Derek Pearson

Nice one Gilly. Spent quite a bit of time with Bob in the late 70's late Wigan period.

Sadly he died in Burnley circa Oct 2012 I think.

Derel

I'm sure that's a young Charlie Rees in white tee shirt about to clap in the front of the photo?

Oh and that's me glued to the wall far left sporting a ridiculous goatee.....it seemed a good idea at the time.

Derek x

 

Note half way down the right hand vertical side  J. D. 5-68  which I imagine is the printers/manafacturers initials and date of print run?

You always said I looked good in a skirt.

Dx

Well well well I spy with my little eye - is that the famous Rochdale FC's only season ticket holder hugging a nervous looking Mister Buckley?

Good to see you out an' about Chris.

Trust your shoes are still of the shiny kind.

Dx

Remember going down in a van to this all-nighter with my mate Tim Robinson whoes face appears many times in my albums.

 

Only recently completely out of the blue he said "I remember played Dane Valery "You don't know where you're interest lies" over and over on a tape all the way there and all the way back".

 

I've absolutely no recollection of that.

Ain't it surprising what some people remember?

Great photo Tony - what was the record on Brunswick?

 

At first glance I thought the other lad was a young Mister O'Connor from Scotland way not

 

Chesterfield's favourite son.

 

Derek

I spy with my little eye and say the record in Gaz's hand is on Venture.

 

I'll gamble and bet it's The Naturelles "Love has joined us together".

 

Hey up Mick hope you're well an' all that.

 

Derek

Nice one Martyn. Thanks.

Google tells me said shop is now a hairdressers.

If you got a First Choice 45 ever wondered what you left behind.....?

derek

Mmmm the plot thickens - please tell more.

derek

Well spotted that man.

As I said earlier I've no idea when the photograph was originally taken and at a quick glance you (ie. me) want it to be from the sixties.....

Like you, I had noticed that it does look like the staff are handling 78's which did make me sorta think the photo could've been from the late 1950's or early 1960's.

Have since read that most major record companies had stopped using 78's by the early sixties.

And at the risk of sounding like a tabloid journalist never let the facts get in the way of a good story......

derek

Hi Dave - glad you enjoyed the photo; it must be a bit of a surprise to see yourself on somebody elses photo but still quite nice nonetheless.

I'm sure many of us (myself included) look at other people's photos and think wonder if there'll be me on any of the photos wandering about in the background.

Nice one.
derek

Glad you enjoyed the photo Andy.

Have a look at the photo labelled Todmorden memickkyle 20Oct80 is that you in the top left corner?

Time to get up mi ladder.
derek

Maybe the clarity of this scan doesn't match up to my original;

but if you care to look hard enough there's a topical slogan of the times sported by a youth wearing a tee shirt.

I'm told it refers to a brand of pharmaceuticals that he's keen on.

derek

Derek

Not Gis - having had many conversations (verballing) with him I can confirm that he didn't get into the scene until after Wigan - he was a punk originally.....

Mick

Hey Mick how's it going?

Bet you're one of the few people on here that's got more snow than me hahaha.

I say those chaps from Preston were quite a lively bunch what?

Even if half the stories I've been told over the years are true - they were still a rum bunch of lads eh?

onwards,
derek

Still think it does looks abit like Gis even though it isn't...

thanks for your comments you two.

It's quite bizarre really but - and please don't laugh - I never added 2 and 2 together and realised just how many people featured on my photographs were linked together.

A careful study of my albums will reveal the same sorry looking faces cropping up with frequent regularity hahaha.

All that changes is the states they were in, the fashions they were wearing and the pages of the calender.

It wasn't untill I started laying out my photos in this gallery that the picture became quite clear hohoho (pun intended).

Because of my obsessive nature I know I'm gonna have to work really hard try to stop myself cross referencing every bleeding photograph on here......

Here's an example (No. 1 in a series of 125 to be continued):

This picture shows Julie Marshall at a venue unknown in August 1980.

Trawl this same album and locate the photo called Tod Bar 20Oct80.

Front row, green shirt, right of Jackie Green, infront of Gary Rushbrooke.

derek

Hi Derek! me and Gillian again and do you remember the name of the lady in the black boob tube, I can't remember her name?

Have got my glasses on and it looks like Karen from Otley to me.
Oh and Nancy check the photo titled Wigan Dance Oct80 you two can be spotted talking about handbags an' new shoes.......
derek

I know I'm biased as it was I who took the picture but I still think it is one of my favourites of all the pictures I've ever seen of the inside of the Casino. It gives you a great idea of how big the main room was and just how busy it was on those oldies nights.

You might be thinking "thats a weird angle the photgraph was taken from" - well yes it was and I ain't seen many other photos taken from that position just below the ceiling looking from the left corner of the main room over the dance floor towards the record bar. It wasn't taken from the stage and nope I didnt have a handy pair of folding step ladders in my bag either.

Outside the mens toilets in the corner to the left of the stage were a flight of wide steps leading upstairs up the balcony. And to stop people sliding down the banister or whatever they'd fixed some vertical bits of wood from the ceiling to the banister. Well one of those bits of wood just happened to be missing and being the proud owner of a 28" waist at the time I was able to squeeze through the gap, lean out as far as I could and take the picture whilst avoiding the infamous prowling door staff.

Photo taken on one of those old manual Olympus Trip cameras.

This time I've added my initials and date onto the photgraphs as I've seen copies of my previously uploaded photos all over the place especially on You Tube.
I don't mind really as it was me that posted them up on a public forum in the first place and I haven't made them private or non downloadable.
Now if I could only figure out how to earn some money from them......

onwards,
derek

Found some more old photos tucked away in a box with some car insurance quotes. Posted 'em up 'cos I know people love to look at old photographs.

Upstairs on the balcony leaning on the bar (which was situated sort of directly above the record bar) facing the stage. Was this upstairs bar ever open?
On the left is Mister Nolan and on the right is 2 lads from the Northallerton/York area whose names I've completely forgot. Sorry chaps.
Derek

Hey up Dospan - really enjoyed looking at the mid 80s photos from the Queens Hall in Bradford; I used to go all the time but don't think I took any pictures of the dance floor (doh). Think mine are all of the shady characters that loitered by the records boxes blocking the entrance steps. When I get chance/time I'll upload a bundle.
Infact it's been fascinating looking at all the photos you've uploaded. Nice one!
Onwards,
derek

From Seano (Banbury) 4 March 2007.
Scarily I kept loads of the bags from record shops over the years, especially the 7" but of course increasingly scarce! Plenty of paper ones, just don't get at all any more. And even worse than that, I got a few of those plastic folders you find in WH Smiths with see-through pockets to keep them all in! Just might upload a photo someday to jog some memories.