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1972, what a year It was full of fighting, fashion and gear It was the odd pint of Double Diamiond & Ben Truman beer It was Boro's hangouts The Metho, The Bell and Oak It was French Blues and the way we choked It was Terrace culture with kick to kill It was being one step ahead of the Old Bill It was Terry Jacks and "season in the sun" It was "we've got Cobblers on the run" It was the SelectaDisc list arriving by post It was ringing Arkwright Street so you could boast It was meeting at 6pm for a journey to Bletsoe It was wondering how 8 would fit into an Austin Allegro It was blokes from up North who told us about this club in Stoke It was Eddie Din who said "lets go up there they seem nice folk" It was me Terry and Vheat who went up there on Feb 10th 1973, The rest is as they say " History" 36 years on its time to go back Can't wait for 1pm under the Plaque

Warning...... If you start talking to Barmy Barry, do it as far away from the bar as you possibly can or trsut me you'll be £2-50 worse off PS ask him if he has any story's about Lulu?

please note I've had a tel con this evening with one of the afternoon dj's who was unaware that there will be no break between 6 and 7-30 as per the origonal tickets, we are now 2pm to 12 midnight staright through as the dj rosta below, please if possible fwd on to those that you know have tickets... 1pm The Hose Street meet up...for those that want to, Jez, Malc and myself will be under the Torch Plaque Hose St Tunstall, (the site of The Torch) for a team photo, silly handshakes and just one more chance to drive the local residents bonkers, then at 1-45pm a 5 min stroll to The Ryan Hall-Tunstall, (EDIT - LOOKS LIKE 150 WILL TURN UP) 2pm to 6-30..."Torchites Together", 9 ex Torchites who will be digging deep and hopefully pull out some Hose St gems that have all but been forgotten. 2 to 2-30 Ozz 2 -30 to 3 Swish 3-to 3-30 Poke 3-30 to 4 Tony Dellar 4- 4-30 Ian Cunliffe 4-30 to 5 Chris Lalor 5 to 5-30 Nige Brown 5-30 to 6 Paul Donnelly 6- 6-30 Pat Wallace 6-30 to 7 Chris Porters (Martyn Ellis's son) 7 to 7-30 Kev Roberts and Alan Day 7-30 to 8-30 Blue Max and Barmy Barry 8-30 to 9-30 Colin Curtis 9-30 to 10-30 Dave Evison 10-30 to 12 Ian Levine

STELLA i had a similar problem with Germany sent 100 eros over concealed International signed for and I paid insurance on contents, it never arrived. Made a claim, Royal Mail actually wanted me to prove where the £100 had come from giving photocopies of my bank statements. The cash was from my show box howevever I did prove that I took out £100 4 days before, they then said they wouldn't riemburse as I you should not send cash...after 14 months I got my money back, in the meantime I paid again for the record I had won on ebay and when it arrived it was a boot..LOL

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THE MOMENTS - BABY I WANT YOU -- HOG RECORDS VG (A MUMBER of SCUFFS BUT PLAYS LOUD AND FINE ETC( HENCE £900) RICHIE ADAMS==I CAN'T ESCAPE FROM YOUR -- CONGRESS WHITE PROM vg+ £300 WOL LITTLE RICHIE – JUST ANOTHER HEARTACHE SOUND STAGE £500 THE MIDNIGTERS == YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME CRY - WHITTIER -- £500 VG++ THE BLUES BUSTERS == CANT BELIVE THAT YOU'RE GONE -- BRA £300 THE TEMPTONES==GIRL I LOVE YOU -- ARTIC WHITE PROMO vg £275 ERNEST MOSELY == STUBBORN HEART -- LA CINDY VG+ (flip side knackerd) £450 THE INTROS == STOP LOOK AND LISTEN -- JAMIE (very rare white promo SOL) m- £200 THE CAUTIONS == NO OTHER WAY -- SHRINE M- -- £700 ELLUSIONS == YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE ME -- LAMON M- £500 THE HOUSTON OUTLAWS == AINT NO TELLING --WESTBOUND WHITE PROMO £350 ARCHIE BELL == A THOUSAND WONDERS -- 7" SPANISH ATLANTIC £125 THE INOVATIONS - STAY ON THE CASE - HIT SOUND..LABLE WEAR £20 MICKEY MOONSHINE - NAME IT YOU GOT IT DECCA BLUE £30 EYES OF BLUE - HEART TROUBLE - USA DERAM PROMO £40 THE FLAMINGOS - BOOGALOO PARTY - IMPORT PHILIPS £15 THE ETHICS - LOOK AT ME NOW - VENT £25 Ist come first served, all prices qouted include reg anywhere in the world. no pm's or trades, full refund if not happy. All orders via email PaulDonnellyBP

first time Ive heard Billy Joe Royal since Vava's.

he say YES!!!! to the Torch Reunion at The Ryan Hall Tunstall 24/10/09 Massive thanks to Kev Roberts for sorting this, can't wait to see one of the all time great Northern Soul DJ's again.

