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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  It's just a pity that we could not see such a gig coming up here, to either the Carling Academy, or even better The Barrowlands. It was the same in April (I'm sure) when there was a Quadrophenia convention down south that sounded great, with all of the top stars appearing for talks about the film. I am really certain that such gigs would pull in a good crowd up here
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  steveo1

  1 year ago

  Chris the Small Faces Convention is a must for all Small Faces fans, i've been twice and it's always been worth the journey. Yeah it would be great if it could come "Up North", maybe you should suggest it on Mods Re-United to John, as John Hellier, the organizer, goes onto that forum a lot. John's a great guy and i'm sure he will consider your suggestion, but I must say the Convention pulls a really big crowd in London and suspect it would have to do the same in Glasgow to make it worth their while. My mate John's band, The Five O'Clock Heroe's, is going to be playing at the Convention this year, maybe someone could book them in Glasgow as a starter? They generally do Mod covers from 60's onwards.
  
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  It sounds like a great gig Steveo, that is why the sound of envy could be traced in the e-mail. I have been on to various Mod sites, but I did not know about Mods reunited.
  
  Its always difficult, if truth be told, to gauge how well certain gigs or do's will sell. The Mod scene here in the early 80s was really strong, and reading the material on this site, it seems that it went on in some form for a while after that. I went to the Saturday night do at the Mod weekender last year and it was packed, the same goes for the 'From the Jam' gig at the Carling Academy in December, so that is what led me to feel that a big gig like the Small Faces one would do well up here.
  
  Hopefully some people who promote these gigs down south log into various Mod sites, and if they do, they may well see that there is a strong audience up here if they take a chance.
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  steveo1

  1 year ago

  Chris I will ask John on the Reunited forum if he ever plans to venture "up North" with the SF's Convention? Click on "Simpa's Mods Reunited" link on the right hand side of this page to see have a peek, I'm known as Lammy Chick on that site. Me and Steveo were part of the 1979 Mod Scene in Glasgow and still love the music, the social scene, the dancing and the many many good friends we have met over the years.
  
  Lammy Chick
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  Cheers for that Lammy. It would be great to have such a gig up here. I would like to think it would command a good audience as people would come from all over Scotland for it.
  
  Although I was not part of the Glasgow Mod scene in 1979 quite a lot of the people who were were still around in 1981 when I first started going up to the Scene Club. Although I don't really know him I was talking to Jamie O'Rourke who was featured in the middle pages of the Sunday Mail in May 1980 on his 200 rally.
  
  I knew a lot of the guys from that time like Wass, Tam Armstrong, Andy Mulvie, Rab Acheson, and others quite well. A lot from Sighthill, where I came from, were into the Mod scene quite early as well.
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  Its a small old world Lammy. I have just had a look at the reunited site, and I saw that your old pal was Terry from Castlemilk.(real name Angie) I actually went out with wee Angie for a while in 1982.
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  steveo1

  1 year ago

  Hehe Angie, oops! Terry ain't seen her since 1985, wonder what she is up to now, she was working in a butchers the last time I spoke to her. It was Steveo that really got into Mod in 1979, I was a tail-end Charlie about 80/81. It's all a blur now really, but I'm sure we must have known each other when you went out with Angie and from the Scene Club.
  
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  The last time I saw Terry was actually in 1982. We did not go out for a long time but I liked her quite a lot as she was even more mad than me, and that took a lot of doing in those days. Another two close friends of Terry were two sisters that came from Royston Hill, I can't remember their names now but one went out with Eddie Curran (who you can see in one of my photo's) for a while.
  
  We must have bumped into each other for sure. I used to go about with the NG Mods, guys such as Jim McInch, Eddie and Rab Cunningham, Croney, Chaz, the Patons, John (Gownie) McGowan, Alex Frackleton, Eddie Donnelly, Sheildsy, Belly, Mini, Dan, Mick Gallagher, Knoxy, and a lot more that I cant recall. I also remember most of the names that you mentioned in the Mods reunited mail.
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  Another guy that was part of the crowd we hung about with was big Chris McCrae, who I am sure you must have known Lammy chick.
  
  If the big man is watching from above I am sorry for missing you out first time around. It serves you right for that time on my scooter though.
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  LC

  1 year ago

  Chris, I remember some of the names you mentioned, Curran, Cunningham, but I really only knew people by their nicknames. I don't recall the sisters you mentioned, but it's just called old age I think. Where you at the last night of the Scene Club at all? Cause I remember that as if it were yesterday.
  I think me and Angie went to a party at Royston Hill once and we nearly got "done in" and had to run for our life's up the motorway and get a taxi? Is Royston Hill near the Motorway?
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  LC

  1 year ago

  I recall some of the names you mentioned, Curran & Cunningham, but I don't recall the Royston Sisters, but that means nowt as old age is my excuse now LOL. I had a look at your photo's and recognized a few folk in your Scene Club photo's, Paddy, Andy and Rod the Mod, some of the other faces are familiar, but I can't recall their names.
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  There were so many people crammed into the Scene Club at times that it would have been easy to never know of some people having been there Lammy. The best example of that was that wee inbuilt square before the main hall. It was so dark in there (I know it was all dark) that people could walk by and not be able to tell who was in that part of the club.(which was handy at times)
  
  I know exactly what you mean about the nicknames and first names thing though. A few weeks ago I was talking to Jimmy, and he was telling me some of the surnames of people who I had known but never knew their last name.
  
