Does anyone remember when the Marples was a venue for punk bands? I spent many an evening there in the late seventies watching the likes of Discharge, GBH, Vice Squad, UK Subs & many more. Oh happy days.
Wonder where all the punks have gone now They were truly wondorous days & Marcus Featherby who seemed to organise the events where is he now.

Does anyone remember when the Marples was a venue for punk bands? I spent many an evening there in the late seventies watching the likes of Discharge, GBH, Vice Squad, UK Subs & many more. Oh happy days.
Wonder where all the punks have gone now They were truly wondorous days & Marcus Featherby who seemed to organise the events where is he now.

I remember these gigs well - and I also remember not having to bother about getting dolled up either - some colour spray and laquer for the hair (make up took a little time) - dark clothes but best of all THE BLACK BAG. few chains here and there and hey presto a 92 bus in to town and the best nights ever !!!:thumbsup:

yeah, where are the punks in sheffield? I have arrived from the isle of man, and i cant find any 'punk' bars or clubs! I have been going to gigs at corporation and plug, but niether are really punk clubs

Dove and Rainbow pub is punk-ish

yeah i did hear of that, gona go check it out soon, any others?

i got into punk in about 83 / 84 just as the gigs were stopping at the marples :(
i remember seeing a poster for the exploited and had the mau maus live att he marples lp ..........need to get that again, classic
that was about it for my knowledge of punk att he marples :(
now its a motorbike accesories shop :(

I also remember drinking tea in Atkinsons cafe on the Moor on the top floor above the store. We all met there when we bunked off school.
I remember buying records from Revolution on the Gallery near the Castle Market & a punk disco night in Rebels more happy memories flood back

As a 17 year old punk I lived in same house and helped Marcus Featherby organise the gigs, some gigs i did organise by myself however and never took credit. Just got slagged off in the book about Sheffield Band history, by people who themselves were no hopers at 17. Oh well.
Marcus never got the credit he deserved, he had a great hand in making the sheffield scene at that time come alive, he gets criticised for not creating a record label like factory in Manchester (which got money off Virgin), the pair of us lived off my Giro, but we brought out many records and organised scores of gigs. AND the gigs were great, next to no trouble in all that time, the one pub bouncer who never raised his hand. Bring a toy (no money) gigs to give womens refuge kids a good xmas. All the good punk bands of the day, and skinhead bands played. I organised an Oi Against Racism gig myself. The bands that played were bands that people asked us to put on (I didn't like the Oi bands).
Marcus actually organised the Rock on the Rates thing although the Leadmill lot took what credit they could.
Most of that history has never been told the ones that have written were at the time, so into being cool rather than doing something that they missed it.
Marcus was in London, at least up until 3 months ago.
Great shame he never got the respect he deserved!

well hey thanks everyone - i have successfully found some punk kids in sheffield - and for the first time in my life i feel at home... we goto dove and rainbow, D'n'r, Corporation, fuzz club and the cricketers arms - thanks for the help, everyone hit the punk scene for drunken fun and games x

As a 17 year old punk I lived in same house and helped Marcus Featherby organise the gigs, some gigs i did organise by myself however and never took credit. Just got slagged off in the book about Sheffield Band history, by people who themselves were no hopers at 17. Oh well.
Marcus never got the credit he deserved, he had a great hand in making the sheffield scene at that time come alive, he gets criticised for not creating a record label like factory in Manchester (which got money off Virgin), the pair of us lived off my Giro, but we brought out many records and organised scores of gigs. AND the gigs were great, next to no trouble in all that time, the one pub bouncer who never raised his hand. Bring a toy (no money) gigs to give womens refuge kids a good xmas. All the good punk bands of the day, and skinhead bands played. I organised an Oi Against Racism gig myself. The bands that played were bands that people asked us to put on (I didn't like the Oi bands).
Marcus actually organised the Rock on the Rates thing although the Leadmill lot took what credit they could.
Most of that history has never been told the ones that have written were at the time, so into being cool rather than doing something that they missed it.
Marcus was in London, at least up until 3 months ago.
Great shame he never got the respect he deserved!

Hey thanks Andy.
I most probably knew Marcus and maybe yerself too - but, I kept myself to myself back in those days(still do) and didn't rub with the big shots and organisers, apart from to nod "Hello" at.
I really enjoyed the punk scene stuff at the Marples - however brief. I remember Crass playing there to a full house (I,ve still got the ticket!! Dirt and Annie Anxiety were supports!) and the local bands, The Negatives, Stunt Kites and even Repulsive Alien(remember them).
Yeah some good nights - at the time(for me), it made a change from the Limit and top rank - and the beer was a little better too, I think.
Thanks for the memories Old punk.

Hey thanks Andy.
I most probably knew Marcus and maybe yerself too - but, I kept myself to myself back in those days(still do) and didn't rub with the big shots and organisers, apart from to nod "Hello" at.
I really enjoyed the punk scene stuff at the Marples - however brief. I remember Crass playing there to a full house (I,ve still got the ticket!! Dirt and Annie Anxiety were supports!) and the local bands, The Negatives, Stunt Kites and even Repulsive Alien(remember them).
Yeah some good nights - at the time(for me), it made a change from the Limit and top rank - and the beer was a little better too, I think.
Thanks for the memories Old punk.

Great days, I was there at the Marples when Mark from Artery climbed out onto the ledge and was walking about singing!

I saw the Flying Alphonso Brothers there as well, great pop band, from Chapeltown I think?

Marcus called me once and said that the DJ for the Negatives gig at the KGB (old Abbeydale cinema) was going to be late and could I help? So I did, never done it before, totally scared to death but muddled my way through it, Marcus said "When The Negs (as he called them) come off stage, hold the crowd back!" as if they were going to be mobbed like the Beatles! Which of course they weren't.

I first met Marcus when he had only been in Sheffield a few days, told me his name was Marcus Weatherby, next time I saw him he said it was Marcus Featherby, hmmmmm....still, that was Marcus, he told me loads of names over the time I knew him. I remember the house on Whitham Road with the cats, all the photo's and various assorted people who wandered in and out, including the Icelandic lad (Aeinaar I think his name was) who was a great chess player. Not sure if it is appropriate to give out any details, suffice to say his name isn't Marcus Featherby anymore!!!

I remember buying records from Revolution on the Gallery near the Castle Market...

That was an excellent shop. What was their newsletter called? Something like "Gunrubber"?

Gunrubber was a fanzine put together by Adi Newton (Clock DVA) and Paul Bower (2.3).

I remember Marcus very well, he had a story about everything and that wasn't his real name either...

The interesting thing was that Marcus's stories (that I didnt believe at the time turned out to be true). He told me he didnt mind that people thought he made things up, he said just cos they hadnt done things, they couldnt believe that anyone else had. And he did things, he turned up in Sheffield and started record labels and gigs etc, WITH NO MONEY, he acted like he had money. When i met him he had enough money for one tin of cat food, i gave him some money to get some food. When we lived in same house we lived literally on one 17 year olds giro, and what fell into my pocket. We had to move cos we couldnt pay the rent. We carried on doing the gigs. You have to admit Marcus did what he said he would, and as time went on I found proof that he had done what he said he had done.

Was he a nurse? Did he win a medal in the olympics? I don't have a axe to grind with him Andy, he was a laugh and I liked his stories, it's just that one after the other it was a bit hard to take. I remember the time he told the NME that Wattie from the Exploited liked to smoke a pipe and listen to New Order, Wattie didn't even smoke ;)

Many things he said about Africa, America and Iceland turned out to be true. He never told me he had an olympic medal, however after leaving school and being an excellent long distance runner, he was the only smoker who ever beat me in a race ( then i became a smoker :-) ).

Many things he said about Africa, America and Iceland turned out to be true. He never told me he had an olympic medal, however after leaving school and being an excellent long distance runner, he was the only smoker who ever beat me in a race ( then i became a smoker :-) ).

