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Thanks for the kind comments, and I have to say that the singing sensations were my favourite part of the night....lol Just brilliant!
Ann

Fantastic night again at Birchley on new years eve. Well done to
the 3 of you for all the hard work you put in to get it right.
We thought that singing duo who did 'The Snake' were sensational.
See thee soon.
Geoff and Tania.

Hi there BIRCHLEY CREWE, jusy a quick note, thanks a million for the new year bash really enjoyed the music and the hospitality,very welcoming!!,and a special thanks to Ann who did a great job in decorating the room well done.And may youre venue go from strength to strength....

Looking forward to it Stan, hope you and Maria have a good flight and enjoy Christmas.... See you both in a few days!

Maria and I are flying in from New York especially to be with you and the many regulars on New Years Eve. We all appreciate the efforts of the team to keep the venue going, so that us not so young folks can feel a little younger.

Thanks for a great night in July - as always. Got my 'soul fix' which will have to keep me going until New Year....

Now life would be just perfect if you could just teleport the Birchley Soul Club over to New York....I know just dreamin!
Maria (and Stan)

Hi All
Funny old night at Birchley last night
good crowd in but didn’t seem to establish the normal flow to the night, although everyone seemed to enjoy the night and the DJ's all played brilliant sets it may just be me being a bit insecure as we did get plenty of positive comments regarding the music that the DJ's played
Jimmy Pilk our guest DJ played another great hour of music as per usual and our regular guys did what Birchley expects.
So with hindsight and reading back over this comment it was probably me being a tit again.
Anyway on that note to all who did attend and enjoyed the evening thank you again for your continued support.
Here’s to the next Soul Night at Birchley St Mary's
Regards
Web

Popular venue playingnorthern soul across the board.

Superb, large, woodendance floor.

Resident DJs – Webby &Eddy, Al Kinsella, Dolly.

Guest DJs - Chisser of St Joes Soul Club / Sam Evans

Music on the decks 7.30til 1am

Just like to say a BIG BIG thankyou to Ann and all the gang, who put a great night on at st mary's and all the DANCERS THANKYOU.... GREAT NIGHT HAD BY ALL....

soulfun and love Sam Evans

Wow where do I start?

Yet another absolutely fantastic night at Birchley All the DJs played a blinder

Our 1st guest DJ "Sam Evans" played her heart and soul out during her set and the Birchley crowd showed their appreciation by filling the floor to an exceptionally good hour of totally across the spectrum Northern soul.

I don’t think we have had so many positive comments for a guest DJ in the four years we have been running the club.

Our 2nd Guest was Chisser one of Birchley’s favourites from "Soul At Joes" who played some nice R&B to start off with and also kept the floor busy with his choice of music, our regular guys did what they do best and delivered what Birchley punters want - good strong solid northern soul

Our thanks go to everyone who was part of Birchley tonight your support is greatly appreciated
To all those who asked, yes Sam will be returning for a second helping of Birchley's hospitality

Until the next time Stay Safe and K.T.F

HI TO PAUL ANN JULIE,
just to say a big thank you all for the most amazing new years eve , you did your selfs proud once again.

D.J`S you also did the club proud as well , thanks guy`s you were brilliant, what more could we ask for ?? NOTHING champagne and hotpot and a brill night with all you special people ,i am sure you all enjoyed yourself``s as much as us .

The room looked amazing with all the balloons and tables decorated, i know you spent most of the day there,well i must say we appreciate it so thanks for all your hard work ,and i am sure we will all be back next year.

lots of love to you all

deb`s &gaz Runcorn xxx

Third aniversary
"BRILLIANT"
Thank you all for your support

Thanks to all at St Marys club for the warm welcome on Friday night ! What a fantastic club everyone in the club were so friendly and we felt welcome right from the start . You can be sure we will be coming back again and next time i will bring my dancing shoes and talc ! Thanks again for putting a link to our show on your website am going to see if we can put a link on our stations website to your club site will ask at manager at our next meeting ! Keep up the good work because you got it just perfect what more can i say ? Steve Green ( soul scene co presenter )

Hi Bubs & Webby.

Thanks for the comments on your DJ page for our most recent appearances - it's always a pleasure to play for you and the audience at Birchley, St.Mary's and we always enjoy doing a spot.
I find It's an opportunity to give my new finds a spin and i'm always glad when these go down well 'Out On The Floor'. Jo also sends her thanks for the opportunity to play her Oldies Classics, which again the audience seemed to appreciate - she's even brave enough now to hold the microphone.