  Royston (aka Garngad) is next to the motorway, so it does sound like the place where you had the bad experience at the party.
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  I also meant to add that I was at the last night at the Scene Club Lammy. The last month of the old place had been a bad sight, with too much violence making it virtually unworkable for the people who ran it. But I always remember a lot of the old crowd who had been there when I first went in the Autumn of 1981 came back to see the place off.
  
  Before we went up, we went to the Bell Geordie pub in Merchant city. We met Jason Sloss and he was going up to the Scene club for the first time in ages. It was a great night but in reality the Scene club ended prematurely due to a percentage of wasters. It was only after it was gone that people realised how good it had been.
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  LC

  1 year ago

  Chris, I can't seem to post any comments on this page, after many attempts - see if this works??
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  Success at last Lammy. They certainly did not have such gadgets back in 81. If I remember correctly it was a betamax video that they played Quadrophenia on when they showed it in the back room of the Scene club.
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  LC

  1 year ago

  I remember Jason being there, but don't recall if Helen was with him? Do you remember them smashing the red light bulbs at the very end?
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  I cannot in all honesty remember if Jason's other half joined him later in the Scene Club Lammy. She was not with him at the pub I am sure about that.
  
  I had forgotten all about the bulbs being broken, but I think it rings a bell now that you mention it. The next time I ran into Jason Sloss was in The Bank pub in Queens Street and he was a rockabilly. I can't imagine for a minute that he could dance as well to that sort of drivel as he could to the cooler Mod sounds. In an earlier message I was kidding on that I taught wee Ped Smith all he knew about dancing, but I think in reality Ped took a lot of the steps used by Jason and changed them slightly. That was in the Scene club days before the more Northern soul style dancing I may add.
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  Charlie

  1 year ago

  I can still remember the first time I heard "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" by Culture Club and that was in The Scene Club!! I knew it was the begining of the end, all the fighting only speeded up its demise, I remember the red light bulbs getting smashed up we went out in style eh? I remember getting told to "grow up" by Mods who left after it all ended, they were all wearing the "black" Goth look, the others were dressed in full "Dexy's" Gyppo gear! It was a shock too my system I can tell you now. The people I had looked up to were looking down at me, even remember a certain "Ace Face" dressed up in Hair Cut 100 clobber! walking down the road singing "Greg! Love Plus One!" What a Jesse, he turned out to be! Big "Baggy" Arran Jumper and those awful white woollen "leg warmers" worn over their denims! Soon as I saw him I wanted have his children! There and then, ha ha!
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  You are spot on there about that woeful song Charlie. I had conveniently forgotten all about that. I also remember 'Pigbag' being played, and I absolutely loathed that record. In fact I would still prefer to be slowly tortured than listen to that crap.
  
  You are also spot on about the attitude of some of the guys who had been Mods but who changed after the demise of the Scene Club. I will not mention any names but some people quickly forgot that they were Mods only a few months previously and started slagging off some of the up and coming young Mods. I never understood this mentality and had more than a few runs ins with good friends over it who had suddenly become scooter boys and now thought Mods were out. Some were wearing leather bikers jackets less than a year after giving people in the street a good kicking just for wearing such provocative clothing.
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  LC

  1 year ago

  I still have one of those suede jackets you describe above (light brown suede, half leather collar, half belted, covered buttons) and it's immaculate, can't wear it to any Mod do's though, as I'm sure it would get nicked! Strictly for the scooter only :-) .
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  LC

  1 year ago

  Oops! the message below was meant to go in the Beginning of Mods comments box.
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  Well done for keeping the cool jacket all these years Lammy.I always thought they looked great. I remember during the mid 80s a lot of girls who were into indie music would wear similar jackets. They did not look half as good as the early 80s Mod girls but it showed they at least had some good taste.
  
