Burton’s in Uxbridge was an important music venue in West London throughout the 1960s.
I have started to compile a list below and would welcome any additions, particularly where there are gaps. Also, artists didn’t always appear despite being advertised so it would be great to hear from anyone who has any corrections.
Judging by the entries, bands played every Saturday with occasional gigs on other nights of the week.
1961
8 July – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post)
The band was billed as The Rebel Rousers for early gigs in 1961
15 July – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post)
22 July – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post)
12 August – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post)
26 August – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post)
9 September – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post)
23 September – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post)
30 September – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post)
11 November – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post)
2 December – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post)
24 December – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post – this was a Sunday)
31 December – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post –this was a Sunday)
1962
24 March – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Uxbridge Post)
1963
25 May – Brian Poole & The Tremeloes (Beat Monthly) Needs confirmation
8 June – Brian Poole & The Tremeloes (Beat Monthly) Needs confirmation
22 June – Brian Poole & The Tremeloes (Beat Monthly) Needs confirmation
13 July – Brian Poole & The Tremeloes (Beat Monthly) Needs confirmation
10 August – Brian Poole & The Tremeloes (Beat Monthly/Harrow Weekly Post)
7 September – Brian Poole & The Tremeloes (Beat Monthly)
19 October – The Federals (Beat Monthly)
14 December – Brian Poole & The Tremeloes (Beat Monthly)
1964
11 January – The Federals (Beat Monthly)
1965
30 January – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Beat Instrumental)
9 February – The Birds (Ronnie Wood’s book, How Can It Be? A Rock & Roll Diary)
23 March – The Yardbirds (Alan Clayson’s book, The Yardbirds – the band that launched Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page)
6 April – The Birds (Ronnie Wood’s book, How Can It Be? A Rock & Roll Diary)
8 June – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Beat Instrumental)
29 June – The Who (Andy Neill’s research)
6 July – The Birds (Ronnie Wood’s book, How Can It Be? A Rock & Roll Diary)
31 July – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Beat Instrumental)
28 August – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Beat Instrumental)
14 December – Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (Record Mirror)
24 December – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Boyfriend magazine)
31 December – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Boyfriend magazine)
1966
15 January – Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (Record Mirror)
18 January – Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (Record Mirror – this was a Tuesday)
15 February – Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (Beat Instrumental)
12 March – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames (Record Mirror)
19 March – Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (Beat Instrumental)
8-9 April – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Beat Instrumental)
7 May – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Beat Instrumental)
10 May – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames (Beat Instrumental)
14 May – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Record Mirror)
11 June – Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (Beat Instrumental)
2 July – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Fabulous 208)
9 July – Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Melody Maker)
12 July – The Birds (Fabulous 208 – this was a Tuesday)
30 July – Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Fabulous 208)
6 August – Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (Fabulous 208)
I have Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band also playing on 6 August
20 August – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Fabulous 208)
26 August – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Fabulous 208 – this was a Friday)
27 August – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Fabulous 208)
30 August – Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Melody Maker – this was a Tuesday)
17 September – The Alan Bown Set (Fabulous 208)
1 October – The Fenmen (Fabulous 208)
22 October – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Fabulous 208)
26 November – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Fabulous 208)
20 December – Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Fabulous 208 – this was a Tuesday)
24 December – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Army (Fabulous 208 and Tony Tacon’s memories)
Fabulous 208 also has The Amboy Dukes on 24 December
31 December – The Amboy Dukes (Fabulous 208)
1967
7 January – Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Melody Maker)
3 March – The Alan Bown Set (Fabulous 208 – this was a Friday so wondering if it was 4 March)
11 March – The Amboy Dukes (Fabulous 208)
14 March – Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Melody Maker – this was a Tuesday)
17 March – Marmalade (Fabulous 208 – this was a Friday)
18 March – Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Ken Baxter’s diary)
21 March – Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Melody Maker – this was a Tuesday)
24 March – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Fabulous 208 – this was a Friday, so wondering if was 25 March)
22 April – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Fabulous 208)
12 May – The Coloured Raisins, King Ossie and Honey Darling (Melody Maker – this was a Friday so wondering if it was 13 May)
20 May – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Fabulous 208)
3 June – Jeff Beck Group (Melody Maker)
9 June – The Gnomes of Zurich and Guy Darrell (Melody Maker – this is a Friday)
Tom Brennan’s Iveys’ gigs website (Badfinger) has The Iveys and Guy Darrell on the same date as The Gnomes of Zurich
10 June – Marmalade (Melody Maker)
16 June – The Alan Bown Set (Melody Maker – this is a Friday)
17 June – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Melody Maker)
24 June – Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Ken Baxter’s diary)
1 July – The Freddie Mack Sound (Melody Maker)
5 August – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Fabulous 208)
12 August – The Washington DCs (Melody Maker)
19 August – The Freddie Mack Show (Melody Maker)
