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They came from far and wide, from the treacle mines of Warwickshire,
the Fens of East Anglia, the rolling Wolds of Lincolnshire, the craggy
hills of Yorkshire and the garden town of Scunthorpe. All with the
sole intention of trying to replicate the fantastic time they had
spent at the previous 52 shindigs we had held, not to mention trying
to remember them (or actually imagine what they would have been like
had we held them).
I stood alone in the function room of the Leaking Boot in Cleethorpes
at about 7.20 on the night of the event wondering if I had dropped
the proverbial testacle. There was neither band nor disco. Well I’ll
just have to get up and sing thinks I that will do the trick. My concerns
as usual came to naught, the disco and the band duly arrived along
with quite a lot of people (not all at the same time I hasten to add).
In fact the place was fairly heaving. I wandered around chatting to
folk and talking the usual rubbish. Gary Edwards appeared and was
immediately taken out into the garden for a tour of inspection of
the house tent that Mickle had put up for anyone that wanted to camp.
Mr Edwards was very impressed and only had to tighten one rope by
all accounts, though I understand that one of the zips wasn’t
centred.
In due course the band struck up, Starvin Sid are a four piece band
and they played some excellent music. In fact I was even on the dance
floor swinging the old empire building legs along to the beat (I’m
not sure if I should punctuate that sentence with man or not). Of
all the rallies and parties I have been to this year this was only
the third band I have heard, I daresay because they were in the same
room as the bar.
Between sets the aged but efficient Ron ably assisted by Southern
Sue from Huddersfield orchestrated the raffle. The draw itself was
not without some amusement as he insisted on noting the colour of
each ticket. This caused a little confusion as everyone tried to establish
whether their tickets were white or not, when in fact all the tickets
were white. Starvin Sid came on for their second set and played their
hearts out, the whole room was a shakin and a rattling. They played
several encores and the assembled throng loved them. An altogether
resounding success and we managed to make a few bob for the cause.
Thanks must go to Dave Broadway for designing the flyers, Kit for
the tickets, Ron and Sue for the raffle, Mickle for the tent, Tommy
for doing the door and many thanks for Lee and Julie for letting us
have the room.
Well done to all and thanks for coming. |
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