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  <div class="message"> &nbsp;In May 1965, we played the first of a few gigs at the West End Ballroom in Birmingham. The West End was a really old-fashioned ballroom, which was very active in the 1920s and, from old photographs; it looked like not much had changed by the time we played there.<br><br>Birmingham was just over 100 miles from Newport and, whilst we did have bits of the M50 and M5 motorways open, the roads weren’t as good as they are today. I remember the incident that Glyn refers to later was the first time we played the West End… <span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/3039499/playing-the-west-end-ballroom-in-birmingham">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"> On Monday the 29th March 1965, we supported ‘The Mojos’ at Coed Eva Community College in Cwmbran, which was promoted by Maurice Wight, from the Newport Music Centre. They were best known at the time for a hit single, they had in1964, called ‘Everything’s Alright’.<br><br>Like many groups they went through a few personnel changes and by the time they played Coed Eva, the group included 2 people who would go on to greater fame. The drummer was Aynsley Dunbar who would go on to play with the likes of John Mayall… <span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/3039445/supporting-the-mojos">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"> In the autumn of 1963 I grew tired of just messing about with a primarily instrumental group so put forward the idea to the rest of the group that we should get a vocalist and play a more varied set, with the hope we would get more bookings. Whilst working in Whiteheads I met Adrian Williams, a 'good looking' colleague who was working in the sales office. I asked him if he fancied singing in my group and despite his initial reticence, agreed to audition at the St John Bosco Hall, where we practiced.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>… <span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/3039372/birth">Read more</a></span></div>
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