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Thank you to every one who has supported our quizzes and also to the outlets that have sold them for us. Here are the answers to Tommy's Latest Song title Quiz

1. Numbness (Needles And Pins)
2. Decorate the fire back (Paint It Black)
3. Ideal song for a plasticine advert (Bend Me Shape me)
4. The Boss (Al Capone)
5. Snow white perhaps (Princess in Rags)
6. Lynne Perrie's character (Poison Ivy)
7. Almond in leather (Nut Rocker)
8. Prominent Chiricahua (Geronimo)
9. Paranoid rock band (Deep Purple)
10. Eurovision winner at dusk (Waterloo Sunset)
11. For those with very large feet (Clown Shoes)
12. Sex education (Lessons in love)
13. More sex education (Birds and Bees)
14. What a peeping tom will do (Look through any window)
15. Nickname of past Newecastle striker (Mighty Quinn)
16. Famous tea clipper (Cutty Sark)
17. A green eyed monster (Jealousy)
18. American Holiday (Vacation)
19. A common statement when reminiscing (Those were the days)
20. An excuse for children's behaviour (Because they're young)
21. Shoo (Get away)
22. Flatulence (Wayward wind)
23. Wife swapping on Sirius (Swinging on a star)
24. What you want to here down the pub (Have a drink on me)
25. A prisoner's request (Release me)
26. St Swithun's resting place (Winchester Cathedral)
27. Weapon thrower (Gunslinger)
28. 70's sit com (The Good Life
29. East Coast State (Massachusetts)
30. Not a tame object (Wild Thing)
31. Ashley Cole perhaps (Yesterday Man)
32. What a docker would say to a dog (I'll cut your tail off)
33. Station on the Northern Line (Finchley Central)
34. Boxing day lunch (Cold Turkey) 
35. Ask a small child to return (Baby come back)
36. Odd people after dark (Strangers in the night)
37. Enlist the parties (Call up the groups)
38. I live there (Thats my home)
39. Transport over the river (Ferry across the Mersey)
40. By Calvin Klein (Obsession)

And the winners were

1st prize - Pete Smith, Pickering
2nd          Colin Gibson, Redcar
3rd           C. Greaves Northallerton

Hi everyone and welcome back. Another year has passed and our team of organisers are working hard to make this years event a great success. We are now in our third year and from the wonderful feedback we have received the word is "let the show go on".

This year we are starting our festival with a live show at The Kirk Theatre, Pickering on Thursday 10th June which features the music of the legendary Buddy Holly, plus the music of other sixties stars such as Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison. The show starts at 7.30 pm. Tickets for the show are just £5 and are on sale now at Reeds Newsagents and Television House, Market Place, Pickering and Eastgate News, Eastgate, Pickering.

On Fri 11th June there will be live 60s music in local pubs and clubs in the evening.

On Sat 12th June, during the day there will be a number of stalls, music, dressing up and a classic car parade at 5-00pm prior to the road closure after which the street party begins. The main bands will then play on two stages in the Market Place in the evening up to 10-00pm. Admission is totally free. After the main show there are live bands playing 60's music in the pubs and clubs around town.

The North Yorks Moors Steam Railway also have Sixties bands and classic cars at all stations throughout Saturday and Sunday, programme as follows:

Saturday

Levisham – Shazam featuring Ian Geast and Shadows Music from 12 till 4, Heartbeat Rally Minis in the car park (note – parking limited), Real ale tent serving York Brewery ales;

Goathland – Jive Express from 12 till 4, and 8 till 11, Tex, Leon & Friends from 6 till 8, Vehicle display of Heartbeat vehicles, cars and buses, Real ale tent serving Cropton ales;

Grosmont – Tuxedo from 12 till 4;

Sunday

Levisham – Shazam featuring Ian Geast and Shadows Music from 12 till 4, Yorkshire Coast British Motor Cycle Club bikes in the car park (note – parking limited), Real ale tent serving York Brewery ales;

Goathland – Tex, Leon & Friends from 12 till 4, Vehicle display of Heartbeat vehicles, cars and buses, Real ale tent serving Cropton ales;

Grosmont – Tuxedo from 12 till 4;

Swinging Sixties a live show featuring Dave Buddy as Buddy Holly and Friends at the Kirk Theatre, Hungate, Pickering. Evening starts at 7.30pm until 10.00pm.

