| I particularly remember Top of the Town on Cross Street which used to have a record shop called Spin Inn at street level. The DJ in the late 60s and early 70s was called Gary Laine, I seem to remember and he managed the shop too.
My friends were Glenys Withington, Kath Walker, David Holt and Mike Curtis.
Happy days!
Melanie McNeeney
I remember so fondly Top of the Town on Cross Street. I also remember the DJ, Gary Laine, where is he now, does anyone know. My friends at the time there were Brenda Smith, Leslie Cooper, danced many a night away there. Happy days.
Catherine Barrow (nee Dillon)
I remember many enjoyable nights spent in my youth at Rowntrees Spring Gardens, after travelling down from Rossendale and I bought most of my early soul records for deejaying at the Spin Inn.Fond memories indeed.
The rest I got from FL Moore in Leighton Buzzard, who had a mail order business at the time.
Those were the days. The strange thing is I am still playing some of these records which I played as 'new releases' then, to this day.
Keith Gunton
I have just read Paul Swarbricks account of when he was working on Whitworth St in Manchester and how he used to go to Takis at lunchtime and enjoy the music. I was really pleased to read that as I was the DJ during those lunchtime sessions. My DJ name was Pete Roscoe and as well as the lunchtime sessions I also did Top of the Town,and Rowntrees in the evenings. Does anyone recall the Miss Supertakis beauty contest that we had, I arranged that together with Mr Paul Partakis who was the Manager and part of the family that owned the group of clubs
Peter
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