26 August – The Amboy Dukes (Melody Maker/Hillingdon Mirror)
2 September – The Alan Bown Set (Melody Maker/Hillingdon Mirror)
9 September – The Coloured Raisins (Melody Maker/Hillingdon Mirror)
16 September – The Amboy Dukes (Fabulous 208, Melody Maker and Hillingdon Mirror)
23 September – Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Ken Baxter’s diary)
30 September – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Fabulous 208/Hillingdon Mirror)
7 October – Marmalade (Melody Maker/Hillingdon Mirror)
14 October – The Gass (Melody Maker)
21 October – The Amboy Dukes (Melody Maker)
28 October – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Melody Maker/Hillingdon Mirror)
4 November – The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Melody Maker)
11 November – Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set (Melody Maker)
18 November – The Shell Shock Show (Melody Maker/Hillingdon Mirror)
25 November – The Cat Show (Melody Maker)
2 December – The Alan Price Set and The Army (Melody Maker)
9 December – The Ebony Keys (Melody Maker)
16 December – The Alan Bown Set (Melody Maker)
23 December – The Amboy Dukes (Melody Maker)
24 December – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Melody Maker)
30 December – Jimmy Cliff & The Shakedown Sound (Melody Maker)
31 December – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Fabulous 208 and Melody Maker)
It is possible that Steve Priest’s group The Army may have supported Cliff Bennett on new year’s eve but it needs confirmation
1968
All the entries for this year are from Melody Maker unless otherwise noted.
6 January – The Shell Shock Show with Owen Grey
13 January – Marmalade
20 January – The Amboy Dukes
27 January – Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set
3 February – Cat Soul Band with US Flat Top
10 February – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
17 February – The Jimmy James Show
24 February – The Freddie Mack Show
2 March – Joe E Young & The Toniks
9 March – The Joyce Bond Revue
16 March – The Coloured Raisins
23 March – The Amboy Dukes
30 March – Jimmy Cliff and Wynder K Frog
6 April – The Skatalites
12 April – The Amboy Dukes (this was a Friday)
13 April – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
20 April – The Alan Bown
27 April – Jimmy Cliff and Wynder K Frog
4 May – The Shell Shock Show
11 May – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
18 May – The Joyce Bond Revue
25 May – The Amboy Dukes
1 June – The Skatalites
8 June – The Coloured Raisins
15 June – The Amboy Dukes
22 June – The Joyce Bond Revue
29 June – The Counts
6 July – The Skatalites
13 July – The Coloured Raisins
20 July – Jimmy Cliff and Wynder K Frog
27 July – Cliff Bennett & His Band
3 August – The Amboy Dukes
10 August – The Coloured Raisins
17 August – The Joyce Bond Revue
24 August – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
31 August – The Counts
7 September – The Coloured Raisins
14 September – Simon K & The Meantimers
21 September – Jimmy Cliff and Wynder K Frog
28 September – Root and Jenny Jackson
5 October – The Joyce Bond Revue
12 October – The Counts
19 October – The Coloured Raisins
26 October – Little John & The Shadrocks
2 November – The Sharrons
9 November – The Amboy Dukes
16 November – The Alan Bown
23 November – The Counts and The Coloured Raisins (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
30 November – Simon K & The Meantimers (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
7 December – The Skatalites (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
14 December – The Spectrum (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
21 December – The Joyce Bond Revue (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
24 December – The Amboy Dukes (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post – this was a Tuesday)
28 December – Simon K & The Meantimers (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
31 December – The Amboy Dukes (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post – this was a Tuesday)
1969
4 January – Marmalade (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
Melody Maker has The Coloured Raisins on 4 January and considering Marmalade also played on 18 January, it’s possible Melody Maker is correct
11 January – The Rebel Rousers (Melody Maker)
18 January – Marmalade (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
25 January – Little John & The Shadrocks (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
Melody Maker has Jimmy James & The Vagabonds on 25 January
1 February – Simon K & The Meantimers (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
8 February – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
15 February – The Joyce Bond Revue (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
22 February – The Coloured Raisins (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
1 March – The Amboy Dukes (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
8 March – The Rebel Rousers (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
15 March – US Flat Top and the Cat Road Show (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
22 March – Simon K & The Meantimers (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
Melody Maker has Desmond Dekker on 22 March as well
29 March – The Joyce Bond Revue (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
5 April – Timebox (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
12 April – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
19 April – The Coloured Raisins (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
26 April – The Amboy Dukes (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
3 May – Springfield Park (Melody Maker and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
Melody Maker appears to stop advertising Burton’s after this date
10 May – US Flat Top and The Cat Road Show (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
17 May – The Joyce Bond Revue (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
24 May – Chris Shakespeare & The Globe Show (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
31 May – The Amboy Dukes (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
7 June – Simon K & The Meantimers (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
14 June – The Coloured Raisins (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
I am missing entries for the rest of the year and would welcome any additions
1970
31 October – Czar (Bob Hodges’ gig diary)
I am missing entries for 1970 and would welcome any additions
Many thanks to Rolf Hannet for providing gigs from Beat Monthly and Beat Instrumental
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I know The John Barry Seven played Burton’s in May/June 1965, just before Barry disbanded them, but I don’t have a precise date.
