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21 December 2005
I have been fascinated to find your
website and to be reminded of the days when Coffee Bars were the front line for
Christian outreach. I was based in Chester, in the '60's and worshiped at
Kingsway Chapel, a fairly progressive Brethren Church. A group of us there
started a coffee bar work called "Session" which grew to large (and noisy) for
the church and we moved to the Blue Coats School and then to the Gateway
Theatre......... I know many of the groups mentioned on your site played
there.
We had our own "house
band" called "The Sowers" (see attached picture and website address -
below). In the original line-up, Ernest McQuoid was the singer, Jim Porter
on rhythm , Brian Fawkes on drums and myself on lead guitar. We added a bass
player and a 12 string guitarist later. We tended to tour the Brethren circuit
(those that would have us) but we did play at gospel campaigns in Douglas Isle
of Man, Port Stewart and Port Rush Northern Ireland, and one in Chester Town
Hall. The nearest we got to the Liverpool Phil was to play at the Saturday
night youth meetings in nearby Gordon Hall. My memories of those days are not
as vivid as I would like but I do know that many were saved at these events. I
do have some recordings of the songs we sang back then but very little
documentation. Your record keeping was far superior to ours I can tell [grin].
I think I still have your vinyl LP and the Witnesses EP somewhere in the
attic.
Anyway, I thought I'd contact
you to say how much I enjoyed your site and it brings back many memories of
those times 40 years ago
With warm
Christian greetings
Stuart
Millar
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