Pauldonnelly

BEHIND the white caravan is where the male bogs used to be Malc I've been back three times and on every occasion I look at the now car park and say "nah this ent right" Nige look bewildered at this small slab of space then again he always does

Its time to come clean... I'm just an ordinary northern soul bloke who 'loves' the UK Northern Soul Scene and everything it stands for. OK there are some shits out there but that's life. When Malc Burton (TOUNGE IN CHEEK) suggested via a private email "if Wigan Casino can have a reunion night in a shopping centre then can't we put up a tarpaulin on the Hose Street site and have a TORCH REUNION" I laughed out loud. We discussed the possibility of a reunion and on my Mam's wedding anniversary Feb 6 th 2009, I thought ""in for penny in for a f**kin pound" and decided to test the temp of the water via a Soul Source posting, 42 days later the 300 capacity event is a SELL OUT,. We are doing all we can to entice/bribe ALL the original dj's to come along for the evening session, the afternoon session is sorted, a 4 hour tribute to the Torch where those that were just patrons at the time can after all these years pay tribute to the small back street venue in Tuntsall and play their top 10 ten Torch Sounds of all time.. 2 to 2-30 OZZ - FROM STOKE 2-30 to 3 Swish FROM YORK 3-to 3-30 Poke FROM STAMFORD 3-30 to 4 Tony Dellar FROM CAMBRIDGE 4- 4-30 Ian Cunliffe FROM LOWTON 4-30 to 5 Chris Lalor FROM BELGIUM 5 to 5-30 Nige Brown FROM STAFFORD 5-30 to 6 Pat Wallace FROM WALSAL? The evening session is to be confirmed however IF what we believe may happen then boy's and girl's it will be a night to remember........ CONFIRMED ARE...........Blue MAX, DAVE EVISON, COLIN CURTIS plus two others, tbc It only remains for me to thank everyone; to name them would be impossible as there are too many.One thing for sure the Torch Lives on...Last Tuesday I visited the old Torch site with Nige Brown and Jez Jones, I took a few photos for Nige outside the plaque and then watched him walk about where the Torch used to stand, He looked around like I did thinking, "nah this wasn't the Torch" however his association with the Torch goes back further than my TWO excursions in 1973 and to that end can fully appreciate why someone so attached to the greatest NS venue of all time had a small tear in his eye. And a massive lump in his throat Oct 24TH the Torch Reunion...at last closure on my teenager years, thanks to everyone who has made it possible... x Cya all at the Torch Plaque, Hose St at 1300 hrs Oct 24th for the mother of Team Photos, the class of 72/73 lives on PD

roll on 24th October 2009... PD

he's a nice fellar, tad shy but wtf

he's on the bus

you wanna treat your Mrs to a new floor Jez, that pre twisted wheel mush.

as for the Fleet Soul Night in BoroLand...this is the cctv at 1am

Smudge trying to get home after the last Boro Right Track Soul Night...whos said everyone from The Boro is a piss head... this lasts for 2-37 watch the lot and weep...

we just like a drink and a drink and a drink and a drink and a drink and a drink and a drink and a drink and a drink Jonah and Skip have a dance off after the last Soul Ole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eGuKmfCSPs

Just had an email from Victoria Guest House 4 Roundwell Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 5JJ Phone: +44 (0)1782 835964, Fax: +44 (0)1782 835964 only two singles left inc full english £25 then its for the 24th October

