2/2-30 Ozz

2-30/3 Swish

3/3-30 Poke

3-304 Tony Dellar

4/4-30 Ian Cunliffe

4-30/5 Chris Lalor

5/5-30 Nige Brown

5-30/6 Paul Donnelly

6/6-30 Pat Wallace

6-30 /7 Tribute To Martyn Ellis

7/7-30 Kev Roberts

7-30/8-30 Blue Max & Barmy Barry

8-30/9-30 Dave Evison

9-30/10-30 Colin Curtis

10-30 to 12 Ian Levine

2/2-30 Ozz

2-30/3 Swish

3/3-30 Poke

3-304 Tony Dellar

4/4-30 Ian Cunliffe

4-30/5 Chris Lalor

5/5-30 Nige Brown

5-30/6 Paul Donnelly

6/6-30 Pat Wallace

6-30 /7 Tribute To Martyn Ellis

7/7-30 Kev Roberts

7-30/8-30 Blue Max & Barmy Barry

8-30/9-30 Dave Evison

9-30/10-30 Colin Curtis

10-30 to 12 Ian Levine

Never mind the others , well worth it for Barmy Barry alone ........

Malc Burton

Never mind the others , well worth it for Barmy Barry alone ........

Malc Burton

Oh yes ..bet he's got some tales to tell about the early Torch days

Oh yes ..bet he's got some tales to tell about the early Torch days

i was toying with the idea i would love to go throw out the zimmer,till i saw the last name in the line up......ruined my dream of a blast from the past....never mind i am sure it will be a great nite but you never know i might turn up...shame coddy aint still with us huh ..was a good freind...whatever happened to eddie wilson scotty baz taylor(shrewsbury)and his mate maxie

little pat(scots pat..

really hope you all have a great time

where can i send a donation its for a really good cause..

Edited April 29, 200916 yr by little_pat

i was toying with the idea i would love to go throw out the zimmer,till i saw the last name in the line up......ruined my dream of a blast from the past....never mind i am sure it will be a great nite but you never know i might turn up...shame coddy aint still with us huh ..was a good freind...whatever happened to eddie wilson scotty baz taylor(shrewsbury)and his mate maxie

little pat(scots pat..

really hope you all have a great time

where can i send a donation its for a really good cause..

Thankyou : We sincerely appreciate your kind gesture of making a donation to our nominated charities , The Douglas Macmillan Hospice and The Stroke Association .

Please email Paul Donnelly at pauldonnellybp@aol.com , and he will sort out the details with you .

Malc Burton

THE TORCH REUNION OCTOBER 24th 2009

COMPLETELY SOLD OUT : NO ENTRY ON THE DAY WITHOUT A TICKET

" Those that know the score ...... know the score "

burtonmalc@yahoo.co.uk or PaulDonnellyBP@aol.com

ALL PROFITS will be a split donation between The Douglas Macmillan Hospice and The Stroke Association

Edited April 30, 200916 yr by Malc Burton

i was toying with the idea i would love to go throw out the zimmer,till i saw the last name in the line up......ruined my dream of a blast from the past....never mind i am sure it will be a great nite but you never know i might turn up...shame coddy aint still with us huh ..was a good freind...whatever happened to eddie wilson scotty baz taylor(shrewsbury)and his mate maxie

little pat(scots pat..

really hope you all have a great time

where can i send a donation its for a really good cause..

hey up mate

It can still be a blast from the past matey. i've tried me best get some of the 'old guard' to get to this--but its been dead hard trackin folks down and that.Managed to get Daley from Congleton to go. Just hope some have managed get tickets another route. Yeah it is a shame that coddy aint with us no more--he wudda loved it--crackin bloke he was.Went a few times with Coddy,Fido(from Congleton) and Big lewie from Macc. There's a few mate that are sadly no longer with us that would have had a right gud 'un here.

great gesture over the donation Pat

i was toying with the idea i would love to go throw out the zimmer,till i saw the last name in the line up......ruined my dream of a blast from the past....never mind i am sure it will be a great nite but you never know i might turn up...shame coddy aint still with us huh ..was a good freind...whatever happened to eddie wilson scotty baz taylor(shrewsbury)and his mate maxie

little pat(scots pat..

really hope you all have a great time

where can i send a donation its for a really good cause..

Thanks for your post, please contact me re the donation it will like all the others be received with thanks.

