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19 minutes ago, baz1 said:

He used to go with an actress chalky from emmerdale I think ??  Me n shell spoke to them at prestwich 2004-5 ish and they said  they wo trying to get what the scene was about for the show,They Wo defo in o.u.a.t.w,paul sadot was workin on it too I think ??? We went to leeds to watch it.bit same old same old but great production. Atb baz

There was a few of them who used to come to Sheridans, yes one was out of one of the soaps. 

Car mechanic in Corrie used to go to the odd benue too, Tyrone?

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A few years ago I remember me and Pete being collapsed and seriously out of it in the foyer of a weekender when out of the blue Samuel L Jackson came walking by with his entourage - I think I overheard him say "Fcuk me Pete and Dave at Southport?!?!".

As you can imagine, being neck deep in doves, we were a bit 'surprised' - apparently he was there doing a promo for the launch of 51st State... Does that count?

Dx 

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3 hours ago, chalky said:

He was in the play wasn’t he, Once Upon A Time.....he used to go all over around that time, Sheridans as well. 

He was in the play, but he loved the allnighters.  Can't remember how I met him now.  He did go literally all over the place, I remember seeing him at the Marrs Bar and he told me he'd landed a role in a big Hollywood film and then I don't think I saw him again.

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1 hour ago, DaveNPete said:

A few years ago I remember me and Pete being collapsed and seriously out of it in the foyer of a weekender when out of the blue Samuel L Jackson came walking by with his entourage - I think overheard him say "Fcuk me Pete and Dave at Southport?!?!".

As you can imagine, being neck deep in doves, we were a bit 'surprised' - apparently he was there doing a promo for the launch of 51st State... Does that count?

Dx 

Hmmmm.....those doves were strong, weren't they.  I suppose he also asked you what they call a Big Mac in Southport? 😉

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11 hours ago, woolie mark said:

He was in the play, but he loved the allnighters.  Can't remember how I met him now.  He did go literally all over the place, I remember seeing him at the Marrs Bar and he told me he'd landed a role in a big Hollywood film and then I don't think I saw him again.

They did much of the circuit up north at the time, Lifeline, Soultown etc....they weee very much into it too 

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On 27/02/2018 at 22:17, chalky said:

He had a show on Radio Invictus too.

serious collector! Still is I believe.  Has or had a great Lp collection.   Was a regular at Thorne, put his money into Voices etc

He bought at least 2 records from me in the last few years.. I bought a half dozen from him in that time also

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18 hours ago, monny1916 said:

Micky Gynn ,,, FA cup winner with Coventry city and a great player for Corby Town FC and a regular buyer on record sales 

Already mentioned him, great guy with a super Sweet Soul and Modern Soul collection, keen as mustard about Soul music, oh, and Coventry City 👍 

Kev 

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22 hours ago, monny1916 said:

Micky Gynn ,,, FA cup winner with Coventry city and a great player for Corby Town FC and a regular buyer on record sales 

Thank you so much for the mention. Even more so to remind me of my non league days, after i retired from Professional Football from 1995 onwards.

I loved my time at Corby Town, with a very good friend of mine Ian Benjamin as manager.

Still buying quality soul as always !!

Kind regards.

Micky

 

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4 hours ago, kev cane said:

Already mentioned him, great guy with a super Sweet Soul and Modern Soul collection, keen as mustard about Soul music, oh, and Coventry City 👍 

Kev 

Cheers Kev again for the kind words. Another Cd on the way soon for you mate !!

Hope you and the family are all well.

Kind regards.

Micky

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44 minutes ago, DaveNPete said:

No it's the Old Grey Whistle Test feature on Northern - in which he says "I've never been to an allnighter" - he was a punk at the time.

Dx

Nah , he said    "I've never even been to a Wigan all-niter , but I've been to a couple of all-niters ..... "

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On 22/02/2018 at 22:20, snakepit said:

Don't know about his soul credentials, but a bit of trivia for you......he was in the Dallas police station when Lee Harvey Oswald was hauled before the press , to be told he was being charged with JFK's assassination.

Theres a picture of him near the front of the stage at the casino with a cery young looking anna ford. Heard him play little tommy cant you see, the. Vibrations " i took an overdose"( mark lammarr used to play that too!  And loads and loads more . He started on radio caroline with tony blackburn, where they tried snatch listeners off luxemberg which played black american releases, on his programmeshen he played say a recent addition to the kent releases , hed give the serial number as well as the official date of release,  

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Wow long running thread Frank Warren boxing promoter and east end wide boy buys regular under a alias loves his sixties okeh stuff etc,Alan Hanson has a large rare soul collection,Pic here of Marc Limar at the Austen Fair Texas snapping up loads of interesting stuff and having great banter with the US dealers.At the end of the day vinyl horders may gravitate towards the music via other means than northern dos,loads of US Collectors have come via the sweet/lowrider scene and now buy lots of northern thats a fact as I sell loads to the sweet guys and girls on facebook. There are numerous rockabilly and garage collectors buying the Duke/Peacock stuff and early R/B Popcorn etc.Its a broad church and not always northern soul although as mentioned a lot of the collectors/celebrities owe their "dues in one way or another "to the Northern Soul Scene and many more have jumped on becauseits good to wear baggies at fashion shows lol.

