Photograph
Crafty Avenue
The Spread Eagle Hotel (Ashton)
1980

“Is that you Malc,ain't seen you in years,I used to prop up the bar at the Pit and Nelson.I recognise you and Alex,is that Vince at the back?, who are the other two I've forgot their names?.”

“erm no its not malc, malc was tall with lots of hair, i do remember the pit n nelson tho, a proper pub, in the photo is Al (singer), Dave (drummer), me on bass, Stubsy (rodie) and Alex (guitarist)”

“Is'nt this the band that evolved into Blackfire(or was it the other way about)?.”

“Nice to see another band linked to the Spread,keep those photos coming !!”

“I think Blackfire was first”

“hi snake,i was the drummer before dave(broadbent) i didnt know malc was replaced on bass though.one song i remember was "little bleeder"..i remember it was one of al broadbent's fav songs.was arthur grimes still the manager when that pic was taken?
regards, dave layton”

“Dave hi, I do remember the band talkin about ya, ........a spider fighter saved my life last nite it must o been around seven am.......... i still have a copy of the studio tape on cassette on it also is Alice, space station, i think it was called and so on, Arthur was still manager then, but he sort of vanished when Malc did, I remember watchin em in some basement in an Ashton pub, you used to do 'Merrygoround' thought that one was great, anyway Dave Broadbent is still drummin with 'A Few Good Men' Al is doin recordin stuff at home, Alex just eats for England now its his new hobby, and I have a rock band 'Fifty Fingers' based in Delamere, I still see Al now and then, were all pushin on a bit but it great were all still at it.”

“Hi Captain1959, Saw jacko recently and got some old recordings from 1980 in the Spread Eagle and Commercial with you and dave Thompson in the band”

“thanks alec,great recordings,i must admit i dont remember "full circle"....what a great song though! and at the commercial gig just before that song you can hear alan heckling someone in the bar who was walking out the door...very funny!”

“just an update on current events: myself alec and vince are now in a covers band called "just for kicks" we did our first show at vince and colin the keyboard player's joint 50th birthday bash at aldwynians rugby club in audenshaw”