With regard to the function, If you have a ticket and you now wish not to attend please send me your ticket back and I will refund you in full including any postal expenses you may have incurred, I have turned away 70 applications since the day/night 'sold out' and someone would benefit from your return/s

If you haven't got a ticket, please don't travel as those looking after the door will not let anyone in without a ticket, sorry.

PD

The Name Swish

A blast from the past nice to your about

Can't remember when I saw him last

Keep safe

Andy

CODDY - FROM CHESTERTON STOKE [ CODDY ] ALWAYS LOOKED OUT FOR THE YOUNG STOKE LADS IN THE EARLY DAYS AT THE CASINO. ONE OF OURS GOT ROLLED OUTSIDE THE CASINO PRIOR TO THE DOORS OPENING. AFTER ONLY HALF AN HOUR INSIDE THE CASINO THE LAD WHO HAD BEEN ROLLED HAD BEEN REUNITED WITH HIS BELONGINGS THANKS TO CODDY PUTTING THE WORD ABOUT. STILL SEE HIS BROTHER MICKEY MOONSHINE NOW AND THEN. CODDY ONE OF MY BOYHOOD HERO'S. WHAT A WASTE THOUGH.

hHi Paul

I was wondering why MICK SMITHS not on your list as he was and is the Torch through and through, plus he discoverd a few top tunes? DAVE KIL

hHi Paul

I was wondering why MICK SMITHS not on your list as he was and is the Torch through and through, plus he discoverd a few top tunes? DAVE KIL

Mick was sent some tickets (well he was sent an envelope, long story) however he can't make that date.

Paul, saw that photo booth shot of eddie din in the major lance collage.

Living proof that the soul scene has always been multicultural!

Some on here might find it bizarre that one of the very first people I witnessed do a backdrop was chinese,

in the bull & dolphin or carousel 1973, I can't remember which now.

Is he still about?

Edited June 2, 200916 yr by macca

Paul, saw that photo booth shot of eddie din in the major lance collage.

Living proof that the soul scene has always been multicultural!

Some on here might find it bizarre that one of the very first people I witnessed do a backdrop was chinese,

in the bull & dolphin or carousel 1973, I can't remember which now.

Is he still about?

he is mate....fine fellar.

His mum used to own the chinese takeaway outside the footy ground..

Mick was sent some tickets (well he was sent an envelope, long story) however he can't make that date.

THANKS FOR THAT PAUL..BY THE WAY I AM NOT HIS AGENT?, ITs THAT WHEN I LIVED IN HERTS MANY YEARS AGO AND FIRST MET MICK IN 71, AS HE ONLY LIVED 1 MILE FROM ME HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TOP GEEZER, AND A INSPERATION TO MYSELF WITH HIS PERSONAL KNOWLAGE OF SOUL MUSIC AS WELL AS RECORD COLLECTING, SOME OF HIS DISCOVERYS ARE LEE DAVID GOERGE CARROW TONY CLARK LANDSLIDE FRANKIE BEVERLY AND THE BUTLERS JACK MONTGOMERY AND SO ON, AND HE ALTHOUGH DID NOT START DJING TO MUCH LATER GAVE THE RECORDS HE FOUND TO THE GREAT TONY JEBB AND OTHERS, AND AS A LONDONER BY BIRTH HE SHOULD OF BEEN THERE IN MY OPINION? CHEERS FOR THE REPLY DAVE KIL

CODDY - FROM CHESTERTON STOKE [ CODDY ] ALWAYS LOOKED OUT FOR THE YOUNG STOKE LADS IN THE EARLY DAYS AT THE CASINO. ONE OF OURS GOT ROLLED OUTSIDE THE CASINO PRIOR TO THE DOORS OPENING. AFTER ONLY HALF AN HOUR INSIDE THE CASINO THE LAD WHO HAD BEEN ROLLED HAD BEEN REUNITED WITH HIS BELONGINGS THANKS TO CODDY PUTTING THE WORD ABOUT. STILL SEE HIS BROTHER MICKEY MOONSHINE NOW AND THEN. CODDY ONE OF MY BOYHOOD HERO'S. WHAT A WASTE THOUGH.

Coddy Hughes (Mr Clockwork Orange) RIP

Shot and Killed in Notts

CODDY - FROM CHESTERTON STOKE [ CODDY ] ALWAYS LOOKED OUT FOR THE YOUNG STOKE LADS IN THE EARLY DAYS AT THE CASINO. ONE OF OURS GOT ROLLED OUTSIDE THE CASINO PRIOR TO THE DOORS OPENING. AFTER ONLY HALF AN HOUR INSIDE THE CASINO THE LAD WHO HAD BEEN ROLLED HAD BEEN REUNITED WITH HIS BELONGINGS THANKS TO CODDY PUTTING THE WORD ABOUT. STILL SEE HIS BROTHER MICKEY MOONSHINE NOW AND THEN. CODDY ONE OF MY BOYHOOD HERO'S. WHAT A WASTE THOUGH.