Yeah but do you listen to New Order ;)

No to New Order (Joy Division yes). And no I dont smoke a pipe, however in marcus's and my flat, i remember breaking up cigarettes with Gene October from Chelsea to create roll ups, when he stayed at our house.

I remember the marples punk gigs.. I went to just about every on ethat they had on ..I am writing a book about the punk generation and need lots of stories etc from the 76 - 81 days...anyone interee=sted contact me on rotherpunk@aol.com.

I can remember seeing the following at the marples....chelsea...outcasts...the wall...angelic upstarts...uk subs...vice squad...anti pasti....chron gen....discharge...crass etc.

some of 'em were good but some not but it was always a memorable night

Does anyone remember when the Marples was a venue for punk bands? I spent many an evening there in the late seventies watching the likes of Discharge, GBH, Vice Squad, UK Subs & many more. Oh happy days.
Wonder where all the punks have gone now

This punk went to Germany in 1984 ! I went to most of the Marples gigs,punk night at rebels too.
Many of my mates were rockers so I went to the Wap too,best of both worlds.
Great days!!

would you like to reminisce your old stories of back then in my book I am writing.If so please contact me at rotherpunk@aol.com

Are there any Rotherham punks from the late 70's and early 80's out there who would be interested in having their memories and experiences, gigs seen etc put in my book I am writing ?

Tony

Did anyone go to the Rotherham Windmill thursday night punk and new wave nights in 1977 when groups like generation x, adverts, x-ray specs, penetration, ultravox,stukas etc played ?
If so I need your stories for my book I am writing

please contact me at rotherpunk@aol.com

Can't believe the marples is owned by a german company now !! so ironic(and wrong), considering it was blown up by the luftwaffe during the sheffield blitz in ww2

I remember a fight at the toy dolls gig,(skinheads as usual) they never played Sheffield again.

:hihi:My husband and I ( sound like the queen) remember the gigs at the Marpels, I remember taking extra toys with me for the get in with a toy and giving them to punx waiting to get in who had none.
I remember doing my hair in the toilets stood next to Annie from Dirt n thinking she looked so good .That hair of hers must have took some right back combing. My Husband remembers the fight at the Toy dolls gig :help:.He remember the Mau Maus the gig where they were recording a live album
I remember Becky Bondage getting coverd in spit ( yuk ):gag: n putting a blanket around her.
We also used to go to Rebels down Dixon Lane, every week it said it was the last night so everyone made sure they had a really good night.
Sheffield was a really good place to be a punk . You could go down town and meet up with your mates no need to phone them just go to the peace gardens or Woolworth cafe ( those were the days) .Where have all the good times gone? Does anyone remember the punx picnic in the park at Weston Park ? There are plenty of things we dont remember too many Barley wines me thinks.:gag:

:hihi:My husband and I ( sound like the queen) remember the gigs at the Marpels, I remember taking extra toys with me for the get in with a toy and giving them to punx waiting to get in who had none.
I remember doing my hair in the toilets stood next to Annie from Dirt n thinking she looked so good .That hair of hers must have took some right back combing. My Husband remembers the fight at the Toy dolls gig :help:.He remember the Mau Maus the gig where they were recording a live album
I remember Becky Bondage getting coverd in spit ( yuk ):gag: n putting a blanket around her.
We also used to go to Rebels down Dixon Lane, every week it said it was the last night so everyone made sure they had a really good night.
Sheffield was a really good place to be a punk . You could go down town and meet up with your mates no need to phone them just go to the peace gardens or Woolworth cafe ( those were the days) .Where have all the good times gone? Does anyone remember the punx picnic in the park at Weston Park ? There are plenty of things we dont remember too many Barley wines me thinks.:gag:

Unfortunetly i missed all the punk gigs at the marples as im not as old as you and Martin.

Unfortunetly i missed all the punk gigs at the marples as im not as old as you and Martin.
You are a bit cheeky arnt you !!!

You are a bit cheeky arnt you !!!

I am and yes you do sound like the queen.
Realised who you are when i read the post on the sheffield skinhead thread about the embarrassing dad dancing and taking your 16 yr old daughter with you.

:hihi:My husband and I ( sound like the queen) remember the gigs at the Marpels, I remember taking extra toys with me for the get in with a toy and giving them to punx waiting to get in who had none.
I remember doing my hair in the toilets stood next to Annie from Dirt n thinking she looked so good .That hair of hers must have took some right back combing. My Husband remembers the fight at the Toy dolls gig :help:.He remember the Mau Maus the gig where they were recording a live album
I remember Becky Bondage getting coverd in spit ( yuk ):gag: n putting a blanket around her.
We also used to go to Rebels down Dixon Lane, every week it said it was the last night so everyone made sure they had a really good night.
Sheffield was a really good place to be a punk . You could go down town and meet up with your mates no need to phone them just go to the peace gardens or Woolworth cafe ( those were the days) .Where have all the good times gone? Does anyone remember the punx picnic in the park at Weston Park ? There are plenty of things we dont remember too many Barley wines me thinks.:gag:

live at the marples...awesome album that, love it

and yeah...beardys cheeky :P

live at the marples...awesome album that, love it

and yeah...beardys cheeky :P

Do you know beardy? Or are you older like us two? Do you remember Dinwalls beer Keller they also had some good bands on there. Can you remember the names of any of the old punks and are you still in contact with any .I would love to contact some of my old mates we did have some fun. We've seen big John a few times did you know him and his Slaughter and the dogs scarf !!!!

I remember coming out of Rebels after punk night and getting the biggest chip butty ever from greasy Adears ( i still can not spell) covered with red sauce they tasted so good then running up to high street for the last bus.

I am and yes you do sound like the queen.
Realised who you are when i read the post on the sheffield skinhead thread about the embarrassing dad dancing and taking your 16 yr old daughter with you.

Just checked out the photos of you when you were in that band with Nick how young do you then. Nick just looks the same must be all that keep fit and healthy living LOL. :hihi:

Just checked out the photos of you when you were in that band with Nick how young do you then. Nick just looks the same must be all that keep fit and healthy living LOL. :hihi:

You dont know melthebell but your other half does he was after your time where have you found the band photos were they on his site or have you got some.
That playlist things pretty good sean.

You dont know melthebell but your other half does he was after your time where have you found the band photos were they on his site or have you got some.
That playlist things pretty good sean.

Saw the photos on his site you have seen them already as you have make a quote on there, saying that you havent been taken by little green men. Well were did you go then?

tinkerbell im abit younger than you.....i think (just caught the end of the limit, missed the marples i think) but im older than beardy

old skool punks i used to know?? hmmmmmm
i used to hang around the peace gardens with the likes of nick, mixmiff, soldier, irish glenn, big shaun, little shaun, 10 men, tommy, froggy, pat, also lived with steveo (goth for a time up pitsmoor) - sorry the people ive forgotten
i also knew a few of the sheffield anarchists (jesus, mozaz, barns, joel, sue etc), used to hang around with all the metallers / thrashers from the gardens, wap, yorkshiremen too

Its good to remember the days !!! Me Froggy Pat Mixmif still go to many of the gigs and weekenders now even tho im usually the driver !!! and they are still as good and we are regulars around town Frog and parrot, Nelson, Dove some days its like its never changed apart from got a bit more money now and Froggy and Pat can buy the Tshirts instead of " borrowing them of peoples back " :hihi::hihi:.

