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Subject: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST,Les the thread jumper Date: 06 Apr 03 - 04:02 AM I hope you won't mind mentioning Chorlton Folk, Thursdays, South West Manchester Cricket Club, Ellesmere Road, Chorlton. Manchester UK Or maybe The International Festival of Dance, Sunday May 4, Free in Longford Park, Stretford/Chorlton. Manchester UK? |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Bernard Date: 06 Apr 03 - 05:57 AM Yo! Les! Go, man, go! Your own thread at last! Good on you! Erm, whilst I'm 'ere... the Open Door at Failsworth, and the Railway at Heatley.... hee hee hee!! |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST Date: 06 Apr 03 - 12:11 PM Bernard, a man after me own heart, and a demon accordion player unless I am mistaken? Thanks for keeping my thread alive. But more, the Day of International Dance, Song, culture and such, will be followed by an evening of Music, song, poetry and the sawing in half of live volunteers,not to mention Fire Eating, in Longfords, the Social Club in the Park. |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Harry Basnett Date: 06 Apr 03 - 01:06 PM Starts a thread and the man goes mad....... Hmm......nearly time to get ready for the Open Door.... All the best.......Harry. |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Bernard Date: 06 Apr 03 - 02:29 PM Curses! Rumbled! Yes, Les, the very same! Keep the threads alive! This lighthearted banter does no harm to anyone, and publicises our events! See yer shortly (no, I didn't call you Shorty!)!! |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Joan from Wigan Date: 07 Apr 03 - 02:57 AM Les, I tried searching Google for information on the dance festival, and I came across a press release for last year's event on Trafford MBC's website: http://www.trafford.gov.uk/news/press/2002/04/celebrating_friends.htm There doesn't seem to be one for this year yet, but presumably the contact numbers will still be the same if people want to enquire? Last year's guest lineup looks pretty impressive, too - if there's the same quality for this year, it should be a good do! I'll add it to the Folkal Point list of Festivals (the Cricket Club's already in the main diary section). Joan |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST,Les the thread jumper Date: 08 Apr 03 - 01:37 PM Joan, thanks for the research! I have only recently become involved, so I cannot be sure of the details. The event is the daughter of so to speak, with a really interesting collection of Dancers, singers, musicians, artists, crafts people and all for the price of dragging oneself through the gate of Longford Park! An Evening Do is included this year in Longfords, the Club in the Park. It has a bar and the Do will be run by Jozeph Roberts and others from the Chorlton Folk Club. Who knows, even Bernard the demon accordianist might give us a turn. Cheers Les |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Harry Basnett Date: 08 Apr 03 - 01:57 PM Sunday...that's Open Door night... :0) |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Bernard Date: 08 Apr 03 - 03:43 PM If it's on in the afternoon, maybe... What's the program, Les? |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: John J Date: 09 Apr 03 - 08:35 AM Hello Bernard! Hello Harry! Hello Joan! Hello everyone else! JJ |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST,Diz Date: 09 Apr 03 - 01:42 PM Hi, JJ wot you doin' here?? Have you noticed Bernard and Harry are being extremely naughty?? Constantly mentioning THE OPEN DOOR on a SUNDAY NIGHT! Apologies to Les :0) and will be along to see you one Thursday night soon with my friend Helen J who happens to be JJ's Mum! Looking forward to it. Diz |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST,Les the thread jumper Date: 09 Apr 03 - 02:38 PM This is all good news folks. The International Festival is a 1. 00 - 6. 