Webby, don't ever hesitate in asking us to play again, it's always a pleasure and we'll do our utmost to help out.

Please note that it's my birthday on the 10th July and i'll be celebrating it at St.Mary's on the 9th July - hopefully the 'Night Owl's' will be out in force again.

For those whoi haven't yet visited Birchley, St.Mary's Soul Club, do come along and join in with the soul gang, enjoying music from across the board and the lads are always happy to play your requests (if available on the night).

Hope to continue to enjoy the soul nights for many years to come.

All the best guys.
Ste & Jo (Rimmer/Kerr).
(Southport).

hi ann and paul,
just checked out the pics ,great one of carls shoes lol..
had a great night and weekend and thanks for great company ,see you at birchley in sept,,unless you come down here to visit us before ,,see you soon carl and sue (kings lynn)

Well folks that's another brilliant milestone achieved !!!!!
Over 50000 hits on the site now, thats a fantastic response and all we can do is thank ALL of you for your continued support here's looking forward to another great night at Birchley next friday (14th)
Thanks again and see you all next week
Regards
Web

BIRCHLEY GANG
another great night tonight (9th)
dolly was brill played stuff not herd for ages
take care now

regards ALEC

Hi Anne, Webby and the Birchley gang. Thankyou so much for the cards, flowers and kind messages for Lynne and I following our nasty two wheel accident. I am back home from hospital now and we are both recovering bit by bit. I don't expect you'll see my 'shuflfling Samba trainers' for a while just yet, but you can be sure I'll get back to the dancefloors ASAP!!
Thanks once again, the soul and scooter communities have been very kind.
Hope to see you all again soon, Jon & Lynne, keepin' the faith! xx

hi ann julie webby graham, what a great night we all had last night the music the atmosphere its was a pleasure to be a part of it and credit goes to you all, people dont realise the hard work you put into it behind the scenes all the best for 2010 moz & cheryl tetley walker soul club.

To Anne, Webby, Gra and Julie

Yet another excellent new years eve at one of the best, friendliest and very danceable venues in the North West. You did yourselves proud once again and I think everyone there enjoyed themselves.
All the very very best for 2010, lots of love and respect, Jon & Lynne (and Sam on this occasion!) xx

Hi bubs , just to say love the xmas vid of you all ,fell about laughing. Can't wait for new years eve sure it will be even better than last year .love to you all xxxx deb's.

Many thanks to all the team who make us feel so welcome on the occasions we have travelled up to birchley for what is always a great night :o) Hope you all have a great xmas and look forward to seeing you all on New Year's eve Deb & Colin

Hi Guys, just want to thank you all for another great night last night and wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and Happy and Soulful New Year, gutted can't make new years eve have a fab night and see you all in 2010 Ktf Donna & Gerry

Over 40,000 hits on the site now,that's absolutely amazing
Our thanks go out to all of you who keep coming back to the site and those of you who are visiting for the first time, your support is fantastic.
Thanks again and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
From All of us at Birchley
Cheers

Hi John,
Hope you and Lynne, Moz and Cheryl, have a great time in Morecambe.
I'm so glad your that son's back safe and sound, I felt quite emotional when I read your message, and you're quite right, much respect and gratitude to everyone out there.
Ann

Ann and Webby... sorry we won't be there Friday night... last Scooter Rally of the year in sunny Morecambe this w/end... think of Lynne and I getting drowned and frozen on the Lammy won't you! Have a good night though, hopefully see you next week at Tetley's?
By the way... my boy arrived back safe at his base in Cyprus last night... so thats one less thing to worry about for now!!! Cheers to our boys in the badlands of Afghan.

KTF, Jon & Lynne

Ann

Thank you for the badge it is now on the bag

The Help for Heroes night was very enjoyable and glad to see you raised well over 700 quid -

was good to see you at Tetley Walker - another cracking little club with good atmosphere just like Birchley

Hope to see you soon

KTF

Hi Ann & Webbie just want to say thank you to the both of you, for all your support you given Tetley Walker Soul Club over the past year,and a big thank you for the card you gave us on friday on our first anniversary you helped to make it a very successful night thank you. Moz & Cheryl.

