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1981
In June the Horseshoe Bar
closed down and the club moved to the Birds in Halmergate. "The first
guests there were the Ratliffe Stout Band and their van broke down in
the car park of the pub. All during their set you could hear the AA man
talking on his radio, being picked up by their PA" (John Sykes). This
year was the first venture into organising ceilidhs with the first appearance
of the Ashton Skipper band at W Pinchbeck Village Hall. The old hall
had open fireplaces on three sides of the room with huge log fires
which can't have been in line with safety regulations but made for a fantastic
atmosphere at the ceilidh. Nic Jones made a memorable appearance at the
Birds in Dec of this year, all the more so for being just a few weeks before
his tragic accident in Feb 1982.
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