Tickets are £5.00 and are on sale at Reeds Newsagents or the Television House, Market Place, Pickering or at Eastgate News, Eastgate, Pickering.

To all you sixties fans out there, we have a brand new Richwood guitar kindly donated by Dangleberry Music & signed by the Swinging Blue Jeans up for auction on ebay Item No 150420415943 if you would like to own this fantastic guitar then go to ebay and get bidding. Money raised from the guitar sale will go towards putting on yet another fantastic sixties weekend this year. Good Luck The Committee

A sixties style valentine dance will take place at Pickering Working Mens Club on Saturday February 13th, there will be live music from Thru The Roof, and the vinyl will be spun by Frank Atkinson, Sixties Dress optional.Everyone welcome.

We have a few vacancies left on the 12th June 2010 at our sixties festival for memorabilia stalls, or if you have any thing of interest that you think would be appropriate, Then please contact us with a description.

Thank you to every one who has supported our quizzes throughout the year and also to the outlets that have sold them for us. Here are the answers to Tommy's Music Quiz

1. One minute to midnight (Its Almost Tomorrow)
2. What the good Samaritan didn't do (Walk on by)
3. Scottish feline (Wild Cat)
4. A thin Welsh assassin (Slim Whitman)
5. No. 12 in the Sixties (Substitute)
6. The names Bond (007)
7. Shere Khan's song (Im a Tiger) 
8.  Small Dick (Little Richard) 
9. 57 (Heinz)
10. What Erika Roe was doing (Running Bear)
11. Ace of spade (Leader of The Pack)
12. This will bring tears to your eyes (Onion Song)
13. A landed policeman (Bobbie Gentry)
14. A right turn in May makes you livid (Marty Wilde)
15. RSTVWX (Miss You)
16. 3 feet penguins (Yardbirds)
17. Not the Tory PM (Ted Heath)
18. What Chang said to Eng (You'll Never Walk Alone)
19. Mandelson and Brown (Peter and Gordon)
20. Not disposable (Terry)
21. Generally found on little heads (Small faces)
22. Helen Mirren or Julie Walters (Calendar Girl)
23. ? (Why)
24. A Question for the fishmonger (You got soul)
25. Stain the coldest 25% (Mark Wynter)
26. Was this about James Dean (He's a rebel)
27. Strip, pile, raft (The foundations)
28. Root veg for livestock (The Wurzels)
29. Beep, beep (Road Runner)
30. Painted by Lowrie (Pictures of matchstick men)
31. America's First Lady (Michelle)
32. Mr Capone hit Johnathon (Albatross)
33. C3PO (Robot Man)
34. Donna's in London (Summer in the city)
35. A doorstep note (No milk today)
36. Les Dawson's favourite (Mother in law)
37. Happiness, sadness (Emotions)
38. What Pinnochio had (Wooden Heart)
39. Plaything (Toys)
40. May be found in a flower album (Pictures of lilly)
41. Take That's aplogy (Sorry Robbie)
42. Teacher's corridor instruction (Walk don't run)
43. I don't know (I can't explain)
44. I am righteous (I believe)
45. Makes a sort of jam (Traffic)
46. An optimistic viewpoint (Even the bad times are good)
47. A sportsman from Harlem (Globetrotter)
48. Orange County metalworker  (O.C Smith)
49. Lord Elgin's sculptures  (The Marbles)
50. William and Benjamin (The flowerpot men)

And the answers to the word search songs

(A Picture of you)
(Are you sure)
(Bend it)
(Downtown)
(Edelweiss)
(Everybody knows)
(I'm telling you now)
(I'm the one)
(Jealousy)
(Lazy river)
(Lets twist again)
(Lola)
(Midnight in Moscow)
(Penny Lane)
(Pepe)
(Rag Doll)
(Sloop John B)
(Speedy Gonzales)
(Things)
(Game of Love)

And the winners were

First prize - Colin Gibson (Redcar) 1 wrong
2nd Peter Leonard (Pickering) 2 wrong
3rd Mrs B Hornby (Pickering) 3 wrong

We would like to thank all the businesses and individuals who helped with the Pickering 60s Festival 2009. We plan to do a write up at some point and then post it on the website. Furthermore we are currently in the process of collating the photographs from the Pickering 60s Festival 2009 and will put them in the gallery very soon. Please visit the website again soon.

