Back To The Old Pool 10th Nov

[Kate.S]

Some brilliant photos above, I took loads too but I'm afraid I'm still on the old throw aways so can't upload them
Great night, top atmosphere and loads of friendly people It was a pleasure to see some familar faces and to meet more really sound peeps
We were still from Friday night when we got there and continued to get a bit more till Sunday morning, wiped out the bank account and many braincells but it was definately worth it
Thought CeCe Rogers was fantastic, such an amazing voice, definately one of the best I've ever heard live

Looking forward to seeing everyone again at the Christmas do

[leaky]

Originally Posted by Jiglo

Jeez leaky, I didn't know at the time you were sleeping in your car mate and when I found out when you text me at 10am, I felt pretty shit and I told Debs and she bollocked me for not telling her sooner and she got upset

Glad you had a top night though mate

haha, you daft sods, your making me feel like orphan annie it was sorted kipping in car, had best kip id had in ages like a bug in a rug. good job too cos when i got back the missus was in bed ill, so i was in charge of entertaining the kids all day. nothing worse than trying to deal with kids when all you wanna do id go to bed.

cheers though jim and debs for your concern but weve slept in far worse places over the years wall tops, bushes, flooded tents etc so the car was luxury dont get me wrong id have rather had a hotel, but was glad we didn't have hassle of waiting for taxis etc. we could of course stayed sober and driven home not a chance, party party party was the order of the day

[italooldskool]

Originally Posted by kevp

fs gettin goosebumps all over again watchin them clips mate

Ditto, class footage of a class night. Will be talked about for many years to come

[nics]

theres not much to say apart from what has already been said!!

first of all big thanks to ian for all his hard work, each and every event ive been to that you have promoted/organised, quad reunions, daisy, mentazam, bttop....etc...... each and every event i have been to i have never had a disapointed night and am always hungry for the next night coz i know without a doubt..............you know how to do it proper, you put your heart and soul into it and you do it for the love of it not just to make a few quid like some

got to the pool and started the madness with a quick flying visit to casa del murfs/ian in my pyjamas......u know u was jealous

got lost on the way back to meshs but got there in the end and then the party commenced, itching for the taxi to turn up....couldnt get there quick enough!!

got there to be greeted by some of the friendliest and happiest faces ive not seen for ages, lost of hazy/osa/pr/quad crew.....all my extended family

saysay your set rocked, blasted out some class tunes and so did mouse.....flirted in between both rooms all night catching up with people so dint catch much of who was on upstairs coz of mad random waffleage

cutter intorduced the man like ce ce rogers.......absolute class, played and absolute blinder and got proper involved with the crowd, shaking hands while blasting out what i can only describe as a spine tingling performance....i just wish some of my lot where there to experiance it

jeffersons set was class....a bit too new for my liking but im glad it was a different set compared to the monster set he played at hazy.......he loved playing for all of us and was like a cheshire cat grinning!!

most of it after that was a bit of a blur.......met shitloads of people whch also made the night for me..

brendaaaaaa, biggz, finniganlee, uncle warren, tagather shifty, tom and kate, pepe n sarah n jonny, leaky, duke n cuz, jiglo, debs, sweets, silky, tc n woody, cano, tickle, doolz, dmsr, tk tonny, pinkhat, happ33, tall paul, manc n neet,

i know ive missed loads out coz things got a wee bit hazy after that lol

back to the madness at ians n lisas and out came the heart pj's....nowt like comfort lol

gippo's, caravan racing, pocket wafty's, come to ce ce baaaaaaby, random monkey stuff, bandana crewage, ...............too much to name

big thanks to ian n lisa for being the host with the most random stuff ever

ps.....murfs...........dont feel too well boss

shit, also forgot that we kidnapped dannster!! wheni dropped him off home at some rando oclock......i then got lost going home, a 30 minute journey took me 2 hours!!!

[cutter]

A long journey from London to Liverpool was made a bit longer by the 2 hr trip across London to get some quality weed. We seemed to race up the motorway and got to Manc in 2 and a half hours. Collected miss Tickle and then started to get lost (yes i do blame you). Before long we were in Liverpool and at MR & MRS K's house had time for a few J's then headed intk town and the Carling Academy.... Was quite scared at the size of the venue and proceeded to get lost quite quickly.

