Golden Lion Alldayer Inc Bay Horse Tribute - Todmorden

Guest djs confirmed for this event include:

A very special appearance by Solar Radio presenter, Blackpool Tower & Wnter Gardens promoter and Wigan Casino icon, RICHARD SEARLING, with memories of ' Soul Up The Hill ' @ The Bay Horse, Todmorden.

Ginger's longtime dj partner, EDDIE ANTEMES will be sharing the decks again as part of this tribute.

JORDAN WILSON & CAROL McCARTHY, complete the assemblage for the day, bringing their own choice of quality tunes to bear on proceedings

AND....MR. TAYLOR, the architect of all soulful things in this wonderful outpost of Northern Soul in Calderdale, will also be overseeing this occasion too!.

A change to the itinerary as we speak as this function will now consist of the whole DOWNSTAIRS room....but it's still a completely FREE event!.

Hopefully, that will be all the inspiration you need to make this penultimate Bank Holiday, a very special one!

I'll update the event image in due course.

Will also get some youtube selections on here from the djs concerned.

Edited June 30Jun 30 by Agentsmith

This event is already creating a buzz, watch out and listen as the advertising is ramped up over coming weeks, a lot of folk genuinely interested and the calendar as it stands, hopefully will prompt folk to pick this event as their Bank Holiday Day Out selection.

The Golden Lion will almost certainly be open for no later than mid day, and fingers crossed, we get some nice weather with it too. The Downstairs room is a very extensive area with speakers placed predominately so the music can be heard, wherever folks are sat.

PLEASE arrive as early as possible, if travelling by car, so as to obtain parking, there are a number of streets where it is free but spaces are limited.

There are metered car parks close by at:

The venue sits aside the A6033 ( Rochdale Rd ) at the convergence of the A646 ( Burnley - Halifax road ) the nearest motorway junction is J21 M62 at Miln Row, Todmorden is signposted from there. Also if approaching from North west J9 M65, via Burnley. From the North east, Brighouse J25 M62.

Regards parking arrangements:

Oxford St - Dae St - George St - Lever St - Union St - Shool Lane - Rose St - Bramsche Sq - Brook St and Dalton St can all be found astride the Halifax Road A646, less than 5 mins walk from the venue

Note: these are ALL metered car parks

Todmorden Train Staion also has a metered carpark.

There are limited free spaces in Hall Lane and Rise Lane.

As usual for this purpose check satnav positioning to locate where to park.

We could suggest Morrison's or any of the other supermarket car parks in town but for time restrictions, so..best advised not to really.

Edited July 1Jul 1 by Agentsmith

A selection of satnav references for Hotel/bnb accommodation in lieu of the forthcoming event and the anticipation traveller may require a stopover.

Alas, one thing Todmorden does not have is a surfeit of is Hotels, though the Town sits on the confluence of 2 major roads leading to the industrial towns of Rochdale, Burnley, Halifax and Brighouse....all with in a half hour radius of the Calderdale venue.

I've included suggestions as thus, prices will be variable, check their websites for details and availability. Tod is naturally, serviced by a bus and railway station for those looking to save on a car journey as well.

List of bnb/air accommodation:

Little Owl Cottage, 3 Lane Head, Blackshaw Head HX7 7JL

Packhorse Stables, Hebden Bridge HX7 7HX

Whiteley RoydFarm, Eastwood Lane, Tod OL14 8RS

Lanehouse Farm, Tod OL14 8RS

Rodwell Head Farm, Cross Stone Road, Tod OLI4 8RG

Stoodley Hunting Lodge, Stoodley Lane, Tod OL14 6HA

Two Hoots Cottage, 3c Lee Bottom Rd, Tod OLI4 6HH

Holiday Cottage, 1 Fell Side, Tod OL14 6HU

Greave Farm House, London Rd, Tod OL14 6HJ

The Cottage, East Causeway Farmhouse, Lee Bottom Rd, Tod OL14 6HH

Stoodley View Huts, The Shaw South, New Road, Tod OL14 6HP

Cross Farm Retreat, Cross Farm, New Road, Tod OL14 6HP

Little Jack's Cottage, Roughside Lane, Tod OL14 6JL

The Stables Cottage, Middle Longfield Farm, Long Hey Lane, Tod OL14 6JN

Glenroyd bnb, Park Rd, Tod OL14 5NJ

Ewood Cottage, Ewood Lane, Tod OL14 7DF

Stone Stables Holiday Cottage, Stone Stables, Stones Rd, Tod OL14 7JH

The Toothless Mog, 19 Bacup Road, Tod OL14 7PN

The Old Cattle Barn, Woodbottom Farm, Woodbottom Place, Hollins Rd, Tod OL14 6PG

The Polished Knob, 31 Burnley Road, Tod OL14 7BU

There are also numerous air/bnbs in Hebden Bridge ( 4.2m ) away - 10 min drive from Tod, and The White Lion Inn alsk has rooms.😉👍

THE MAN, GINGER TAYLOR, will be with us on the day all being well.

It goes without saying he's been hugely missed on the scene, i'm sure we all wish him well as he progresses in his recovery from a debilitating illness, we're all in his thoughts too.

This function is a co-opt between himself and Tim and it's become a quarterly event...the last 2 have been extremely busy.

The sound system downsrairs is effectively surroundsound ( cinema style!) with speakers strategically placed all round the room so everyone can hear the music!😊

Ray is aiming to play some tunes which, if he's up to it, will be brilliant for all concerned, we just ask that people PLEASE give him time and space...it will just be great to see him out.

Ray will certainly appreciate everyone's support for this event...so lets all make it EXTRA SPECIAL for him😉👍

Edited July 10Jul 10 by Agentsmith

Just an update:

The original decision to go with just the downstairs room has been reversed in light of the obvious interest shown by many people...and it looks like a good many will be attendingfrom literally all 4 points on the compass, hence the necessity to make as much space as possible, available to accommodate an expected bumper crowd so...it music in 2 rooms!, twice as much...and still for exactly NOWT!😲😊👍

Edited Sunday at 14:341 day by Agentsmith

THE UPSTAIRS ROOM, now reallocated to this function, will open to attendees from 5PM onwards until 11ish or midnight dependant on if there still a lot of folk sticking around to see the day through SO...7 extra hours of music on top of 9 DOWNSTAIRS....HOW CAN YOU NOT FANCY BEING HERE TO CELEBRATE A SPECIAL OCCASION?😉👍🎵💃🕺🎶💥

Edited Wednesday at 21:385 days by Agentsmith

This tune will be itching to get a spin!

Here's a track largely forgotten and as a result basically underplayed...the fast version as well!

Blue eyed garage/stomper, again with loads of legs and pace for the energetic...100mph

A fair share of rnb guaranteed in both rooms too, including this cracker!.

Plenty of this genre of music to the fore as well, this tune definitely worth a spin!.

This slab of funk laden dynamite will be hitting the turntables for sure!.

Yet another case of a completely underplayed/forgotten? Detroit gem, this is a great mover!.

Edited Wednesday at 21:385 days by Agentsmith