battle memorial hall
Candy Choir and Penny Black – Battle Memorial Hall 14th September 1973
Mick O’Dowd… Loved Candy Choir
Shades Of Black & Whisky Mac – Battle Memorial Hall 6th September 1968
Andre Palfrey-martin collection
Ian McGilvray… I was the drummer in Whiskey Mac.
Robert Searle… thought you might have been MAC
Ronald Burgoyne… and very good you were too
Tony Court-holmes… ye gods that brings back a memory or two
Jason Crest – Battle Memorial Hall 19th September 1969
Gerry Fortsch… A bloody good band.
Nigel Ford… Pretty sure I’d have been there but don’t remember them at all!… Roy & my bruv recently organised a re-union of Battle nightlife frequenters from around this time with a great turnout at the Senlac Inn.
Martyn James Expression and the Sunny Jay Breed – Battle Memorial Hall 9th May 1969
Martyn James Expression supplied by Rudi Birkby
Rudi Birkby… You Will be pleased to hear the Martyn James Expression are all alive and still gigging regularly. I was, and still am the lead singer. I remember we played the Witchdoctor. On the underscore to a six piece band called, The Orange Bicycle. Their harmonies were outstanding.
John O’Hara and O’Hara’s Playboys – 28th May 1971 Battle Memorial Hall.
Mick O’Dowd… Remember O’Haras Playboys. If I remember correctly they came on the back of the Irish Showband craze even though they weren’t considered large enough to be a Showband. The Hucklebuck was one of their near-misses. Quite an accomplished band.
Wishful Thinking & Shades Of Innocence – Battle Memorial Hall. 24th April 1970.
photo source. http://www.wishfulthinkinggroup.co.uk
Robert Searle… They were a pretty good pop harmony group.Two songs they recorded were Clear White Light and Hiroshima .
Andy Knight… So who were Shades of Innocence? Were they local?
Alan Esdaile… Can’t find anything on Shades Of Innocence. Anyone? All I could find was a band called Shades Of Black who came from Ashford, Kent.
Andy Qunta… I remember Wishful Thinking! Really good!
Colin Norton… I remember playing a support gig to Wishful Thinking at the Cobweb. They had their Decca Live album out at the time and a single called “Step By Step”. Nice bunch of guys!
Pete Houghton… Wishful thinking used to be called The Emerald’s in 2005 they reformed with Kevin Finn Brian Allen Terry Collier John Franklin also they had something to do with that’ll be the day soundtrack
Mick O’Dowd… Battle Memorial Hall hosted several interesting gigs.
Smoke and The Blowlamps plus St Johns Wood – Battle Memorial Hall 1st Feb 1969
supplied by Sarah Harvey
Sarah Harvey… Really digging them out from the archives 🙂 Smoke and The Blowlamps (Formerly The Soul Stars), Battle Memoral Hall. February 1st, 1969. Any ideas anyone?
Krishna Kudu – Battle Memorial Hall – 3rd September 1971
photo source & info: http://www.kentgigs.com/musicbiz/Bands.html
left to right – Steve Warner, Brian Shearer,(sitting), Dave Perrins, Kevin Whitehead, (sitting), Dick Budnikas and Peter Dack, (sitting)
Candy Choir – The Cobweb 8th March 1969 & Battle Memorial Hall 1970
supplied by Sarah Harvey
Alan Esdaile… Good band saw them a few times. Remember at Battle Memorial Hall.
Robert Searle… Good harmony group used to see them the old Sundowners Pevensey Ruskin Arms East Ham.Cobweb,Black Bull Lewisham etc
Mick O’Dowd… Very good band. They were regulars at Cobweb.
Howard Jenkins… Brian Hatt is my Brother in law, he was age 80 earlier this year & has been living in North Wales since 1984. After leaving Orange, he ran his own PA company, his son Paul has maintained the family music connection, also as a sound engineer.