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Post by bigjohnritchie on Mar 17, 2016 22:48:49 GMT
Did he really ? It was one of my favourite grounds that I played on .......years ago now of course when the road outside was lit by gas lamps Yep ....and all the wooden coal trucks at Chatterley Whittfield . Im pretty sure that Gary Sobers played there as the pro in the sixties too .... Sobers was a professional at Great Chell for a season. My father, a coal miner for 47 years, was hit by a coal truck and chain at Chatter Whitfield. Lucky to walk again , spent months at the Miners rehabilitation home at Betley Edit; I will bow down to Bish's knowledge on thus , Sober at Norton , West Hall at Chell
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Post by mumf on Mar 17, 2016 22:53:05 GMT
Yep ....and all the wooden coal trucks at Chatterley Whittfield . Im pretty sure that Gary Sobers played there as the pro in the sixties too .... Sober was a professional at Great Chell for a season. My father, a coal miner for 47 years, was hit by a coal truck and chain at Chatter Whitfield. Lucky to walk again , spent months at the Miners rehabilitation home at Betley You're a piggin star....I knew you would come good if I waited long enough .....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2016 22:57:41 GMT
Gary Sobers was pro for Norton but Wes Hall who was the fastest bowler in the World at that time was pro for Great Chell , they used to say his run up started at the sight screen ! I think I've had this conversation before with someone on here and I might be wrong , but I honestly thought he played for Chell too . It was before my time so I'm not sure . I do know he played for Norton tho ' .. It may have been me ! I'm pretty sure Sobers did not play for Chell , he played for Norton for a number of seasons before leaving to play County Cricket for Notts. in around 1968 , but I'm not saying you are wrong I could be mistaken
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Post by bigjohnritchie on Mar 17, 2016 23:03:53 GMT
It's funny how certain things stick in your mind forever. I can picture the Miners home in Betley like it was yesterday. By the 1960s, under the management of North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, the house had become Betley Rehabilitation Centre for injured miners and other casualties, such as people involved in motorbike accidents. Read more: www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Way-Appeal-memories-Betley-Court/story-27725897-detail/story.html#ixzz43Ch6HA5V Follow us: @sentinelstaffs on Twitter | sentinelstaffs on Facebook
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Post by bigjohnritchie on Mar 17, 2016 23:05:40 GMT
It's funny how certain things stick in your mind forever. I can picture the Miners home in Betley like it was yesterday. By the 1960s, under the management of North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, the house had become Betley Rehabilitation Centre for injured miners and other casualties, such as people involved in motorbike accidents. Read more: www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Way-Appeal-memories-Betley-Court/story-27725897-detail/story.html#ixzz43Ch6HA5V Follow us: @sentinelstaffs on Twitter | sentinelstaffs on Facebook What's that got to do with the Small Faces? If you want to talk about memories and the olden days, start a new thread.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2016 23:22:28 GMT
Yep ....and all the wooden coal trucks at Chatterley Whittfield . Im pretty sure that Gary Sobers played there as the pro in the sixties too .... Sobers was a professional at Great Chell for a season. My father, a coal miner for 47 years, was hit by a coal truck and chain at Chatter Whitfield. Lucky to walk again , spent months at the Miners rehabilitation home at Betley Edit; I will bow down to Bish's knowledge on thus , Sober at Norton , West Hall at Chell I was pretty certain I was right about Sobers John , I will mention that Chell had a professional around that time called Trevor Goddard who,later went on to become Captain of South Africa .....he played one season and broke the league record scoring well over a 1,000 runs at an average of about 95 as well as taking 60 odd wickets a performance that Sobers himself would have been hard pressed to match .
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2016 23:23:18 GMT
It's funny how certain things stick in your mind forever. I can picture the Miners home in Betley like it was yesterday. By the 1960s, under the management of North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, the house had become Betley Rehabilitation Centre for injured miners and other casualties, such as people involved in motorbike accidents. Read more: www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Way-Appeal-memories-Betley-Court/story-27725897-detail/story.html#ixzz43Ch6HA5V Follow us: @sentinelstaffs on Twitter | sentinelstaffs on Facebook What's that got to do with the Small Faces? If you want to talk about memories and the olden days, start a new thread. Guilty as charged !
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 17, 2016 23:27:35 GMT
Steve Marriott is one of my heroish chaps. Though he was only 4 foot four and a fag butt he could still belt a tune out and had plenty of magmatism about him.
