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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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Crooks Brown Band 3056
Cruisers (Oldham) 2223
Crusaders (Preston) 1789
Crystal's House 1612
Curly Tops 2375
Cyclones 2904
Cymerons (Swinton) 6705
Dakotas 10820
Dalesmen 1563
Daltons (Boothstown, Farnworth) 2059
Danny and The Dominators 1788
Danny and the Strangers (Stalybridge/Dukinfield) 3579
Danny B and The Firebirds 1479
Dark Four 2295
Dave and the Nomads 1531
Dave Blakely and the Mike Timoney Three 7704
Dave Lee and The Staggerlees (Redruth, Cornwall) 5834
Dave Plumb and the Stones 2700
David John and The Mood 211
De Straads (Worsley) 1576
Dean and The Defiants 1448
Deek Rivers and the Big Sound 5911
Deke Bonner and the Tremors (Middleton) 2644
Dekkers (Whalley Range) 1549
Del-Rios (Salford) 2093
Deltas 2056
Deltas (Rochdale/Oldham) 4202
Deltones (Castleton/Rochdale) 2314
Deltones (Stockport) 3946
Deltones (Stockport) 1991
Demons 3017
Dene Wayne and the Exiles 2501
Denims Skiffle Group 1398
Dennis Langfield Orchestra/Sound 5404
Deputies 1571
Derek Ray and The Deltones (Pendleton) 1424
Design (Oldham) 1610
DFU 2212
Diablos (Oldham) 3317
Dices (or Dicers?) 1462
Diplomats 1879
Dixie's Donts 2225
Dollies 11052
Dominoes 1921
Dominoes (Leigh/Wigan) 2327
Dominoes Skiffle Group (Middleton) 2896
Don Juan Five 1629
Dooleys 9156
Dooleys 2021
Dougie James and the Soul Train 9700

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