00 sort of do with 2 stages and people all over the Park. Some clog, some rapper, Cotswold then a range of Asian and African Dabcers. Singers equally as many and varied. A variety of art/craft and performance workshops but so far nobody has mentioned face painting! Last year thousands came. Fingers crossed for the sunshine. The Evening do is an addition. Fronted by Jozeph and others from Chorlton Folk Club (which meets on Thursdays at South West Manchester Cricket Club, Ellesmere Road, Chorlton). |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Harry Basnett Date: 09 Apr 03 - 04:43 PM Excuse me, Diz...but it was Les who started all this leaping about on other people's threads in the first place!!!! I don't know..you carefully cultivate a new and tender thread and nurture it with loving care and some bloke from Chorlton comes clomping all over it with his ruddy great boots on!!! Look what he's done to my' Newfoundland to Manchester'!!! |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Bernard Date: 09 Apr 03 - 07:32 PM Ummm... Diz, am I correct in understanding that the Open Door is on Sundays?! Oh, and I think the Railway at Heatley is on Thursdays, too - we've got John Kirkpatrick tonight (Thursday April 10th!). Hee hee! May just make it to the Park for the festival... |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST Date: 10 Apr 03 - 02:43 PM Yep, Bernard--- Open Door on Sunday's and Railway on Thursdays--can't make tonight though--have a good one :0) Well I'll go to our house, Harry--never realised Les had jumped your thread for a bit of advertising!! Doh! Diz |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Bernard Date: 10 Apr 03 - 07:54 PM One good turn deserves another...! We've just had a cracking night with John Kirkpatrick at the Railway - he's our final guest at Extravaganza 5 in October at the Open Door, too! Oh yes... don't forget Chorlton... I'll get there some day! |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Les in Chorlton Date: 20 Sep 07 - 12:46 PM Came across this thread the other day, it seemed so much fun I thought I would breathe on it. Saturday 27 October, The Lloyds on Chorlton, As part of Oxjam: Madcap, The Ghyll Head Band, Dave Bishop, John Routledge and many others. It will be an excellent night, antbody interested? Cheers Les |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST,Mike Billington Date: 20 Sep 07 - 12:57 PM Is this the same famous Les Jones who's playing at the Lloyd's in Chorlton for the Oxjam night on 27th October? |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Les in Chorlton Date: 20 Sep 07 - 01:17 PM Dratts, famous at his own breakfast. |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST,Ray Date: 21 Sep 07 - 01:00 PM Is that the same famous Mike Billington who used to drop in at the Deanwater club in the late 70's - wasn't your band called Rebec or something like it? |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: breezy Date: 22 Sep 07 - 12:56 PM Please update , is there still a club in Chorlton? |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Les in Chorlton Date: 22 Sep 07 - 01:59 PM Chorlton Folk Club meets every Thursday at Southwest Manchester Cricket Club, Ellesmere Road, Chorlton. Lead by the one and only Jozeph Roberts. Floor singers guaranteed a spot. The 27 october Oxjam at the Lloyds is not really connected except that some us involved often sing at the Folk Club. And, in answer to Ray, yes the same Mike Billington was in Rebec, plays in The Madcap ceilidh Band who are a bit good. |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Giant Folk Eyeball (inactive) Date: 22 Sep 07 - 03:42 PM And of course, there'll be 'Dulcimer' in what used to be Quarmbys, which threatens to feature lots of live folk and acoustic music when it finally opens. Is Chorlton folk club worth trying, Les? I was led to believe it was all maudlin singer songwriters with rubbish relationships - and the odd person doing Morrissey on an acoustic guitar... have I been cruelly misled? Is there ever any traditional or tradition(ish) music? Cheers Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Mary Humphreys Date: 23 Sep 07 - 09:34 AM So Quarmby's stationery shop is dead? ( It is at least 5 years since I was in Chorlton, so I am well behind the times.) Who will be running the folk sessions there? Sounds to me like Chorlton is becoming the new folk music centre of Manchester. I really must drop in when I am passing to see what it is all about. Mary |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST,Ray Date: 23 Sep 07 - 11:06 AM Thanks Les - I seem to remember he had a folk column in the m/c evening news for a time - but that was also years ago. I don't think I've been to Chorlton since they extended to motorway to Stockport and the lat time I remember playing there was on bass drum with a brass band in the carnival! A bit remote from my usual instruments but the fiddler I was playing with at the time was