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kestrelx · 03-09-2012, 21:14

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Originally Posted by keep the faith

Did it not remind you of the kid at school with the baggy pants???

It did a bit, why where you the kid with the baggy pants?

Where they all on pills like Black Bombers as no booze was sold in those dances apparently.

cashman · 03-09-2012, 21:22

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

It did a bit, why where you the kid with the baggy pants?

Where they all on pills like Black Bombers as no booze was sold in those dances apparently.

Well he was a mod.

Stevie R · 03-09-2012, 23:18

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

It did a bit, why where you the kid with the baggy pants?

Where they all on pills like Black Bombers as no booze was sold in those dances apparently.

Kes,

Keep the Faith was one of the top dressed mods in town,that baggy look you refer to was around but not cool.
Purple hearts and black bombers were for losers

kestrelx · 04-09-2012, 09:48

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Originally Posted by Stevie R

Kes,

Keep the Faith was one of the top dressed mods in town,that baggy look you refer to was around but not cool.
Purple hearts and black bombers were for losers

So where you a mod as well? I'm sure a guy called Mark Burroughs was part of that scene or maybe he was lying - remember his name? What was the look? Vest and parallels when dancing and a leather coat when out in the street?

I was trying to find Wigan's Chosen few on Top of the Pops but can' find it. Here's next best thing.

keep the faith · 04-09-2012, 19:16

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Originally Posted by Stevie R

Kes,

Keep the Faith was one of the top dressed mods in town,that baggy look you refer to was around but not cool.
Purple hearts and black bombers were for losers

Cheers for that Stevie, I think "Our Friend" is ten years after the event. By the time the baggy pants arrived on the scene I'd settled down and started my first mortgage.

churchfcrules · 04-09-2012, 19:21

i was doing a saturday night a few weeks ago dj/karaoke, whilst playing some northern soul, made a comment about "northern soul, its like Zumba for the over 50`s" the ones on the dance floor not that impressed, lol but everyone not dancing laughed

Stevie R · 04-09-2012, 19:50

[QUOTE=kestrelx;1012831]So where you a mod as well? I'm sure a guy called Mark Burroughs was part of that scene or maybe he was lying - remember his name? What was the look? Vest and parallels when dancing and a leather coat when out in the street?

Can`t say I know the name Kes but a face????

The look then was always changing for instance early 60`s ,Teddy Boys,Beatniks,Beatlemania.I wore Edwardian style jackets double breasted
and buttoning high to the collar.
Kipper ties,floral shirts,hipsters and flares into the 70`s
Platform shoes and Cossack hairspray!!
I personally never owned a pair of Levi`s,but when I wore jeans it was teamed up with cheesecoth shirts,a sort of nod to the cool hippy guys who were about.
Smart suits at weekend, always with a double vent in the jacket,big collar on my shirt,always a tie.
Never managed to own a leather coat but it was a good look.

And I never ever went to Wigan Casino...

Stevie R · 04-09-2012, 21:05

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Originally Posted by churchfcrules

i was doing a saturday night a few weeks ago dj/karaoke, whilst playing some northern soul, made a comment about "northern soul, its like Zumba for the over 50`s" the ones on the dance floor not that impressed, lol but everyone not dancing laughed

Remind me not to book you for my firm`s funday

kestrelx · 04-09-2012, 21:48

[quote=Stevie R;1013066]

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

So where you a mod as well? I'm sure a guy called Mark Burroughs was part of that scene or maybe he was lying - remember his name? What was the look? Vest and parallels when dancing and a leather coat when out in the street?

Can`t say I know the name Kes but a face????

The look then was always changing for instance early 60`s ,Teddy Boys,Beatniks,Beatlemania.I wore Edwardian style jackets double breasted
and buttoning high to the collar.
Kipper ties,floral shirts,hipsters and flares into the 70`s
Platform shoes and Cossack hairspray!!
I personally never owned a pair of Levi`s,but when I wore jeans it was teamed up with cheesecoth shirts,a sort of nod to the cool hippy guys who were about.
Smart suits at weekend, always with a double vent in the jacket,big collar on my shirt,always a tie.
Never managed to own a leather coat but it was a good look.

And I never ever went to Wigan Casino...

The guy at school used to go to Wigan Casino in the 70's and wore parallels, which were like equal width all the way up with a crease. No wonder they let him in as apparently they didn't sell alcohol there. Mark Burroughs used to go and was a drug user - black bombers etc, so he told me.

I am talking about the Wigan Casino folks who used to dance every weekend or whenever they could.

Stevie R · 04-09-2012, 22:02

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

The guy at school used to go to Wigan Casino in the 70's and wore parallels, which were like equal width all the way up with a crease. No wonder they let him in as apparently they didn't sell alcohol there. Mark Burroughs used to go and was a drug user - black bombers etc, so he told me.

I am talking about the Wigan Casino folks who used to dance every weekend or whenever they could.

Not my scene Kes sorry

Wynonie Harris · 05-09-2012, 17:05

Two completely separate scenes.

The 60's mod scene was all about the latest soul sounds from the USA and the sharpest threads. In Accrington, this meant picking up your Levis from the Army & Navy Stores and having your suit handmade at Ernie McNoes tailors on Blackburn Road with the correct pocket flap arrangement, cuff buttons, vent lengths and other details. Then, dancing to those soul records at Accy Disco on Whalley Road, Blackburn Stax Club and Burnley Mecca. Keep The Faith was indeed one of the top faces in town - Accy's answer to Sting in "Quadrophenia" (KTF, I'll be expecting a pint for this on Saturday

). Don't remember Stevie R (although I'd probably know him if I saw him), but his mate, Bobby, was also one of the top lads on the scene.

I went to Wigan Casino now and again during the mid-70's (as did Jaysay) and this was different. The music was obscure 60's sides that had never made it back in the day and ranged from brilliant soul sounds to total dross (think "Footsee"). Clothing styles were a far cry from the smartness of the mods with badge-covered singlets and 40" soul bags - not a very stylish look in my view. Amphetamine use was widespread, although I never touched them.

That's the way it was!

keep the faith · 05-09-2012, 20:30

Crikey Wyn, that's some testimonial. It's well worth a pint. By the way, do you do job references?

kestrelx · 05-09-2012, 20:40

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Two completely separate scenes.

The 60's mod scene was all about the latest soul sounds from the USA and the sharpest threads. In Accrington, this meant picking up your Levis from the Army & Navy Stores and having your suit handmade at Ernie McNoes tailors on Blackburn Road with the correct pocket flap arrangement, cuff buttons, vent lengths and other details. Then, dancing to those soul records at Accy Disco on Whalley Road, Blackburn Stax Club and Burnley Mecca. Keep The Faith was indeed one of the top faces in town - Accy's answer to Sting in "Quadrophenia" (KTF, I'll be expecting a pint for this on Saturday

). Don't remember Stevie R (although I'd probably know him if I saw him), but his mate, Bobby, was also one of the top lads on the scene.

I went to Wigan Casino now and again during the mid-70's (as did Jaysay) and this was different. The music was obscure 60's sides that had never made it back in the day and ranged from brilliant soul sounds to total dross (think "Footsee"). Clothing styles were a far cry from the smartness of the mods with badge-covered singlets and 40" soul bags - not a very stylish look in my view. Amphetamine use was widespread, although I never touched them.

That's the way it was!

Good post that sheds light on events - cheers.