Thanx for that but really wanted to find people i knew from before then ( oh i'm so old ).
Any old punk girls out there who used to go Rebels etc what you doin now .Now my kids are nearly grown up i've started going out a bit .Can not do the make up any more like i used to too many wrinkels ( dont you even say anything Beardy).
I think that you know my husband Garvey .

tell froggy we'll have to meet up for a pint in the frog n parrot or someat next time im down sheff (not very often tho i must admit :( )

would be good to see mixmiff and pat again too

Thanx for that but really wanted to find people i knew from before then ( oh i'm so old ).
Any old punk girls out there who used to go Rebels etc what you doin now .Now my kids are nearly grown up i've started going out a bit .Can not do the make up any more like i used to too many wrinkels ( dont you even say anything Beardy).
I think that you know my husband Garvey .
aaaaaaaaaah now i know how you know beardy........i used to know garvey abit too.not as much granted

tell froggy we'll have to meet up for a pint in the frog n parrot or someat next time im down sheff (not very often tho i must admit :( )

would be good to see mixmiff and pat again too

Just PM me the next time your around and i will arrange it.

Do you know beardy? Or are you older like us two? Do you remember Dinwalls beer Keller they also had some good bands on there. Can you remember the names of any of the old punks and are you still in contact with any .I would love to contact some of my old mates we did have some fun. We've seen big John a few times did you know him and his Slaughter and the dogs scarf !!!!


You knew Big John ?!! I must know you by sight then,I used to knock around with John a lot,I remember the police constantly telling him to remove his bullet belt!
I was a Sheffield punk from about 1979 til coming to Germany in 1984.I used to follow the Stranglers all over the country,we even went on the French tour in 1983.
In the early 80's I used to go to the saturday night disco down the polytechnic with my then punkette girlfriend Ruth,(she is now a lab technician or some such thing in York),and a load of other punks including Big John.
Also to Mona Lisa's,Rebels etc.

would you like to reminisce your old stories of back then in my book I am writing.If so please contact me at rotherpunk@aol.com

I will be in touch.

so does anybody know the actual time frame of when punk gigs started dying at the marples (and also other venues)?

my first gig was at the hallamshire hotel, 24th april 1986
toxic toys, systematic annex, dead meat

then after that it was a conflict gig in rotherham, afterwards it seemed to be all bands like uk subs, conflict, chumbawamba (then grindier bands) all the bands like exploited, toy dolls, mau maus etc seemed to stop playing around there?

I remeber having a poster from when the exploited played at the marples when i was about 14 and they had stopped then but i think only just so id reckon about 83 84ish.
mY first gig was the subs at take two club supported by the bland another great venue lost.

I saw the exploited at the Marples.
My first ever punk gig was the Buzzcocks and Joy Division at the top rank in 1979 when I was 17.
I saw the subs at the rank a couple of times and at the limit,last saw them in Hildesheim in 1996 at the KuFa.

I remeber having a poster from when the exploited played at the marples when i was about 14 and they had stopped then but i think only just so id reckon about 83 84ish.
mY first gig was the subs at take two club supported by the bland another great venue lost.

i remember walking past the marples and seeing an old exploited poster stuck to the wall outside...mustve been one of the last.

might be this one beardy - 16th october 1987 - take 2 uk subs, the bland
my 8th gig :P

yeah that will be the one we ended up walking home cos we had no taxi money spent it all on beer think ive still got the tape of it somewhere.

I need memories of the marples punk gigs for my book I am writing. i havent got much at all yet so it coiuld end up being unrepresented which is a shame...Can u remember these ones Chelsea...angelic upstarts...vice squad..outcasts...anti-pasti...the wall...chron gen...uk subs etc..Please email me at rotherpunk@aol.com

The last gig at the Marples was The Toy Dolls, one of the skinheads wrapped a stool over someone's head and that was it, no more gigs. I remember going there a couple of times a week at one period. Infa Riot for some reason always use't to get a big crowd. After that I remember Marcus managing The Exploited and Mau Maus for a while but after one short tour, Lets Start A War, that was it. The last Mau Maus gig in Sheffield was the Infa Riot/Mau Maus gig at The Leadmill I think, closely followed by Chelsea/Meteors/Anti-Pasti which was the last thing Marcus put on.

I'm pretty sure the last gig at the marples was the angelic upstarts, the exploited played the same week, I remember cus it snowed all week and we had to walk into town cus the buses couldn't get up to the wybourn, and we thought the gig would be off, but it wasn't. There weren't many people in though.

Wasn't the Upstarts Jake, the last time they played the Mau Maus supported, that was around the time they had their England single out - I remember those two gigs and it was defo the Toy Dolls gig that was the last event there.

They fitted snooker tables after that gig. The Exploited still had Big John on guitar for the Marples gigs as well, which put it at least a year before it closed.

Did any one on here see the ADICTS at dingwalls, they played to about 30 people and now they're massive in the states. Took froggy to his first gig THE DAMNED at dingwalls I think I was the only one who was over16 at the time, bands I saw at dings, adicts, test tube babies (couple of times), bad brains, the original english dogs (first UK tour) GBH, the alarm, the damned. the leadmill also had cool bands on from time to time, but I'll shut up cus I'll be here all day. (ex member of toixc toys he he)

I remember the gigs at Dingwalls, man the bouncers where rough in there. Saw Bad Brains, Addicts, Big Country, Sisters Of Mercy and loads more.

Thinking about Dingwalls, Black Flag had a live show video'd and released from there.

Yeah Dingwalls didn't last long though did it.. I saw Glen Matlocks band 'London Cowboys' there..Big Country played there twice as well and live they were really good..didn't reckon much to their records though, especially after the first couple anyway.
others were Vibrators, damned, Richard Hell, Hanoi Rocks.

I must be getting old demetia and all that, yeah i remember the bouncers being rough as a bears a''se, got thrown out of a couple of shows for dancing a bit too wildly, saw adam and the ants at the limit and gen X very early 79ish.
also saw some free rock on the rates gigs a bit later, damned, uk subs, exploited at the pheonix hall (NMB) had to bunk off school to get tickets from this little caravan in ponds street from Marcus Featherbrain

I remember those free gigs were they the ones that you got in free with a dole card? If they were i remember borrowing a card off someone as i was at college. I saw the higson but they were booed off the stage and the Bow Bow wow came on .I was on the news it was right funny seeing myself at the gig.
Ialso remember going to Dingwalls n saw lots of bands .We used to go down London to see bands at the 100 club .I remember one day we saw Charlie Harper and asked him if he was going to see Conflict that night he was not impressed with us and said we are playing tonight ( opps) we went to see conflict though carnt remember if they were good or not.

Hello.... any 1 intterested in this gig ??
sat nov 29 @ THE GRAPES
THE WARRIORS
SKYEDGE
BULLETKINGS
SAt nov 29TH
£5 otd..
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Hi guys my name is Mick,
I'm from liverpool & used to do a fanzine in the 80's mostly covering our scene at PlanetX but with contributions from friend from chesterfield attending gigs over at Sheffield leadmill etc called Debbie. Anyone remember the zine or Debbie?
Anyhow I'm trying to find stuff about the original Sheffield scene of the 77.
Anyone on here remember . . .
GunRubber or Adi's band 2.3
gigs at the penthouse or going to craisy daisy's.
When did Asylum open? nearly forgot Rare & Racy!
What about early Cab Voltaire gigs when they had the angry brigade films as backdrop, or was that clock dva!

You knew Big John ?!! I must know you by sight then,I used to knock around with John a lot,I remember the police constantly telling him to remove his bullet belt!
I was a Sheffield punk from about 1979 til coming to Germany in 1984.I used to follow the Stranglers all over the country,we even went on the French tour in 1983.
In the early 80's I used to go to the saturday night disco down the polytechnic with my then punkette girlfriend Ruth,(she is now a lab technician or some such thing in York),and a load of other punks including Big John.
Also to Mona Lisa's,Rebels etc.

I remember Big John his dad owned a bakery I went to Manchester airport for a day out once in the escort van with two girls Ange was one can't remember the other. Sqaushed in the back amongst the smell of dohnuts & bread baskets. We also had a mega day out in the van to Eyam christ knows how many were crushed in the van. We were run out of town by the villagers with dogs, what a laugh.
I remember loads of folk from both Marples & Rebels., Dog, Rat, Grant the postie who loved Killing joke, Frosty who had a fling with Eddie Tenpole, Big John, Jamie, Nick from the record shop attached to the Leadmill.
A student was doing a photo shoot of Punks and we all went upto a grave yard off Ecclesall Road to a vanalised building in the grave yard where she shot loads of pics of us posing and I think they was some folk on the glue as well, not me I hasten to add, wish I could see these now to give my kids a laugh
Fantastic days Sheffield was good for Punks.