their m.d. Ray |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Giant Folk Eyeball (inactive) Date: 23 Sep 07 - 11:08 AM 'Fraid so, Mary. It got taken over by Conrad Arts, who then moved to a slightly bigger shop between Woolies and the florists (the one that used to be a vacuum cleaner repairers)... Cheers Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Les in Chorlton Date: 23 Sep 07 - 12:06 PM The Folk Club does attract a disproportionate number of singer-songwriters many of which do have the class of McColl, Thompson or well pretty well anyone else. I try to sing tard songs and play tunes but I have to say something odd and amazing does happen from time to time but it is not often a folk song. Dulcimer looks like a great place and may have good beer but I suspect it will be lots of open mike singer-songwriter before you hear Sweet Primroses or a shanty, but who knows. Mike B did run an excellent radio prog on GMR butit was reorganised out of existance. See you all on the 27th? Cheers Les |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Giant Folk Eyeball (inactive) Date: 23 Sep 07 - 12:44 PM As I can virtually spit at the Lloyds from my house I have little choice but to attend! Cheers Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Les in Chorlton Date: 23 Sep 07 - 01:06 PM Excellent news Nigel! I sometimes feel an informal singaround in some small pub room in Chorlton coming on - what do you think? Could we collect a dozen or so who might sing some old songs and join in each others choruses? |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Giant Folk Eyeball (inactive) Date: 23 Sep 07 - 03:13 PM I'm up for it in principle, Les. However, my singing is such that I'd have to be one of those odd people who lurks in the background, humming... Cheers Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: MikeRebec Date: 23 Sep 07 - 03:17 PM Hi Ray It is I; Mike Billington. Nice to see someone remembers me. I did in fact play with Rebec. Bob Cross, who wrote the material, now lives in New Zealand but is interested to record a CD when he is over here some time so watch this space. I did in fact drop in to the Deanwater and played regularly at Poynton as well. Ah, heady days! As Les says, I currently play in MADCAP, a ceilidh band of nearly 25 years standing. We are doing a ceilidh in Chorlton at the Irish Club on Sat 1st December as a fund raiser and memorial to an ex-member, John Snelson. Hope all who knew John can make it and also those who did not. I also danced with Les in Gorton Morris Men, ran clubs at the Briton's Protection in Manchester and the Seymour in Chorlton, helped run The Manchester Folk Guide and presented and produced the folk programme on BBC Radio Manchester from 1984-1989. I seem now to be in semi-retirement but in addition to MADCAP I play in a foursome with Les called The Ghyll Head Band. See us at The LLoyd as part of the Oxjam thing! Mike Billington |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST,Dave Bishop Date: 23 Sep 07 - 05:26 PM "I sometimes feel an informal singaround in some small pub room in Chorlton coming on - what do you think?" Go for it, Les - great idea! |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Les in Chorlton Date: 24 Sep 07 - 03:42 AM If I found said small room would enough people / singers etc come? |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST,Dave Bishop Date: 24 Sep 07 - 05:08 AM I believe that I could persuade a few people, Les. A good trad. singaround venue has been missing from the S. Manchester scene for some while. |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Les in Chorlton Date: 24 Sep 07 - 05:16 AM I may have to visit several places to see what if anything is available |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Vin2 Date: 24 Sep 07 - 08:44 AM I reckon the centre of manchester could do with a good club too now that the Full Cirlce has had to move to Parkside (opposite back of Heaton Park) from the Hare & Hounds. |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Les in Chorlton Date: 24 Sep 07 - 10:45 AM I am sure you are right Vin, one problem is do people want to travel into the middle of town to a folk club and will they do it often enough to sustain a club. My feeling about Chorlton, where I live, is that enough people who have an interest in folk, live in walking distance to Chorlton. This is born out by 5 years of Chorlton Folk Club. I think some kind of small