Tamworth Bands History : 1966
01/07/66
Polesworth Carnival Crowning of Queens
The Wanderers, Tom Bettany and the organ
Polesworth Memorial Hall
05/07/66
Tommy Walkden music
Progressive Club
07/07/66
The Vipers
Kettlebrook Working Men's Club
08/07/66
Bolehall Swifts FC Annual Dance
Lee Stevens and the Satellites, Lloyd Jackson Quartet
Assembly Rooms, 8.00pm-1.00am
Admission: 6/-
10/07/66
Zodiac Trio
Progressive Club
15/07/66
Assheton House Cabaret Club, Twycross near Atherstone
Grand Cabaret every Friday and Saturday
First-class artistes - Dancing to Maurice Owen Trio
16/07/66
Netherseal Young Farmers Club Dance
Dave and the Countdowns
Polesworth Memorial Hall
Admission: 5/-
22/07/66
The Expressions
Polesworth Working Men's Club
22/07/66
Beat 66 - The Boulevards
Foseco Sports and Social Club
23/07/66
Johnny (Hammond organ), Steve (drums)
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club, 6.30pm-10.45pm
26/07/66
Coleshill and Maxstoke Ex-Servicemen's Club
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"Top Of the Pops" every Thursday 7.45pm to 10.45pm, Discotheque
The Californians
27/07/66
Bob Mason and His Band
Polesworth Working Men's Club
27/07/66
Tamworth Borough Council
Cradley XLK Band, XLCR Band
Tamworth Castle Pleasure, 3pm to 5pm and 7pm to 9pm
Admission: Free
If weather is inclement it will be in the Assembly Rooms
29/07/66
Beat 66 - The Times (Colombia recording artists)
Foseco Sports and Social Club
30/07/66
England defeat West Germany, 4-2, to win the Jules Rimet World Cup at Wembley (after extra time) Geoff Hurst scored 3 of Englands goals.
02/08/66
The Montanos
05/08/66
The Bobcats
Belgrave Working Mens Club
Also 5 hours Bingo
05/08/66
Beat 66 - The Elegants
Foseco Sports and Social Club
06/08/66
The Sapphires
Belgrave Working Mens Club
Also 5 hours Bingo
06/08/66
Beat 66 - The Musettes
Foseco Sports and Social Club
07/08/66
Jack and Barry
Belgrave Working Mens Club
Also 5 hours Bingo
09/08/66
Finders Keepers
11/08/66
The Heinekens
Warton Working Men's Club
12/08/66
Beat 66 - The Ambassadors
Foseco Sports and Social Club
12/08/66
The Rivals
Polesworth Working Men's Club
13/08/66
Bob Mason and His Band
Polesworth Working Men's Club
19/08/66
Big Beat Weekend
The Monopoly
Water Orton Parish Church
Admission: 4/4
19/08/66
Sutton Coldfield Young Farmers Club Harvest Dance
Martin Davis and His Music, The Vipers
The Belfry
19/08/66
The Four XXXXs
Polesworth Working Men's Club, 8..00pm-10.45pm
Admission: 2/-
20/08/66
Tamworth and District Round Table
Indoor Chicken Barbecue, Monkhills Farm, Thorpe
Three Spires jazz group, The Inn-Sect rock group
Admission: 12/6
20/08/66
Gideon (Radio and Recording Star)
Also Polydor disc-jockey - Mad Memphis
26/08/66
The Rocking Thunderbolts
Polesworth Working Men's Club, 8.00pm-10.45pm
Admission: 2/-
26/08/66
Beat 66 - Phil Ryan and the Scorpions
Foseco Sports and Social Club
27/08/66
Zodiac Trio
Polesworth Working Men's Club, 8.15pm
27/08/66
The Other Guys plus The Gyrations
In the open air at the rear of the Railway Inn, Glascote Heath, 8.00pm
29/08/66
Tamworth Young Farmers Club Dance
The Vipers
Polesworth Memorial Hall, 9.00pm to 11.45pm
Admission: 5/-
29/08/66
The Vipers and The Select
Tamworth Young Farmers Club Dance
Polesworth Memorial Hall, 9.00pm-1.45am
Admission: 5/-
30/08/66
The Teen Beats
Kingsbury Working Men's Club
02/09/66
The Inn-Sect
Polesworth Working Men's Club, 8.00pm-10.45pm
Admission: 2/-
04/09/66
The Teen Beats
Warton Working Men's Club
05/09/66
The King Beats
Hockley St. Matthew's
10/09/66
Hurley Church Barbecue
The Vipers
Two roast pigs, licensed bar, donkey rides
11/09/66
The Wanderers
Polesworth Working Men's Club, 8.00pm-10.45pm
Admission: 2/-
16/09/66 - Tamworth Herald
Polesworth Pop Group On Way Up?
Hoping they have their feet on the first rung of the ladder of success are "The Convention" - a young pop-group from Polesworth.
On Saturday at a Birmingham recording studio, the group made their first demonstration disc, entitled "I'm Leaving" to be sent to major record companies.
Formed about 12 months ago, "The Convention" have played in clubs and ballrooms in around the Tamworth district.
The line-up is: David Ford, aged 16, lead guitar; Keith Chetwynd, 17, vocalist; Robert Riley, 17, bass; and the youngest member, Kevin Albrighton, 15, drummer.
They are pictured together with their two managers - Mr William Walker and Mr Michael Young.
All four group members have bought their own instruments and are self-taught musicians, practising in each other's homes. David Ford, of 10 Coronation Avenue, Polesworth, told the "Herald", "We taught each other." As far as the future is concerned, he added: "As far as we know, we expect to carry on playing for some time yet."
16/09/66
The Teen Beats
Kingsbury Working Men's Club
16/09/66
The Loving Kind
Polesworth Working Men's Club, 8.00 pm-10.45pm
Admission: 2/-
16/09/66
Beat 66 - The Cellermen
Foseco Sports and Social Club
23/09/66
The Whittacre and Shustoke Horticultural Society (Livestock Section) Grand Dance
The Vipers
Shustoke Village Hall, 8.00pm-1.00am
Admission: 5/-
23/09/66
Beat 66 - The Vogues ( Columbia recording artistes)
Foseco Sports and Social Club
23/09/66
The Convention
Polesworth Memorial Hall, 8.00pm to 10.45pm
Admission: 2/-
23/09/66
The Trendmen
Polesworth Working Men's Club, 8.00pm-10.45pm
Admission: 2/-
27/09/66
The Crusaders and Gavin Prime
30/09/66
Beat 66 - The Vogues ( Columbia recording artistes - latest record "Younger Girl")
Foseco Sports and Social Club
30/09/66
The Fenders
Polesworth Working Men's Club, 8.00pm-10:45pm
Admission: 2/-
30/09/66
Beat 66 - The X'ceptions (top group from Chester)
Foseco Sports and Social Club
31/09/66
Dancing to Records
Foseco Sports and Social Club
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