As a 17 year old punk I lived in same house and helped Marcus Featherby organise the gigs, some gigs i did organise by myself however and never took credit. Just got slagged off in the book about Sheffield Band history, by people who themselves were no hopers at 17. Oh well.
Marcus never got the credit he deserved, he had a great hand in making the sheffield scene at that time come alive, he gets criticised for not creating a record label like factory in Manchester (which got money off Virgin), the pair of us lived off my Giro, but we brought out many records and organised scores of gigs. AND the gigs were great, next to no trouble in all that time, the one pub bouncer who never raised his hand. Bring a toy (no money) gigs to give womens refuge kids a good xmas. All the good punk bands of the day, and skinhead bands played. I organised an Oi Against Racism gig myself. The bands that played were bands that people asked us to put on (I didn't like the Oi bands).
Marcus actually organised the Rock on the Rates thing although the Leadmill lot took what credit they could.
Most of that history has never been told the ones that have written were at the time, so into being cool rather than doing something that they missed it.
Marcus was in London, at least up until 3 months ago.
Great shame he never got the respect he deserved!

He also ripped a lot of people off nobody saw a penny from the wargasm album which he financed by puttin up the house he was renting off me i got grief for years after that
apart from that your right he did do a lot for the sheffield music scene he discoverd ARTERY so all is forgiven

You knew Big John ?!! I must know you by sight then,I used to knock around with John a lot,I remember the police constantly telling him to remove his bullet belt!
I was a Sheffield punk from about 1979 til coming to Germany in 1984.I used to follow the Stranglers all over the country,we even went on the French tour in 1983.
In the early 80's I used to go to the saturday night disco down the polytechnic with my then punkette girlfriend Ruth,(she is now a lab technician or some such thing in York),and a load of other punks including Big John.
Also to Mona Lisa's,Rebels etc.

I also knew Big John really well, and his mate Chris who he knocked around with for a while.
Years later, my husband and his mate put central heating in for John!!
Yep, his parents did own a bakery and we always used to say to him that he was a millionaire punk!!He was a good bloke though!!

I used to go to marples in the seventies it used to be the meeting place for people on stag and hen nights,we had some great times,as I remember the live bands were downstairs and the disco was upstairs,we prefered it up stairs,I never knew when we were boogying in there what a terrible thing happened when sheffield was bombed and marples took a direct hit,70 people were buried alive and most of there remains had to stay there because they coulnt get them out,if only we knew we were dancing on peoples graves,how ironic is it that I know work for ladbrokes in the basement for ladbrokes,sometimes the hair on the back of my neck stands up for no reason and I feel as though someone is behind me when there is no one there,the bike shop above us has said that large items have been moved of shelves ect when they have opened up in the morning one day three full sets of biker gear was laid out in the middle of the room when the staff opened up one morning,apart from all theses strange happenings Iam amazed that I am not really scared but when I have to go into the cellar I always keep my eyes closed till the light comes on just in case

does anyone remember big johns american police car!! also anyone remember bill eileen (the vicars daughter with a pinky pussy!!) longy sarah stu soski (the skinhead) really miss those days in woolies cafe and meeting in the hole in the room every saturday for the big walk up fargate and down the moor

hole in the road i meant!! lol

Yes we remember going to Woolies on a Saturday afternoon always someone to talk to and hang out with. Used to go in the peace gardens to n drink cider. Remember big John he was mad on Slaughter n the dogs. Used to go in Rebels,Marpels,Dingwalls etc always plenty to do in them days .It was a great time loads of really good mates who would look out for each other. Been looking for old mates on face book but can never remember anyone Surname must be old age!!! lol It used to look good when we all walk round in a mob proud to be a punk .

Do you mean Rock a Debbie who was in a few bands with Maccey and some others?
She used to go to the Crazy Daisy . Still see her all the time if its her.

does maccey play drums tinkerbell?

I can not remember i will ask Rockadeb . He had long hair at the back none in the middle and long on top .

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Tony

Cool.

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Our Generation the Punk and Mod children of Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster book (which includes chapters about the Marples club, the limit, top rank lots about local Punk groups Injectors, Stunt Kites, Vice Squad, 2.3 and more) is now available to buy from the following outlets...Phillip Howard books Wickersley Rotherham...Jacks records Division Street Sheffield....HMV Sheffield Fargate (from Tuesday) and online 'Bored Teenagers' Punk site and from myself at rotherpunk@aol.com there are some extracts from the book on the Punk77 and Bored Teenagers sites.

Hi how much is it including postage

Hi...
Thanks for the interest...the book's retail price is £19.99 but at the moment I am doing it for this price with free p+p..so £19.99 by paypal please.

Dove and Rainbow pub is punk-ish

Yeah we are a bit....have some old skool punk regulars.....more rock than punk these days but we dont forget our roots....

Just a reply about remembering Big John & car it was a big mustang with pheonix on it if im not mistaken , we were punks in those days from Rotherham we used to go to Marples most weekends , me, Frosty, Nobby, Cress ,Big Vern and a lad from Doncaster called Red those were great days

does anyone remember big johns american police car!! also anyone remember bill eileen (the vicars daughter with a pinky pussy!!) longy sarah stu soski (the skinhead) really miss those days in woolies cafe and meeting in the hole in the room every saturday for the big walk up fargate and down the moor
eileen sparkes was the vicars daughter,chris long is dead,but soski is still around.

Does anyone remember when the Marples was a venue for punk bands? I spent many an evening there in the late seventies watching the likes of Discharge, GBH, Vice Squad, UK Subs & many more. Oh happy days.
Wonder where all the punks have gone now They were truly wondorous days & Marcus Featherby who seemed to organise the events where is he now.

i was a punk way back then does anyone remember stiff little fingers at the limit it was cancelled because one of the band had been locked up hundreds of us ended up marching in protest all the way through town they eventually played the polys refectory opposite train station

i was a punk way back then does anyone remember stiff little fingers at the limit it was cancelled because one of the band had been locked up hundreds of us ended up marching in protest all the way through town they eventually played the polys refectory opposite train station

I thought that was the Cockney Rejects..

I thought that was the Cockney Rejects..

think that could be right werethey supposed to replace slf memory fails me now were you there?

Hiya peeps, yeah the marples what wikid times, I was lead singer with Plastik toyz and also worked for free helping promoting/setting up etc, Ive still got the original recording of Mau maus and plastik toyz live @ the marples, Although the full recording didnt get released as our guitarist left, I remember we tried out guitarist from cute pubes but it just didnt seem right so we called it a day, Ive got the original recording on tape just need to get it on cd, We were very close with Chris/podge/bunny and lev (lev was our bassist cousin) other mates of the time inc Macky/big john/grant/soski/doggysid/grape/kate/martin/captain/faz/dean and his bro/jesus/julie/tiny And our drummer STEVO (R.I.P) STRANGLERS DEAN (R.I.P) CHRIS LONG (R.I.P) FRAZER (R.I.P)

[QUOTE=plastik toyz;5163266]Hiya peeps, yeah the marples what wikid times, I was lead singer with Plastik toyz and also worked for free helping promoting/setting up etc, Ive still got the original recording of Mau maus and plastik toyz live @ the marples, Although the full recording didnt get released as our guitarist left, I remember we tried out guitarist from cute pubes but it just didnt seem right so we called it a day, Ive got the original recording on tape just need to get it on cd, We were very close with Chris/podge/bunny and lev (lev was our bassist cousin) other mates of the time inc Macky/big john/grant/soski/doggysid/grape/kate/martin/captain/faz/dean and his bro/jesus/julie/tiny And our drummer STEVO (R.I.P) STRANGLERS DEAN (R.I.P) CHRIS LONG (R.I.P) FRAZER (R.I.P)

