Guest BigPaul Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I ran a 52 seater once a month from my home town of Ripley in Derbyshire to Wigan in 74-76, very often went up with The Brit coach, It ran for about 2 yrs Tony Garnett from Long Eaton ran the Brit coaches Knocked about with the LE crew for a while Cockney Mac (think hes inOz nowwent to join his sis and Steve Parker out t Tony's bro Lee (won a few of the early Palais dance comps) js also out there Mac had SKF (an affinity for Roller Bearings methinks ) tatooed on his arm The only time we ever caught the train to Wigan, changing at Crewe There we all were, sat cosy in First Class, when in comes The Ticket Collector " Hey you lot this is First Class " he pipes up We all sat lost for words till Mac pipes up " I am fakin First Class" that was the last we saw of said BR employee Happy Days Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jerry Hipkiss Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 (edited) Some right characters on the coach - Mick from Kiddy, Val from Droitwich, Donald, Sam etc etc. Got that coach several times, great fun, remember Mad Val only too well, , what a character - recall getting the train back from Brum one morning and getting paranoid about MickeyB's sister Mo sticking her head out of the carriage window going through those tunnels! Edited September 23, 2009 by Jerry Hipkiss Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
ritchie Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I used to print Soul Symbol for Iain when the boss was on his dinner break, at the Addressograph/Multigraph plant in Weybridge ,and had the odd piece "published" within. Do you remember 'Scoops' record bin in Woking market ? That was another I.Stewart enterprise. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jerry Hipkiss Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I used to print Soul Symbol for Iain when the boss was on his dinner break, at the Addressograph/Multigraph plant in Weybridge ,and had the odd piece "published" within. Do you remember 'Scoops' record bin in Woking market ? That was another I.Stewart enterprise. Pity you didn't do the proof-reading as well matey ...fun innocent days - that mag must have made no sense to people who didn't go to Yate! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulsmith Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 What was the mag called??And l was stationed in the army in Aldershot...Remember lan's coaches well.. .............and an all-nighter at Egham!! I organised the Egham all -nighter with another mate.......small world. Think Ians coaches ended afrer paying the driver Ken? in cash.......but he didn't pass the money on to the coach company. I'm not sure the driver actually knew the way to Wigan, remember setting off down the M4 once or twice. Also remember no heating on the coach in winter........ice on the inside of the windows.......nice! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulsmith Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Pity you didn't do the proof-reading as well matey ...fun innocent days - that mag must have made no sense to people who didn't go to Yate! Ive still got a couple of copies.......makes no sense now Think there is the odd article by yourself. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulsmith Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I used to print Soul Symbol for Iain when the boss was on his dinner break, at the Addressograph/Multigraph plant in Weybridge ,and had the odd piece "published" within. Do you remember 'Scoops' record bin in Woking market ? That was another I.Stewart enterprise. Iain was certainly enterprising. I helped him with transport to & from the market. If he had done well I got paid in cash.....otherwise it was records. He had a talent like nobody else I have ever met for finding records cheaply. Think he still does a bit of buying and selling, but hes not on the scene, but turned up at Bisley all-nighter a couple of years back with Jasmine, Mick Lloyd & Tracey. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
ritchie Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Ive still got a couple of copies.......makes no sense now Think there is the odd article by yourself. [/quot have you got the one with the photo of Iain,Jasmine,Andy Kane, Nikki, Percy Sledge & myself at USAF Greenham Common? I know its a long shot but I would dearly like a scan. Regards Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mak Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 The only time we ever caught the train to Wigan, changing at Crewe There we all were, sat cosy in First Class, when in comes The Ticket Collector " Hey you lot this is First Class " he pipes up We all sat lost for words till Mac pipes up " I am fakin First Class" that was the last we saw of said BR employee Happy Days Did that myself Paul. Also remember 12 of us standing at Crewe station the night The torch closed , we were running from one platform to another for a good half hour trying to decide which train to catch , the wigan one or the Stoke one . Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