Pezz started the night upstairs with some Quality tuneage but i decided to go downtairs and meet SaySay (bout time) all of a sudden the room started filling with too many OSA'ers to mention. Sorry i didnt recognise ya Woody but ya look different in real life without a cowboy outfit

Again i went on a wander and found myself in the dressing rooms
nice lickle place to CHILL!

Got bullied by Ian to go and get on the mic and was very suprised to see the dancefloor rammed and having it to Mike Knowler

I got to announce CeCe Rogers coming on stage and the venue erupted into mayhem. CeCe was a true professional and was a Great part of a great night.
Was brilliant to see CeCE biggin up Marshall and calling him to the front of the stage amd announcing THE GODFATHER OF HOUSE WAS IN THE BUILDING.

I got a little bit lost at this point and got back to the stage as Steve Proctor took to the decks.

I then went back to the dressing rooms and a nice monged chat with Marshall.

Then BANG!!! the night was over it just seemed to fly by but thats what happens when your having fun.

Shouts to the driver IIreal,MissTickle,Derek & crew,Marty, Steve P, Plutes & Shazz, Si & Mesh, Nics, Doolz, Angiewillow, DMSR, all the OSA crew & PR massive

& a BIG Thankyou to Ian & Murfs... for the booking, the hospitality & for just being bloody good mates

Cant wait for my next trip up north the sooner the better

plur

Andrew Cutter x

[featherlash]

First of all a massive thankyou to everyone who organized this event and took part. Be lost without you guys puttin together nights like this...it rocked my socks off,you pulled a blinder bin grinnin from ear to ear since,, Cheers guys Big shouts to everyone,mint night full of friendly faces,warm welcomes and a buzzin atmpsphere.
Met loads of new people to im shit with names but all of you look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Special thanks to nics and mesh ( lovley to meet u hun) for getting us there with directions, think id still be on a motorway somwhere otherwise
Last but by far not least thanks to manc for a top night

bring on the next one see you all soon x

Thanks again for a wicked night

[Mr Radish]

Well I'm going to keep this short(ish), which is not like me at all!

Ian, well done for your part in pulling the night together. Really sorry we did not meet (I think??).

To all the familiar faces from OSA, I love you all so you will forgive me if I cannot be bothered to name everyone like some mad memory test!!!

However, a few mentions at my disgression I think.

The Crooner in Ma Edgertons. . .first class caberet, but no chicken and chips in a basket!

Apologies to Say Say for missing your set mate, I'll take what's coming!

Silky, great to see my Channel Island Bro, good effort and nice chin wag mate.

Cutter, not met you before either and I'm still to get what all the bloody fuss is about?? Only joshing mate. . . .it was a joke!

My mate Jon, Tom and Kate. . . .my travelling mashupburys!

The Mystical MissTickle (ah I get it now. . . it's a play on words isn't it!), loving you mate and yes I did hear you before I saw you.

Tag, a more happy lad you could not wish to meet, well done you! (was that patronising?)

No.72. . . .nice to meet you Damo lad. You're totally bonkers!

And to Kelly? The lovely young lass who gave me a Lollipop. As I said at the time your hair was beautiful and no way would you have known it incoporated a hair piece, but thanks for your honesty!

Some of the DJ's were a bit poor (others were ace) as mentioned by others.
The sound system in the second bar was not great (I think Ian apologised for this in an earlier post) and The Dj's were facing a wall something that only struck me properly when someone else mentioned it today?? Last tune was Mental Cube -Q which was ace for the 3 of us left!

Oh yes. . . ban chewing gum . . . I'm still pulling it off my arse!

For me the event was not about the venue, the PA or the DJ's. . . . . .It was about the people, lot's of top, friendly people. They made it for me 100% and were a real credit to themselves and each other.

Word to your mother!

[grover]

Had a brilliant night - Ce Ce Rogers was amazing - That was the best vocal performance i have seen since i saw Darryl Pandy and Connie Lush do a duet in Liverpool in 92.
Thanks to everyone who came to the night
Cheers to Ian and everyone involved to make it a success
Was great meeting up with everyone again and meeting some new faces.