You knew Big John ?!! I must know you by sight then,I used to knock around with John a lot,I remember the police constantly telling him to remove his bullet belt!
I was a Sheffield punk from about 1979 til coming to Germany in 1984.I used to follow the Stranglers all over the country,we even went on the French tour in 1983.
In the early 80's I used to go to the saturday night disco down the polytechnic with my then punkette girlfriend Ruth,(she is now a lab technician or some such thing in York),and a load of other punks including Big John.
Also to Mona Lisa's,Rebels etc. Do we know each other ? Jamie

Does anyone remember when the Marples was a venue for punk bands? I spent many an evening there in the late seventies watching the likes of Discharge, GBH, Vice Squad, UK Subs & many more. Oh happy days.
Wonder where all the punks have gone now They were truly wondorous days & Marcus Featherby who seemed to organise the events where is he now.Do we know each other, Jamie

[QUOTE=plastik toyz;5163266]Hiya peeps, yeah the marples what wikid times, I was lead singer with Plastik toyz and also worked for free helping promoting/setting up etc, Ive still got the original recording of Mau maus and plastik toyz live @ the marples, Although the full recording didnt get released as our guitarist left, I remember we tried out guitarist from cute pubes but it just didnt seem right so we called it a day, Ive got the original recording on tape just need to get it on cd, We were very close with Chris/podge/bunny and lev (lev was our bassist cousin) other mates of the time inc Macky/big john/grant/soski/doggysid/grape/kate/martin/captain/faz/dean and his bro/jesus/julie/tiny And our drummer STEVO (R.I.P) STRANGLERS DEAN (R.I.P) CHRIS LONG (R.I.P) FRAZER (R.I.P)

ill have to see if my old technics deck works then i can record tape to cd if required.
i used to know jesus and chris long, also knew deano very slightly, just started hanging around the peace gardens when he died (yeah im a youngun lol), still got the cutting from the star about his death.

[QUOTE=plastik toyz;5163266]Hiya peeps, yeah the marples what wikid times, I was lead singer with Plastik toyz and also worked for free helping promoting/setting up etc, Ive still got the original recording of Mau maus and plastik toyz live @ the marples, Although the full recording didnt get released as our guitarist left, I remember we tried out guitarist from cute pubes but it just didnt seem right so we called it a day, Ive got the original recording on tape just need to get it on cd, We were very close with Chris/podge/bunny and lev (lev was our bassist cousin) other mates of the time inc Macky/big john/grant/soski/doggysid/grape/kate/martin/captain/faz/dean and his bro/jesus/julie/tiny And our drummer STEVO (R.I.P) STRANGLERS DEAN (R.I.P) CHRIS LONG (R.I.P) FRAZER (R.I.P)

Deano has been dead a few years now, I remember John (Burnel) telling me that he was dead at a Stranglers gig in Germany years back.
I didn't know Chris Long was dead until I read Tony Beesley's new book.

Anybody know Tiny (Ian Squires) ? He was a mate of Deano's and a big Stranglers fan, not seen him for years.

Do we know each other ? Jamie

If you were on the Sheffield scene between 1979 and 1984 we will almost certainly know each other, at least by sight.

think that could be right werethey supposed to replace slf memory fails me now were you there?

Yes I was there.

The Rejects gig was a Saturday afternoon show and when it was called off I remember a big mob of us marching through the town.

[QUOTE=plastik toyz;5163275]

Deano has been dead a few years now, I remember John (Burnel) telling me that he was dead at a Stranglers gig in Germany years back.
I didn't know Chris Long was dead until I read Tony Beesley's new book.

Anybody know Tiny (Ian Squires) ? He was a mate of Deano's and a big Stranglers fan, not seen him for years. Yeah Tiny very old mate of mine and we drink together nearly everyday, What name will he know ya by cheers Jamie

I also remember drinking tea in Atkinsons cafe on the Moor on the top floor above the store. We all met there when we bunked off school.
I remember buying records from Revolution on the Gallery near the Castle Market & a punk disco night in Rebels more happy memories flood back

Do ya remember when plastik toyz played with mau maus @ marples and peter and the test tube babies turned up and supported us, Ive still got a photo somewhere, Do you remember riot squad playing rebels the night after and they were crap and nobody was dancing so they said we were all ******s WHOOPS all there gear got took of stage and kicked down the stairs with them following it !! I think someone even slashed tyres on there van

Saw the photos on his site you have seen them already as you have make a quote on there, saying that you havent been taken by little green men. Well were did you go then?

Hiya i think we may know each other from back in the day, Jamie

I remember Big John his dad owned a bakery I went to Manchester airport for a day out once in the escort van with two girls Ange was one can't remember the other. Sqaushed in the back amongst the smell of dohnuts & bread baskets. We also had a mega day out in the van to Eyam christ knows how many were crushed in the van. We were run out of town by the villagers with dogs, what a laugh.
I remember loads of folk from both Marples & Rebels., Dog, Rat, Grant the postie who loved Killing joke, Frosty who had a fling with Eddie Tenpole, Big John, Jamie, Nick from the record shop attached to the Leadmill.
A student was doing a photo shoot of Punks and we all went upto a grave yard off Ecclesall Road to a vanalised building in the grave yard where she shot loads of pics of us posing and I think they was some folk on the glue as well, not me I hasten to add, wish I could see these now to give my kids a laugh
Fantastic days Sheffield was good for Punks.

I must know you, Jamie

[QUOTE=Bayern Blade;5165018] Yeah Tiny very old mate of mine and we drink together nearly everyday, What name will he know ya by cheers Jamie

Cheers mate, I first met Tiny at a Stranglers gig at Manchester Apollo in summer 1980.
We went to loads of Stranglers gigs all over the country after that. Tell him Mark from Grenoside wishes him all the best, I'd love to meet up with him again for a few beers.

I must know you, Jamie

Jamie we do know each other, we hung around together with the rest of the gang. I remember you had the anachist "A" symbol which your dad got from a seddon atkinson truck. We hung around rat records and Atkinsons amonst other places. You wore a crombie style jacket and beret if i remember right
Hope your well and life is good mate, great wee articles here I remeber a few of the names you mentioned above where are they now

The book 'Our Generation: The Punk and Mod children of Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster 1976 - 1985' now has an official website...

http://ourgenerationpunkandmod.co.uk/default.html

Like the book itself the site is put together in the true Punk style of Do it yourself'...Up until less than 2 weeks ago i had never attempted this sort of thing...hence some pages possibly appearing a little lacking...

I need reviews of Punk gigs, Punk books, cd's anything related really...as long as its honest and unbiased I will endeavour to put it on the site...

Already on there, I have put some photos from the book that didn't make it to the book, page extracts, gig reviews, Book reviews and much more...

Feel free to join in...lets make the site something special...

Tony

i can't believe longy's dead (chris long) can anyone tell me when and how he died we went to school together amongst many other things he was a really good mate and the news of his death has done my head in

my guess it was drugs..... rip longy you were a legend mate mad as a hatter but a good friend and had some wicked times with you chris .... the first one of the old crew to pass away and i can't believe your gone

my guess it was drugs..... rip longy you were a legend mate mad as a hatter but a good friend and had some wicked times with you chris .... the first one of the old crew to pass away and i can't believe your gone

i remember longy and some of his pals having the tattoo "sheffields no.1 punk"tattoos....followed by no.2,no.3 etc,etc in the order of who got tattooed 1st ,2nd and 3rd,he pierced his own scrotum at the old tattoo studio on the kelvin with an old canular(the tattooist said he could just pay for the ring if he did it himself with a used needle)so longy did......then the next day,he came back in,and pierced his girlfriends nipple using an ear piercing gun.yep,definitely a mad man,but a character too.

my guess it was drugs..... rip longy you were a legend mate mad as a hatter but a good friend and had some wicked times with you chris .... the first one of the old crew to pass away and i can't believe your gone

Chris Long died years ago, and I mean many years ago, he was only early to mid 20's from memory. He started out as a Mod, hanging round the John O' Gaunt shops with a gang of lads I knew, still got a picture of him from those days. Then he became a punk. The last time I saw him he had aged a lot and looked much older than his years, which I guess was drink or drugs (or both) but he was always a friendly lad to me and harmless.

