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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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Cruisers (Oldham) 2156
Crusaders (Preston) 1735
Crystal's House 1549
Curly Tops 2282
Cyclones 2778
Cymerons (Swinton) 6576
Dakotas 10548
Dalesmen 1507
Daltons (Boothstown, Farnworth) 1972
Danny and The Dominators 1728
Danny and the Strangers (Stalybridge/Dukinfield) 3468
Danny B and The Firebirds 1422
Dark Four 2238
Dave and the Nomads 1470
Dave Blakely and the Mike Timoney Three 7633
Dave Lee and The Staggerlees (Redruth, Cornwall) 5720
Dave Plumb and the Stones 2604
David John and The Mood 108
De Straads (Worsley) 1516
Dean and The Defiants 1394
Deek Rivers and the Big Sound 5775
Deke Bonner and the Tremors (Middleton) 2531
Dekkers (Whalley Range) 1489
Del-Rios (Salford) 2011
Deltas 1993
Deltas (Rochdale/Oldham) 4140
Deltones (Castleton/Rochdale) 2239
Deltones (Stockport) 3860
Deltones (Stockport) 1888
Demons 2896
Dene Wayne and the Exiles 2433
Denims Skiffle Group 1340
Dennis Langfield Orchestra/Sound 5288
Deputies 1513
Derek Ray and The Deltones (Pendleton) 1364
Design (Oldham) 1542
DFU 2142
Diablos (Oldham) 3208
Dices (or Dicers?) 1400
Diplomats 1751
Dixie's Donts 2156
Dollies 10869
Dominoes 1828
Dominoes (Leigh/Wigan) 2199
Dominoes Skiffle Group (Middleton) 2838
Don Juan Five 1535
Dooleys 8801
Dooleys 1937
Dougie James and the Soul Train 9494
Downbeats (Swinton) 1490

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