The official FRIARS Aylesbury compendium
page updated 26th June 2008
Where do I start?
Firstly love to Sue, Jamie, Binnie and Twinks, my family, for putting up with me hogging the PC, jumping up and down with delight every time the marimba player of Toad The Wet Sprocket had emailed me even though he could remember nothing, the occasional frustration and my nearly always relentless enthusiasm to the point of obsessiveness and lots of very late nights. Hugs. I will get those shelves up...honest. Oh and yes, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre really did exist as did Blossom Toes, despite assertions I was making it all up as I went along. I wasn't. Honest.
Very special thanks to David Stopps for supporting this venture, John Braley, Robin Pike (without whom there may have been no Friars), Kris Needs and Peter Davidson at the Bucks Herald for their help and support. Big thanks also to Adrian Roach for repeating his special 1972 Friars talent for us and also for providing the very early flyers for this site. Big thanks to Jerry Slater for the early billboard posters and some tickets and other memorabilia.
Very special thanks to Judy Pearce who provided nearly all the flyers for this site. This was probably the biggest fillip I could have had when I wasn't totally sure where this was going and stopped me banging my head on the wall. Other flyers provided by the webmaster, Rob Lehmann, Adrian Roach, Keith Bradbury and Simon Quincey. Thanks also to Steve Upstone who had started a history of Friars and sent me his documentation.
Billboard posters - Thanks to Chris Loon, David Bentley, Richard Burt, Andy Kinch, Simon Quincey, Jerry Slater
Thanks also to Simon for the FA Poll Results and autographed SLF flyer, along with our friends at UK Decay HQ.
All tickets sourced by the webmaster, except Bowie 72 and Eurythmics (thanks Richard Burt),Stiff Little Fingers 1979 (Clive Weedon), John Martyn 1981 (thanks Andre Kreutzmann), Pink Floyd 1969, Colisseum 1969, Procol Harum 1970 (all Jerry Slater)
Thanks also to John O'Brien at vivaroxymusic.com for the additional Roxy Music information re setlist and line-up
Most photographs courtesy of John Braley. Other photos courtesy of Andy Kinch (PTO) Les Payne (Mainland), Brian Goddard (Blossom Toes). Thanks to Les for delving in his scrapbook for press cuttings for the site and for an enjoyable afternoon in his company.
Thanks to those webmasters who allowed me to use material and who are linking this site to theirs - we've linked to them in the artiste pages.
A big thank you to the artistes who have contributed to this site. It was a very big (and almost unreasonable) ask to go back nearly 40 years in some cases.
Big thanks also to those who have written pieces for the site.
and....thanks to the 87,000 members, without whom.......
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