Just wanted to say a massive thanks to everyone who attended the Soul for Heroes night.
Your kind donation will help us to help the brave lads and lasses of our armed forces, on behalf of the team at Soul for Heroes once again thank you .
Caveman pete
Founder of Soul for Heroes
I look forward to seeing you all at SfH 3 in Newark this November.

A great big thank you to everyone who contributed to making Friday a fantastic success.
The amount raised a whopping £715 for the chosen charity "soul for heroes" which will be given to them shortly.
The gremlins seemed to have returned on friday as the amp tripped out a couple of times again so if any one has any ides as to why this happens we would appreciate your comments as we have tried everything to elevate the problem and the amp and speakers were supposed to be perfectly matched.
Other than that the night went great the raffle went off well with the led display proving to be a great idea enabling us to keep the music going and not having to stop for the raffle numbers to be called.
A great big thanks to all the DJ's for giving up their time and expertise in aid of the charity and an extra special thanks to our guest DJ from Norfolk Dave Eglen who played a crackin set which was commented on by quite a few customers well done Dave.
Thanks to Deb's Leonard for helping out with the raffle prizes and once again thanks to you all for attending on the night to support such a worth while cause.
Thank you to the anonymous person who handed the lost wallet in to the bar staff you honesty is greatly appreciated.
We hope to see you all again next month for another great Birchly night
Cheers
Web ,Gra, Bubs, Julie
B.S.M
THANKS

Hi Julie & Gra, Bubs & Webby, thanks for coming to my leaving bash, and glad to hear you had a great time, cos it was a fantastic turn out. Thanks for making Julie welcome on friday at your place, she said she enjoyed it.
Well i went to the irish club last saturday night, had a great time and was made very welcome, there was about 60 soulies there.
I have been busy at the bakery every night since, lotsc to learn, and im getting used to working nights.
Offf to the pub in short while for afew beers.
ktf
Cookie xx

A great big DITTO to Jon's message below. Here's to tomorrow, lets make it a good one.
See you there
Ann

Hiya Birchley gang, just to say we're very much looking forward to Friday night and hope you can raise a few bob for our finest. Best of luck and take care to my son Jim and all the boys in 2 Lancs battering the Taliban in the Helmond... only wish I was with them!
KTF, Jon & Lynne

We will be visiting for the first time this friday to meet up with our friends Jo & Dave from Stockport Soul Clothing. I am the one from the Monaco ( HindleyPhil- cream trilby hat and all)

hi all,,just to let you know eevrything is set for friday,,cant wait to catch up with you all again and have a great night..
see you all fri 6 of us coming .sue and carl ,,dave ,,lynn chris and penny

Thanks Alan & Pat for your kind comments we are glad you ejoyed the night and thanks for your support. it is definately a fine old slog from Wolverhampton we appreciate it.
We had another fantastic night at Birchley Friday, yet again ALL the DJ's played fantastic music all night.
I can honestly say we have never been let down by our residents or the guest we have asked to the club.
Again Mike & Ste got the place bouncing from their first track to the last, the dance floor was packed right through their set these guys will be invited back time and again.
Thanks to the Denton crew for paying us a visit it was great to see you all again and we will be returning the compliment on the 28th.
Thanks to all our regular supporters who come month in month out you are the heart and soul of the club.
And thanks to all the new faces that were there on Friday it is always good to see new people we look forward to seeing you again.
And a final big thank you to the staff at the club for putting up with us every month.
Cheers everyone we hope to see you all again for the charity event next month.
Thanks again.
Web

Made our first venture up the M6 to Birchley last night and we weren't disappointed.
Crackin' venue ( When we found it, Pat Nav not working too well)
Made welcome by one & all,Dave & Jo, Warrington John & His other half plus many others. Music policy hit just the right spot.
certainly worth the 150 mile round trip....We'll Be Back!!!!!
Alan & Pat Carter (Wolverhampton)

Just a few words to say how much i enjoyed your 2nd Anniversary on Friday.

This was my first time at Birchley St Marys but it won't be my last, the music was superb and i was made to feel very welcome by all concerned.

Thanks for a great evening Stuart (Blackpool)

Once again thank you all for making Friday another great night at Birchley.
I think we have actually solved the sound gremlins with this month being problem free, the replacement amp held up brilliantly with everything being loud and clear.
The music yet again was spot on with all the guys playing excellent sets.
Both Ste and Eddie played some great different tracks which went down really well keep it up boys the customers were loving it.