60s Night at the Rose Inn, Bridge Street, Pickering. Starts from 9.00pm. 60s dress is optional.

We are holding a Tombola on Saturday 30th May 2009 in the Pickering Co-op. We look forward to your visit and appreciate your support for the Pickering 60s Festival 2009.

We are holding our monthly General Knowledge Quiz at Bar No 4, Pickering Market Place, on Thursday 28th May. It will be a prompt 9pm start and every one is welcome. The entry fee is only £1 per person with 3 very good prizes to be won. Teams are limited to 4 people.

There will also be a raffle during the evening and sandwiches will be provided for free.

We are holding our monthly General Knowledge Quiz at Bar No 4, Pickering Market Place, on Thursday 30th April. It will be a prompt 9pm start and every one is welcome. The entry fee is only £1 per person with 3 very good prizes to be won. Teams are limited to 4 people.

There will also be a raffle during the evening and sandwiches will be provided for free.

Parade of Classic Sixties Vehicles

Owners of Classic vehicles produced in the late Fifties and Sixties are invited to visit Pickering on the above date to add a period feel to the town during the day, with the option to take part in the Classic Vehicle Parade through the town at 5.00pm. All types of classic vehicles are welcome including cars, motorcycles, scooters, vans and commercials.

You are welcome to arrive in the town at any time of day but there will be limited parking available for period vehicles in the market place. However if you wish to take part in the Evening Parade you will need to contact us with your Name, Vehicle, Year, Contact Telephone Number and E-mail Address and our parade organiser Frank Atkinson will get back to you with full details.

Thank you to every one who donated cakes for our cake stall and also to every one who supported it. We raised £60.70

We are holding our General Knowledge Quiz Night at No 4 Bar & Lounge on Thursday 26th March starting at 9pm. Every one is welcome.

For all those people who tried to solve Tommy's Classic 60s Themed Quiz, well here are all the answers:

1. A mental derangement caused by creepy crawlies. (Beetlemania)
2. The 1st if you believe. (Adam Faith)
3. Sounds like a small leftwing marsupial being told how to use a teaspoon. (Little Red Rooster)
4. A sweet Pirate. (Radio Caroline)
5. Throw Che's hat. (Chuck Berry)
6. A Mother and two books within a book (Peter Paul & Mary)
7. Unchanging situation. (Status Quo)
8. Pollinating insect GG. (Bee Gees)
9. Gold,Silver, Red/Silver and Blue. (The Four Tops)
10. Our next headliners, sound like a dress code for someplayground equipment. (Swinging Blue Jeans)
11. A Morose flier on Coniston. (Bluebird)
12. Ice caps are, singular. (Polaris)
13. A highway that sounds less complicated. (Rhodesia)
14. A Sly lark song found in Dallas Texas. (Grassy Knoll)
15. Sounds like the Flying Scotsman went missing. (The Great Train Robbery)
16. Don't blame the butler it was the gamekeeper that did it. (Lady Chatterleys Lover)
17. A Harbour full of porkers. (Bay of Pigs)
18. Mac's breezy pennies. (Winds of Change)
19. Small changes and grandpa chairs. (Mods and Rockers)
20. 'The Loon' coming down to earth. (Moon Landing)
21. A herb and a Southern infant. (Rosemarys Baby)
22. Keep going Lord Sutch. (Carry on Screaming)
23. How to describe your work in Rome. (The Italian Job)
24. 60 minutes for juveniles. (Childrens Hour)
25. Did this film it Mira's sales. (Psycho)
26. TW3. (That was the week that was)
27. Found on mink, otters and water voles. (Tales of the Riverbank)
28. Father's limb why. (Dads Army)
29. Sounds like a loud frosty explosion. (The Frost Report)
30. A stong masculine member of the Partidge family with a child who stopped the rain. (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
31. This contrary campaigner could have homed a president. (Mary Whitehouse)
32. Wilma's husband sounds honest. (Fred Trueman)
33. A Record keeper at a gymnasium. (Jim Clark)
34. Sounds like a stick insect. (Twiggy)
35. Raise a precious stone. (Jack Ruby)
36. Useful hostilities followed by a short holiday. (Andy Warhol)
37. No one calls this guy a casual cissy. (Cassius Clay)
38. A Cricket position leads to this traitor. ( Kim Philby)
39. A Religious farm building doesn't make it easy to name this 60's pioneer. (Christian Barnard)
40. This athlete's style was an unlikely sounding success at the 1968 olympics. (Dick Fosbury)
41. Wild Horse. (Mustang)
42. A friend of Saint. (Greaves)
43. Purdey. (Avenger)
    