Also There was Burtons in Hackney. Saw Chris Farlow and the Thunderbirds there,.63/4 I believe. Great band.Other venues. Seagull. Starlight Ballroom. We played these. White Hart Southall. Greenford Hotel, Beachcomber, Nottingham, 7 Club, Shrewsbury. Rainbow Suite, Bullring Centre, Birmingham.Tiles, Oxford Street, London. Alphabet Club, Gerard Street,Soho. El Morroco,Gerard Street, Soho.Witchdoctor, Lewisham. If this list is a pain, I don’t know how to post it to you any other way. sorry, Cheers Alan
An important addition which pre dates all of the above is The Birds, a Yiewsley group. I used to follow them in the early 60’s, around 62-64. They were regulars at Burtons and other local venues. They never achieved fame but their lead guitar was Ronnie Wood. Need I say more?!!! Sorry I don’t have any exact dates.
Ah the Birds! A great band. Their Bass guitarist Kim Gardner, became a very suuccessful session player in America and opened a pub in Hollywood. He named it the Cat & Fiddle ofter the one in West Drayton. His daughter, Eva Gardner, now plays Bass for Pink. Ali McKenzie, the Lead Singer still lives locally and performed with the Ali Mac band up until recently. Tony Munroe, Guitar, has retired to Spain.
The Birds werer also regulars at “The Nest” in West Drayton.
Not forgetting Ashton, Gardner and Dyke who lived locally
I use to go to the church hall in Hayes where the Birds use to practice I actually learned to play the drums there and Ronnie use to get me to practice after they finished
I used to live in Greenford, and frequent Burtons quite a lot during 1965. Saw Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, Nashville Teens, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. The Highlight for me was seeing John Mayall and Eric Clapton there before making the Beano Album and Clapton leaving to form Cream. I left the area to live in Cornwall at the beginning of January 1966 where I still live to this day. I’m currently three days off 65 but still working as a professional musician. Yeah, I was fifteen then but always trying to look older, it’s gone the other way now of course.
My wife (now resident near Sydney) reckons she went to school with Maurice Hickmott – Bishopshalt? – gotta be related!
Steam packet played in 1965,not sure of date but definitely played
1954. Ted Heath Band with Singers Lita Rosa, Dickie Valentine and
Dennis Lotis
1953. Ronnie Scott
1952. Ackerman Bilk
1952. Ken Mackintosh
These were just a few of the full live bands we danced to.
Saw Jimmy James and the Vagabonds 17 June 1967 have seen him a few times since my Favourite Singer saw him at The Wycombe Swan in January his voice is still Brilliant what a showman.
Saw steam packet with l j baldry rod stewart, Julie Driscoll 1965ish, .baldry broght a bottle on stage after the break and necked it – happy days !! Raw and natural.how lucky were we??
If my memory serves me well often every other week Brian Paul and the Tremeloes and Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers
Yes they also played at southall town hall in this era.
We used to travel from the Kingsbury area many Friday evenings in the mid to late 60s. Very packed venue. There was a DJ who used to team up with a colleague and they would sing Cinderella Rockefeller, suitable you dressed up as Esther and Abi Ofarim. Jimmy James and the Vagabonds were regulars.
Owners Anne and Jimmy Letts were my aunt and Uncle, there daughter Sally my godmother, I am sure I can put you in touch if you would like any more information
Gino Washington & the Ram Jam band played more than once. Also Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames
Interesting site! I’ve been updating a list of dates for Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ 1966 tour. On 19th April, he is shown at an ‘unknown venue’, in Uxbridge. Any chance this could have been at Burton’s, please? I have no knowledge of clubs in that area, From your postings, it was clearly in existence, then……..
