Pulborough Village Hall Dances! You may have spent a similar few hours on a Saturday night in your local dance hall? Local "rock" band plays from about 8pm through to just before midnight, somebody keeps an eye on the village street to see when the older lads are chucked out of the Red Lion and then within a few minutes your dance partner, a young lady you have been nurturing all evening (even given her the box of chocolates you won in the raffle) is whisked away by some "Mod" from Crawley, who has more mirrors on his Lambretta than anything you have ever dreamed of and one of the Storrington "Rockers" , fuelled by Watneys' Red Barrel, takes offence at some other cosy pairing on the dance floor, the first chair is thrown! Take cover.
The local bobby might just make it to the hall in his "Panda"! from the village police station, if somebody with 4 pennies had made it to the phone box by the Post Office, pressed button A and given him a ring.
Meanwhile, the majority in the hall were enjoying some of Les Reed's creations, "It's not unusual", "Tell me when", remember the Applejacks?, "Glad all Over", Dave Clark Five. Les has died at 83 years old, he was a genius. Why mention him on a football blog?...well he co-authored (with Barry Mason) the Leeds United anthem "Marching on Together" also known as "Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!" the "B" side to the 1972 club record "Leeds United". It spent 3 months in the charts reaching 10th place.
Of course it is still sung today having its origin at the time that Leeds were in the FA Cup Final.
This is Les and the lads (name them?).The song is still used by the Rhinos, the Leeds Ultimate Frisbee team and of course gave its name to the Official Leeds Magazine, no longer produced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXVt_jy8QjI
I hope Brian Souter, an old colleague and serious Leeds man, appreciates the gesture!
No comments:
Post a Comment