THE TORCH REUNION OCT 24TH 2009 ONLY 14 TICKETS LEFT FROM THE EXTRA 50 WE GOT TUESDAY AFTER THAT IT'LL BE

thats fookin useless it would have been an Li150 at least

THE 2009 TORCH REUNION OCT 24TH 09 2PM TILL 6PM 7PM TO 12-15AM THE VENUE THE RYAN HALL THE BOULEVARD TUNSTALL STOKE ON TRENT TRENT ST6 6DW DIRECTIONS to Tunstall from the M6 North and South (1) From the South-- M6 Motorway Junction 15, follow the A500 (Queensway) to the A527 to Tunstall. Follow signs to Tunstall District Centre. Tower Square is on your left, you should know where you are now. ;~) (2) From the North--- M6 motorway Junction 16, take the A500, signposted Stoke. Take 2nd exit of A500 (sign-posted A34) to the large roundabout. Take 2nd exit, signposted Tunstall and Ravensdale (no road number). Turn right at mini roundabout to the Cottage public house, where the road divides into three. Take the middle road. You should know where you are now. ;~) (3) From A50 south, go to the A500 (Queensway). Turn right (northwards) and follow (1) above. CAR PARKING To the right of the Ryan Hall is Wardle St, drive to bottom 75m turn right into a large pay and display CAR PARK charging period is 6am to 6pm, for those arriving early for the Team Photo at the Site of the Old Torch/Hose street, if you park at the bottom of this car park you'll be able to see the Sneyed Arms across the dual Carriage way The site of the Torch is behind it, 3mins walk max.

Our Brothers and Sisters from Japan say "right on brother" or " 兄弟で右" Everytime I watch this it makes me laugh out loud...

CAPACITY 300 ~ ONLY 19 TICKETS LEFT... when they;ve gone. that's IT

this is a kosher photograph.. My mate who lives in Kimbolton and diamond FryOuter told us one day at a match that every Sunday for the prevous 7 weeks this helicopter would hover above his house for like 5mins he was convinced on two occasions that Fry was the passenger, so we went along with him and wound him up proper saying Fry does have a helicopter however due to his drink driving ban he can't fly his copter..."he's after you mel" Well next week I'll give the twat someting to look at...

you should have seen last nights Telegraph

The bloke working in my office has just picked me up off the floor PSML is that Alan Day and Tony Jebb? Been asked to post a photo of me nowadays so that people who attend know who I am, taken 30 secs ago...

Been to the Ryan Hall today...great venue very 70's feel to it even the bogs are Hose St personified, attempting to resolve a few issues re the dj's, fingers x should be able to confirm the evening dj line up by the weekend... Couple of things 1- the £7 ticket is for entry to both the afternoon and evening sessions 2- the special guest is NOT a live act and blood hell nearly forgot, WE GOT SOME MORE TICKETS Ive emailed everybody who was on the standby list this evening with the good news which means we have 35 tickets left, first come first served email PaulDonnellyBP@aol.com

sold mine to Pottsy for peanuts....

Topic closed....17-49 15th March 2009 anyone wanting any details contact PaulDonnellyBP@aol.com or Burtonmalc@yahoo.co.uk

My ultimate line up would be 7---ozz 7-30 to 8-30 Alan Day and Tony Jebb 8-30 to 9-15 Blue Max 9-15 to 10 Minsh 10 to 10-45 Curtis 10-45 to 11-30 SPECIAL GUEST 11-30 to finish Evo I'm more than happy to drop out just doing something no one else likes doing..

have you seen Neil lately Barry...he is wheelchair bound and has spech problems, we have something nive lined up for him mate but I refuse to embarras the bloke by putting him on a pedestal.

Agreed 101% Keith Minshull...refuses to do it Johhny Begs...away in New York Martin Eliss ..passed away Tony Jebb and Alan Day...on the case Pep...busy with hotel, send everybody his regards Colin Cutiss ...hes up for it. Ian Levine...away recording Blue Max....A Torch goer, personal freind and a dj who with Carl Dene took so many new discoveries to the Torch. We'll do the best we can, thats all we can do Barry

Barry, of course I didn't dj at the Torch I'm just playing a few records mate while people filter through the doors at 7-30, do you really think we could ask Colin Curtiss or Blue Max to do the graveyard spot, in the event things change and Alan Day and Tony Jebb can be cohersed to double deck for an hour I for one would be absolutley delighted to drop out, honest mate.