mabel lily Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Oh the good nights we used to have in the Ark on Friday and Saturday nights. We were still at school (Myers Grove) but we used to look forward to it all week. We all used to get on the bus from Stannington and dance the night away to all our favourite motown tunes, and then back home again on the 10.0 clock bus. I remember once they had an "all nighter" and we all told our parents we were sleeping at each others houses so we could go. We never got found out though, such fantastic happy days and brilliant music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA Blade Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Hi Mabel Lily - we were part of the same day crowd there then! Many great memories and times. Did you get to see the early motown acts at the City Hall too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabel lily Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Yes we did. We also used to go to a disco at the Cutlers hall on a Saturday night. There used to be 2 "gogo dancers" on the stage and I always wanted to be one of them. I loved dancing to all the motown classics (still do actually but only in the kitchen). Did you live in Stannington? My best friend was Andrea Woodcock and we used to hang around with Tina and Vicky Metcalfe who were cousins with the Metcalfe twins who started the Arc originally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA Blade Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Hi Mabel Lily - I lived in Pitsmoor at that time, and heard about the "Arc" when I was at St. Peters school. I was at the City Hall when the 4-Tops had their first concerts in England - where you there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabel lily Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 No I had to wait until the 70's to see them. I think I saw them at the Fiesta and then at the city hall. I love the four tops, they were my favourite out of all the motown bands. I wish I could turn back the clock and re live those days again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA Blade Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 It was a grand night out. A few of us "invaded" the stage and actually danced along with them :-) The next day we found out they were staying at the Grovener hotel and we went there and actually met them and got their autographs! What is "funny" now since I live in the USA they must have wondered what was going on as most of the crowd was white - and there was segregation going on in the States at the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabel lily Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Wow lucky you, I would love to have met them. Never mind I still play their music and re live my youth!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Freedom Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 To those of you who went to the Ark, Do you remember a lad called Mick Grudge who later moved to America to be the sax player in the band Brass Construction (or is my mind playing trcks on me) Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabel lily Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Yes I knew Mick Grudge and his brother Trevor. My husband used to live a few doors away from them on shoreham Street in the 60's when they first came to England. I didn't know he was a sax player though as we lost touch as the years went by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA Blade Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 He is still in the band - link here: http://www.brassconstruction.com/bios.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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