Chris Long died years ago, and I mean many years ago, he was only early to mid 20's from memory. He started out as a Mod, hanging round the John O' Gaunt shops with a gang of lads I knew, still got a picture of him from those days. Then he became a punk. The last time I saw him he had aged a lot and looked much older than his years, which I guess was drink or drugs (or both) but he was always a friendly lad to me and harmless.
longy died in the 90,s,between 95 and 97,he was certainly alive up to 93 as i gave him and gerry a lift back to netherthorpe,for some reason,i dont know why,longy started on gerry,and i had to get between em....but i,ll always remember longy for piercing his own nuts,his bowler hat and crombie,but most of all,for being a character.

[QUOTE=plastik toyz;5163275]

Deano has been dead a few years now, I remember John (Burnel) telling me that he was dead at a Stranglers gig in Germany years back.
I didn't know Chris Long was dead until I read Tony Beesley's new book.

Anybody know Tiny (Ian Squires) ? He was a mate of Deano's and a big Stranglers fan, not seen him for years.

Deano & Chris were top Lad's , Deano was always dressed in black went to his flat once and was horrified to see his ashtray stand was a human leg bone & Chris often had his dog wearing a neck scarf with him shared many beers in the John o Gaunt with him R.I.P Dean & Chris

i remember longy as a mod too we both started off as mods/skinheads but punk was the one for us at the end of the day! there were so many different things you could be into back in the day punk skin mod rocker alll you can be now is a fashion victim with no identity!! i've still got a tattoo that longy done for me with a needle and a bottle of indian ink.... it was supposed to say crass but all i have is the c cos the silly sod knocked the ink all over the floor (too many magic mushrooms that day me thinks!!) i left sheffield about 15 years ago and can't believe he's been gone that long although ......the man definately knew how to take a walk on the wild side and in a way i'm not surprised. he was a massive character and he hope he was buried with his trilby and cane..... rip mate

you couldn't send me that pic could you okismoki?

sorry i mean grappler can you send me that pic!! new to all this posting threads ******!! lol loving it though!

do you know bran grappler?

do you know bran grappler?

Yep, lived down the bottom of Blackstock Road as a lad, near the Horse and Groom pub.

sorry i mean grappler can you send me that pic!! new to all this posting threads ******!! lol loving it though!

Yes I will try and sort that, low quality though unfortunately

thanks grappler would love to see a pic of me old madhead mate again

I went to a fair few of the Marples punk gigs in 70s/80s and, though I minded my own a bit, I also hung out with Deano, Tiny (our) Rocka Debs, Chris, Sarah bod, Pat, Sue, Mick Denton, Slonk, Ian Williams, Duane from the Limit (R.I.P.) and others, loads of who I MUST HAVE known....Rob Dingo, Grappler, Tinkerbell, Whitehorses?, but lost touch with in the mid 1980s when, most people seemed to go off and do their own thing..........BUT, I appreciate the returned memories of what has been said here....all the punks meeting at Woolworths cafe on Saturday and going down the Moor to Virgin....and hanging out.
The Marples gigs....I remember Negatives, Stunt Kites, Crass, Dirt, Annie Anxiety, others.

Has anyone bought Tonys (Beesley) book, Our Generation? about those times....76-1985.
It is 400 pages of stories and memories and photers from those days....GOOD DAYS....in our lives.....and at less than £20, I think the book is well worth buying....for the memory.

i remember longy and some of his pals having the tattoo "sheffields no.1 punk"tattoos....followed by no.2,no.3 etc,etc in the order of who got tattooed 1st ,2nd and 3rd,he pierced his own scrotum at the old tattoo studio on the kelvin with an old canular(the tattooist said he could just pay for the ring if he did it himself with a used needle)so longy did......then the next day,he came back in,and pierced his girlfriends nipple using an ear piercing gun.yep,definitely a mad man,but a character too.

I remember that too, I should do as I still have "Sheffield Punks No.2" tattooed on my right forearm :)

I'd no idea he was dead either until I read Tony's book. In honesty I'm not really surprised though, he always lived right on the edge.

[QUOTE=Bayern Blade;5165018]

Deano & Chris were top Lad's , Deano was always dressed in black went to his flat once and was horrified to see his ashtray stand was a human leg bone & Chris often had his dog wearing a neck scarf with him shared many beers in the John o Gaunt with him R.I.P Dean & Chris

deano?would that be dean kelly?died in police custody,the cops thought he had passed out,left him without checking him,resulting in his death.i remember him from being in patmos house,a hostel in southey green road,his best mate at the time was a guy called bernard.

[QUOTE=Rob (DINGO);5762785]

deano?would that be dean kelly?died in police custody,the cops thought he had passed out,left him without checking him,resulting in his death.i remember him from being in patmos house,a hostel in southey green road,his best mate at the time was a guy called bernard.
Yes, that was Deano, Dean Kelly. Originally from Middlesbrough I think. Big stranglers man at the time and lived in several places around Fir Vale, Barnsley Rd. I think his death was down to Heroin OD...but in police custody at the time...as you say.

[QUOTE=okismoki;5794902]
Yes, that was Deano, Dean Kelly. Originally from Middlesbrough I think. Big stranglers man at the time and lived in several places around Fir Vale, Barnsley Rd. I think his death was down to Heroin OD...but in police custody at the time...as you say.

He certainly was, I first met Deano through his mate Tiny, it was in 1980 on the "Meninblack Tour".
I was already living in Germany when he died, in fact it was John (Burnel) that told me after a gig over here.

I went to a fair few of the Marples punk gigs in 70s/80s and, though I minded my own a bit, I also hung out with Deano, Tiny (our) Rocka Debs, Chris, Sarah bod, Pat, Sue, Mick Denton, Slonk, Ian Williams, Duane from the Limit (R.I.P.) and others, loads of who I MUST HAVE known....Rob Dingo, Grappler, Tinkerbell, Whitehorses?, but lost touch with in the mid 1980s when, most people seemed to go off and do their own thing..........BUT, I appreciate the returned memories of what has been said here....all the punks meeting at Woolworths cafe on Saturday and going down the Moor to Virgin....and hanging out.
The Marples gigs....I remember Negatives, Stunt Kites, Crass, Dirt, Annie Anxiety, others.

Has anyone bought Tonys (Beesley) book, Our Generation? about those times....76-1985.
It is 400 pages of stories and memories and photers from those days....GOOD DAYS....in our lives.....and at less than £20, I think the book is well worth buying....for the memory.

Ian Williams lived just up the road from me and we hung out together a lot in those days. Duane - do you mean Duane Willey who lived down near the Horse and Groom pub? (nick named "Wonka"), who died at work when he fell from a roof?

Ian went on to be "The Human Leagues" PR man before they hit the big time died of a OD R.I.P he was quite a character obsessed with Marilyn Monroe his brother Glynn is a good friend of mine and has still got his old vinyl mountains of the stuff !! Wonka was a top gezzer in-between being a punk he was a active football hooligan in the SRA the BBC's predecessors' Ian Williams lived just up the road from me and we hung out together a lot in those days. Duane - do you mean Duane Willey who lived down near the Horse and Groom pub? (nick named "Wonka"), who died at work when he fell from a roof?

