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Groups

It was a time when almost every street had a group! Every junior school class would have group members - my own pre-11 plus class had four guys that I know of that ended up in groups.
Travelling to bookings was not the easiest of things.  If there was a car owner in the family or street, you could be lucky and travel in style.  Otherwise, you took the gear on the bus or, as in my group's early days, on a handcart to local bookings.

The site does not, of course, list all the local groups.  We could make a list as some sites do but we prefer the site to be a read.  A read that reflects such incredible times.

Enoy, comment and add!

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59th Street Bridge (Burnley, Nelson and Colne) 5329
Absorbers (Nelson/Colne) 2250
Abstracts 4945
Admirals 5289
Agents 3092
Al Ritchie and the Invaders 5646
Alan Etchells 2199
Alan Haven 4832
Alan Prior 3925
Alan Vernon Set 3193
Albert Hilton and the Hotels (Rusholme) 6060
Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias 3655
Alby and The Sorrals (Liverpool) 2989
Alchemists Stone 2483
All-Blacks (Droylesden/Audenshaw) 3773
Altitude 4946
Ambassadors (Glossop) 2268
Amber World 2407
Angels (Littleborough, near Rochdale) 2248
Annie Haslam 3914
Annie Haslam (Bolton) 2470
Answers (Little Hulton) 6106
Apex Jazz Band (Rochdale) 2585
Archangel 2651
Art 'n' Soul 2536
Art 'n' Soul And The Wickeds (Oldham) 4324
Art Nouveau 10636
Assassins (Lockstock) 1731
Atlanta Roots 5136
Atlantics (Burnley) 454
Atoms 1083
Attic 1565
Avengers 3237
Axis (Stockport) 5342
Barclay James Harvest (Oldham) 4856
Barnaby Rudge 4208
Barry and the Horizons 2223
Basix 2535
Beat Boys 3974
Beat League 4181
Beat Street Runners (Hadfield) 3872
Beatmakers 2740
Beatmakers (Bury) 2448
Beatones (Rochdale) 3293
Bernard Herrmann and the N.D.O. 16212
Big City Blues 3747
Big City Soul Band 4881
Big Sound aka Fat Sound 3407
Big Wheel 4358
Billy Atom and the Fallouts (Barnoldswick) 2711

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