If folk don't respond to a gentle morning awakening... then this goes on full tilt.
Good kitchen dancing material:
please, one sugar....
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Post by pretzel on Mar 18, 2016 12:21:52 GMT
Reading that 'Packet of Three' played at The Wheatsheaf makes me very jealous indeed of those that got chance to see the immense talent that was Steve Marriott close up in such an intimate venue. To my great regret, I never saw him play live at all but loved The Small Faces and Humble Pie. My only consolation is the handful of DVDs I have managed to acquire of SM playing live, including the one which this was taken from.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2016 16:14:58 GMT
Sha la la la la lee. Didn't we use that as a Stoke song once? I know Citeh did.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Mar 18, 2016 16:33:29 GMT
Top Band!
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Post by Skankmonkey on Mar 18, 2016 16:35:12 GMT
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Post by Bagwash on Mar 18, 2016 17:43:30 GMT
I was doing my impression of Steve Marriott this morning in the kitchen, while listening to All Or Nothing. I love this track. Anyone else have any favourites that they like singing their heads off to? Without Steve Marriott, Paul Weller would have had a V short career Without Steve Marriott, Sir Paul from Woking would have still had a brilliant career,imho of course. Purchased this a while ago on dvd.A must buy for any Small Faces admirer. Excellent band.
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Post by bathstoke on Mar 18, 2016 18:03:16 GMT
Without Steve Marriott, Paul Weller would have had a V short career Without Steve Marriott, Sir Paul from Woking would have still had a brilliant career,imho of course. Purchased this a while ago on dvd.A must buy for any Small Faces admirer. Excellent band. Watching that, I remembered Get Yourself Together & recalled the ltd EP the Jam produced, recorded at their final concert, which contained GYT. Still stand by my statement, mindXx
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 18, 2016 23:14:13 GMT
Without Steve Marriott, Sir Paul from Woking would have still had a brilliant career,imho of course. Purchased this a while ago on dvd.A must buy for any Small Faces admirer. Excellent band. Watching that, I remembered Get Yourself Together & recalled the ltd EP the Jam produced, recorded at their final concert, which contained GYT. Still stand by my statement, mindXx I'm with Bagwash on this particular pop appraisal. Don't know why you're dissing the Wella Fella there Bath. It's fair to say Weller was influenced by The Small Faces, as he was The Faces, The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks, James Brown, Toots and all sorts. Similar Surrey swagger perhaps. The Jam was an amalgam of all that with a Punky updated twist. Don't think he'd ever claim to have the range to mimic Marriott's style. The Jam could have happened without there ever being a Steve Marriott, hypothetical of course. It's not just Steve Marriott fans who have contributed to Weller's 40 years at the top of pop, keep buying records, going to gigs hoping to see a Marriott facsimilie. There is no proveable correlation between the existence of Steve Marriott and the longevity of Paul Weller's career.
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Post by felonious on Mar 19, 2016 7:45:10 GMT
Watching that, I remembered Get Yourself Together & recalled the ltd EP the Jam produced, recorded at their final concert, which contained GYT. Still stand by my statement, mindXx I'm with Bagwash on this particular pop appraisal. Don't know why you're dissing the Wella Fella there Bath. It's fair to say Weller was influenced by The Small Faces, as he was The Faces, The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks, James Brown, Toots and all sorts. Similar Surrey swagger perhaps. The Jam was an amalgam of all that with a Punky updated twist. Don't think he'd ever claim to have the range to mimic Marriott's style. The Jam could have happened without there ever being a Steve Marriott, hypothetical of course. It's not just Steve Marriott fans who have contributed to Weller's 40 years at the top of pop, keep buying records, going to gigs hoping to see a Marriott facsimilie. There is no proveable correlation between the existence of Steve Marriott and the longevity of Paul Weller's career. Loved the early Weller solo stuff.....I thought he was trying to be Eric Clapton
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Post by heavysoul on Mar 19, 2016 9:46:13 GMT
Is it really a mosque now ? How sad it was an iconic venue , many top groups performed there over the years. It's a mosque or some sort of evangelical temple bish the last time I went by there . A lot of those old venues have gone . The Sundown in Edmonton was another one . Had some great nights there during the 70s Used to go to the George Robey around the corner from the Rainbow. The Rainbow was boarded up. Shame. But the Robey was also great venue.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Mar 19, 2016 11:22:17 GMT
I'm sayin' nowt about Weller. Bin down this road before and I like a quiet life.
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