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Hi Tony, I'm on the Wirral. Historically, Liverpool has never been a place for northern soul. I cut my teeth in The Mardi Gras on Mount Pleasant (now demolished), The Victoriana, Victoria Street and The Top Rank, where you could see artists like Edwin Starr, Arthur Conley , Jimmy Ruffin etc. Sometimes twice in the same night A group of us went to Wigan. The Ritz in Manchester and Blackpool Mecca, but there was nothing local. If you want to buy some cheapies then Pete Smith Northern Soul Sales on here and onFacebook is one of the best and you won't pay over the odds with him. The Tuff Love Soul Club in Liverpool and The Sink Club are both on here and facebook too and worth joining. They are both on Hardman Street and between them, play R&B, 60's and 70's quality music, rare or not. Good hunting Kev

A recent trip to Portmeirion with relatives over from Oz. The food is fantastic and everything is much improved since our last visit about 10 yrs ago, when it was looking a bit tired.

Had a great weekend on Anglesey and walked along the coastal path to Moelfre

I used to go to Mablethorpe for days out. I'm a Cleethorpes lad myself, Dave, so we used to go to my Nan's caravan in Humberston for the summer. Kev

Looks like the one they have in Nice, France Kev

Me too Dave, in a picture sleeve Fantastic record. I think she got a bit into oversinging later on and I think this is much more raw. Kev

A bit off thread but Heather Small at her Best and she looks so young Kev

Out last week with the wife, the eldest daughter and the dogs along Heswall Fields. The Dee estuary looking more like mud flats these days

Looking for a good clean copy. Please pm with price Thanks Kev

Haven't been out with the camera for a bit, but had a good day at West Kirby beach yesterday when my daughter and her friend hit the sands . If I could ride a horse this is how I would like to do it!

He's critically ill now, not dead, according to the BBC too!

What a sad day https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39500773

I have this version on cd (1991) that is the two versions spliced together. It starts off with the instrumental and then the vocals join in much later.

Always loved his version of this and I do like watching old Soul Train videos Kev

Ah English Nature. Now that's an organisation I have done battle with. Living opposite a SSSI. Designated as lowland heathland, it is being overrun by self seeded silver birch and ultimately they will give way to oak. The trees are are stunting the growth of the heathers and selfishly, from my perspective, eroding the view of the estuary and whilst EN accept this and are cutting trees down elswhere on the site, they won't cut them down in front of us. Despite us offering to pay for the work. I have negotiated with 4 different officers over 4 years and just at the point when I thought I was getting somewhere, they left or were re-posted to a different part of the country. I presume your great shame and disgrace was employing a Botanist, not the fact that you worked for EN

I have to say, I am very impressed Dave. Having been in this house for 22 years I've seen walkers picking the fruit and eating it and yet when questioned they haven't been sure what it was they were eating. My wife is a keen gardener, but her knowledge tends to be centred around flowers. I must have asked 20 people over the years and no one knew. Well done that man and Thanks. Kev

Thanks Dave, I already have one so I'm not looking to get another. My neighbour has a tree that is the same but it bears no fruit. Maybe PM me if you want to keep it a secret :-) Kev

Lovely Garden. You're just the person to help me identify my hedge. It's in flower now and will be full of fruit in the summer. They're like small plums, that start green then turn yellow, then reddish. Some say they are quince, but not sure about that. I'll put up some photos of the fruit when it appears. Thanks Kev

My office in Chester is in a converted barn and they come back every year. I will keep you posted with the date Almost without fail when it's warm we have the door open and one flies in. Always makes me smile when they have found their way hundreds of miles back to where they were born, but can't find their way out of a building that they've been in for 5 minutes. We have to pull all the blinds down and switch all the lights off so that the only source of light is the door they came in :-)

Oh to be in the Greek islands. Been almost every year for the past thirty years. I agree Dave, the small ones without an airport are the best. My favourite is Paxos below Kev

That last part of the last paragraph is excellent. Kev

Only one for me that has been with me before the term Northern Soul even existed Kev

Tamla T54231F is listed as being an unreleased Valerie Simpson Track called Genius II / One more baby child born. Kev

Thanks for putting that up. One of my all time favourites. Great to see them Kev

You shoudl try some of my local Wirral Gin, Pete! Its only £40 a bottle. We took some out to Australia at Christmas. Really nice but not cheap. Kev