Nai Noswad
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Sadly at the age of 78,Gerry Marsden of Gerry And The Pacemakers has passed..
Thanks for the memories kidder!
RIP.
Thanks for the memories kidder!
RIP.
He'll Never Walk Alone.
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Frands
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R.I.P Gerry!
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Nai Noswad
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Very nice Frands my friend.. They were originally called Gerry and the Mars Bars.. as the chocolate factory was near them... but they feared copyright... Sad start to 2021.
E-Z
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Yeah I remember Gerry And The Pacemakers when they had there chart hits in the UK in 1963-64 along with that other Mersey group Freddie And The Dreamers mind you I was only 6-7 years old at the time. Groups like Gerry And The Pacemakers and Freddie And The Dreamers had pretty much gone out of fashion in the UK by 1967 as rock music matured and the early underground rock scene was starting.
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Frands
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Thanks Nai! Gerry and The Pacemakers was a very popular band here in the town where I am now in the 60s & 70s. The meaning of their song
"You'll Never Walk Alone" has maybe not that much to do with football from the beginning, but something else.
Nai Noswad
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Yes Frands.. I think it's from Carousel.. Rogers & Hammerstein?
Bill Shankly and his squad immortalised the song... in Holland I recall it being the theme for medical staff and Hospitals.
Shame the pubs aren't open in Merseyside.. a great session would be had!
Bill Shankly and his squad immortalised the song... in Holland I recall it being the theme for medical staff and Hospitals.
Shame the pubs aren't open in Merseyside.. a great session would be had!
E-Z
Senior Member
During the British football hooliganism of 1970s & 1980s (something that I wasn't apart of as I didn't support or go to football games) I believe I did hear the song line Your Never Walk Alone corrupted to Your Never Walk Again when chanted by opposing fans.
Nai Noswad
Senior Member
Spot on E-Z and Everton sang "with soap up your arse"... as opposed to "hope in your heart".
E-Z
Senior Member
I must admit it was amusing stuff but if you had just got 'worked over and had a good kicking' from some other fans it most definitely wasn't amusing.
Nai Noswad
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I've had a few moments mate.. never scrapped but I made a citizens arrest on a youth that hit a Dad in front of his 8 year old Son.. and was threatened at Stoke City ground.. summoned up the peelers and he and his gobby slag were in the meat wagon.
