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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!

Articles
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Some Folk 1307
Some Other Guys (Altrincham / Timperley) 2341
Somebody's Corporation (Rochdale) 1195
Sonny Kaye and the Reds (Runcorn) 5725
Soul Creation 1526
Soul Executives 1821
Soul Messengers 1421
Soul Purpose (Didsbury) 1492
Soul Sect (Farnworth) 951
Soul Stax (Moss Side) 1612
Soul Toppers 1753
Soundcasters (Baxenden, Accrington) 3635
Soundcasters (Swinton) 1457
Sounds Important 1366
Sovereigns aka Pat Casey and The Sovereigns 1453
Speed (Rochdale) 1992
Sphinx Trio 1187
Spice 2154
Spice - Bolton 790
Spider Jive 2845
Spike 1292
Spirits (Middleton) 1359
Sponge 1751
Spots (Stockport) 3748
Spring 1338
Square Routes 1438
Squires (Stalybridge) 3599
St Louis Union 8051
Stack Waddy (Timperley) 3113
Stage Four (Urmston) 1280
Staggerlees aka Jerry Lee and the Staggerlees 2001
Staircase (Newton Heath) 2483
Stan Ellison 3585
Starlights 1291
Starliners Showband 1332
Startones Skiffle Group (Middleton) 1112
Statesmen 5011
Stevie's Fix 2069
Stormbeats 1557
Strand Showband 5154
Strangers 1606
Strangeways (Bury) 1633
Strawberry Pye 1831
Strictly for Cash (Walkden) 2371
Stuart Charles String Band (Salford) 2061
Studio 1 Band 2475
Stylos 8011
Stylos Reunion May 2005 4630
Styx (Bolton) 1370
Sugarbeats (Walkden and Little Hulton) 1759

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