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A few more sounds i remember well at the pendelum are Getting used to the blues Bobby Bland There's nothing else to say Incredebles Walk like a man Johnny Moore Its allright Ed Crook Standing in the darkness Ethics The Gallop I think Milton Wright [ not sure on that one] Exus trek Luther Ingram Cracked up over you Danny White Im standing Rufus Lumley I worship you baby The Glories I used to call in at the Douglas (not there anymore) all the print workers from Withy Grove used to frequent it. Only about 35p a pint at the time. and a good pint of Wilsons bitter at that,then hit that dancefloor. Any body remember the Ritz on a monday night about the same time as the Pendelum. They used tp play the commercial hits. But twice for about hour or a bit less Billy Butler of Radio Merseyside fame used to bang on some Northern. Used to make me laugh because all of a sudden there would be lads doing frontdrops,backdrops etc. The regulars who where trying for a Monday night pickup must have thought" What the f--- is going on here.

Thanks Steve and Tony for the sad news of Barry. He was always fun to be around with and quite rightly always well dressed and groomed. I think he told me he worked at Burtons the Tailor. I last saw him at the Masonic club in Stockport a couple of years ago . he was with his wife or girlfriend and said he lived in Halifax or somewhere like that . He really was the life and soul of the party. Thanks N.R.C.

Thanks for reply Tony. Didnt know Barrys second name. But only saw him again afew years ago seemed fine then N.R.C.

Was talking to a friend the other day about when we started going to the Pendelum in Manchester. I cant remember how we i heard about this club ,maybe from word of mouth or in Blues and Soul. Anyway me,FS,RC,and JD decided to give it a wirl We got the 92 bus from Stockport to Manchester, walked down to Victoria. I knew it was behind the Cathedral somewhere but at first glance nothing. we must of gone round the Corn Excange about twice before stopping to ask somebody."Oh! you want the MSG club"he said.Still now never knew what that stood for.Anyway in we went. A little corridor led us in where you had to sign the book with your name and adress,paid our fifty pence or whatever it was and proceeded down the stairs. At the bottom you turned right into the room, the bar being on the left,small bar stools and tables around the room itself,toilets at the back,DJs area at the front. We were the first in at about 7pm. Barry Tasker and Dave White were there setting up. The floor seemed like a kind of bitumen or something cause if you spilled any drinks on it you slipped quite easy. Anyway the place started to fill up and and soon the place was rocking. I was gobsmacked ! the dance area was always heaving, tune after tune i had never heard of. I had to keep getting up to see what was next on and who by. What a night we had. Got the last bus home, Chips and pudding at the chippy and on to watch the late hammer horror on the box. Every Friday would go and the odd Saturday soon getting to know lots of people there. I remember we were always about first in, a lad with long hair at the bar was usually there about the same time with usually some records in a plastic bag. i always used to ask him for a look. I think his name was Richard Searling. Only joking it was Searling. then there was Barry from leve his knickname was "barry big eyes". I used to always ask how he was, his reply usually "smashed" some kind of substance abuse i think. Then there would be Malc from Stockport dancing legs going like a wild stallion, with the arms thrashing everywhere usually hitting people on the head and body. But what a fantastic little club. I was only about 16 or 17 at the time. I was talking to somebody and he said " do you go to the Torch in Stoke", never heard of it i said . He said we meeet up at piccadilly station at about 8pm on Saturday I said great ill be there. And like they say the rest is history! N.R.C.

THANJS BUDDY.NRC

LOOKING THROUGH THE WEB CAME ACROSS SPEEDLIMIT45RPM.COM. SEEMS THERE ARE PLENTY OF BARGAINS BUT CANT FIND ANY INFO ABOUT THE FIRM ITSELF . ANY BODY ELSE SEEN THIS SITE. NRC.