Winsford Soul

Dave. I thought you were walking to the stage and the judges mistakenly thought you where dancing. Steve

You could be right, I just remember going to different nighters in various parts of the country under the roadshow thing and I thought one of them was at Maxines Steve

Wasn't it under the Casino roadshow banner or something like that when they where looking for a replacement venue for went the Casino finally closed. Steve

Chalky. Wigan tiffs/maxines. Edwin Starr. Live when he was accused of miming. Turned off his backing tapes and sung accapella. Awesome. One off my mates tipped my 600 chalkies down the toilets because he got paranoid about squad. Bet that took some unblocking (pun intended) Robin reliant turned on its roof one morning when we came out of the nighter. No one batted a eyelid as though it was perfectly normal. Date wise I'm sorry mate can't for the life of me remember Steve

Thanks Dave. Memories of, in my opinion one of the greatest nighters ever. It was that special Steve

Chris. A Rave/ Dance night local to me in Manchester charged £45 a ticket New year's eve and was rammed. . Greedy promoters or business savvy. Steve

Glad all good mate. The weather up until last week in the Northwest of the UK has been nothing but rain since early December. This is my first day off since the weather has turned cold, frosty and sunny. So having heard about the Barn Owl sightings I couldn't resist the opportunity even though it meant a 130 mile round trip. It was worth it. Steve

Good evening Russell.. Hope your well. The light as you say as lovely but the sun was very low and just disappearing behind Silverdale head , it was turned 4pm when the owls showed up. had to push the ISO up to 8000 just to get a bit of light onto the camera sensor. steve

Paid my first visit of the year to Leighton Moss RSPB reserve on Morecambe bay today . Had the pleasure of two maybe three Barn owls . The first one was when I was having a coffee and putting on my walking boots before I had chance to get my camera out of the bag flew past me about twenty metres away. The other one was from approximately half a mile as you can see from the two photographs. One is heavily cropped just so you can see it a bit better, even though its not in focus Steve

Martyn doesn't have blue wings and a orange chest unless he has overdone the spray tan again. Steve

Hi Suz. Happy New Year to you to, great to see you back posting pictures from your lovely area of the country Steve. X

Thanks Pete. Steve

Had a membership and Anniverasry badge somewhere Chalky but was lost back in the day along side most of my memorabilia. Heart of England soul club stuff, wigan etc etc Steve

Chalky. St Ives, Cambridgeshire was a EASC nighter. The address for membership was 186 Casterton road. Stamford . Lincs at a cost of 50p Steve

Thank you kind sir.  it was bloody cold on the fingers, the wind was blowing a gale. Which unfortunately is not visible in the pictures. Steve

Good Evening Peter. Me to mate. Filled them all today. And just as important gave them fresh drinking water. As you can see from the picture of the Swan the lake was mostly frozen over and its a large body of water which takes some freezing so winter is finally here and too stay for a while hopefully to get nature back in synchronization Steve

A couple of female Reed Buntings Steve

Swan Lake

Here's a few from me from today Nuthatch and Water Rail Steve

New one on me, proper old style northern instrumental. Steve

Cheers Stu. I,m good thanks mate. Hope your well steve

I remember a boot of it in the mid seventies on a blue label, sure it was blue. Steve

I would have said £600 to £800 in the real world but from what people are quoting in previous posts. what do I know Steve ( hasn't got a clue ) Smith

Record Dealers pay the entrance fee as any other punter would at nighter,s. Unless you happen to be a dealer at the major weekenders where tables can cost hundreds of pounds for the privilege just on the off chance that you sell a few tunes to cover table costs before any profit to yourself. DJ,s who sell at nighter,s don't normally get charged for the privilege of selling their tunes. Steve

Welcome back Barry. How's Warrington treating you . Did you know that it's a suburb of Widnes without the good rugby league team Steve