Not telling Grandma how to suck eggs however it wouldn't be a bad idea if you left an email addy as lots who are coming on the 24th view soul source but don't log on therefore unable to use PM facility. If you post it here I'll send it out to the Torch Ticket database. PD

For me....NF PORTER - Keep on keeping on For a mate ...HIGH KEYS - Living a lie

sorry to Hijack the thread but I need to get message to Mr Brown answer your fekkin emails or PM's

no pun meant however has anyone ever danced to Gloria Jones - HEARTBEAT? I look for my ventolin just thinking about it..

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I;ll have em Barry...PLEASE.

LOL. Been to our local Primary School today

Carms can you pm me the ebay link once you've put em up there as I'll email it those on our standby list who don't subscribe to SS. Many thnaks.. Ps has nige sorted his 30mins out yet??? lol

with 34 day left until Tunstall ‘rocks again’ to 10 hours of Torch records it is with some disappointment that we feel the need to reply to rumours, rumours and even more bloody rumours regarding THE TORCH REUNION 1-The Torch Reunion is being held at The Ryan Hall - The Boulevard - Tunstall - Stoke on Trent ST6 6DW and has NOT been moved to the Sneyd Arms Hotel Tunstall apparently due to poor ticket sales. Only last week Jez had a one hour meeting with the Ryan Hall committee to ensure we are all singing from the same hymn sheet come the 24th Oct 2009. We have been sold out for EIGHT months, there are NO tickets available, please don’t travel to The Ryan Hall if you have no ticket. 2-It has also been suggested by some that Ian Levine is calling the shots dictating what others can and should play etc, etc Please clear out your lugholes and listen.... BOLLOCKS, COMPLETE AND UTTER BOLLOCKS. He like the other dj's are fully aware of what the day is about its not about Ian Levine its not about Malc Burton, its not about Colin Curtis its about YOU who made The Torch the awe-inspiring venue it became. It would naive not expect some duplications of records during the evening session however to compensate our first 5 hours of entertainment will be supplied by well known collectors who had the privilege to have visited The Torch as paying punters, they've been asked to dig deep and play some of those underplayed/forgotten Torch records, some of which may be completely new to some ears The afternoon boys have all picked three records that they want to play within their thirty minute sets which they have shared with each other to avoid possible duplication, I guess this is possibly where the "someone’s calling the shots" rumour has possibly come from. The DJ;s have one brief...PLAY TORCH RECORDS!! End of FACT. 3-Finally we understand that someone is considering a similar themed soul night close to The Ryan Hall on the same night, if he does indeed go ahead Malc, Jez and myself sincerely wish him all the best, in fact if he would like to email us we’ll send him over a list of names and email addresses of 46 people from all over the UK who are on the Torch Reunion Ticket standby list who I’m sure would be delighted just to be part of the “Tunstall feeling” that night even if it is at another venue For those of you out there who are unaware of what Charity’s will benefit from the Torch Reunion @ The Ryan Hall please feel free to visit our website https://dkof.freewebpages.org/Torch%20reunion/home.html In fact we've already made one donation to the FREEKICKS FOUNDATION For those out there who are lucky enough to have tickets and are planning to meet up at HOSE STREET @ 1300hrs at the site of the old Torch read on...... As the Ryan Hall is in close proximity to Hose St we strongly advise you park up near to the Ryan Hall, the venue for the reunion. Ryan Hall is situated on the corner of The Boulevard and Wardell Street (which shows on street map link below as WAR ST) at the end of Wardel Street is a pay and display car park. This is chargeable @ £4 per day. And has places for 46 cars. https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=386316&y=351306&z=0&sv=st6+6dw&st=2&pc=st6+6dw&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf A 5min stroll back to Hose St the site of the Torch, head toward A50, go under the A50 via an underpass and you’ll be at Tower Square, The infamous Sneyd Arms Hotel will be on your right. What’s on street map as HS above TOWER SQ is in fact Hose Street, take a right off Tower Sq after the Sneyd Arms into Forster Street, then first Right into Phoenix Street and Hose St and what was the entrance to The Torch is at the bottom. DIRECTIONS to Tunstall from the M6 M6 Motorway Junction 15, follow the A500 (Queensway) to the A527 to Tunstall. Follow signs to Tunstall District Centre. Tower Square and The Sneyed arms is on your left,, up to Roundabout take 4th exit onto A50 the first Left into A527...The Ryan Hall is 100M down that road on Right Hand side From A50 south, go to the A500 (Queensway). Turn right (northwards) and follow the above. Address Inc Post Code for THE RYAN HALL THE BOULEVARD – TUNSTALL ST6 6DW Address Inc Post Code for THE SITE OF THE GOLDEN TORCH – HOSE ST – TUNSTALL ST6 5AL DJ TIMES 2 to 2-30 Ozz 2 -30 to 3 Swish 3-to 3-30 Poke 3-30 to 4 Tony Dellar 4- 4-30 Ian Cunliffe 4-30 to 5 Chris Lalor 5 to 5-30 Nige Brown 5-30 to 6 Paul Donnelly 6- 6-30 Pat Wallace 6-30 to 7 Chris Porter (Martyn Ellis’s son) 7 to 8 Blue Max and Barmy Barry 8 to 8-30 Kev Roberts 8-30 to 9-30 Colin Curtis 9-30 to 10-30 Dave Evison 10-30 to 12 Ian Levine PLEASE NOTE..THE RYAN HALL SECURITY MAY CARRY OUT RANDOM BAG CHECKS FOR ALCOHOL ETC, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN NO ENTRY...sorry I still have 7 seats left on; THE NORTH CAMBS/SOUTH LINCS JOLLY BOYS OUTING THE TORCH REUNION TUNSTALL STOKE ON TRENT OCTOBER 24 2009 DEPART WHITTLESEY MARKET PLACE @ 9-30AM prompt DEPART PETERBORO EBENEEZERS CAR PARK @ 9-45 AM prompt DEPART STAMFORD FC WOTHORPE ROAD @10-AM prompt PRICE £20 PER HEAD PAY ON THE DAY CASH. If there is anything that needs clarifying with regards to the above please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned via this forums PM facility, its good to talk. Paul Donnelly Malc Burton Jez