[QUOTE=Rob (DINGO);5762785]

deano?would that be dean kelly?died in police custody,the cops thought he had passed out,left him without checking him,resulting in his death.i remember him from being in patmos house,a hostel in southey green road,his best mate at the time was a guy called bernard.
yeah i have the cutting from the star about him dieing, ill upload it if you want, deano was still about town when i started hanging around the peace gardens (about 87 ish......yeah im only a young un...40) remember him nicking a pair of docs from a shop and hiding em in the bushes in the peace gardens for later lol

longy died in the 90,s,between 95 and 97,he was certainly alive up to 93 as i gave him and gerry a lift back to netherthorpe,for some reason,i dont know why,longy started on gerry,and i had to get between em....but i,ll always remember longy for piercing his own nuts,his bowler hat and crombie,but most of all,for being a character.
yeah chris long (10 men) was alive and well...ish when i left sheff about 93 ish, i hung around the peace gardens when he was about in his afgan waistcoat, beard and stick

Yes, that was Deano, Dean Kelly. Originally from Middlesbrough I think. Big stranglers man at the time and lived in several places around Fir Vale, Barnsley Rd. I think his death was down to Heroin OD...but in police custody at the time...as you say.

here we go, as promised, the cutting from the star about deano (http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL600/2588775/15796933/380975690.jpg) dieing

hi all
i see you knew my dad dean kelly. i didn't actually know him very well. just remember a couple of occasions when i met him but was quite young. From the sound of it he was a real character. i had the chance to meet j j burnell from the stranglers this year. i was introduced by a bloke called shaggy (my dad called him spider) who knew my dad. he told me a couple of funny stories about my dad. nice to see people still remember him.

longy died in the 90,s,between 95 and 97,he was certainly alive up to 93 as i gave him and gerry a lift back to netherthorpe,for some reason,i dont know why,longy started on gerry,and i had to get between em....but i,ll always remember longy for piercing his own nuts,his bowler hat and crombie,but most of all,for being a character.

Ah ok, I got it wrong, memory playing tricks and all that, I remember him when he first moved onto Gleadless Valley, must have only been about 15 years old. Can't have been much older than 30 when he died then? Anyway, a shame.

here we go, as promised, the cutting from the star about deano (http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL600/2588775/15796933/380975690.jpg) dieing

hi did you know him well..........

My older brother was mates with longy

hi did you know him well..........
no sorry, i'd only just started hanging around the peace gardens / town not that long before he died, so i only knew him in passing mostly

hi all
i see you knew my dad dean kelly. i didn't actually know him very well. just remember a couple of occasions when i met him but was quite young. From the sound of it he was a real character. i had the chance to meet j j burnell from the stranglers this year. i was introduced by a bloke called shaggy (my dad called him spider) who knew my dad. he told me a couple of funny stories about my dad. nice to see people still remember him.

Hi,
I guess you're trying to get to know more about your Dad now you're older.
I knew him quite well, late seventies, early eighties.Obviously knew him from Limit days and hanging around town when we were all young.
Although as you've probably heard, he had his crazy side, he also had a really soft nice side that people rarely saw, cos he didn't let them see.
I guess you know he used to have a pet owl, Billy ?It was great!
He let me stay at his bedsit a few times if I couldn't get home, or I'd gone to see one of his mates who was out.
He could be quite protective if you were his friend.
He'd be gobsmacked to think that all these years later I'd be talking to his son via pc !!

Hi,
I guess you're trying to get to know more about your Dad now you're older.
I knew him quite well, late seventies, early eighties.Obviously knew him from Limit days and hanging around town when we were all young.
Although as you've probably heard, he had his crazy side, he also had a really soft nice side that people rarely saw, cos he didn't let them see.
I guess you know he used to have a pet owl, Billy ?It was great!
He let me stay at his bedsit a few times if I couldn't get home, or I'd gone to see one of his mates who was out.
He could be quite protective if you were his friend.
He'd be gobsmacked to think that all these years later I'd be talking to his son via pc !!

yeh. only ever met one of his friends and that was by accident in the local pub on my dads birthday of all days. i have heard a few crazy stories but dont actually know much about him. i recently found an old picture from the sheffield star featuring him, my mum (sue orr) and billy the owl.
thanks for your reply. is nice to learn more of his personallity even though he was crazy at times.

dean

yeh. only ever met one of his friends and that was by accident in the local pub on my dads birthday of all days. i have heard a few crazy stories but dont actually know much about him. i recently found an old picture from the sheffield star featuring him, my mum (sue orr) and the billy the owl.
thanks for your reply. is nice to learn more of his personallity even though he was crazy at times.

dean

i knew ya mum as well,i got to know dean when he was in patmos house,a bail hostel on southey green road,early to mid 70,s,he hung around with bernard,a lad from middlesborough,if im correct,also in patmos house,your dad was a wolves fan,but the less said about that the better......has ya mum still got long dark hair????,she was a bit of a looker when she was younger,hearts all over the parson cross estate were broken when she got with your dad.....2 really nice people.

i knew ya mum as well,i got to know dean when he was in patmos house,a bail hostel on southey green road,early to mid 70,s,he hung around with bernard,a lad from middlesborough,if im correct,also in patmos house,your dad was a wolves fan,but the less said about that the better......has ya mum still got long dark hair????,she was a bit of a looker when she was younger,hearts all over the parson cross estate were broken when she got with your dad.....2 really nice people.

hi okismoki

she still has the long dark hair. she hasnt changed much and still lives in parson cross. whats your name? i will have to show her the post's. she likes to reminis about the old times. cheers mate. thanks for the reply.

Great to read the posts we remember Deano he was always sound with us ( my hubby n me) also knew Chris Long he was a nice lad too when my son was lil i was sat in the peace garden with him and he was crying for a slimmer ( from ghost busters ) ballon chris never said a word just disapeared then later returned with one for my boy it was so sweet. We saw Big John at Chicks ( Scoties) funneral not seen him for years hes still the same then saw him again near Wilkisons told him to get on face book but he says hes not into pc's lol. :O) Keep the memories coming its good to remember the good times. Did anyone go to the Limit re-union we did it was great to see old faces but well packed.

hi did you know him well..........

I knew him fairly well, first time I met him was July 1980 after a Stranglers gig at Manchester Apollo, we all had to doss in Manchester station until about 5am, I remember me and Tiny were chatting up a couple of punkettes from Widnes.
In the four years or so after that I saw quite a bit of him either on Stranglers tours or in Sheffield.
I remember after a gig in Bradford we booked a room at the bands hotel and about ten of us ended up dossing in it, at about 4am your dad had the bright idea of using the hotel swimming pool, we made a hell of a racket jumping in the pool and all got chucked out.
Before one gig I was admiring a rubber skull mask in a shop window, me and Tiny went in a pub and Deano came in 5 minutes later. He'd just nicked the mask and flogged it me for a couple of quid !
I can remember a few stories about him, you never knew what he was going to do next !
It was JJ Burnel that told me he had died, when the Stranglers were touring over here years ago.

I got a magazine called Pax the exploited signed it for us still got it as well , happy days saw loads of band too gbh upstarts exploited testtube babies addicts damned uk subs loads more but the ramones beats them all no competition!!! im going to see the sex pistols exp at the boardwalk sat nite anyone else going!!!

Great to read the posts we remember Deano he was always sound with us ( my hubby n me) also knew Chris Long he was a nice lad too when my son was lil i was sat in the peace garden with him and he was crying for a slimmer ( from ghost busters ) ballon chris never said a word just disapeared then later returned with one for my boy it was so sweet. We saw Big John at Chicks ( Scoties) funneral not seen him for years hes still the same then saw him again near Wilkisons told him to get on face book but he says hes not into pc's lol. :O) Keep the memories coming its good to remember the good times. Did anyone go to the Limit re-union we did it was great to see old faces but well packed.

Yeah went to both of them, great fun.

[QUOTE=dkelectrical;6412200]hi okismoki

she still has the long dark hair. she hasnt changed much and still lives in parson cross. whats your name? i will have to show her the post's. she likes to reminis about the old times. cheers mate. thanks for the reply.[/QUOTE

Have been browsing Sheffield forum...after learning of the death of another punk friend from the 1970s/80s, Steve Chapman, ex-stunt kite guitarist.