An extra special thanks goes to Freddie Turner for being our guest this month, Freddie got the floor rocking from track one and kept up the pace right through his set.

Then we had Al Kinsella one of the northwests favourite Dj's doing what he does best getting keeping the dance floor thumping
The room was nice and cool although it was a quite warm night thanks to the new air con which was much appreciated by all of us.

I think I can say it was asucessful 2nd aniversary all round and we are looking forward to the third.
Thank you all again for your continued support it is much appreciated
Web,Ann,Gra,Julie

Ok the honeymoon is over so i had better get around to thanking all the team, you all made our wedding night such a memorable one. We fad had such a perfect day with family and friends following the wedding, we thought it couldn't get better, how wrong we were. We recieved the usual warm welcome and congratulations, the table set out with balloons and champagne was such a lovely touch thank you all so much. As the night progressed it just got better and better the music superb the people Fantastic. A big thanks to all those who made an effort we both really appreciated it. We so look forward to the second Friday of every month as we know there is a fun night ahead. However as good as it is i do have one big criticism (sorry guys) It should be twice monthly !!!!!! Again thanks to the St Mary's crew for all your efforts. Ste and She.

hi all a brill night on friday from start to finish al+chisser had everyone dancing their feet off we had three friends who had travelled from Preston they had never been before they loved it said one of the best soul nights they had been to from the music, atmosphere and such friendly people they cant wait for the next one just like to thank you for a brilliant night we love chisser and Al they play great music didnt stop dancing allnight hope next month is just as good cu all in august keep up the good work K.T.F chris+henry

Appologies in order again.
sound system playing games again amp kept cutting out for no apparent reason so it has now been sent back to be checked.
Although it sounded great it stil wasn't right.
So hopefully for next month we wil have a new one or this one repaired and back in time for our 2nd aniversary.
So fingers crossed everything will be OK
Thanks again
Web

hi julie n graham,this is julie n steve from grimsby,one of these days we will get over to your venue,hope you are well takecare love to you both. julie n steve xx

What a crackin' night we had Friday everything went great the sound system was free from gremlins this month and the numbers were up again.
The wedding party who were two of our regular guests and members of their families all seemed to be enjoying themselves right till the end.
Our good friends Jo and Eric played a fantastic set with loads of positive feedback from everyone and as usual the lads pulled out all the stops to deliver some fantastic music all night.
The only downside seemed to be the heat, apparently the air con was down and will be fixed on monday so hopefully next month it will be back on and blowing a "hoolie"
We hope everyone enjoyed the night as much as we did and we look forward to doing it all again next month. so let me thank you all again for your continued support as it really would not be the same without you all.
Thanks again
Web

WEBBY, BUBS & CO
Was all geared up for tonite( i use that term lightly ), and guess wot....I'm on the fonehelpline at work!!!. Even had my free complimentary ticket ready. haha
Anyway hope you all have a FAB nite, have a dance for me. Webby im still after a cheap back kitchen.

Hi
I am a regular are birchley, come with my friend Dee Turner, and in May I brought my another friend who has cerebral palsy, and I mention that only because he was limited on the dance floor. Everyone made him welcome and went out of their way to make the night pleasurable for him despite his limitations. We will be here next week, to this wonderfull place that has a warm welcome for all. Sandra

Hi all
The Plus & the minus of Birchley St Marys Northern Soul Club.

First of all my wife and I, try to travel all over the Country to Different Northern Venus. Just came back from Torquay weekender, was a great Venue the weather, well Bad but as always in the Northern circle People Fantastic. Now to Birchley.
The Plus
1 / Two Fantastic Ladies on the door well worth a 300 mile trip just to see them.
2/ Atmosphere is fantastic every one so friendly
2/ Music, well best in the country playing to the Floor not the Djs
3/ Dance floor, wooden real pleasure to dance on.
4 Plenty of Seats. For you and your friends
4 Great bar staff helpful and friendly AND THE Bar Prices really good.
5/ large free car park
6/ Every penny you spend is put back into the Club as you will see.
7/ if you need accommodation there is a Premier in about Half a mile away Approx £3.50 in taxi
8 / bring your Cameras as you have to see the Dancing Dj, Mr Al Kensella. Well come back Al & Chris

