The new neighbours

Must have been 1965 by now. A house was built on the scrubland next door and in moved Sheila & Tom Handley. Sheila was a bubbly young blonde who was really into our music, instead of complaining about the noise she would come over and listen to us rehearse. She too soon had a new neighbour on the other side who played piano and suggested we get together. A ‘real musician’ joined the band, Chris Brown made us a six piece with his Hohner Pianotron.

        The new line up in the garden of the Gun Inn.

Somebody decided to enter us for “Opportunity Knocks”. We set up at the audition amongst a myriad of diverse acts, and as soon as we started playing our P.A. amp blew up. Hughie Green just said “Come back when your amp is fixed!”... We didn’t.

Now for a photo shoot with the new line up, Hadleigh Castle was the backdrop for some silly pictures: