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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
Title Hits
Vivas 1394
Voodoos (Oldham) 1483
Vortex Five (Cheadle) 2616
Vulcans (Leigh/Atherton) 2554
Wailers (Burnage) 1975
Warriors (Accrington) 7470
Wave 1411
Wayne Fontana and The Boys/Opposition 5337
Wayne Fontana and the Dakotas 368
Wayne Fontana and The Jets 1228
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders 9397
Weather (Accrington) 1550
Webb (Burnley/Accrington) 1571
Weys 3740
Wheels 2153
Whirlwinds 5790
Wild Five (Stockport) 481
Wild Silk 1799
Wildlife 1720
Wimple Winch 4321
Wolf and Griff 1775
Woodlanders 3234
Wynder K Frog (Salford) 6777
Yaks 2399
Ye Counts (Rochdale) 1431
Zenons (Worsley) 1731
Zepardy's Crowd 1497
Zephyrs 1982

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