General Chat

Hi Emms its just Bobby's voice that gets on me boombooms but I cant
have everything....... :-D :-D :-D

Sheridan Smith is brilliant <3

That was great tonight Mersey, loved it :-D <3

Thats me gone now......love it :-D :-D :-D <3 <3 <3 <3

Im just looking and listening to some Cilla youtube clips, ive never seen ...

Some of her clothes were/are gorgeous especially her dresses......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lQOJxBDV5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykd7172CUeA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aiKP49yWeQ

No not so far but you have to give things a chance :-)

and me Mersey. Emma didn't you like it last week ??

If she sings Anyone Who had a Heart tonight thats me gone
and Alfie too :-D :-D <3 <3

Hope it is better this week :-)

Cilla is back tonight :-)

Glad to hear you had a great time. Must be tiring for you.

Don't mind do any searching that you might want....just ask.

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Just come in from my band practice.....good night with our lady singer who sings a bit like Otillie Paterson.

Looked at your links and the one on 1950 isn't us,but strangely enough,Ted Calvert used to come to jazz clubs and had a sing with various bands ,but he did join us on a lot of gigs and I have an LP we recorded with him singing at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester.he also came to the Cavern sometimes ....he was a character but never knew he was the brother of Eddie Calvert.

He joined us when we were the Crescent Jazz Band and now it has made we wonder did he influence us being called The Collegians?.it was our agent Paddy McKiernan who wanted us to change the name to play 1920s style music..or so we were lead to believe..hence the striped blazers and straw boaters.

On the other picture supposedly 1962....the picture certainly isn't that date .it is an old one they may have used.same front line and banjo ,different rhythm section.before I joined in late 58.....anyway ..all very interesting.

I copied the pic of the Geoff Wilde one and sent it to California to Denis ...trumpeter who is feeling sad at playing his last gig last week over there.
There comes a time when we have to realise that it gets too much...it's not the playing ...it's transporting instruments...unless you have a roadie!

I never had that problem as all the pianos were in situ...acoustic but not always in tune...I now have a digital stage piano and more mikes are used these days.

Anyway,I must thank you again for getting all this info.
I've looked up a few things,but mainly used the Jazz North West site which is wonderful and all one mans work and hobby.

Feeling nostalgic now!!!????!




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It is Mersey.

Brenda is part of Jazz History.... :-D

Im enjoying reading this Mr M thank you for posting :-)

Not sure whether you have seen this Brenda. Before your time I think, nice to see pics though....... :-D

http://solobeatlesphotosforum.freeforums.org/16-march-1962-uk-cavern-club-liverpool-evening-t8523.html

If you're interested Brenda.

http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/artefact.php?&aid=5928&pageid=6&like=iqhbmkhhotrloa7ql42kpmbl42

The Collegians Brick in the Wall........ :-D

http://www.thebeatlesinmanchester.co.uk/page12.htm

Good heavens Mr M your detective work is spot on!...bet your tree is huge!

I do post occasionally on Fred's site and I look in very often on his news page and have found a lot of my old friends ,and news of them on there...it is such a good one for keeping up to date and I am in contact with a number of them....these days there are a lot of obits unfortunately.

I'm back into playing again after a long spell of caring..got a practice tonight with other oldies..got a seventy odd year old lady singer who is coming for the first time....life in us yet.....got to keep going! :-D

Just read your post in Jazznorthwest, very interesting.

And a pic too..... :-D

http://www.jazznorthwest.co.uk/reminisc.htm

(It's about 2/3rds the way down the page)

Must have been great times Brenda.

Must be bringing back so many memories Brenda :-) :-) <3

Just had a closer look at the picture of Geoff Wilde with the Collegians.
The original front line only had trumpet,trombone and clarinet and Geoff joined in on 2nd trumpet.
The one I am still in contact with is trumpeter on the right...must send him that link.
Trombonist died about 6 years ago and his brother is the clarinettist.