Thelma Houston - Mowest 7003 includes I aint going nowehere and the sublime No Ones gonna be a fool forever £25 Eddie Floyd - STAX SXATS 1023 includes the orgasmic Thats all £15 The Four Seasons Import includes the Casion Monster I'm Gonna Change £20 Post and pack £4 email PaulDonnellyBP@aol.com

THE MOMENTS - BABY I WANT YOU -- HOG RECORDS VG (A MUMBER of SCUFFS BUT PLAYS LOUD AND FINE ETC( HENCE £1000) RICHIE ADAMS==I CAN'T ESCAPE FROM YOUR -- CONGRESS WHITE PROM vg+ £300 WOL THE MIDNIGTERS == YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME CRY - WHITTIER -- £550 VG++ JESSE DAVIS == GONNA HANG ON IN THERE GIRL ERA ORANGE DEMO £950 THE BLUES BUSTERS == CANT BELIVE THAT YOU'RE GONE -- BRA £200 THE TEMPTONES==GIRL I LOVE YOU -- ARTIC WHITE PROMO vg £300 ERNEST MOSELY == STUBBORN HEART -- LA CINDY VG+ (flip side knackerd) £500 THE INTROS == STOP LOOK AND LISTEN -- JAMIE (very rare white promo SOL) m- £200 THE CAUTIONS == NO OTHER WAY -- SHRINE M- -- £800 ELLUSIONS == YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE ME -- LAMON M- £600 THE HOUSTON OUTLAWS == AINT NO TELLING --WESTBOUND WHITE PROMO £400 ARCHIE BELL == A THOUSAND WONDERS -- 7" SPANISH ATLANTIC £150 THE WOODEN KNICKELS -NOBODY BUT YOU VAULT WHITE PROMO £175 STEVE MANCHA - FRIDAY NIGHT - GROVESVILLE - wol £290 CAPREEZ - HOW TO MAKE A SAD MAN GLAD - S SOUND WHITE PROMO £80 BOBBY TAYLOR - ROSES SOMEWEHER - SUNFLOWER £70 all items postage paid uk, euprope add £4, sorry Email PaulDonnellyBP@aol.com

seems to me that the current northern 'rare' 'underplayed' 'new stuff' 'dube scene' has gone full circle. 40 years ago 1969 most teens got there fix of soul at their local FRIDAY/SAT Soul night while those that wanted that extra 'buzz' travelled to be part of 'that' scene. Same as, same as

DANNY DANIELS -- PETERBOROUGH -- 1975

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