lizziep Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Bloody ell theres a name from the deep dark past Bootlace was one of the best - remember the time he took a fishing rod to Wigan to hold over the balcony! Remember sitting with the Stoke crowd in Roman Candle pub in Hanley cursing him for not being there - that was the night he died in a car crash. Think that was about 34 years ago!!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jerry Hipkiss Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Think there is the odd article by yourself. Yes, three or four as I recall, still got them somewhere! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
lizziep Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 DID'NT Bootlace run the Stoke Coach as he fitted myself and ChrissG on it at Blackpool Mecca going to Wigan? I'D BE SUPRISED IF BOOTLACE WAS RUNNING THE STOKE to MECCA - WIGAN COACH IN THE EARLY TO MID 70's ? MIGHT BE WRONG BUT BOOTLACE WAS ONLY 18 WHEN HE AS TRAGICALLY KILLED JN A CAR ACCIEDENT IN MAY 1975, LIKE I SAID I MIGHT BE WRONG. Love the pictures thank you- he would have liked his memory to be kept alive for so long - massive character, massive personality GARY WATKINS NEVER FORGOTTEN Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stevecee Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Cant remember who organised the coaches from Poole in Dorset (probably Nik Mak or Andy Golding) but when the interest started to die out it was Steve Carter who took the lead and got a 12 seater mini-bus organised for regular trips to the Casino. Whether he was a 'big boy' or not i don't know - us southerners dont tend to get into them sort of games Hey Mike First guy to organise coaches in our area that I can remember was Besty (Mike Best) from Wareham who stopped in 78 and in 79 when the old guard seemed to move on I started the 12 Man mini buses from Poole station and found it harder and harder to fill them as more people lost interest until we ended up with Car and Train Trips in 1981. Some of the folks from the later days apart from yourself where Pete Kitching, Dave Jackson, Karen Warne, Gary Samways, Smiler, Louisa, Harry, Andy Cole, Speedie, Andy Robinson, Gary Horsfall, Martin Adams and Herbie. Cheers Steve Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gary Samways Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Hey Mike First guy to organise coaches in our area that I can remember was Besty (Mike Best) from Wareham who stopped in 78 and in 79 when the old guard seemed to move on I started the 12 Man mini buses from Poole station and found it harder and harder to fill them as more people lost interest until we ended up with Car and Train Trips in 1981. Some of the folks from the later days apart from yourself where Pete Kitching, Dave Jackson, Karen Warne, Gary Samways, Smiler, Louisa, Harry, Andy Cole, Speedie, Andy Robinson, Gary Horsfall, Martin Adams and Herbie. Cheers Steve hey steve, we had some cracks going up to wigan in that mini bus mate , we were dedicated though, poole to wigan!!, remember the night we had a seized wheel bearing? mini bus driver asked us if we wanted to be picked up and brought home (from michaelwood services) or send an engineer to repair it. needless to say we voted for the repair and i think we got to wigan for 3 o'clock! at least we got in for free! full credit must go to smiler though, he used to do the journey nearly every week in a plastic pig ! dorset to wigan in one of those in the 70's! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Raistrick Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Good memories of Jonathon's coaches from Nottingham - late Wigan Sat nights, pick up outside The Salutation, a few to The Fleet and a never to be forgotten expedition to a Yate Anniversary when the coach broke down on the way back well south of Brum - a stabbing on the coach and an epic journey to get home via public transport... Yep l remember Jon running those coaches Robin. I ran 52 seaters from Skegness to Notts Palais dayers picking up in Boston and Grantham, also trips to Wigan '74-'78 picking up in Worksop/Sheffield - 12 seaters to Cleethorpes. One trip to Wigan we had the side windows of the coach shot out by kids with air rifles on the M1 near Wakefield made the trip there and back freezing one Jan/Feb trying to keep the cold out with bin liners taped to the window frames. Some of the coaches used were so bad you could hear 'em coming before you could see 'em. Some of the Skeggy regulars back then... Hoggy, Mick Smith, Pixie Mick, Gus, Mart Davis, Mac, Bogey, Russ Fenby, Mogul, Sharkey, Joey the Jewel. Boston lot ... Bluey, Bim, Vic, Mick Pheonix, Malc.. Worksop/Sheffield... Pete Shirley, Suzanne (now) Whitmore, Pete.. Great times just wish l had taken more photos of those days and trips........Anyone got any ?????? