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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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Manchester Big Three 1289
Manchester In Crowd 2108
Manchester Mob 2566
Manchester Playboys 5767
Manchester Prowlers (Swinton) 3565
Manchester Road (1969) 1446
Manchester Scene 2609
Manchilds (Davyhulme) 1838
Manhattons 3844
Maraccas 2480
Margo and The Marvettes 2912
Mark Day and The Knights 186
Mark Stone 2234
Marks and Steadman 1695
Marty Barry and The Teenbeats (Stockport) 1646
Matchstalkmen 3787
Mavis and Jack Trio 1564
Maybellines 2248
Me and The Others 1384
Me and The Others (New Zealand) 1551
Measles 8690
Mel Dean and the Leaders (Morecambe) 33
Melodybeats 2112
Memory Lane 1990
Mervs Bardots (Middleton) 2595
Mervyn and the Shythings (Middleton) 1410
Meteors Skiffle Group 1534
Michael Haslam (Bolton) 3636
Michael's Angels (Swinton) 1674
Midnight Creepers / The Faction (Oldham) 1609
Midnight Creepers / The Faction (Oldham) 1604
Midnighters (Liverpool/Preston) 5950
Midnights (Rochdale) 2072
Mighty Avengers (Rugby) 3853
Mighty Joe Young (Warrington) 1100
Mike Cadillac and the Playboys 2286
Mike Curtis and the Estelles (Stockport) 2158
Mike Curtis Set  4487
Mike Hurst and The Trackers 1629
Mike Sax and the Idols 3772
Milton James 2048
Mindbenders 5411
Missin Lynx (Old Trafford) 2038
Missing Links (Oldham) 23570
Mixture 2901
Mockingbirds 6405
Modrox (Royton) 2796
Mojo Sect (Oldham)  1622
Mommies Darlings 2416
Money 5327

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