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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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Vigilantes (Darwen) 2012
Vigilantes (Warrington) 3121
Vince Reno and The Sabres (St Helens) 1876
Vince Storm and The Tempests (Northwich) 1536
Vincents (Stretford) 10260
Vincents (Stretford) in The Beatles in Urmston Show 2741
Vincents (Stretford) in The Stones Show 2807
Vintage 1944
Vivas 1437
Voodoos (Oldham) 1528
Vortex Five (Cheadle) 2695
Vulcans (Leigh/Atherton) 2636
Wailers (Burnage) 2053
Warriors (Accrington) 7811
Wave 1459
Wayne Fontana and The Boys/Opposition 5409
Wayne Fontana and the Dakotas 425
Wayne Fontana and The Jets 1334
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders 9722
Weather (Accrington) 1603
Webb (Burnley/Accrington) 1626
Weys 3831
Wheels 2221
Whirlwinds 5939
Wild Five (Stockport) 533
Wild Silk 1884
Wildlife 1795
Wimple Winch 4426
Wolf and Griff 1830
Woodlanders 3300
Wynder K Frog (Salford) 6936
Yaks 2502
Ye Counts (Rochdale) 1485
Zenons (Worsley) 1799
Zepardy's Crowd 1558
Zephyrs 2032

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