Wigan Album

Keith,
Is that the old Harmony guitar? Lovely action, played like a dream.

it is ,and purpose built lefty as well, bought it new from Bill Leyland when he had L E Sounds .wish i still had it ,its worth a fortune

we got the name cos Kenny and i started the group with Phil Bell whose Middle name began with a K hence Kaytones (how naf is that)the one on the left is Macky and the one singing with me is Kenny Halsall.Phil Bell went to live in canada, ended up as a pilot i think ,for Canadian O S .Alan Smith went out with his sister for a bit(Christine)

I bet you wished you still had the left handed Watkins Rapier you sold me in 1963 for 10 quid I wonder what that would be worth now. Dave

hi dave ,10 quid ? i was done.mind you as i said before ,i wished i had the horse brasses which was fastened to my guitar strap ,i would have got a fortune weighing them in.I wonder if they caused my bad back . have to go to work now before i give myself another warning (this ones will have to be written)Ha Ha

MY DAD USED TO PLAY THE CLUBS WITH MACKIE IN THE 1960S, THEY WERE KNOWN AS "THE THREE JAYS". DAD [JOHN HUGHES],MACKIE AND "BIG" JIMMY WAINWRIGHT THEY PLAYED ALL THE WORKING MENS CLUBS BACK THEN, PLAYING POPULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY ,THE BEATLES ETC. MY DAD PASSED AWAY ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1992, AND BIG JIM ABOUT 10 YRS AGO AT HIS HOME IN NORTH WALES. IVE WONDERED FOR SOME TIME IF MACKIE IS STILL OUT THERE,I REMEMBER HIM ONCE PLUGGING IN HIS WATKINS AMP AND PLAYING HIS HOFNER IN THE SAME LIVING ROOM THAT I NOW WRITE THIS COMMENT. THEY WERE GREAT DAYS. THANKS MACKIE.
ALAN HUGHES.