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sharon Cooper Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Went to Wigan in a purple, hand painted (I think) van driven by Ian Walker (Nottingham): His mate Phil Jones and I cant remember if Rob Smith was in it as well (He knocked about with those two at the time) my friend Janet and others who I can`t think of through the haze of time. Went to Cleethorpes on a bus from outside Ilkeston Co op: Can`t remember who ran that either! Can anyone else `coz it was usually full..... (Think my Alzheimers is getting a grip)! Sharon x Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jill Bayles Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 He's still around,mate...He's married to Lesley.Saw them at Whitby last year...She is still the best dancer in the world!! Err not married yet them pair but as good as Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jill Bayles Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 (edited) YES HE DID THAT FUNNY MAGAZINE AND I THINK I KNOW YOU FROM THEN AS I WAS AROUND ALDRSHOT AT THE TIME I said to Toad I'd be surprised if you two didn't know each other Edited October 5, 2009 by Jill Bayles Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Vynilhound Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 The Bedford coach was also run by Chris Blackburn for quite a few visits to the Casino, picking up all over the place. The coach company was called R.Souls of Olney!! they dropped the R when they got fed up of the jokes!! They also got the hump when the driver slept in late and left us all freezing in the snow so we had to break in to the coach to stop shivering. What you had to go through in the olden days, no mobiles then!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest gordon russell Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 used to get the coach from birmingham,cant remember the drivers name or who organised it, vcouple of names i do remember were taffy ,moxy, hey hey , Taffy was a good pal of mine along with Benny big Sam......great bunch of lads Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
kimbo Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 The Bedford coach was also run by Chris Blackburn for quite a few visits to the Casino, picking up all over the place. The coach company was called R.Souls of Olney!! they dropped the R when they got fed up of the jokes!! They also got the hump when the driver slept in late and left us all freezing in the snow so we had to break in to the coach to stop shivering. What you had to go through in the olden days, no mobiles then!! Yep remember that night, sweating like a bastard comin out in the morning, then freezjn ya balls off, That freezing morning soon brought you down. I came from Irchester but used to hang around with the Kettering/ Corby crew at that time frank vincatori, Brillo Bob Barr willie Hey etc etc we used to make our way to Northamton and pick up the Bedford coach. I remember the pill bottles rolling toward the front when the driver braked. Also Brillo and Sarah with wage packets full of the nites essentuals. What a brilliant time to be young and being as cool as f*** which we thought wwe were. Soul really enriched my life getting to know so many brill characters and it still does. Kimbo aka the fly!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Vynilhound Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Nice one Kimbo, I would think we knew each other depending on the time line, as I gave up the coach for the luxury of Paul Shirley's ( rip) car and then scraped togeather the cash for my own MK1 Cortina complete with Starsky & Hutch stripe. What an embarresment!! If I remember right, we used to pick up two great girls called angie & Heather from Worcester area and a great bunch of lads from Wales. I also used to thumb it from Bedford with a mate called Jim Thomas also from Bedford. If we sold a few sounds we would get the bus to Nottingham and then Bedford via Northampton, but that must have been on a Saturday after a Friday niter or could have been after Samanthas. Not many cells left!