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David Muriel 21st party at the Pam Dor Hastings invite

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The Preachers photo © Bruno Ceriotti http://brunoceriotti.weebly.com/the-preachers.html

David Muriel invite card for his 21st birthday party which was held at The Pam Dor in Hastings and the band that performed was The Preachers which featured Peter Frampton and original drummer of The Rolling Stones Tony Chapman.

Nadia Compagnone… I would to know what year this was.

Peter Millington… it’s on the poster – 1965!

Lloyd Johnson… I think this would have been June 1965 as they played Dave’s birthday party at The Pamdor ‘Take Five’ club upstairs from the main coffee bar the day before their gig at The Witchdoctor….The club was on the 2nd floor ,2 floors above Hepworth’s in Queens road. Halfway through the set there was knocking on the 2nd floor Clubs blacked out window.I told Les Martin R.I.P. who managed The Club and he gently opened the window and there was Johnny Blackman who worked at KEPS Casuals ( the best clothes shop in Hastings at the time). He had been banging on the street level glass door but couldn’t make anyone hear 2 floors above so made the decision to climb the drainpipe….What a laugh!…. I’ve just found the poster image for The Witchdoctor gig so they played The Pamdor /Take 5 Club Dave’s birthday party the same weekend with Peter Frame in the band. Pete Millington/ The Confederates we’re the support band at The Witchdoctor gig…

 

Gridlock Spumes and the Case with No Name book by David Muriel and Bruce Veness

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photos supplied by David Muriel

Book… A spine-tingling adventure, not for the faint hearted. Zany wordplay abounds in this crazy caper featuring ace detective Gridlock Spumes and his cross-dressing sidekick, Doctor Phuckwytte Prunestone. The story begins with the bosomy Lady Bulimia Puke tearfully revealing all, as she recounts the blackmail demands she has been subjected to, since her sojourn in a French ‘Sanatorium’. But all is not as it seems, as a series of disguised villains lead our gallant duo a merry dance across the Channel and back again. This dastardly two-step culminates in a discovery that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of British society, along with Doctor Prunestone’s best ball gown.

About the authors… Born in 1943, Bruce Veness and David Muriel spent their childhood in Hastings, meeting at the art school there. They then pursued different careers, Mr Muriel studying Graphic Design and Mr Veness Fine Art. Having worked in industry, both gained further experience in education, teaching in their respective subjects. Now retired, Mr Muriel lives in Kent and Mr Veness in France with his wife, Jill. Having an abiding interest in comedy, Mr Muriel has written a contemporary play, while Mr Veness, having a similar creative flair for the theatre, now designs, acts, and directs with his actress wife in their own theatre company.