Madmandy

Where do I start? My mother ( noticed not many dads get mentioned as influencing their kids in this thread) and yet Djs are in a male majority Oh yeah my mother looked like a mod in the 60s (as was the fashion)in the photos we have of her. She went out with a chap called Hilton Valentine, he was a member of The Animals they practiced in The Hut in Holy cross wallsend Newcastle across the road from her house. These guys were heavily into their RnB and black soul music So I suspect she was influenced by them and what they sang ..She had in her record collection This is Soul /Otis redding LP( Mine now) also Al Green Desmond Dekker Sly and the family stone The Animals I love bright lights big city ( gone to my babys head) dusty springfield the foundations ..and so begins my journey I remember my first PE lesson at secondary school september 1975 we all had them cheesy lessons where you had to interpret the music ...first tune Build me up buttercup the foundations I loved that tune still do theres me enjoying every minute and the rest of the group tramping about like depressed elephants LOLOL I was 11. At the same time I joined the gymnastics club and both local youth clubs this is where the older kids come in, they did the djaying mainly so they played what they liked Kev Burke who kevH pointed out in my youth club pic did the vast majority of the djing at one of the youth clubs I attended. He worked in sid booths then HMV mansfield part time when he was young so got his hands on imports and also attended mecca an wigan I cant name one record that got me hooked really altho i remember Rita and the tiaras gone with the wind Reparata and the delrons Panic Dobie gray out on the floor Julien Covey A little bit hurt ine times out of ten (Always hated this ) to name but a few I had a large break when the palais packed up til 2002 when I noticed the TV ads playing stuff that was "familiar" and the dawning of OMG its northern soul Early 2003 we returned to the first "do" and since then have been attending nights all over regularly ever since Im still on a voyage of discovery as being quite young at the start of the scene missed out on all the taken for granted, played out oldies, a lot of you are now sick of hearing Im still dancing to them I love having a social life that revolves round this music again as it was short lived the first time around for me. hope you didnt fall asleep reading this Mand the happy soulie

Very rare I look at which Djs are booked at the venue some will be "residents" and others will be guests As you know I went to Barrow Hill the other month didnt even ask who was djing Just had a run out to a different venue that we'd not visited before A couple we regularly meet up with usually attend and we thought we'd call up their neck of the woods they ever went that night tho ! Mand

Hey yeah I bet you knew all the colectors if they came in the shop specially for those imports Kev Burke always bought and played his at our youthy! He was the DJ

Bugger I used to get that but Im sure i upgraded the player or my firewall settings or summat its worth a try!!!

I must apologise I named this thread all the notts soulies I forgot there were just as many leics soulies ( Debbie I can see you reading this ) and derby soulies Forgive me

hahahaha really not bad considerin I weigh 2 stone heavier my hair wasnt grey and I had no wrinkles LOL Gaz hasnt changed either has he??? ...sept hes 10 stone heavier 2 foot taller and has grey hair PMSL!!!!!!

Yeah he was always into his music I think hes management of course now Kev know anyone called Birkett???? my memory is a bit hazey but Im sure he was a soulie form over your way ...could be wrong tho also heard a tune Im sure it was big at palais not heard it for 25 years Wilbur walton jr / 24 hours of loneliness Brilliant! remember that ? https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Wilbur_Walt..._Loneliness.ram

PS hes the main reason Im into N/S hes the one who fed us all the youth club soul and when funk came a long he used to teach us the dances and wore hawaiian shirts ...great guy I see him now and again when he visits his family he lived on the same street as me growing up

OMG Kev Burke you knew him yeah it is mate he works in HMV in nottingham do you know his nephew Haydn?? the dj pete kettle? (same guy) mutton chops and braces used to go to awsworth with Paula a friend of his

TAKE THAT BACK!!!!! have you seen my husband????? You wouldnt be sayin that if you had

Never thought of doing that I wonder which soul artist keeps trying to sell me penis enlargement LOL

I have some of me wearin my fred perry circa my palais days I posted em on my facebook Kev H will recognise my hubby on them but he was only 15 at the time https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7002...mp;id=529833782 this is me see if you can access the album thru the link https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6897...mp;id=529833782 https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3189...mp;id=529833782

hahahaha Same here 5 foot and a fart! LOL shorty shortstuff shortarse inch high private eye to name but a few My nickname @ palais was Mrs Backflip can you guess why

could be mate he was tall and was very good mates with johnny, dean and another tall guy with cropped hair dont remember any names Im terrible!! it was naturally curly hair I remember him tellin us he never permed it ( when we were paying top cash for perms/demi waves) LOL

yep got to agree with you there its a great source of info even if you type in part of a name it finds stuff Mand

Thanks Andy C cmon eveyone wheres those old pics then??? Dawn?? didnt any of your crew carry a camera??? I remember carrying one but once I hit that floor it ever saw light of day!!!! LOL I hardly spoke to anyone either thats why no one remembers me apart from the local group I hung with and the odd few guys from mansfield/bilsthorpe/edwinstowe/clipstone who used to travel on the same bus even then some of them don't remember me sad really cos there are some great folks who we shared our youth with Cmon Andy get rootin!!!!! find those pics! Mand

actually Ive done 3 loads of washing put it out fetched it back in painted all the coving in my new kitchen done some fillin etc etc what have you been doin all day ??????lazyarse!!! btw I never switch this off I might look like Im here but Im not !! oh yeah just made Garys snap for tomoro

I know a leg pull when I see one! Btw were they the 2 flat capped characters? all they need is a whippet each round here theyd fit right in LOL

Great pic Bridget strange mixture of outfits the people are wearing some look 60s some look 80s do you know when the pic was taken? Mand

Dawn have you clicked the link to see the ballroom its beautiful but the floor is only half the size which is quite sad bet you'd have tickets if there was a reunion eh? Mandxxxx

while Ive been busy today Ive had the soulclub.org juke box playing in the background playing on random It just dragged this from the murky depths of my memory 24 hours of loneliness / Wilbur Walton Jr brilliant!! Never heard it played this time round Anyone else play the juke box on random? Mand

James coit / black power V sam williams /love slipped through my fingers are these the 2 tunes you refer to? I like both of em just had a listen but as I said Im a vinyl heathen ..I just like what I like Mand

Coops you know I have a limited knowledge of vinyl can you explain the significance please? what did it mean to you ? Mand (vinyl heathen)