Thanks
Seems most likely, but how soon do you need to know? I could check melody maker for his tour dates. I know Herbie Goins and The Nighttimers were on the same tour and may have some dates
I remember another club in Uxbridge, it was called The Checkers/Chequers. It was above the shopping area in the High Street where Granny Satchwill’s is located. Seem to remember it was very popular with West Indians.
I never went there but if my memory is correct Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity played there one night.
I remember it. I only went once in the 60s and was surprised to see a few of the “faster” girls from Vyners School there. I loved Burtons though and my friends and I were there every Saturday and many Fridays.
Remember Chequers Club. Great ska, bluebeat and soul music.
Hi Brian
Yes it was Burtons in Uxbridge.
Not many people were there to see him as it was on a Tuesday.
I will always remember his performance of l put a spell on you.
Hi, was there a place called the acid house in Uxbridge. Seen mentions, and I should know it. Thought out might have been a name used for burtons, but guess not
I think Burtons changed ownership and altered the genre of bands performing there and renamed it The Acid House, I seem to remember Juicy Lucy playing there amongst others but never went
.
Hi Matt, Burtons later became the Acid Palace around 69/70. It was more focused on the heavier Rock and Prog type bands. I’m not 100% but it may have been a Club night which was named the Acid Palace as opposed to a change in the venue name.
In the early/mid sixties there was a really close group of 10 of us – all Mods whose parents served at RAF Northolt and we all lived in the Married Quarters near Ruislip Gardens. Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, The Yardbirds were amongst our favourites.
We also visited the Ricky Tick in Windsor, Blue Moon in Hayes to see Georgie Fame and Manfren Mann and the Battle of Britain Club. Every other week we went to Studio 59 in the West End to see the Rolling Stones, Yardbirds and Downliners Sect Happy Days.
I remember those days Roger. Also Eel Pie Island.
You will remember my younger brother Terry.
Paul I must apologise as I have not been on the site since I last posted in 2018 and yes l certainly remember Terry. We all adored Burtons and the
great groups that appeared. Indeed I did all my early courting with my first wife Kaye Heller from Ruislip Gardens who went to Vyners School in the early/mid 1960s. Great side story in 1962 when I was a poor 17 year College student whilst standing at the bar in Studio 51 in Great Newport Street London a young Mick Jagger saw me looking at my pennies and bought me a Coca Cola. Coincidentally 20 years later after I had built a house on St Vincent in the West Indies Mick turned up at my place with Jerry Hall as we shared the same Italian architect that designed his house on nearby Mustique. I reminded him of his kindness and we stayed in touch and he, Jerry and Ringo Starr came to my second wife’s 40th birthday bash in Basils Bar Mustique. But… always will have the greatest memories of Burtons in the 1960s whilst l lived at RAF Northolt. Keep smiling with the memories!
I lived near Preston Road station and so it was an easy journey to Burton’s. I was very under age (13 my first time there) but with my two tone tonic skirt suit, Ben Sherman button down and tassel patent leather loafers and long blond hair never had a problem getting in! Enjoyed Jimmy James, Jimmy Cliff, Geno Washington (threw me his t-shirt) and many other brilliant musicians there in late 60s. Wonderful memories!
Wow,, brings back some great memories Lesley, I was chuffed as a school boy skinhead to land a job in the cloakroom at Burtons.
We loved the reggae nights with DJ the JUDGE, Yes Crosby’s stay pressed strides, plain caps or any shoes from the IVY SHOP or the SQUIRES SHOP Soho, probably saw you at Burtons.
Martin
This is a really interesting site. My parents always go on about Burton’s – back in the day. Looking at the bands that played there – I’m extremely jealous! They lived in West Drayton, so it was really local for them and their go to place. Mum loved Long John Bawdry and Dad was a good friend of Cliff Bennett, so would head down to watch him. Shame there aren’t more photos available.
Hi that sounds like around 63/64, lived in Uxbridge frequented burtons, blue moon, old field Friday night Ricky tick Windsor then last train to London with the staines boys to the flamingo all nighter in soho. My poor mother washed her hands of me. Lol
I used to live in Chalfont St Peter and in the early part of the 1960’s a few of us would regularly go to Burtons Uxbridge on a Friday and/or Saturday night. The top three groups of the era were: Brian Poole & the Tremeloes, Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers, and Tony Rivers & the Castaways.
As I remember it the stage was quite small and the floor of the men’s toilets were always wet – let’s just say that they didn’t dry their hands properly!