[woody]

well what can i say thats not already been said Full credit to Ian & 3beat for pulling off a monster event The crowd were top, everyone well up for it and it was really good to see all the old hazy faces again
I wont run thru everyones names as there was loooooads out and i might forget someone but it was as always a pleasure to be surrounded by top likeminded oldskoolers

I didnt see many sets downstairs as i was busy saying hello to everyone early on but i did catch traysay who was again spot on I did catch someone playing frankie knuckles your love downstairs when i went for a wee tho

Upstairs i thought Pezz was spot on! Best dj i saw on the nite imo, quality tunes and slick mixing Mike Knowlers mixing was particularly bad even by his standards, but as always had the crowd going mental I did have to stop dancing for a wee moment when i heard Jinny though! Posca where were you

Ce Ce Rogers was fooking ace Ive got a few vids on my phone i will get round to upping but the sounds a bit loud so they might need a bit of tinkerage...

MJ was good, played a few tunes that we're a bit funky for me but Joe Smooth, Frankie Knuckles et al soon put me right

All in all, I had a fookin belter thanks to ace company, great tunes and a very generous mart driving out of his way to drop us off.. Massive fan Q mate youre a star! and at least i could direct properly this time lol

see you's at the next un

[MANC]

started saturday night by getting these two mixed up when i was getting ready...


anyway, neet got me there driving like a suicidal maniac. She got us lost umpteen times and the directions Mesh gave her read like Einstiens notes on the theory of everything, all numbers and letters i felt like Carol Vorderman by the time we got to Scouseland. Thank fuck i was there to smooth things out nice one nics

Scousers. I had to rethink a few unfounded preconceptions about this lot, never been Liverpool b4 during the night but i found them to be friendly, responsive and intelligent

Original Scouse material: Dave, brother of Mesh... Geezer, 'proper boss' haha

thanx to Woody for trying to help us out on the front, and also thanx to 4 people who said some really nice things to me last sat i had a rite big head

i thought the venue was wicked, main room was like the m/cr academy

music was lovely

i think i said "aww shit sorry, dont mind me a rite fookin mong sometimes" at least 20 times

i dunno what else to say that hasnt already been said...

my tune of the night - awesome 3 - hard up

loved meeting everyone

Neet, ur a star and im impressed with ikontraband

[CANO ...]

Enjoyed the night , nice one ian & co for making it happen

Tracy i thought you were ace and coped really well with having no monitor for a while .. Enjoyed lisa (mouse) set too , nice follow on from tracy

Cece's performance is the best ive ever seen .. One word AWESOME I was on sweet fa and still had rushes up my back

I really enjoyed marshalls set , good selection of newer and older stuff i thought it worked really well and he played the tune of the night for me , thanks to manc (ian) for the id , best tune ive heard in a long time \o/


At the end of the night i was flicking between steve proctor and pluto , damm that was hard work But well worth it .. 2 top quality djs

Few tunes that stood out for me were tuff little unit - join the future , rickster - night moves , r tyme - r theme , paul rutherford - get real , tc 1991 - berry , nu grooves vol 1 ..

Great to see the usual suspects out (and some i aint seen for a while) and always good to meet new people

[CANO ...]

PS was the night recorded ?

[bren]

right its was a good night to start of with meeting tag warren finni tk tony duke nics and cant think who else we all had a good drink to start with in baa bar then a load of us made our way to the club then got inside met a few good mates from the quad renunions mick kenga jonny and then met say say cano miss tickle who i forgot to buy a bevy for and damo what a sound lad mike rocked upstairs like he no's how ce ce rogers was boss then went down stairs fto catch ste parry who is a very good dj then andy carroll what can i say played some belting track and one of my fave's chris coco love is in the air well hope we all ahve a good meet up again

[murfso]

hi all sorry for such a late review but im just getting over a viral infection just in time for the weekend
was really great to see so many out of towners coming for the back to the oldpool nite in liverpool
theres too many of u to name but it was an amazing nite and im glad we were all able to share it - thats what oldskool is about
as everyone has already said the crowd were soooooooooo friendly and all i could see was many smiley happy faces
ce ce rogers live pa was amazing ive never seen a better live pa in my opinion and he had the room rocking nearly brought tears to my eyes seeing everyone holding hands as he was singing - hats off to all the djs that played that nite especially pluto pez steve proctor say say mouse ste parry sorry but i never seen the rest as i was a bit mangled
i know ian puts his heart and soul into the nights he does and tries to get it right each time but going by the glowing reports u all loved it - shout out to everyone from here and pr that made the nite as special as it was
shout out to all the crazy people that came back to mine and ps dannster sorry for kidnapping u
wonder what ian has up his sleeve for next year
and a big big thank u to ian just for being u

[si kelsall]

wkd nite .