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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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Downbeats (Swinton) 1544
Dr Jelly (Glossop) 3145
Dragoons (Oldham) 4427
Dream Machine 2047
Dreamweavers (Chorlton) 2697
Drifting Hearts 3129
Dyaks 910
Dyleks (Rusholme) 1581
Dynamites (Blackpool) 1621
Earlkings 829
Echoes from the Peak (New Mills) 3692
Echolets (Blackpool) 36
Eclipse 2206
Eddie G. Marten and The Falcons (Pendle) 3294
Eddie Rogers and the Avlons (Newton Heath) 1973
Editors (Leigh) 3006
Edward Jon Dynamo 1453
Electrons (Burnley) 2092
Electrons (Wilmslow) 2488
Elkie Brooks 5240
Emotion (Worsley, Farnworth and Bolton) 2381
Emperors of Rhythm - Paul Stevens and the Emperors of Rhythm 6238
Endevers 1665
Engine 1597
Eric's Dog 2148
Estelles 1776
Evolution 162
Executive Five (Leigh) 1561
Executives (Blackpool) 2782
Exit 1644
Exits 7664
Expectations 2508
Fables (Blackburn) 1675
Factotums (Audenshaw/Droylsden) 21106
Falcons (Nelson/Colne) 1545
Falcons (Swinton) 2318
Falcons /The Klue (Oldham/Chadderton) 2892
Falkons (Whaley Bridge) 4165
Famous Watson Browne’s Band 2838
Father Jack Band 1964
Federals/The Manchester Federals/Joni Fayne and The Federals/Tony Fayne and The Federals 3632
Feminine Touch 1953
Fire and Rain (Atherton) 1212
Fireflites - St. Helens 1525
Firing Squad 3301
Fitz and Startz ( Boothstown/Farnsworth)  3060
Five Commandments (Blackpool) 2648
Flashman 2836
Flesh 1609
Flintlocks 1781

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