Now the down side :0(
1/ when you first arrive, the two lovely ladies on the door will be ever so pleased to see you. BUT if there is a tall Gentleman with a goatee whatever you do don’t shake his hand. Or like me you will be crippled with arthritis, as he has a grip like steel. trust me just hug the girls :0).
2/ every now and again this little fella turns up spinning on the dance floor. He doesn’t bite but I’m sure they Modelled there badge on him. I think his name is Webby, just don’t feed him and he goes anyway hahaha
All in All for me and my wife we score it 10 out of 10 for Birchley St Marys
Looking forward to the 12 June
Alfie & Janet, Wirral

Great website ' Hope to get down one friday looks a great night.

Hope you are OK Big Feller hope to see you in June Buddy
Web

Hi Tony,
Hope you're ok, looking forward to seeing you soon, take care.
All our love....All at Birchley

Hiya peeps,Sorry I missed you last month,but I was in broad green getting my stuff sorted,Will make an extra effort to get up to see you all next month as I love the place.See you soon Big Tony.

Hi everyone
Can I just say a big thanks again for your continued support I would like to take the opportunity to appologise to everyone for the sound quallity on Friday.
As a lot of you will know we are upgrading and changing the equipment on a regular basis to achieve the best sound quality possible for a better night's entertainment.
When we set the gear up in the afternoon it sounded great but as the night progressed the quality seemed to dip.
We seemed to have got it spot on last month then bought a new mixer and it didnt seem as good this month for some reason, so next month we will go back to the old mixer and see if that resolves it..
We hope this didn't spoil your enjoyment of what turned ot to be another great night at Birchley
Again thank you all for your generous comments and continued support.
From All At Birchley
KTF

Does anyone know what happened to Sandra Litler, from Haydock?
She frequented St.Mary's club in the nineties.

Hi Ann

Many thanks for your support.

Love the music.

Chris

so glad that AL has decided, to come out of retirement we all knew it would 'nt last long until he was back hes a good dj and gets the dance floor packed, hes always full of energy we know ourselves you cant stop going to a brilliant and friendly place like BIRCHLEY theres just no other place like it and it is all down to you all what do the the hard work what makes us all have a great night at BIRCHLEY thanks again see you in MAY take care K.T.F. xxx

You are ALL such nice people thank you very much for your kind coments heres looking forward to May
Thanks to you ALL
Webby
On behalf of all the team

Hi all, another great night you always make us feel very welcome great atmosphere again cant praise you enough great music cant wait until may for another cracking night see you all soon lv chris+henry xx

Look out, The Widnes Boys are coming. We will be making our 1st visit to the club tonite. If it is half as good as Soul at Joe's it will be brill.

Hi just a word to say luvly to of met you unfortunately at Ronnies funeral I know theres a special night at the Widnes Soul Club tonight. in aid of Julie + the family. I know youll raise a fortune. Thanks to Eddy Whiteside for e-mailing me. It was luvly to see him after such a long time.{hes always working}. congratulations on such a great venue and I will deffo be visiting next time im home from scotland . I can only wish I were there but Im watching you all on the net 300 mile away KTF Lynn wise formely of Widnes born and bread.{resides East Fife Scotland}

Thanks Ann, Sheila will be chuffed with the kind comments. See you all in April. Ste.

Ann Webster 2009.3.22 20:57
Hi Ste,
Thanks for the kind comment. Everyone would like to pass on their congratulations to you and Sheila. We told some of Sheila's friends about the proposal, when we got to Prestatyn and they were thrilled, more than one person said
"she's a really nice girl and deserves the happiness"
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU BOTH, from everyone at Birchley.

Hi Just wanted to thank you all for a truly fantastic night every month, never had a bad night with you all. A special thanks to all our friends old and new who so generously offered their congratulations when the beautiful Sheila accepted my impromptu proposal last week, we will keep you all inormed of developments. Thanks again Ste and She.

PS. we will be looking for a venue and DJs any ideas?

just to say another great night music was brilliant it dosnt come around quick enough until the next one thanks to you all for making it a good night a very friendly atmosphere we love it we have been to other venues but they are lacking the atmosphere birchley is the best by far no matter where we go i always get birchley a mention we did when we went to blackpool tower for motown 50years when i was talking to russ winstanley he gave a mention and brian rae did looking forward to next month k.t.f cu all soon chris+henry