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Gabbi Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Well back in the day i used to borrow a van(legaly) and meet everyone at a pub in Letchworth on a Friday night at 6.00,Mick Smith,Roger Stewart,Taffy,Diane plus a load more would pile in this shitty old van to get to Wigan on the Oldies all nighter. But it was worth it...i think..oh happy days I think I may have been in that van!.. I use to live in bedsit above the hairdressers on Ley's Avenue, with a guy called Charlie Frost ( wonder's where he is these days) and some others... happy days indeed (Gabby/Gail) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Gabbi Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 The Bedford Coach was a good one to be on, and yes it was the SOUL BROTHERS coach, I remember Charlie Frost from Norwich while living in Letchworth organising a mini bus to Wigan, Taffy gave me a photo of the event, but it is so poor its not worth putting on, The thing I remember about that night I had a few wraps on me to sell? as soon as we parked up next to the Casino I can remember the Bedford coach across the road (see my photo) and Charlie got pulled by the Squad and frisked (charlie never took any Drugs) while I just walked by saying "constanoon aftable" The Bedford Coach, didn't Bootlace run the Stoke Coach as he fitted myself and ChrissG on it at Blackpool Mecca going to Wigan? I think Ady C comments about traveling to all nighters in the early-mid 7ts is apt as we really payed our dues going up "t"north DAVE KIL I remember that night well... I was on the bus with Charlie, *laughs*.. poor Charlie... though his biggest fear was ever getting pulled in his beloved 'mustard' Opel Manta... and what they may do to it! (Gabby/Gail) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
dthedrug Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 HI Wiganites i have ben looking for Wigan stuff, wheb I came accross NO! NO! NO! I did not mean that but a flyer with this on the back, gives a few names to look for? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
dthedrug Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I think I may have been in that van!.. I use to live in bedsit above the hairdressers on Ley's Avenue, with a guy called Charlie Frost ( wonder's where he is these days) and some others... happy days indeed (Gabby/Gail) ME TO THEN I MOVED TO THE FARM I BALDOCK, IT WAS OWNED BY JOE MAYLIN THE PONCE So as my drug use has had an impact on me grey matter, you know me and all me little ones And mick Smith, Taffy Paul & Anne Chantelle well every one from Bedford, if so are you married DAVE KIL**(DO YOU KNOW? SCATCHIN HERTS OR IS IT HITCHIN) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Eamesy Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 HI Wiganites i have ben looking for Wigan stuff, wheb I came accross NO! NO! NO! I did not mean that but a flyer with this on the back, gives a few names to look for? Just seen this thread, saw the list of names there - Mark Bicknell's phone no. for Reading coach. Ran a few myself about 1975 ish - didnt even have a phone then - picking up anywhere north of Reading, often had a 52 seater with 70 on it!! Alan Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Eamesy Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Did you go the Aldershot coaches run by Derek Meade then? No,never went on Dereks coach, took minibuses up from Reading - dodgyvanhire.com!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
frankc Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Nice one Kimbo, I would think we knew each other depending on the time line, as I gave up the coach for the luxury of Paul Shirley's ( rip) car and then scraped togeather the cash for my own MK1 Cortina complete with Starsky & Hutch stripe. What an embarresment!! If I remember right, we used to pick up two great girls called angie & Heather from Worcester area and a great bunch of lads from Wales. I also used to thumb it from Bedford with a mate called Jim Thomas also from Bedford. If we sold a few sounds we would get the bus to Nottingham and then Bedford via Northampton, but that must have been on a Saturday after a Friday niter or could have been after Samanthas. Not many cells left!! Just caught up with this thread, prior to Chris Blackburn running the coach from Bedford myself and Danny used to run it, we often didn't have enough money to cover the cost and we would have to have a wipe around before the driver would go...we never generally had enough, the usual drop outs meant we were short but he'd go anyway because he'd generally have company for the night (if you not what I mean!!) caught the comment about Paul Shirley (RIP) can you PM me what happened/when? Went in his car many a time to nighters.....god knows how we got there half the time....really sad to hear he's gone.... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve Foran Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Nice one Kimbo, I would think we knew each other depending on the time line, as I gave up the coach for the luxury of Paul Shirley's ( rip) car and then scraped togeather the cash for my own MK1 Cortina complete with Starsky & Hutch stripe. What an embarresment!! If I remember right, we used to pick up two great girls called angie & Heather from Worcester area and a great bunch of lads from Wales. I also used to thumb it from Bedford with a mate called Jim Thomas also from Bedford. If we sold a few sounds we would get the bus to Nottingham and then Bedford via Northampton, but that must have been on a Saturday after a Friday niter or could have been after Samanthas. Not many cells left!! I remember Jim and there have been a number of questions about Paul Shirley. Paul was one of my best mates, he got back in touch right out of the blue about 4/5 years ago. I know he made contact with Tony Warot and Andy Felts. Sadly Paul took his own life in 2007. Tony, Andy, Tony Hirst and myself went to the funeral in Gt Yarmouth. Very sad. As for the Wigan coaches the driver was called Brian and he used to look after our gear just in case. Are any of you posters from Bedford Paul Aisbit, I think thats the spelling. Anyhow see you guys soon. DJaying tomorrow for the Alan Pollard night here in Stockport. Getting right in the mood for some good sounds. Regards. Steve Foran. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Vynilhound Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I remember Jim and there have been a number of questions about Paul Shirley. Paul was one of my best mates, he got back in touch right out of the blue about 4/5 years ago. I know he made contact with Tony Warot and Andy Felts. Sadly Paul took his own life in 2007. Tony, Andy, Tony Hirst and myself went to the funeral in Gt Yarmouth. Very sad. As for the Wigan coaches the driver was called Brian and he used to look after our gear just in case. Are any of you posters from Bedford Paul Aisbit, I think thats the spelling. Anyhow see you guys soon. DJaying tomorrow for the Alan Pollard night here in Stockport. Getting right in the mood for some good sounds. Regards. Steve Foran. Steve, PM'd you mate. Andy F Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest soulalone Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 i used to know a young girl i met at casino wish i could remember her name lived on anlaby rd . i can even remember the number of her house but not her name ,how bizarre is that.she probably caught the same bus.must have been about 16 then same as me. 1979 ,80 The girls name may have been Dianne Gallagher who lived on Hessle Rd who organised the odd coach if I remember rightly, or Kim ? who lived on Analby Rd who I know organised a few coaches up to Wigan. Pete Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest fastdancer Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 I went to wigan on the wolverhampton coach. It was rammed 3 to a seat, sharing a seat with slim and ric tic, wernt easy Len the driver was a good une, he would hide the gear, if we got pulled. The coach picked up in Bromsgrove then, Jethro started running the coaches afterwards, and started picking up in Redditch. Happy days. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest joneye1 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) Bridget Williams !!... Edited March 9, 2010 by joneye1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest manusf3a Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 hey hey steven smith how are ya .......was it your coach that got stopped at hilton park and we all sang the mint cracnel song.....you know the one the chorus goes IT'LL TAKE THOSE BLUES AWAY lol......sounds like the night to me. If we're gonna talk bad boys ect what about WILKY from corby and his mate SNOTTY ( yeh yeh I know lol) Snotty hammered larry lightning at cleethores one night when larry tried to steal his 200 cannister of BB'S. Steve has already mentioned the legendary ROBBO there was also PAUL ROBERTS,TERRY THOMPSON and BILLY WHIZZ from the wolves area.A nyone remember CLICK from liecs.....nails ....BARRY McKAY from the pool whoa!!,we all know of the DERBY boys fiyak and co..........definatlely fun times and you sure wouldn't call that lot "SOULIES"if ya valued your hide lol Thats my mates Wiky and snotty done chemists together ,snotty died of an od many years ago,you wouldnt have wanted to fight either,there was also some more of us corby lads who did chemists as a firm,the originals passy john boyd(no slouch for a row in his day)and brian taylor who moved to bradford,all older than me ,wilky and snotty,snotty a couple of years older than me.You see it was a corby thing do chemists,f.ck sulphate drop pills.Are you on about Barry mckay,scouse who lived in wellinborough didnt know him personaly but know his rep a hard bastard threw a grass through a chemist window and told him get me that gear or else,a good friend of mine mick gavin was close to scouse they used to go to millwall pilled up blocked to bits as well as nighters.Larry lightning ha ha,keith harpur caught him trying to nick his wallet at wigan swimming baths and bottled it.Corby lads Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest allnightandy Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Hello Ady The late much