During the early ’60’s I used to travel in to Uxbridge from Chalfont St Peter to visit Burtons on a Friday and/or Saturday night. The three most popular bands at the time were Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and Tony Rivers & The Castaways.
The stage was small and the gents toilets always seemed to smell a bit!
I used to go to Burton’s regularly with a few mates in the mid to late 60s. I met my first serious girlfriend there.
I loved the Amboy Dukes, the Coloured Raisins, Joyce Bond Revue, Jimmy James, Alan Bown, Cliff Bennett. There were so many more. We’d get a pass-out mid evening and go down to a pub at the Odeon end of the high street for a few pints even though we were very much underage, just 15 or 16, when we started going. I remember an Uxbridge institution, Powder-Puff Ken who used to stand in the shadows of the church doorway ogling the lads on their way out.
There were the Byron in Northolt and the Starlite in Greenford too. Bourne School had some good nights too; I saw the Move there once.
There was a snooker hall above Burton’s in Ruislip. Does anyone remember that?
What a wonderful bucketful of memories. I was directed to this site by a Fb friend who read a reminiscence I had posted on Fb (below).
I was a kid from Eastcote who went to Vyners. I also used to hang out at the Lusitania Snooker Hall above Burtons in Ruislip – a home from home for many local villains.
Saw the Birds many times and loved them. Ditto Geno.
Saw the Pretty Things and the Alex Harvey Band and loads of other great bands at Queensmead and Bourne schools.
‘WHEN I WAS A MOD, aged about fifteen, Saturday nights was a dance hall above Burton’s tailors in Uxbridge.
It was just known as Burtons, and it was the place to be.
Bands like Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band, and Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers .
Blues, dexys and bombers were obligatory.
There was a lot of snappy dressing and some snappy peacock dancing by some of the older boys, but most of the dancing was done by girls standing in circles with their handbags in the middle.
Us less brave lads would snake around the dance floor in lines about six long with our hands in our mohair suit pockets trying to ‘look ‘ard’.
About four of five numbers from the end the band would play a ‘buckle shiner’ – a slow number that you could smooch to with a girl and get your belt buckle shined.
There was a girl I had had my eye on all evening, and I asked her to dance, and she said yes.
We were up close dancing with our arms round each other, and she said in my ear ‘What’s your favourite colour?’.
I said ‘I dunno. ‘Aven’t really got one. What’s yours?’.
She said ‘I ain’t got one neither’.
‘So what’d you ask me for then?’.
‘Dunno. Some fing to say, innit?’
I wonder where she is now. and I wonder why that came back to me.
She wasn’t stupid, I don’t think (I never saw her or talked to her again), and she was very good looking.
I think it was just the age we were…desperately wanted to be with members of the opposite sex, but hadn’t got a clue what to say or do next.
Doubt if things have fundamentally changed that much’
I was one of those girls who used to dance around ther handbags. My favourite act was definitely Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band. I still have the LP. I met one of the boys, Derek Green at Burtons, he was from Denham, that night he was involved in an accident and fractured his leg. He was in plaster for weeks. I know we dated at least until after the 30th of July as that was the day England won the world cup. It was also my 16th birthday and I still wear the beautiful bracelet he gave me. Many years have passed but we are now in touch again. Both widowed, me for 10 years and him for 6, we have rekindled our childhood romance and are getting married next year. He will be 75 and I will be 73, all thanks to Burtons.
What a lovely story of your marriage – congratulations.
I was a regular at Burtons from 1961 to 1964 when my father was an RAF Aircrew officer at RAF Northolt and group of 10 of us from the married quarters went to Burtons every week. I went with my first wife Kaye Heller, and we met when she was 15 years at Vyners Grammar School Hillingdon. Sadly, she died last year of cancer and my second Norwegian wife of 50 years also died last year of cancer so glad to say goodbye to 2023. Happy memories of Burtons and wish you both a happy marriage.
So nice to read these memories. My Dad Dave Tolley from West Drayton would fondly talk about the best nights out at Burtons. My Mum (nee) Pat Burrows from West Drayton was also a regular down at Burtons. She was a hairdresser working mainly in London and was a bit of a fashionista!!! Sadly both have passed away so I miss hearing about the exciting times of ‘the swinging 60s’. This site is brilliant and I wish I’d found it before losing Dad last year. We could have relived his Burtons days .
I used to go to burtons near the end of its life it was a disco then
thanks to my memory was cliff bennet, brian pool (replaced by dave dee, and co, when the trems had their first hit) chris farlow and the name i had forgotten tony rivers and the casterways ( thanks). many great groups followed as per info above but what a great time was had by all
Saturday 27th June 1970 – The Bedrocks
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