BownessBoy

The gig i was at was at Stonegravels (which i think was the home ground of Chesterfield R.U. club) and it was in the evening/night; Keef Hartley Band were the openers, followed by The Strawbs & then the Edgar Broughton Band. I think the intention was for Shape of the Rain to go on directly before the Broughtons - probably as they were a popular local band and because Dave was their manager and had organized the gig - but for whatever reason (maybe they turned up late!) they never got to play. We travelled in by bus from Sheffield and walked a good part of the way back before we got a lift from a lorry driver. As well as running 'Some Kinda Mushroom' in Sheffield, Dave also had a record shop in Chesterfield, just off Sheffield Road as you come out of town. Bought Can's 'Monster Movie' and a Zeppelin double bootleg plus some import 7" singles - wish i still had that lot! Happy daze/BB

I was there from 1959-1966; Mrs Marshall was headmistress, and she drove a cream Moggy Thou - i remember a Miss Abel and a Miss Jenkinson from my 1st year there. Mr Rawlings became head a bit later on, and then Mr.Biggin (who was a bit scary!). Also recall Mr.Hirst (he had an MG1100) - "what's amiss, what's amiss?" which was usually followed by the ruler or cane hitting someone; Mrs.Swift, Miss Wharton, Mrs.Morris, Mrs.Fleming. The sweetie shop near school at the bottom of the ginnel was run by Mrs. Gladwin (who'd sell you single cigarettes for 2d) - they had a black & white spaniel called Candy - can't really believe i've dredged all this up, just from seeing your post.

Thanks Lostrider - amazing! Frank White playing 'the 1st twin-necked' guitar in the UK - even before mister Page had one. And Mike Wilson in that hat and with those trademark sideburns. Just great man - every time you look at those image you're right back there.

Saw Shape of the Rain a few times in and around Sheffield in 1970-1972; they were managed at the time by a guy called Dave McPhee who also ran a fantastic record shop called Some Kinda Mushroom on St.James's Place - anyone else remember that groovy little hippy pad? They should've played at a gig Dave put on in Chesterfield (March 1970) but got the elbow by Edgar Broughton as there was only time for one more band to play - i was standing with Dave when Edgar was holding forth on who should go on - admittedly, the Broughtons were the headliners - man!, but it was starting to get a bit 'heavy'; Keef Hartley was there, and the Strawbs with Rick Wakeman (even!). Seems like it all happened in The Dark Ages..................................

McLuskey's - what a band; mate of mine worked with Raymond Stanley Higgins and said he was very quiet & unassuming at work - came in did his job, ate his lunch, hardly spoke, went home. On that stage tho - whoa! Saw them all over the place in and around Sheffield (even The Bull & Mouth down by The Wicker) - Friday night's at The Minerva were always special - and one of their gigs there was even reviewed in Melody Maker!! I remember being mistaken for Dave Seville one night as we had similar length hair and both of us were wearing yellow cotton jackets. Far out! I remember their version of The Who's 'Young Man Blues' with great affection - it always tore the place down; "I said the young man - he ain't even got a packet of Woodbines; an i said the young man - he ain't even got a bog roll; an i said the young man - he ain't got nothin in the world these days" Has anyone got any photos of these guys? Saw them at the Uni and Higgins had a dig at Shape of the Rain saying "If the hole in the middle of their record was a bit bigger you could call it 'Riley, Riley, Wood and W***itt'. Jeez, is it really FORTY years ago??? Mother!

Oh yeah - i remember The Buccaneer, exactly as you say. Spent many a happy night (and Saturday lunch-time) in the Bucc, and it was usually the scene of a Saturday Night ruck if Newcastle Utd had been playing in Sheffield. The only other pubs in town i can remember where you were guaranteed to hear good music was The Nelson, just off the Moor, which had a blinding jukebox and was run by a guy called Don Millward, who later went off to manage a pub in Grimsby, and The Albert (long gone), across the road from the City Hall, where beer wasn't the only drug of choice on offer...... The Bucc was taken over by Olga Marshall (god bless her) and she later moved to the Wappentake - which carried on the tradition, more or less. Great days Eddie, great daze

Hi there, i've been thinking about it - particularly if anyone who was there between 1966-1972 is going.