respected Tony Connolly also ran buses from Newcastle to Wigan and wee Duncan Mcallister - I think there may have been 3 coaches at one time. It was coach wars for a while with buses being cancelled at the last minute by mysery callers. Great times and quite funny now when you look back. Coaches did take the fun out it a bit though - I missed the shady characters that used to hang out in Rowntrees Sounds in Manchester and the drug squad at the station dressed in bomber jackets carrying holdalls asking if you had any gear. Cheers Manus Careful ! Some of those shady characters are on this site ! LoL 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Willow Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Hardly hard core, but I drove an escort van with 6-8 of us in it from Hemel every fortnight, which was the pre curser to Jon Buck doing it properly in a coach. Then migrated to a mini bus (well a VW caravelle) with 12-14 in it. Also did trips to the Cats and the Howard Mallet on Friday's. Being as young as we were then - Question - Did we really appreciate the 'scene' and the music we had then? or did we just go along with it all, moving from one nighter to the next, enjoying it of course but did we realise how special it all was? Just a thought! Cheers Yogi Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chris L Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Us Londoners were so rich (in comparison to) we had our own cars and as nobody was drinking alcohol we could risk the drive. MK1 Cortina and an old Volkswagen Beetle. I do believe the lads from b & S and/or Record corner did organise a coach up there, there's a photo in Mike Ritson's book. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kegsy Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 MICK SMITHS MATE A COCKNEY "BIG CLIVE"EVERETT, Yes I remember Clive he was definately not a man to mess with. Kegsy Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest allnightandy Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) The late Martyn Ellis wrote a piece on the subject of how you got to your allnighters He said for a long time he stole the same blokes car picked everybody up drove all over the country even had it repaired when it brokedown and always filled it with petrol and parked it back where he got it from LoL Edited April 13, 2012 by allnightandy Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Citizen P Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Hello Ady The late much respected Tony Connolly also ran buses from Newcastle to Wigan and wee Duncan Mcallister - I think there may have been 3 coaches at one time. It was coach wars for a while with buses being cancelled at the last minute by mysery callers. Great times and quite funny now when you look back. Coaches did take the fun out it a bit though - I missed the shady characters that used to hang out in Rowntrees Sounds in Manchester and the drug squad at the station dressed in bomber jackets carrying holdalls asking if you had any gear. Cheers Manus Rowntrees Sound Shady Characters ??? Are you sure?? T 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest manusf3a Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I ran a 52 seater once a month from my home town of Ripley in Derbyshire to Wigan in 74-76, very often went up with The Brit coach, It ran for about 2 yrs that you mack! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Souljer6 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Yup we knew the Corby lot of old...especially Michael K (snotty) rip, Brian, Budgie, Ricky Curry and Wilky. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest manusf3a Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 hey hey steven smith how are ya .......was it your coach that got stopped at hilton park and we all sang the mint cracnel song.....you know the one the chorus goes IT'LL TAKE THOSE BLUES AWAY lol......sounds like the night to me. If we're gonna talk bad boys ect what about WILKY from corby and his mate SNOTTY ( yeh yeh I know lol) Snotty hammered larry lightning at cleethores one night when larry tried to steal his 200 cannister of BB'S. Steve has already mentioned the legendary ROBBO there was also PAUL ROBERTS,TERRY THOMPSON and BILLY WHIZZ from the wolves area.A nyone remember CLICK from liecs.....nails ....BARRY McKAY from the pool whoa!!,we all know of the DERBY boys fiyak and co..........definatlely fun times and you sure wouldn't call that lot "SOULIES"if ya valued your hide lol Sn otty was Mick Caine and he had some mates from manchester he used to hang around with Brian Lester if I recall,I remember him going up there and coming back after a couple of weeks having done a couple of chemmys,Snotty loved man utd and also used to go matches with those manchester lads.I dont know about the larry lighting biz at cleethorpes I thought it was at wigan swimming baths when he