Posted October 14, 200915 yr With the Torch re-union now only days away, me and 3 of my buddies will be winging our way north-ish in comfort, staying at a hotel, able to afford a decent restaurant meal. Always wasn't like that, thinking back in '72 what I did for work and what kind of money I was earning, etc. In 1972 I was trainee estate agent, shock horror............. earning about £10 a week to supplement my vinyl thirst I worked in a pub nights if you have do an extra job that's not a bad one, my mates certainly thought so I was driving a very dodgy Ford Cortina MK I, the brakes once failed on the motorway coming up to the Torch, what an experience that was............... All my money went Martin Koppell in Canada, Record Corner Balham, Moondogs in fact anywhere (I think I still Martin a fiver ) no money for clothes or those type of luxuries Me leaving my house off to the Torch, what a dorky shirt, I think my mum must have made it out of old curtains or a table cloth. Aahh halcyon days, there was NOTHING quite like queing up to get in at the Torch I get shivers just thinking about it. See yers there. No tell us all WHERE WERE YOU IN 72 ?? Do tell.................................... Chris L
December 19, 200915 yr soak em! now you tell me Sue ame='POTTERIESPECK' date='19 December 2009 - 01:29 PM' timestamp='1261229388' post='1219282'] Benny Inhalers : I can still taste the ferking things ....... Malc Burton
December 20, 200915 yr ame='POTTERIESPECK' date='19 December 2009 - 10:59 PM' timestamp='1261263549' post='1219730'] remember those well. Good clean buzz at the right price What the tam*ax
December 22, 200915 yr I was 10yrs old in 1972....didnt know what was in store for me....2yrs later i saw "The Light" became a soulie...never looked back. KTF....(forever) Susan (mrs Casper)
December 22, 200915 yr Author I was 10yrs old in 1972....didnt know what was in store for me....2yrs later i saw "The Light" became a soulie...never looked back. KTF....(forever) Susan (mrs Casper) Sometimes when I'm listening to some really wonderful NS record, I wonder what would happened to me had I not wandered intot he scene.................
December 22, 200915 yr Sometimes when I'm listening to some really wonderful NS record, I wonder what would happened to me had I not wandered intot he scene................. I will echo your statement Chris : and I thank the lord that I did ...... Malc Burton Edited December 22, 200915 yr by Malc Burton
December 22, 200915 yr I will echo your statement Chris : and I thank the lord that I did ...... Malc Burton Yes vicar, we were God's chosen ones and were truely blessed
December 22, 200915 yr Yes vicar, we were God's chosen ones and were truely blessed "you will know your way as if born to it"...what film is that from?...anyway,it worked for me... if I hadnt took the northern soul path I probably would never of met Pete whose the love of my life. thankyou "Northern Soul" KTF Susan
December 22, 200915 yr In 72 I was 23 just married and living in Lincoln, going to the Aquarius Club and collecting soul music, before being sent to the Rock for 2 and a half years in the RAF. Still the memories of those days stay with me and some great trips to Wigan and Cleethorpes.
December 22, 200915 yr "you will know your way as if born to it"...what film is that from?...anyway,it worked for me... if I hadnt took the northern soul path I probably would never of met Pete whose the love of my life. thankyou "Northern Soul" KTF Susan Never heard that before. I like it, says a lot really. We could well be remembering Saturday nights like this --- "Gonna keep on steppin' never lookin' back 'cause I know that I'm on the right track"
December 22, 200915 yr In 72 I was 23 just married and living in Lincoln, going to the Aquarius Club and collecting soul music, before being sent to the Rock for 2 and a half years in the RAF. Still the memories of those days stay with me and some great trips to Wigan and Cleethorpes. JUST FOR YOUU THEN MATE.
December 22, 200915 yr In 72 I was 23 just married and living in Lincoln, going to the Aquarius Club and collecting soul music, before being sent to the Rock for 2 and a half years in the RAF. Still the memories of those days stay with me and some great trips to Wigan and Cleethorpes. And just to piss you off
December 22, 200915 yr Grant, to give it a little more credibility. " I was in Catering College and cooking with Trex" ATB Tony back then i was 16 and a skinhead complete with doc's & skinners listning to a mix of motown stax ska slade ,causing bother and being thrown out o pubs pissed after 4 pints' i rimember working part time in a social club saving up to buy a scooter , also starting work full time as an apprentice upholsterer and then going from one job to another' those were the days when jobs were plentiful, then a year or two later am up the casino with sk&f plasterd on me holdall droping black n white's ah the memory's Edited December 22, 200915 yr by steptoe
With the Torch re-union now only days away, me and 3 of my buddies will be winging
our way north-ish in comfort, staying at a hotel, able to afford a decent restaurant
meal. Always wasn't like that, thinking back in '72 what I did for work and what kind
of money I was earning, etc.
In 1972 I was trainee estate agent, shock horror.............
earning about £10 a
week to supplement my vinyl thirst I worked in a pub nights
if you have do an
extra job that's not a bad one, my mates certainly thought so
I was driving a very dodgy Ford Cortina MK I, the brakes once failed on the motorway
coming up to the Torch, what an experience that was...............
All my money went Martin Koppell in Canada, Record Corner Balham, Moondogs
in fact anywhere (I think I still Martin a fiver
) no money for clothes or those
type of luxuries
Me leaving my house off to the Torch, what a dorky shirt, I think my mum must have
made it out of old curtains or a table cloth.
Aahh halcyon days, there was NOTHING quite like queing up to get in at the Torch I
get shivers just thinking about it. See yers there.
No tell us all
WHERE WERE YOU IN 72 ??
Do tell....................................
Chris L