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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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Kestrels (Rawtenstall) 2643
Kev Curtis and the Four Escorts 2261
Kiki's Kondours 1432
Kingfishers 2023
Kingpins (Stoke) 3311
Kirk Daniels and The Deltas 3090
Kirk St James and Wild Silk 3229
Klan/The Clan/The Robin Hoods 3182
Ko-dels 1086
Kon-Tikis (Bury) 2272
Kondours 1459
Kremlin Four (Wythenshawe) 2483
Kris Ryan and The Questions 5880
Kubas 116
La Dolce Vita Sound 877
Lally Stott and the Blackjacks 112
Lancastrians (Altrincham) 2404
Lawrence St James Group 2061
Le Jargons (Atherton/Leigh) 1714
Lee Fletcher and The Wanderers 1880
Lee Paul and The Electrons/The Boys 2222
Lee Shondell and The Premiers of Beat 2423
Lee Wade and the Wild Ones (Blackpool) 2419
Legendary Sound (Audenshaw) 1323
Lemon House 1470
Lemon Line 4341
Lennie's Arcadian Combo 859
Lennox Avenue 1689
Les Bluesettes 1663
Les Skifflettes 1805
Life 'n' Soul 7059
Lionel Morton 4 1684
Liquorice Fix 2843
Little Boy Blues (Darwen) 2396
Little Frankie 4028
Little John and his Foresters (Stockport/Disley) 2111
Little Phil and the Swaggers / Phil's Swaggers (Irlam and Cadishead) 5980
Little Things (Middleton) 1279
Living Dream 1525
Lloyds Formula (Bolton) 1908
Loose Change 4373
Love Lane aka Sweet Dreams (Stockport) 4915
Love Trade 1908
Magic Lanterns 4328
Mal Ryder and The Spirits (1963) 1505
Mambo's (New Mills) 1403
Manchester Big Three 1227
Manchester In Crowd 2029
Manchester Mob 2457
Manchester Playboys 5612

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