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, David Stopps, Rob Lehmann, Adrian Roach, Keith Bradbury, Mike Grant and Simon Quincey. Also thanks to Tony Flower (for flyers missing from 1977/78 and odds from 1980-1984).Thanks also to Steve Upstone who had started a history of Friars and sent me his documentation.

Billboard posters  - All sourced from the David Stopps archive except thanks to Chris Loon (Toyah, Teardrop Explodes 1982, Pretenders 1981), David Bentley (Squeeze 1982), Richard Burt (Madness 1979), Andy Kinch, Simon Quincey (Solstice, Genesis 1980, Camel 1981, Marillion 1983, China Crisis 1983, Otway 1982, King Crimson 1981, Kid Creole Oct 1982, Gary Glitter 1984), Jerry Slater (1969), Keith Bradbury (Dr Feelgood May 1975), John Hodgeson, John Sanders/Dayna Karas (Wire 1979)

Thanks also to Keith for the 1973 birthday memorabilia and courtesy.

Thanks also to Simon for the FA Poll Results and autographed SLF flyer, along with our friends at UK Decay HQ. Thanks to Chris Booker for some updated lineups and setlists

All tickets sourced from the David Stopps archive, except Bowie 72, Cockney Rebel August 74 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), King Crimson 1981 (Gerard Boland), X-Mal Deutschland (Mark Wright), Grandmaster Flash (Richard, surname unknown), Altered Images 1982, Nine Below Zero 1982, Pretenders 1981, Kinks 1982, Blues Band 1982, Squeeze 1982, Marillion 1982/1983/1984, Blancmange 1983, Orange Juice 1983, Howard Jones 1983/4 (all from the webmaster), Marillion Dec 1983 (Andrew Mian)

Most photographs courtesy of John Braley (mostly of Geoff Tyrrell origin). Other photos courtesy of Andy Kinch (PTO)  Les Payne (Mainland), Brian Godding (Blossom Toes), Kris Needs (Graham Bond, Cockney Rebel, Dr Feelgood). Thanks to Les for delving in his scrapbook for press cuttings for the site and for an enjoyable afternoon in his company. Big thanks to Gary Leeson for retrieving the photos of many gigs 1978-1981. Thanks to Tim and Colleen Watts (Clash/Slits/Siouxsie 1978/SLF 1979)

Thanks to Graham and Wendy Britten for the SLF 1980 autograph scans.

Thanks to Andrew Mian for photographs (mostly of Geoff Tyrell origin) of Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Toyah and Joe Jackson.

Huge thanks to Geoff Tyrell and Don Stone for allowing use of their photo collections.

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 to the artistes who agreed to be interviewed.

Big thanks also to those members who have written pieces for the site.

and....thanks to the 87,000 members, without whom.......sorry let's now make that over 88,000 as at October 23rd 2009!