Punk gigs at the Marples

[DK Electrical]

i knew ya mum as well,i got to know dean when he was in patmos house,a bail hostel on southey green road,early to mid 70,s,he hung around with bernard,a lad from middlesborough,if im correct,also in patmos house,your dad was a wolves fan,but the less said about that the better......has ya mum still got long dark hair????,she was a bit of a looker when she was younger,hearts all over the parson cross estate were broken when she got with your dad.....2 really nice people.

 

hi okismoki

 

she still has the long dark hair. she hasnt changed much and still lives in parson cross. whats your name? i will have to show her the post's. she likes to reminis about the old times. cheers mate. thanks for the reply.

[Tinkerbell65]

Great to read the posts we remember Deano he was always sound with us ( my hubby n me) also knew Chris Long he was a nice lad too when my son was lil i was sat in the peace garden with him and he was crying for a slimmer ( from ghost busters ) ballon chris never said a word just disapeared then later returned with one for my boy it was so sweet. We saw Big John at Chicks ( Scoties) funneral not seen him for years hes still the same then saw him again near Wilkisons told him to get on face book but he says hes not into pc's lol. ) Keep the memories coming its good to remember the good times. Did anyone go to the Limit re-union we did it was great to see old faces but well packed.

[Bayern Blade]

hi did you know him well..........

 

I knew him fairly well, first time I met him was July 1980 after a Stranglers gig at Manchester Apollo, we all had to doss in Manchester station until about 5am, I remember me and Tiny were chatting up a couple of punkettes from Widnes.

In the four years or so after that I saw quite a bit of him either on Stranglers tours or in Sheffield.

I remember after a gig in Bradford we booked a room at the bands hotel and about ten of us ended up dossing in it, at about 4am your dad had the bright idea of using the hotel swimming pool, we made a hell of a racket jumping in the pool and all got chucked out.

Before one gig I was admiring a rubber skull mask in a shop window, me and Tiny went in a pub and Deano came in 5 minutes later. He'd just nicked the mask and flogged it me for a couple of quid !

I can remember a few stories about him, you never knew what he was going to do next !

It was JJ Burnel that told me he had died, when the Stranglers were touring over here years ago.

[Mr Vader]

I got a magazine called Pax the exploited signed it for us still got it as well , happy days saw loads of band too gbh upstarts exploited testtube babies addicts damned uk subs loads more but the ramones beats them all no competition!!! im going to see the sex pistols exp at the boardwalk sat nite anyone else going!!!

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[Grappler]

Great to read the posts we remember Deano he was always sound with us ( my hubby n me) also knew Chris Long he was a nice lad too when my son was lil i was sat in the peace garden with him and he was crying for a slimmer ( from ghost busters ) ballon chris never said a word just disapeared then later returned with one for my boy it was so sweet. We saw Big John at Chicks ( Scoties) funneral not seen him for years hes still the same then saw him again near Wilkisons told him to get on face book but he says hes not into pc's lol. ) Keep the memories coming its good to remember the good times. Did anyone go to the Limit re-union we did it was great to see old faces but well packed.

 

Yeah went to both of them, great fun.

[dropout]

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[whitehorses]

I went to a fair few of the Marples punk gigs in 70s/80s and, though I minded my own a bit, I also hung out with Deano, Tiny (our) Rocka Debs, Chris, Sarah bod, Pat, Sue, Mick Denton, Slonk, Ian Williams, Duane from the Limit (R.I.P.) and others, loads of who I MUST HAVE known....Rob Dingo, Grappler, Tinkerbell, Whitehorses?, but lost touch with in the mid 1980s when, most people seemed to go off and do their own thing..........BUT, I appreciate the returned memories of what has been said here....all the punks meeting at Woolworths cafe on Saturday and going down the Moor to Virgin....and hanging out.

The Marples gigs....I remember Negatives, Stunt Kites, Crass, Dirt, Annie Anxiety, others.

 

Has anyone bought Tonys (Beesley) book, Our Generation? about those times....76-1985.

It is 400 pages of stories and memories and photers from those days....GOOD DAYS....in our lives.....and at less than £20, I think the book is well worth buying....for the memory.

 

 

 

Hi dropout,

Again I have replied to another thread you have posted on, we must have known each other, if not well, then to say Hi to.I am in Tony's book, and his new ones I think, got to get them off him yet.I knew all the people you mention.Exciting times weren't they?

[DK Electrical]

hi okismoki

 

she still has the long dark hair. she hasnt changed much and still lives in parson cross. whats your name? i will have to show her the post's. she likes to reminis about the old times. cheers mate. thanks for the reply.[/quote

 

Have been browsing Sheffield forum...after learning of the death of another punk friend from the 1970s/80s, Steve Chapman, ex-stunt kite guitarist.

 

I knew Deano and his mates, Tiny, etc..when they shared a bedsit with us on Barnsley Road in about 1979/80 I think.

 

Deano knew Rocka Debs, Maxine, Pat and Sue...all those hardcore punks...

He looked a bit scary at the time....because of his tattoos and shaven head...but he had a gentle side too...when you got to know him...and he had some funny stories to tell too.

 

He liked a smoke or two did Deano...as well as the beers of course.

Last time I saw him was down in Fir Vale...across from the hospital...

I was shocked and saddened....all those years ago now....when I heard he'd passed away...in police custody, etc.

 

There were a lot of close knit people in Sheffield back then...and possibly

links to Middlesbrough too...who knew Deano...so you should be able to find out a fair bit more about him I suppose.

 

Best regards matey.

 

 

 

Thanks for writing this.

 

 

Regards Dean.

[grenoman]

yeah i did hear of that, gona go check it out soon, any others?

 

They do have occassional punk band/nights at Dickens in Rotherham

[Tinkerbell65]

They do have occassional punk band/nights at Dickens in Rotherham

Hi all

I love reading all these threads it takes me back to those days when u could go down town alone n meet up with your mates in the Peace Gardens etc.

Its so sad many of the old lot have passed away it makes u relise just how special our lifes are and we should do our best to enjoy it and try and keep in touch with old mates. I still see Rocka Deb who i have known and respected for years.

I have bought all three of Tonys books and i think they are really good especially the bits i wrote lol. Hope everyone is going to the Limit re-union in December remember to wear a badge saying your user name so we can spot each other