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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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Black Abbotts 26
Black Arrows (Bury) 3301
Black Cat Bones 3077
Black Cat Bones #2 2932
Black Stan Blues Band 2306
Black Velvets 4875
Blackjaks 2623
Blackwatch 2359
Blades (Blackpool) 5523
Blood Band 2231
Blue Angels 2509
Blue Angels 2 2177
Blue Chips 2253
Blue Light 1943
Blue Lords 2136
Blue Rondos 7147
Bluedays 2017
Blues Action 2308
Blues Busters 2029
Blues Set 2305
Blues Syndicate 3447
Blues Vendors 2852
Bluesbusters 1750
Bo Kelly and The Legends 4383
Bo-Rayners (Bury) 2888
Boadicea (Rochdale) 2084
Bob Atkinson and the Vikings (Barrow in Furness) 423
Bobby and the Blue Diamonds 7834
Bobby Dell and the Dellstars 8177
Bobby Laine and The Confederates (Cheadle Hulme) 3364
Bobcats 2341
Bog Stompers (Wilmslow) 2794
Boomerangs 2442
Boris and the Dansaks (Accrington) 1783
Boscombe Downbeats (Rusholme) 917
Boston Sect 1888
Boston T Party 1685
Bouncers 2154
Bourbon Street 2179
BoWeevils 2263
Boydells Vocal Group 2407
Boys 2232
Boys of Chavington (Urmston) 2302
Bravados (Salford) 1884
Break-Thru (Didsbury) 1709
Breakers Showgroup 3455
Brent Crude and the Disley Playboys 1919
Brent Rodgers and The Druids (Oldham) 2903
Brian Jay and the All-Star Banjo Band 1430
Bridgebeats (Stalybridge) 6256

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