singers club could also be sustained where we could sing old songs and sing each others choruses. Perhaps once a month is a reasonable target? But first a room |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST,Ray Date: 24 Sep 07 - 12:54 PM Hi Mike I seem to have been in semi retirement for years! We actually started the club at the Deanwater in 1974 after resigning from the residency at Poynton. We ran it until Geoff Walt (wonder where he is now) took it over. I continued running the sound for him and branched out into sound for bands, shows and festivals. I haven't done that for years and nowadays I mainly play for my own amusement occasionally sitting in with the odd band. I remember playing at the Seymour although how long ago and why I can't remember. It sticks in my mind 'cos I remember running into Mike "Matchstalk Men" Coleman in the gents who had just finished playing a summer season in Blackpool. Ray |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: MikeRebec Date: 24 Sep 07 - 02:30 PM Great days Ray. I can't say I remember you unless you give me a few more details, eg your surname,who did you play with, band etc? Goff Walt also ran the Heaton Moor Rugby Club Folk Club, another good club. Don't know where he is now; if yo are out there Goff log in! I do remember Mike Coleman came to the club occasionally; a really nice bloke. |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: John Routledge Date: 24 Sep 07 - 03:49 PM Once a month sounds spot on Les. The monthly sings I visit are generally lively with great songs and singing with a minimum of instruments. If they were weekly I doubt if they would have survived. As importantly I feel Chorlton is a good location for a singer's night in view of it's catchment area.Looking forward to the opening night :0) |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Les in Chorlton Date: 24 Oct 07 - 09:42 AM Just a quick reminder to all those in travelling distance: Thursday 25 October, 9.00 - 5th Anniversary Chorlton Folk Club Southwest Manchester Cricket Club, Ellemere Road Chorlton Manchester Saturday 27 October Folk Oxjam, 8. 30 The Lloyds Hotel, Wilbraham Road, Chorlton, Manchester The Ghyll Head Band, Madcap Ceilidh Band, Dave Bishop, John Routledge, Olga Adigu, Keith Hancock Free entrance with a collection for Oxfam |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST,Ray Date: 24 Oct 07 - 12:27 PM Hi again Mike - entirely forgot this thread - if at all, you would probably remember me sat on the sound desk at the back of the room! Didn't play there that often. Geoff ran the club at the Heaton Moor Rugby Club before taking over the Deanwater venue from Ian Stuart (now I believe deceased). Thereafter he moved the venue to the Belfry in Handforth before retiring to open a restaurant in Bude. We're talking nearly 30 years ago here. Geoff certainly managed to persuade some big names to perform, Ralph MacTell, Jasper Carrott and Gorden Giltrap to name but two! I've not heard from him in years. Ray |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Les in Chorlton Date: 24 Oct 07 - 12:46 PM Some of them were after a floor spot on Sattrday at the Lloyds but we are a bit full up! |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: GUEST Date: 25 Oct 07 - 04:29 AM Hi Les, What memories were stirred up by this thread! We used to attend nearly all those places mentioned - heady days when we were spoilt for choice as to which club to go to! I actually met Bob (8 pints) at the MSG and our first date was Poynton! I used to live about 25yds from the Seymour so were regulars there. Mind you, I was too timid to sing in those days - that seems a long time ago! Hope to make it on Saturday and we are definitely up for a regular singaround. We haven't really found anything since the Ducie sessions came to an end when the Pub was refurbished. See you then, Sue vG |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: Les in Chorlton Date: 25 Oct 07 - 05:05 AM We lived just by the Seymour when Mike Billington ran his club there. Mike will be a big part of Saturday night. Lets hope for a good turn out! Cheers Les |
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Subject: RE: Folk in Chorlton, Manchester, UK From: 8_Pints Date: 28 Oct 07 - 01:41 PM Very enjoyable it was too! Congratulations Les and friends for organising such an entertaining event full of "home-grown" talent. Bob vG |
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