tried to nick(mr lightning TRIED TO NICK that is)Keith Harpurs wallet from the changing rooms as it was stuffed with cash and a had a bag of chemist gear caps,pills etc to go with it.Knew S notty really well ,older than me but robbed with him when I was 13 or so back in about 1979 I think,loved his opiates specially dike,was badly missed.Another time when he was staying with me and my missus done the local chemist and a bloke turned up and smacked mick across the back with a shovel(dda was not left behind)and he just shrugged it off and continued to put the gear in the bag (this inside the chemist)and left.a A one off like Wilky and the others,see you on the other side Mick.Wilky gave Micks way of walking when smahed a name the helicopter! if you had seen it toud know why.Fucking hell Mick you were class. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chris L Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) MICK SMITHS MATE A COCKNEY "BIG CLIVE"EVERETT, Yes I remember Clive he was definately not a man to mess with. Kegsy They come from Hertfordshire that a million miles from London. Edited April 13, 2012 by Chris L Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jim G Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 SEAN DOONEY NEWTON AYCLIFFE NOW MASTER SEAN DOONEY CRU IN THAI BOXING -THEN JUNE DAILEY A LOVELY LASS FROM DARLINGTON,THINK TITCH FARLOW AND KEV JOSS RAN BUSSES AT ONE POINT !!! YEP TO ALEX LOWES ALSO !!! John Howard from Aycliffe was the main man back in 72 to 74/5 for Aycliife Soulies 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
ZootSuit Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Who where the big boys back in the day? Who booked the coaches and organised the rabble? I remember a coach outside the New York Pub at the top of Anlaby Road in Hull ready to take us off to Wigan Casino, we heard of this through the grape vine, never saw a flyer and it was way before most had telephones. We kinda take these organised trips for granted but they where a real fabric of the Northernsoul Scene, I certainly couldn't afford the train fair and owning a car was for big boys. Who organised the coach trip from Hull? Who organised the trips from your end? "I never ever thanked any for this, bit late now but ................. thank you" We ''borrowed'' motors in Luton, till we had our own that is, to go to Stoke, Cats, Torch etc etc etc Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jez Jones Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 These are definately the stories of the"true"northern scene don´t let anybody kid you it was"just for the music mate" when you are in your teens and right off your trolley on assorted substances anything goes! Example :- Couple of skint young lads hanging around Gloucester(no names) but ikey comes to mind how we gonna get there then?-pinch a car,but what about the dayer? pinch another one then how do we get home? i know someone from Gloucester sure to be there get a lift with them........................We did ha ha .................in a stolen motor!!! Remember in the Frank Elson column when they said the Raven at Whitchurch was in danger of being stopped as the thefts of cars between Wolverhampton and Whitchurch had increased on Friday nights was there even a train service to Whitchurch? right out of the way place , don´t think the playstation generation would even be able to think of "other"ways to get to places nowadays,do people thumb lifts nowadays?(too dangerous?) more dangerous for the drivers in the seventies with some of the dodgy charachters holding out their thumbs Sometimes the best fun was gettiing to and from the allnighters and dayers...........................as long as the nessessities had been organised ........................Now thats a whole new chapter!!! Swish wheres your book ? got the title yet? THE NORTHERN SCENE::::::::::::::::::THE REAL DEAL Steve Bang on mate There were loads that 'recognised' the music but couldn't give 2 f***s about it....loads of other stuff to do instead Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest allnightandy Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Rowntrees Sound Shady Characters ??? Are you sure?? T Positive , You and several others Mornin "Mad Tony" LoL Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
spike1 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Bang on mate There were loads that 'recognised' the music but couldn't give 2 f***s about it....loads of other stuff to do instead True true true ! I think that this is what the divs call"baggage" Lived and loved every last damn second of my nighter experiences Some outrageous journeys to and back from Wigan And all the stuff that happened in the week to "prepare " for the weekend Baggage? Memories more like Ktf spike Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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