Mick O’Dowd… This Chris Gentry person seems to be popping up everywhere!
Colin Bell… Part timer only doing a 2hr45mins show would’nt have played any of that ‘regeae’?!myself were typesetters always pissed in those days?!
Mick O’Dowd… never remember Chris Gentry fellow playing reggie!!!
Tony Court-holmes… he always did
Sam Archer… Hello, my dad was in the Poor Boys Soul Band and I was wondering if you had a copy of the original poster please? Thank you
Definitely the right decision. I was also turned down for a job in Woolworth and Green Shield Stamps shop!
Peter Fairless… With a few exceptions who slipped through (Peel, Walker, Nightingale, Kershaw) the BBC have always wanted presenter ‘personalities’ rather than knowledgeable DJs.
Leigh Mitchell… How very dare they…!
Mark Heselwood… Sent from the man who killed off radio 1 mr Beerling. He sacked all the good ones and kept tv personalities. The demise of radio 1.
Andy Knight… it wasn’t Johnny Beerling who did that it was Matthew Bannister when he took over.
Andy Qunta… Well! How rude!
Jacquie Hinves… WTF !!! How rude is that? We love you Johnny.xx
Chris Head… Did you try Mc Miller Motors?
Lance Collins… There’s only one Johnny Mason. !!!
Steve Holland… The BBC’s judgements of Disc Jockeys over the years has not exactly been Good has it, you were original for me This is nonsense .
Peter Brazier… What would he know? Never heard of him on any radio program!
Tickets available from The Golden Egg!
Robert Searle… Played in both groups.
Peter Millington… I had just joined Suspect when we did this gig. My first bass note whilst tuning up shut down the power to the stage. Not loud but the early days of decibel control just didn’t work. Great venue at the time later converted to Saturdays Disco – progress?
Harry Randall… I remember it as Suspect 4? Named after the Watkins Suspect 4 guitar.
John Bridger… I was there. Roadie for KR.0
Tony Court-holmes… happy days i wish i had a pound for every beer i had in there
Olivier Chateau… Great nights
Robert Searle… Played with Suspect 70/71 for about three months,there was Dave Easton,Stuart Moir,Trevor Spears,and Graham Putland,later with Les Harding.
Also did one gig with King Rod when Rod couldn’t do it,at the Carioca? at Worthing.
supplied by Mick Mepham and Pete Prescott
featuring Pete Prescott, Andy Qunta, Tony Qunta, Steve Kinch and Mark Thirsk.
Pete Prescott… I remember this gig. I was very nervous. They were amazing players. Nice guys as well.
Andy Qunta… I vaguely remember it too! Pete did a great job! Unfortunately I think it was the last gig we did. Couldn’t fight punk rock with prog rock! Fun while it lasted though!
Tony Qunta… I remember it too. A line up with great potential!
Ernest Ballard… Great band saw them a few times before I started playing drums (wink wink ). Long time ago now
Pete Prescott… We played a gig at a boutique in London. After the gig I got really drunk on punch (dangerous stuff). We got back to Hastings in time for me to go to work. The green cross code man was there. Huge guy. That was (I think) the last gig. Mark was an amazing drummer. Brilliant players. I felt out of my depth. I remember loving Tony’ s voice on “only you”. I’ve still got a tape of songs like “the burning of Atlanta” it was great being in the band with guys like that. And they were so funny.
Steve Kinch… Yes Pete, absolutely agree, Mark was a fabulous drummer with a great sense of humour.
Tony Qunta… Great memory Pete! Yes the green cross code man – was he in Star Wars or something? Thank you for your lovely comments about the band. Your vocals were fantastic with the band – it’s a shame the band didn’t keep going! 
‘Dinosaur Promotions’! 
Steve Kinch… David Prowse – He was only Darth Vader!!!! 
Great times! Hastings in the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s was the pefect environment for young musicians learning their craft. With hindsight, the late 70’s wasn’t exactly a good time to be attempting to get a “prog” band off the ground 
Andy Qunta… True, Steve, but it was fun trying! Listening to the old tapes makes me feel it was well worth it! Pretty darn good stuff!
shared from David McLean. Photographer: unknown.
Richard Burks… Now that would have been an interesting musical proposition!
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Karen Sweatman… They don’t make many like her now. So talented and such a loss to her field. RIP Maggie. Will miss you
Peter Houghton… Sorry to hear this RIP Maggie you will be very missed You was a great Actress
Leigh Mitchell… Such sad news, loved her style of acting, she will be greatly missed
Pete Prescott… Sad news. But what a life !
Carole Prescott… So sad. One of my most favourite actresses.
Andy Qunta… What a wonderful character & brilliant actress!
Alan Esdaile… Amazing talented performer. Very sad.
Julie Findlay-Jones… Heartbreaking we’ve lost one of our greatest actors and a wonderful women.
Marilyn Spence… So sad to hear. I went to the back stage entrance of a show she was performing in in the West End back in 1979 while I was visiting from Australia, having moved there from Hastings in 1963 and had a lovely chat to her. Will never forget she was delightful
Carol Anne… True legend, so sad RIP
poster supplied by Mick Mepham. Cuttings supplied by Sarah Harvey.
Autographed poster supplied by Peter Houghton
Gary Kinch…..Saw them at Reading in 75 and probably saw them on the pier but like so many of those gigs, I really don’t remember.
Yvonne Cleland….I think I went to see these at the Marquee.
Sarah Harvey… June 29th, 1974. Zzebra with Highway supporting. Following on from my previous Auf Wiedersehen themed post….on July 8th (my birthday 🙂 )the same year, Gary Holton with The Heavy Metal Kids.
Paul Owen… The Heavy Metal Kids were amazing, poor poor Gary Holton, I loved his voice, even as Wayne in Auf Wiedersehen Pet
