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 Tin Colony
Tin Colony
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Does any one remember these lads, a group in the 1970s, John Holden, Colin Shirley and Tony Shirley

Comment by: Johnny Seven on 1st July 2008 at 23:17

I remember Colin and Tony, they were cousins. Colin lived in Pinewood Crescent and Tony lived in Maple Avenue Ince. I once saw them play at what was then Newtown British Legion.

Comment by: phil birch on 2nd July 2008 at 20:46

colin and tony are my cousins they used to play fri\sat every week in the bush up belle green lane and it was in my mams front room at 167 belle green lane when trying to come up with a mame that my brother vernon came up with the name

Comment by: Vernon Birch on 5th July 2008 at 11:19

I used to go to a lot of their gigs and remember them playing The Monaco in 1973 when I was sweet 16

Comment by: anne bretherton on 30th September 2008 at 17:04

I remember John Holden,he had a sister called Angela.they went to Cardinal Newman Secondary School when i did.

Comment by: Susan on 15th August 2009 at 16:18

Did Tony have two sisters called Jaqueline and Christine?

Comment by: Tracy on 17th October 2009 at 21:56

Yeah he does,jack & chris are my aunties, thats my dad, John & colin are my Uncles lol, who are you susan did you know my dad ?? :-) any body else remember um ??......

Comment by: Susan on 22nd October 2009 at 23:10

Hi Tracy, Jaqueline was my best friend at school. We knew each other from about the age of four when we started at Ince Central. I just remember Tony and Christine because of her. I also remember Tony at Rose Bridge school when he used to battle his way through the lunch-time queue for my packets of crisps. Jaqueline used to say I was the fastest crisp-eater she'd ever seen. Unfortunately, I still love crisps and can eat them just as fast! Say hello for me. Thanks for the reply and I would love to hear from you again

Comment by: Mark Price holden on 24th September 2013 at 14:03

John on the left is my brother and went on to singing for a living and a musician and still does as JONATHAN

Comment by: Sylvia Boylan on 22nd July 2018 at 22:49

I (formerly Jackson) remember Johnny and Tony also Angela but their older sister Sheila was more my age. She was a fabulous dancer. She danced on stage at Wigan Casino Soul Club (NOT alnighter) with Tony Burns wow that were great.

Comment by: Sheila Garrett on 12th February 2021 at 10:09

Hi. I am Sheila Holden that was and yes I was a dancer at Wigan Casino back in the day.
I also danced at the Rugby club before it changed to the Riverside and many other venues.

Comment by: Marion Kokkotos on 14th May 2022 at 05:23

Hello Sheila, you would probably remember me as Marion Harrison. How are you. Just found this website. Hope you reply to this

Comment by: mark w j price holden on 27th April 2023 at 17:39

John on the right of this picture as only just retired from singing i live in Devon im his younger brother

Comment by: Karina Lowe on 26th August 2023 at 20:43

Hi Marion are the the sister of Jennifer . For some reason I want to connect with you to ask some questions around the late 60s to early 70s . Did you used to go out with Bobby Watson ?

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