I knew Deano and his mates, Tiny, etc..when they shared a bedsit with us on Barnsley Road in about 1979/80 I think.

Deano knew Rocka Debs, Maxine, Pat and Sue...all those hardcore punks...
He looked a bit scary at the time....because of his tattoos and shaven head...but he had a gentle side too...when you got to know him...and he had some funny stories to tell too.

He liked a smoke or two did Deano...as well as the beers of course.
Last time I saw him was down in Fir Vale...across from the hospital...
I was shocked and saddened....all those years ago now....when I heard he'd passed away...in police custody, etc.

There were a lot of close knit people in Sheffield back then...and possibly links to Middlesbrough too...who knew Deano...so you should be able to find out a fair bit more about him I suppose.

Best regards matey.

I went to a fair few of the Marples punk gigs in 70s/80s and, though I minded my own a bit, I also hung out with Deano, Tiny (our) Rocka Debs, Chris, Sarah bod, Pat, Sue, Mick Denton, Slonk, Ian Williams, Duane from the Limit (R.I.P.) and others, loads of who I MUST HAVE known....Rob Dingo, Grappler, Tinkerbell, Whitehorses?, but lost touch with in the mid 1980s when, most people seemed to go off and do their own thing..........BUT, I appreciate the returned memories of what has been said here....all the punks meeting at Woolworths cafe on Saturday and going down the Moor to Virgin....and hanging out.
The Marples gigs....I remember Negatives, Stunt Kites, Crass, Dirt, Annie Anxiety, others.

Has anyone bought Tonys (Beesley) book, Our Generation? about those times....76-1985.
It is 400 pages of stories and memories and photers from those days....GOOD DAYS....in our lives.....and at less than £20, I think the book is well worth buying....for the memory.



Hi dropout,
Again I have replied to another thread you have posted on, we must have known each other, if not well, then to say Hi to.I am in Tony's book, and his new ones I think, got to get them off him yet.I knew all the people you mention.Exciting times weren't they?

[QUOTE=dkelectrical;6412200]hi okismoki

she still has the long dark hair. she hasnt changed much and still lives in parson cross. whats your name? i will have to show her the post's. she likes to reminis about the old times. cheers mate. thanks for the reply.[/QUOTE

Have been browsing Sheffield forum...after learning of the death of another punk friend from the 1970s/80s, Steve Chapman, ex-stunt kite guitarist.

I knew Deano and his mates, Tiny, etc..when they shared a bedsit with us on Barnsley Road in about 1979/80 I think.

Deano knew Rocka Debs, Maxine, Pat and Sue...all those hardcore punks...
He looked a bit scary at the time....because of his tattoos and shaven head...but he had a gentle side too...when you got to know him...and he had some funny stories to tell too.

He liked a smoke or two did Deano...as well as the beers of course.
Last time I saw him was down in Fir Vale...across from the hospital...
I was shocked and saddened....all those years ago now....when I heard he'd passed away...in police custody, etc.

There were a lot of close knit people in Sheffield back then...and possibly
links to Middlesbrough too...who knew Deano...so you should be able to find out a fair bit more about him I suppose.

Best regards matey.



Thanks for writing this.


Regards Dean.

yeah i did hear of that, gona go check it out soon, any others?

They do have occassional punk band/nights at Dickens in Rotherham

They do have occassional punk band/nights at Dickens in Rotherham
Hi all
I love reading all these threads it takes me back to those days when u could go down town alone n meet up with your mates in the Peace Gardens etc.
Its so sad many of the old lot have passed away it makes u relise just how special our lifes are and we should do our best to enjoy it and try and keep in touch with old mates. I still see Rocka Deb who i have known and respected for years.
I have bought all three of Tonys books and i think they are really good especially the bits i wrote lol. Hope everyone is going to the Limit re-union in December remember to wear a badge saying your user name so we can spot each other ;)

I should have wrote the small little guotes i wrote for Tonys book lol and sum one said they may have know me well i was the punk lass who was very small with lots n lots of eye make up on :O)

Hi all
I love reading all these threads it takes me back to those days when u could go down town alone n meet up with your mates in the Peace Gardens etc.
Its so sad many of the old lot have passed away it makes u relise just how special our lifes are and we should do our best to enjoy it and try and keep in touch with old mates. I still see Rocka Deb who i have known and respected for years.
I have bought all three of Tonys books and i think they are really good especially the bits i wrote lol. Hope everyone is going to the Limit re-union in December remember to wear a badge saying your user name so we can spot each other ;)

Try going out to a few punk gigs you might meet up with some of the people on here, but don't hold your breath it's almost 2011

i used to go to the marples for the punk gigs, also dingwalls and george 4th on infirmary road. i remember one time around christmas seeing flux of pink indians at the marples and the price of admission was a toy as they were going to give them to disadvantaged children. some great gigs. my favourite though was dead kennnedys at the leadmill around 81 [i think...the memorys going!!!]

i used to go to the marples for the punk gigs, also dingwalls and george 4th on infirmary road. i remember one time around christmas seeing flux of pink indians at the marples and the price of admission was a toy as they were going to give them to disadvantaged children. some great gigs. my favourite though was dead kennnedys at the leadmill around 81 [i think...the memorys going!!!]

i just read about that flux gig in ian glaspers day the country died book, bit before my time tbh :(

Try going out to a few punk gigs you might meet up with some of the people on here, but don't hold your breath it's almost 2011

Went to the Limit reunion and met up with people i hadent seen for over 23yrs really good night and even better that we still reconised each other. Me n RockDeb had fun dancing like we were 18 to Slits,Cramps, Banshees to name but a few. Next day i was sooo knacked lol.
I also rememember those bring a toy punk nights fantastic times .

Jeez there's a walk in the past my mate Cressy and i used to meet you guys on the moor and hang out at Woolworths cafe, and another one in a retail place, i knew Big john well we went to a few parties together, and Longy always scared me with his drugs i was never into em but was a sound guy always fancied me lol that scared me too....I am sure i heard he was dead!!

Big Hugs John AKA Walt

This is probably in the wrong place, im computer illiterate...Anyway, lots of talk about Dingwall's I went to lots of gigs there. Nobody else mentioned Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders...I was there, was anyone else??

Also, to those of you who missed Daisy's home coming in June......Shame on you, and what a night it was!

Jeez there's a walk in the past my mate Cressy and i used to meet you guys on the moor and hang out at Woolworths cafe, and another one in a retail place, i knew Big john well we went to a few parties together, and Longy always scared me with his drugs i was never into em but was a sound guy always fancied me lol that scared me too....I am sure i heard he was dead!!

Big Hugs John AKA Walt
yeah sadly chris long died a few years back, great bloke, pity the drugs and booze finally got him in the end

This is probably in the wrong place, im computer illiterate...Anyway, lots of talk about Dingwall's I went to lots of gigs there. Nobody else mentioned Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders...I was there, was anyone else??

Also, to those of you who missed Daisy's home coming in June......Shame on you, and what a night it was!

Who are you ? !!!

I never frequented Marples myself. However I do recall one night when myself and my good friend Oswald were in the Mucky Duck down the road. It must have been 1976 and we saw The Clash open for the Sex Pistols. We were gobbing and pogoing all night ... happy days!

yeah sadly chris long died a few years back, great bloke, pity the drugs and booze finally got him in the end

Got a picture of Longy in his Mod gear, around 1979, with a load of lads on Gleadless Valley/John O'Gaunt shops, it looks like a picture from Quadrophenia :hihi:

Got a picture of Longy in his Mod gear, around 1979, with a load of lads on Gleadless Valley/John O'Gaunt shops, it looks like a picture from Quadrophenia :hihi:
only ever knew him from his stick, afgan coat, long hair, peace gardens days