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    Some great memories on here especially from the West Riding area. Of places not mentioned there was the Place in Wakefield, Earlsheaton YC near Dewsbury, the New Marquee in Leeds, the Hub Barnsley and the Intro, at Morley Town Hall. What were mainstays of Soul however were the various Mecca Locarno's all over the place, Wakefield, New Mecca and Spinning Disc, Leeds. Was the Silver Blades in Bradford a Mecca?

    see my earlier post on this thread Keith regarding the New Marquee..a short-lived but fondly remembered place which not too many went to

    Were they on the same time as Sam and Dave? remember the saxaphone player got a huge ovation,was it not the one that became the last night? meaning it turned into an all-dayer

    Steve

    Oscar Toney junior was brilliant :hatsoff2:

    Oscar was amazing that night..I saw him again at the Hardrock not long after, on the same bill as Al Greene & Margie Joseph. No dont think Sam & Dave were on the same bill as Detroit Emeralds were they?

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    The Wheel allnighter artists are documented..after that..ones I can recall straight off at the Torch..Edwin Starr, Drifters, Sam & Dave, *****Oscar Toney Junior***** , Junior Walker, Major Lance a few times, Stylistics-I think???, ...Barbara Acklin at Droylesden in the early 90's( she had Ruby Winter with her)..the horrible Leeds tram-shed ISC allnighters mentioned previously in another thread the only plus point for me being Mel & Tim..seen loads more just listed the ones that quickly came to mind ..

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    Going back to the early Leeds mod/soul scene...heres a quote from one of the early djs at the Leeds Spinning Disc(Old Mecca) see the photo..which is quite interesting..

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    PETER BRENT

    "It was great to stumble across this photo.I have fond memories of The Old Mecca/Spinning Disc.I worked there as a DJ in the sixties at the height of its popularity as a Soul music and Mod venue.I was privileged to work alongside many great Soul Artists.Geno Washington,Jimmy James,Ben E King,to name but a few.I was on stage playing all the old favourites on the night it closed.The number of people they had let in was frightening !!.For years I was saddled with the name Pete Tamla Brent which the management at the time used in its advertising.I would dearly love to hear from anyone who attended this wonderful old venue or other old mod haunts in the sixties.I was also responsible for setting up The New Marquee Club on Great George St. I am currently collecting material for my autobiography so any of your memories would be gratefully appreciated and acknowledged..AMEN!!! "

    I had a dig around and found my New Marquee membership card..a short-lived club which attempted to move to a more 'progressive' type of music some nights having heavy bands on but also catering for the mods as well..it was also where I was first introduced my great friend Mick Eastwood

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    I cant find my old Keyhole club card which is sad.The Marquee card though is the only one Ive seen since then so pretty rare I think...

    heres another quote from an old Leeds mod..Paul Cooke

    "I would go to the 'Spinng Disc' with my mates from Sherbourne in Elmet and Micklethwate. We saw Edwin Starr, Ben E King, Jimmy James and Geno Washington. When Otis Redding died in December 1967 we all turned up wearing black arm bands. Even though I was only 15 I managed to get a membership card for the Keyhole Club upstairs, where they played blue beat music. Outside the entrance was a menswear shop which sold original shrink to fit Levis, which we wore with brogues, surfer jackets or great coats. Saturday night was always bottle green, beige or navy suit, with cigarette pants and three high button jacket, pockets on a slant, including ticket pocket and the back had a 17" centre vent. The style of the kids with the great soul music played there on a saturday was phenomenal"

    and another from an old mate and ex-Wheeler

    Phil Beadnell

    "What memories !!! In 1965 I was 16, old enough to get my drivers license for my scooter, and from that point on I would zip down to the Old Mecca at lunchtime to hang out, get my Motown fix, my 6p bag of chips, then hightail back to school. I still have my Keyhole Club member card, although I cant have been 18 when I got it of course. Eventually I found the Bee Gee club and the Central and every night we would start out at the Bee Gee then race around on our scooters to the Old Mecca. All the bikes lined up at the end of the arcade, all chrome and mirrors. And all the cute mod girls with their short hair and leather coats looking for a lift home. Anyone remember the barbers near the infirmary? It was owned by two young guys, it was a great place... they played Motown while they worked, and it was the place to go for a mod haircut. Girls too, at a time when no one had invented Unisex! They would send customers out to get a tea bag from the shop down the street to make tea!. Getting a haircut always took forever because everyone was hanging out. They even had worked up their own 'hip' code language - I never did figure it out! "

    that was 'Character' hairdressing ownd by Derek 'Tamala' Barnett! on Great George Street, near where the New Marquee opened..then moved to the balcony two doors up from Jumbo Records in the early 70's..heres a pic of Derek (on the left) at my house around 73 ish. at the Dave Godin party before a Central all-nighter

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    in reply to Roburt.

    The BeeGee in Leeds closed late 1970, but the Central had started playing normal soul, motown and reggae aound 68/69 after it was wrestled from the rockers and teds. After the BeeGee closed the music at the Central became more all-nighter rarer type soul as some of the BeeGee crowd moved in . The Metro opened in Wakefield shortly after the Wheel closed, then Hernies opened in Leeds shortly after the Metro was busted. That all took place over a roughly 2 year period between late 1970 & 1972.

    Wasnt there a club called the Squinting Cat in Bradford Kegsy ? also recall going to a place called the Hole in the Wall which was a coffee bar with a club through the back, somewhere up alley in Bradford around 68 ish..

    Not sure which West Yorks club Aidy is referring to regarding the squad setting it up, unless it was the Metro and Soash was squad all along :wicked:

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    I think a few of the northern skinheads, certainly in Leeds, were mods who shaved their heads, then became suedeheads whilst continuing to frequent the mod/soul scene. I certainly followed that path and I know a few others did. From 67 to around 70, I had a skinhead then a suede which I kept during the time of my first appearances at all-nighters. There was a cross/fusion of styles in the very early 70's then with people growing there hair longer. But certainly doc martens( a couple of guys I know burst the soles of the boots/shoes to make them less rigid) & sta-press etc were not unusual at all-nighters usually as a Sunday morning change of clothes.

    The Shipley skins(Jack Slinger & company) who I think you hung with were more out-and-out skins though Kegsy. They were never a soul influenced crowd, I dont think. Whereas in Leeds it was a spin-off from the mod scene and as such blurred the edges somewhat of 3 scenes..mods/skins-suedes and soulie all-nighter crowd who really at the time were just the more adventurous ones from the local Leeds mod scene.

    I think by the time of the Torch longer hair was the norm and very few skinheads remained apart from the loyal die-hards who kept the 'torch' burning, sorry!

    By 70-72 most had returned, as you say, to a more mod look which was the natural (re-)progression back from the suede look.

    great pics indeed! but they are suedeheads , not skins..I'd also bet they are nearer 70 than 68 too.

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