, so the club used to let us in for nothing, and you…"

"great post Mick, I,m surprised not more people have contributed, probably checking whats on their boring turntables zzzzzzzzzzzz"

"Hello Mick, yes, we knew they were special times, Britain was great then, I Remember saying to a mate in the 60,s as we came out of the TWISTED WHEEL allnighter, what are we going to do when were old? its so good, I Can,t imagine life any other way,…"

"Glad to share the memories Paddy!  the Torch was a fantastic place, it was the first Major Mod venue I,d visited, We,d been to a Dancehall in Stafford Called the TOP OF THE WORLD, we were on scooters, and they would,nt let us in, so we went up…"

"We used to travel around a lot in the 60,s we were from the Cannock Staffs area, at weekends we would go to the GOLDEN TORCH in Tunstall, The TWISTED WHEEL in Manchester, The MAYFAIR BALLROOM  the WHISKEY A GO GO and the OXFORD GALLERIES in…"

"Peter Knowles who played for WOLVES from 1964 till 69, was a top Mod, always seen around town with different girls, sports cars,wearing great clothes, he could have been one of the games greats, superb to watch, admired by George Best, until one…"

"A great rare 60,s Girl Band sound, try, I Would If I Could, by THE SWEET THREE, Sounds as though it was recorded in a shed, but it was big at the Wheel, etc "

" Yes, I Suppose it would be hard to imagine it, have a look at old TV Programmes like Love thy neighbour or Alf Garnett, these were seen as family entertainment then, hard to believe now, but Garys right the Morons were always outnumbered, as…"

"Hello Motown, different world then mate, stuff that would outrage now, was everyday banter then, i was often called Eyetie by mates, or blokes at work, did,nt bother me, used to call them names back, they were all good lads by the way, it was the…"