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5 hours ago, Baz Atkinson said:

Wow long running thread Frank Warren boxing promoter and east end wide boy buys regular under a alias loves his sixties okeh stuff etc,Alan Hanson has a large rare soul collection,Pic here of Marc Limar at the Austen Fair Texas snapping up loads of interesting stuff and having great banter with the US dealers.At the end of the day vinyl horders may gravitate towards the music via other means than northern dos,loads of US Collectors have come via the sweet/lowrider scene and now buy lots of northern thats a fact as I sell loads to the sweet guys and girls on facebook. There are numerous rockabilly and garage collectors buying the Duke/Peacock stuff and early R/B Popcorn etc.Its a broad church and not always northern soul although as mentioned a lot of the collectors/celebrities owe their "dues in one way or another "to the Northern Soul Scene and many more have jumped on becauseits good to wear baggies at fashion shows lol.

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He used to come to Swindon soul nights regularly coz he shared a house with Muff from Swindon. Dx

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26 minutes ago, WoodButcher said:

And ... ? ... somewhat off-topic , both well known on the scene but hardly 'celebrities' ... sorry Tim ... :lol:

Recall seeing Charlie Williams at one of the Yorkshire niters once mid 80s, curiously I saw him first at a Goth nite in Batley, not long after saw him at a niter most probably Mexboro.

Carol Decker not strictly at a niter but at the Naughty Willy soul night in Bridgnorth Shropshire.

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Just remembered another David Morrisey the English Actor. Was driving to train one day and he was on radio 2 spinning some of his fav tunes my jaw dropped when he played the Just Brothers on Empire things will be better ! 

Not forgetting Mark E Smith out the Fall RIP who sang about his mates coming down off the gear after the casino and topped the indie charts for over 2 years with lie dream of a casino soul . 

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On 23/06/2018 at 20:22, Baz Atkinson said:

Just remembered another David Morrisey the English Actor. Was driving to train one day and he was on radio 2 spinning some of his fav tunes my jaw dropped when he played the Just Brothers on Empire things will be better ! 

Not forgetting Mark E Smith out the Fall RIP who sang about his mates coming down off the gear after the casino and topped the indie charts for over 2 years with lie dream of a casino soul . 

Heard that very same show... my jaw dropped too at the Just Brothers too!

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On 08/01/2006 at 16:54, Guest OntheScene said:

Hi,

 

I was just wondering how many celebrity soulies there have been past and present such as people like Steve Davies - the Snooker player, Anna Ford the news reader anybody like to contribute to the list?

 

Lisa Stansfield

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3 hours ago, jam66 said:

A little off topic but along the same lines. 

 

Who the hell knew Gil Scott Heron's Dad played football for Celtic??

I thought this was common knowledge as it’s in his biographies, goalkeeper wasn’t he ? Stand to be corrected. But it does seem bizarre , but it is true.

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Saw Steve Davis DJing on Friday at the Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival in Birmingham.  Did a soul set, certainly not Northern and all off CD's, not bad though. He was besieged by (presumably) snooker fans wanting to take selfies with him throughout which must have been a bit off-putting for him. Tried to sketch him too but he didn't keep still so his face is the wrong shape!

 

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Not a celebrity but recently read the boxer Carl Froch's autobiography and in it he says his dad got nicked a couple of times for pinching cars to get to 'Northern Soul do's' in the Midlands back in the 70's.

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  • 8 months later...

Can't believe I'm not listed in this so called celeb listing I'm only one on ere took a Supremes up to ACCA in Halifax !!! Ow played with Furs band, in Joe Jackson video  not to mention Dick Emery, diving off wardrobe at White swan hotel, (mucky duck) to locals.

Plus best buddy with George thee Clinton  after last year.

Legend in my own lunch time.

Some u can remember !! 

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On 08/07/2018 at 13:10, Timillustrator said:

Saw Steve Davis DJing on Friday at the Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival in Birmingham. He was besieged by (presumably) snooker fans.

A long cue?

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Yeah I know there is a few....  PLEASE APPEND TO THE LIST TVM...... I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THREADS HERE WITH SOME NAME I'LL APPEND THOSE IF I MAY..

  • Steve Davis
  • Lenny Henry
  • Chuka Umunna
  • Jay Blades [The Repair Shop] ?
  • Lee Hirst
  • Chris Hughton 
  • Les Ferdinand
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