Coddy Hughes (Mr Clockwork Orange) RIP

Shot and Killed in Notts

I stand to be corrected, but i thought it was in a boozer in colchester when the STOKE lads were on the way back from the IPSWICH v STOKE GAME.

Skip will tell ya, since the reunion was announced the Peterborough contingent have been on various excursions in an attempt to lose some pounds and look as fit as we can come Oct 24th.

Some have kept a video diary, watch out for Skip disembarking from the Torch bus at about 34secs, and look out for the day me and my Mrs went to play Golf and Peterborough Golf Club and look out for Poke at Barnack Hills and Hollows where he'd thought it would be fun to run down a hill and 'nut' the road.

enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSVAO3yFZE...feature=related

Edited June 7, 200916 yr by PaulDonnelly

Skip will tell ya, since the reunion was announced the Peterborough contingent have been on various excursions in an attempt to lose some pounds and look as fit as we can come Oct 24th.

Some have kept a video diary, watch out for Skip disembarking from the Torch bus at about 34secs, and look out for the day me and my Mrs went to play Golf and Peterborough Golf Club and look out for Poke at Barnack Hills and Hollows where he'd thought it would be fun to run down a hill and 'nut' the road.

enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSVAO3yFZE...feature=related

That is you on the pogo stick , is it not Paul ?

Malc Burton

That is you on the pogo stick , is it not Paul ?

Malc Burton

Malc, I reckon thats PD in drag at 0.54

:wanker:

I stand to be corrected, but i thought it was in a boozer in colchester when the STOKE lads were on the way back from the IPSWICH v STOKE GAME.

You are right mate,and the only thing he was frightened of was my driving.........................

The Name Swish

A blast from the past nice to know your about

Can't remember when I saw him last

Keep safe

Andy

Swish doesn't like my driving either....................

well, if PD's saturday night spot (lincoln) was anything to go by........ bring on the reunion !!! some absolute classic, quality sounds. can't wait

Edited June 8, 200916 yr by soul-dancers

well, if PD's saturday night spot (lincoln) was anything to go by........ bring on the reunion !!! some absolute classic, quality sounds. can't wait

Ever since we announced The Torch Reunion , Donnelly has prepared for it , by including notable Hose Street anthems in the spots he does ( such as last Saturday night in Lincoln ) , and gauges how well these tunes will go down , by trying them out on his next door neighbour , Mrs Betty Swallocks ........

This was her reaction when Paul played her Mamie Galore's " It Ain't Necessary " ........

Malc Burton

came across this advert PAUL FOR THE LEASE ON THE TORCH

came across this advert PAUL FOR THE LEASE ON THE TORCH

Three of us put in a bid for the lease , but it was below the asking : despite discussion , no agreement could be reached .

If we had got it , god knows what we would have done with it , as we knew we could not run it as a dance hall because of the SOT council and police : but one thing is for certain - we would not have turned it into a camping store with a stock of faulty paraffin lamps .......

Malc Burton

Edited June 16, 200916 yr by Malc Burton

Three of us put in a bid for the lease , but it was below the asking : despite discussion , no agreement could be reached .

If we had got it , god knows what we would have done with it , as we knew we could not run it as a dance hall because of the SOT council and police : but one thing is for certain - we would not have turned it into a camping store with a stock of faulty paraffin lamps .......

Malc Burton

nearly there only 150 days left.

so paul to use a typical saying on here HOW MANY SLEEPS

note to bar staff if a young lady from lincoln! asks for vodka just say NO NO NO

so paul to use a typical saying on here HOW MANY SLEEPS

note to bar staff if a young ladyfrom lincoln! asks for vodka just say NO NO NO

Would that young young lady be Kez by any chance ?

Malc Burton

THE TORCH REUNION OCTOBER 24th 2009

NOW SOLD OUT. NO ENTRY ON THE DAY WITHOUT A TICKET

"Those that know the score ---know the score"

burtonmalc@yahoo.co.uk or PaulDonnellyBP@aol.com

ALL PROFITS will be donated to The Douglas Macmillan Hospice, The Stroke Association and The Freekicks Foundation