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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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Savlones (Fylde Coast) 1201
Savory Duck 4406
Scene (Warrington) 1373
Schmoes 2116
Scorchers (Accrington) 448
Scorpions 7702
Sean and the Sonics 1314
Sean Fowden and the Wyverns (North Cheshire) 2556
Sean's Image (Sale/Altrincham) 1653
Second City Sound 1341
Secrets of Manchester 1666
Seduction 1563
Senators (Blackpool) 5675
Senators (Gorton) 1226
Senators (Leigh) 1853
Shabby Tiger 644
Shane Fenton and The Fentones 3561
Shaun and Sum People (Middleton) 1953
Shep's Banjo Boys 1867
Sherie Paul and the Shapiros (previously The Interns) 2172
Shevrons 1823
Shindigs 479
Shyms (Wigan)  2763
Sidekicks 1218
Sidewalkers (Altrincham) 2826
Silhouettes 1264
Silks 1527
Simone Jackson 1845
Simply Soul 1356
Sinders 1253
Sins of the Family 1750
Sioux aka Sioux Showgroup 3336
Six Lancashire Lads 1267
Skid/Inner Mind 1743
Skint 1472
Skorpions (Didsbury) 1188
Skyliners(Wythenshawe) 3953
Slack Alice 1990
Sleep 4385
Sleepwalkers (Blackley) 1707
Slim Traynor and the HillBilly Bandits 1566
Slipped Disc (Chorlton-Cum-Hardy) 2926
Smelly Kelly and The Subway Sniffers 2499
Smiffy 876
Smiley 717
Smokestack 1477
Sneakers (Wythenshawe) 2246
SO-ON & SO-FORTH (Burnley)  4081
Socrates 1528
Solitaires (Bury) 9046

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