  I know what you mean about taking the jacket out to a do. Any time I go somewhere and I am wearing a nice jacket I will put it into the cloak room rather than risk some tea leaf taking it home with them. I still do not have a cool suede jacket with a half leather collar though.
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  Charlie

  1 year ago

  I remember a lot of Scooter Boys being knee deep in Depeche Mode mania! Especially certain Globies! lol!, bet you'se are cringing now? Ha ha! I think 3/4 of the bikers jackets worn by them were taken off the bikers we had scrapped with during their Mod days,eh? Wearing their "souvenirs" good times indeed!
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  smallface

  1 year ago

  12th annual Small Faces Convention details....
  The cast: Small Fakers, Small World, 17Black, RT3, Petty Hoodlums, Matt Henshaw, The Visitors, Fuzz Face with SPECIAL GUESTS SECRET AFFAIR playing a Small Faces set for the first time ever. More VERY special guests still to be confirmed. CARLING ACADEMY, ISLINGTON, LONDON N1. SUNDAY 21ST SEPT. DOORS 4-11. 7 HOURS OF SMALL FACES BLISS! TICKETS £20 www.wappingwharf.com www.ticketweb.co.uk (select venue) Carling Academy box office 0870 771 2000 (12-4 Mon-Sat) or good old fashioned cheque payable to J Hellier, 7 Waterdene Mews, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9YP. THIS EVENT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY SELL OUT SO PLEASE PURCHASE TICKETS IN ADVANCE. (desert boots optional!)
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  If I was a Londoner, or even if I stayed in that neck of the woods I would be at the SF convention before you could shake a stick at a plate of jellied eels. Sadly we do not have the concert coming up here so we will have to look on in envy.
  
  I don't actually see why the gig can't come up here. Everyone knows that the Small Faces were a Glasgow band, with Stevie McMarriot, Angus (Kenny) Jones, Ronnie (Ashton) Lane, and the guy without a Scottish name Ian McLagan.It was well known that Lazy Sunday was written about the Glasgow day after the Saturday night before. I'm sure there is a reference to Irn Bru in it somewhere.
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  Charlie

  1 year ago

  You forgot too mention their Scottish manager Don ARDEN! So you are right
  proven facts the Small Faces are Scottish, through and through!
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  Charlie

  1 year ago

  Can't forget Stevie Marriotts tribute to Greggs Bakeries, after the Small Faces demise when he formed Humble(Mince)Pie, he never forgot his Glaswegian roots, I am sure "Itchycoo Park" is a reference to a few "ladies of the night" they met in Monteith Row, at Glasgow Green after, a gig at The Barrowland, cause their was a lot of "Itchy coos" there, Monteith Row was famous for them in the 60's!
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  I think we have now succeeded in proving that the Small Faces were indeed a Glasgow band and that the gig should pay a visit to its spiritual home. Further proof can be found in Ronnie Lane's nickname 'Plonk' which obviously came from his attachment to a famous west of Scotland wine made by monks down south.
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  Janny

  1 year ago

  Not forgetting the Humble ( mince) Pie Glasgow referenced classic "Natural Born Hoodie"
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  Charlie

  1 year ago

  Can't forget that woman he had a one night stand with, doon the Barras "AfterFlo!"aye he had a eye for the Glesga wummin' did Stevie boy!
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  Chris C

  1 year ago

  Even before the late 60s days of Humble (mince) Pie the actual Small Faces had their 1966 hit 'My Mince Pie' dedicated to that Glasgow culinery delight. Some people thought it was 'My Minds Eye' but we know better
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  jackie

  12 months ago

  The Small Faces are my all time favourite i would have made a special trip up to see that.
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  JimmyTheMod

  12 months ago

  hi jackie its still to take place in London, will be a great convention.
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  LC

  12 months ago

  Maybe someone could ask the Small Fakers to come up and do a gig in Glasgow, I'm sure they would and give the Glesga mob a good auld knees up way, Pa-pa-penalee, Mad Jimmy, Here comes the Irn Bru, Get yourself a half, Ogden's nut gone macaroon. Honesty the Small Fakers are fab and it would be great if they could come to Glasgow or maybe even The Petty Hoodlum's could come up, both great bands.
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  LC

  10 months ago

  Who is going then?
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  Chris C

  10 months ago

  If only Lammy. Its okay for you cats that stay down south. But remember to put your back stage pass to good use and talk them into coming up here to 'Mods own Country.' We will even promise them lots of Irn Bru, with maybe a hint of vodka added for effect.
  
  Anyway, don't think we don't know that this is a wind up comment just to make us envious Li Li !
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  stevie fae cranhill

  10 months ago

  I'll be there Lammy - i've already got ticket
  
  whatever happened to that guy Fudgie - one of those elusive West End Mods?
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  Janny

  10 months ago

  Maybe he's grown a tash so we don't recognise him??
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  Chris C

  10 months ago

  I thought Fudgie was with you over in the Dam Stevie. Or was it so strong that you didn't realise who the guy in the moustache next to you was.
  
  Anyway, silliness aside. I hope one of you expat Glasgow Mods are going to stay sober enough to let the rest of us poor souls how good the gig was in September.
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  LC

  10 months ago

  Stevie, just got ticket 400 :-)
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