We love this advert!
We found it in a press cutting from February 1966. As it was just a cutting we unfortunately don’t know which newspaper it was from.
The text reads “Saturday Feb 19th, 2-6pm. The Young Socialists southern regional conference. West Green Centre, Crawley. All young workers, students and trade unionists welcome. From London’s Marquee Club we present the fabulous David Bowie and the Buzz plus full supporting programme. Crawley Boys Club Sat Feb 19th, 7.30-11pm. Admission 5 shillings (4 shillings by conference ticket).”
According to some of our followers on social media, the Young Socialists used to run a disco at West Green Community Centre on Wednesday evenings.
The members of The Buzz were: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, saxophone), John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson (guitar), Derek ‘Dek’ Fearnley (bass), John ‘Ego’ Eager (drums) and Derrik ‘Chow’ Boyes (drums). There’s a link to a song by them here
We don’t know anything else about the conference or the gig. Do you?
