Litherland Town Hall 1960s

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Morris Minor
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Hi I am looking for photos, posters, information relevant to the rock nights staged at Litherland Town Hall particularly in 1960 that can be downloaded and shared. I am new to this group so apologies if items have been previously posted.
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The Beatles Litherland Town Hall 1960s
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https://www.beatlesbible.com/1960/12/27 ... liverpool/
Cheers Joe.
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Taken in the Litherland Town Hall me on the left and Alan McCullough (rip) 1966 ish.
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Dan
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Part of Litherland Town Hall stage auctioned off in 2016.

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February 1961

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Liverpool Echo September 6 1961

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Thursday night queue at Litherland Town Hall

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Love these photos of when Nana was 17 going on 18 . Thanks for posting Bob and everyone .?
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What wonderful memories this post has brought to me.

Loved going to Litherland Town Hall on a Thursday night.

What a great selection of groups we listenened to and danced to


Thanks to all who posted photos.
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cilla black took your coats the cloakroom was next to the toilets as you went in on the right Thursdays nights only when the BEETLES were on :D
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Used to like the Litherland I thought it was 'Dead Posh'
One the other hand I went the Star Club Hamburg in 1968 and it was like the 'Wince' 'Wintergardens flee pit
Smashing photo's

Sheelagh :D
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From May 12 1961 Bootle Times.

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Got a couple for the Lathom Hall when I find the thread. Anyone remember 'Rickie and the Redskins'? They played the Lathom.

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Sheelagh Tequila wrote:Used to like the Litherland I thought it was 'Dead Posh'
One the other hand I went the Star Club Hamburg in 1968 and it was like the 'Wince' 'Wintergardens flee pit
Smashing photo's

Sheelagh :D
I thought it was the Wints and also having a smooch on the seats in between bopping
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Thanks Henry :D
Yes the Star club was like a mirror image of the Wints,
Then there was the Reeper Bahn but thats another story :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

Back to the original thread now


Sheelagh :D
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1964 Bootle Times.

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How times change.

It took me 15 seconds to get my head round:

The greatest 'BIRD' singer in England

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD

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Sheelagh Tequila wrote:Thanks Henry :D
Yes the Star club was like a mirror image of the Wints,
Then there was the Reeper Bahn but thats another story :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

Back to the original thread now


Sheelagh :D
Hi Sheelagh, Don;t know how we never bumped into each other, oops, oops, oops
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Some gave all
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1965 The Dennisons.

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Ray Scragg - obviously his stage name.

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Dan wrote: Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:44 pm From May 12 1961 Bootle Times.

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Got a couple for the Lathom Hall when I find the thread. Anyone remember 'Rickie and the Redskins'? They played the Lathom.

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Dan
They were called Rikki and his Redstreaks, played Litherland Town Hall, Latham Hall, Aintree Institute, Hambleton Hall
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Really enjoying this thread. I remember all of the groups, fantastic music. Strangely I never went to the Litherland Town Hall and I actually only lived minutes away on Church Road. I used to go into Liverpool and see many of these groups on various venues. I also went to the Orrel Park Ballroom, however only went once and a fight broke out...….never went again...…….. I was fortunate to see the Beatles twice at the Empire, could not hear a thing but had a great time :D I remember the Escorts, the Dennisons Earl Prestons Realms, Rory Storm, Clayton Squares and so many more. Some of the very best music was produced in the 60`s, what a fantastic era
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Still miss the input from Dan :( :( :(
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Me too bob.

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The Clayton Squares

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Earl Preston and The Realms

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The Escorts

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Rory Storm and The Hurricanes

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Walter Eymond, Johnny Byrne, Alan Caldwell, Charles O'Brien, Jimmy T


The Undertakers

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Dan, thanks for posting these pictures. My favourites used to be "The Escorts", they played every Tuesday at the Mardi Gras. A couple of years ago Terry Sylvester a former member of the Escorts was playing solo at the Hershey Centre, not far from were I live in Canada. He sang a lot of the Hollies hits, and is still a great singer and musician. Another Liverpool singer was on, but cannot for the life of me remember his name. He used to sing "Little Children", anyway whatever his name is, he was crap!! Peter Noone was also on, but his performance was not as good as Terry Sylvesters!! Liverpool produced so many talented groups. The Clayton Squares, another fantastic group who had a great saxophonist. I could go on forever...….
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He was Billy J Kramer
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Billy J Kramer and The Coasters

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That's him Henry, Billy J Kramer. His performance was awful, he could not sing in tune, it was really sad.
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August 17 1962 The Strangers

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I don't have the answers to the quiz questions.
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I have never heard of the group The Strangers. It sounds as though they were really popular. Did the Merseybeats ever play Litherland Town Hall? Another great Liverpool group.
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November 30 1962 Paul Deane and The Diamonds and The Four Clefs plus a bit on John Gorman and Roger McGough.

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December 1963 The Searchers

Mike Pender, Tony Jackson, John McNally, Chris Curtis

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April 4 1964. The Searchers in New York for the Ed Sullivan Show aired April 5 1964.

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January 1964 Swinging Blue Jeans. Les Braid, Norman Kuhlke, Ralph Ellis, Ray Ennis

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The Searches, fabulous group. Watched them live many times, never disappointed, great musicians, produced many hit records.
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Dan, another great group from Merseyside were the Hillsiders. Do you have any info. on them?
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Elaine Goulding wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:17 pm The Searches, fabulous group. Watched them live many times, never disappointed, great musicians, produced many hit records.
Their drummer Chris Crummy aka Chris curtis lived 3doors from our house in Florida street down strand road
HENRY BORN FLORIDA STREET OFF STRAND ROAD
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Elaine Goulding wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:19 pm Dan, another great group from Merseyside were the Hillsiders. Do you have any info. on them?
Just as I remember them - https://youtu.be/dmqdyqdmSwo
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henry wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:45 pm
Elaine Goulding wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:17 pm The Searches, fabulous group. Watched them live many times, never disappointed, great musicians, produced many hit records.
Their drummer Chris Crummy aka Chris curtis lived 3doors from our house in Florida street down strand road
Links to transcripts of interviews Chris gave to the great Spencer Leigh of BBC Radio Merseyside.

The first interview, reported in Record Collector of March 1998.

The second is a transcript from Spencer Leigh's " On The Beat" broadcast on April 13 2003 on BBC Radio Merseyside.

http://www.cykelkurt.com/musik/60-erne/curtis-UK.html

Chris gave the suit he was wearing in the top photo to my older brother, who passed it on to me. Best suit I've ever had.
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His mother was always coming to our house with his cast offers but we said what do we want them for
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