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What can I say? I wasn’t one bit surprised by the success of the night - unlike Joan who (as she mentioned in the comments section) told me she had wondered if, after the long gap in Grumpy Soul events, anyone still wanted it!!! My answer to that wasn’t intentionally rude, but in retrospect could’ve been taken as such – “DER” I shouted probably too loudly…thankfully I escaped without reprimand. Intro waffle over – to sum it up all my expectations were met if not exceeded, a great crowd assembled in anticipation (and many a face I’ve not seen at Culcheth before) throw in a fantastic mix of high quality music all night, delivered with such craft by all the DJs, and what’s not to like? I have to say that I didn’t hear a single negative comment all night and many, many exclamations of high praise throughout, which speaks for itself. I should add it was a shame that Dave Welding couldn’t make it to complete the team of usual suspects, but hopefully he could be there next time if we can convince BazM to feature a repeat! (how do you add voting buttons?) Hopefully those who haven’t attended Culcheth previously will have realised just what a great venue this is and plan a return visit, well worth it as the ethos isn’t at all far removed from this wonderful instalment IMO. PS – apologies to the guys in the modern room I didn’t manage a visit but again heard lots of positive comments, so job done clearly.

Something about a bushel I heard Bob but I'm not sure we should be talking about a ladys bushel 😱

Another that did the same job for me......Kev Murph from his Grumpy set...not just a big hitter DJ... but I already knew that 👌 Something extra Grumpy brings is the opportunity to throw these gems in

One of my Grumpy memories that dragged me to the floor, slipped in with aplomb amongst a selection of the unobtainable and fitted so well....class is class, puts things in context nicely 💯

All part of the adventure - in years to come legend will tell of the fact that Grumpy Soul was a magical venue veiled in an invisible aura which only revealed itself to those who were meant to find it 😆

I was about to wax lyrical about last night's instalment at the Ukrainian when I received this message from my good friend Steve Smith and I thought it summed things up beautifully: Nearly every time I go the Ukraine club I come away thinking how good was that and how can they better it next time because it was so good then the following month just ups the level. Last night was one of those times, I really don't think that I heard a bad tune from 7.10pm when I got there until the very last record. Thanks Ste 👌

Simply can't wait - I'm well overdue a Grumpy injection...all references to a great lineup simply unnecessary and truly fantastic to see Mr Harkins tempted down from across the northern boarder.......NOT TO BE MISSED

I have to say we had a great night at the MVP's - myself and the other reprobates from Stockport included...once we'd battled through the roadworks on the M6 North of Preston we pretty much arrived in a timely fashion to hear Jamies' opening set. This was the 2nd time I've been asked to guest by the guys and enjoyed the whole night thoroughly - both musically and socially! If you're in the area, love a great mix of rare soul and haven't been yet it's well worth a visit Thanks again guys

Lookings forwards to another installment at the Ukrainian and a first time for my old pal Kev Murphy behind the decks.......well known for his superb collection of big hitters he also has a wealth of cracking lesser played tunes in the magic playbox which will surprise some! One track that I've always loved and hit me smack between the eyes when he DJ'd as a Grumpy Soul guest is this cracker... It's always great to share a bit of obtainable class and this will be a rare opportunity for Kev to dig around and cut loose

I'm sure Mrs Penn understands that any new purchase was a tenner anyway just like Mrs Ingham Chris