44. 300 Hybrids. (Triton)
45. Look at suggestively. (Ogle)
46. A disobedient scooter model. (Defiant)
47. Spot this between Loughborough and Doncaster. (A60)
48. Tornados' Cotton. (Telstar)
49. See you text in a merry car. (Mercury)
50. If the door is open a bird enters for tea. (Dominator)

         And the winners were

• 1st Nobby from Sinnington
• 2nd Linda Hobs from Pickering
• 3rd Colin Bowes

Thanks to every One Who Bought The Quiz Sheet and Supported us. If You Weren't Lucky enough to Win This Time Then, Yes,
There Is Another Quiz Being Released and is in The local Shops Around Pickering Now.

Pickering Sixties Festival, in conjunction with ´Yorkshire Day in Pickering´, are holding a joint fund raising event at the popular ´Spice 4 U´ restaurant in Hungate, Pickering, on the evening of Monday 2nd March 2009

This will be a very popular evening so book your table early to save disappointment.

There is a choice of two sittings at 6.30 pm or 8.30pm. All meals will be at normal prices and there is no entry fee for the evening.

There will be entertainment during the evening and a raffle with some very good prizes. For a menu see Spice 4 U

Please book your table direct with ´Spice 4 U´ on Pickering 01751 473334.

We would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to Tony Fields, who formed part of our committee team, for his help and support. Tony is leaving the area and we wish him well for the future.

We would like to welcome Trevor Moss and Marion Greenbank on to our committee. Trevor and Marion form the very popular brother and sister singing duo Sentimental Journey. They have an extensive musical background and will be a great asset to our committee.

A Quiz night will be held at The No 4 Bar & Lounge in Pickering Market place on Thursday 22nd of January 8.00pm for a 8.30pm Start. All proceeds to go to Pickering 60s Weekend.

We are holding a Valentines dance at The Working Mens Club, Pickering, on Saturday 14th February, Why not bring along your Valentine and dance the night away to live music from Something Nasty In The Woodshed and the ever popular Remember Then 60s music by Frank Atkinson. There will be a small charge at the door and all proceeds will go to the 60s weekend for 2009

For all those people out there that lost sleep trying to solve Tommy's 60s Classic Vehicle Quiz, well here are all the answers:

1. Mind that Bull (Dodge Charger)
2. Biblical Giant (Goliath)
3. A Drug of Sorts (E Type)
4. A Crazy Newspaper (NSU)
5. Studebaker's Songbird (Lark)
6. A Beautiful Hamlet (Fairthorpe)
7. The Ideal Car For Venice (Amphicar)
8. Handy For Hunting A Bedford (Beagle)
9. Stinging Insect From Italy (Vespa)
10. Royal Enfields Smallest Model, Informally (Flying Flea)
11. Vic or Bobs Favourite BSA (Shooting Star)
12. Skirt or Car (Mini)
13. Vast Suit Ahead (Daihatsu Vesta)
14. 12 Signs Lead To This Vehicle (Zodiac)
15. North Wales Expressway (A55)
16. Look Left Suzanne (Facel Veca)
17. Playful Minicar (Frisky)
18. Electric Dog With A Zephyr Engine (AC Greyhound)
19. Auction Item From America (Lotus)
20. Small Northern Industrial Town (Rochdale)
21. Catherine Jones (Zeta)
22. Ordinary Badge Of Office (Standard Ensign)
23. Cut up Your Visa Card (Siva)
24. Choose Regional Assembly Monarch (Electra King)
25. Spoil A Lettuce (Marcos)
26. Ancient Bedroom Toy (Oldsmobile)
27. Was This Car Dangerous At Any Speed (Chevrolet Corvair)
28. Violent Wind Again (Tornado Tempest) or Typhoon
29. A Car For A Secret Agent (Bond)
30. Nasty Nick's Favourite Cheese (Cotton Double Gloucester)
31. Cook, Sailor (James Captain)
32. Shirley Bassey Perhaps (Diva)
33. Formerly Know As (Prince)
34. A Ford From The East (Anglia)
35. Did Neptune Spear A Fast Moving Ship (Trident Clipper)
36. Insulting Ale (Stanguellini)
37. From WW2 Fighter To A Bubble Car (Messerschmitt)
38. Insurance Company From Turin (Cisitalia)
39. Villiers Engine Seabird (Fulmar/Plover)
40. Ariels Final Effort Was No Leader (Three)
41. Russian Black Cat (Red Panther)
42. African Vocalist (Singer Gazelle)
43. City Of Rovers (Bristol)
44. The Favourite Make Of U.S.A 16th President (Lincoln)
45. Depend On Someone Who Resists Authority (Reliant Rebal)
46. An Easy And Pleasant Life for a Mischievous Little Creature (Riley Elf)
47. This Car Had No Equal in a Previous Incarnation (Warwick)
48. Gold Fingers Newport Pagnell Tractor, Before Chelsea Tractors were Thought Of (Aston Martin DB5)

And The Tie Breaker Questions And Answers Were:

1. (Safety) Fast (MG)
2. Buy (Wisely) Buy Wolsey
3. Made Like A (Gun) Royal Enfield

And The Winners Were:

• 1st: S Moon from Sinnington - With Only 4 Wrong
• 2nd: M Newby from Carlton Miniott - With Only 5 Wrong
• 3rd: I C Farndale from Snainton - With Only 6 Wrong

Thanks to every One Who Bought The Quiz Sheet and Supported us. If You Weren't Lucky enough to Win This Time Then, Yes, There Is Another Quiz Being Released and is in The local Shops Around Pickering Now.

Thanks to every one who turned out on a cold winters night to support our fund raising quiz at No 4 Bar & Lounge which was a great success. A Special thanks to the Management of No 4 Bar which kindly donated Prizes for the Winners, and not forgetting our Quiz master Wally who put the Quiz together even if he can't tell his fingers from his thumbs. Only joking well done Wally.

Thank you to every one who attended our live music night at the Working Mens Club Pickering, a good night was had by all, and a Special thanks to Thru The Roof & Sentimental Journey who Generously gave their time free of charge.

We would like to thank every one who supported the Tombola in the Pickering Co-op on Sat 29th Nov which raised £234.00 towards next years event.

A fund raising quiz is to be held at The Wine Bar (No. 4) in The Market Place, Pickering on Thursday 18th December at 8 o'clock in the evening.

We are pleased to announce a Live Music night at the Pickering Working Men's Club on Saturday 6th December 2008. There will be a small charge at the door of £2 (members £1) in support of the Pickering 60s Festival.

The bands on the night include:

Sentimental Journey
Thru The Roof

Following our successful Tombola at the Pickering Co-op in March 2008 we are pleased to announce another Tombola event on Saturday 29th November 2008. We look forward to your visit and appreciate your support for the Pickering 60s Festival 2009 event.

We are pleased to announce that our new website is now up and running. Over the coming months we intend to use the website to inform you of up and coming events so please call back often. Should you have any questions, comments or queries about the website or any other matter then please feel free to contact us.