Did anyone used to go to Barnsley Boys Club in the late 70's?

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    I used to play 5 a side there a lot & also play pool & go to the disco.

    The DJ used to play a mix of punk & northern soul & was probably the person who turned me on to music, although at the time I was more interested in Space Invaders & the odd girl who might turn up for the disco.

    If anyone knows who the DJ was I will buy him a pint any day. I particularly remember him playing "Ghost In My House", "In To The Valley",
    "At the Edge" & "Games Without Frontiers" ….

    Without him I doubt I'd be DJing today.

    I know what happened to the guy who ran it, Keith Steele. I don't know if those allegations that led to his death were true. That is not the point of this post. It is about that DJ!
     
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    Me!!

    Well it was more like 1980/1

    Happy days. Played pool, watched films in that cinema room, and went in the disco.

    Galaxian was my arcade game of choice.

    Soup and a tea cake from the snack bar, and 2p on the bus home.

    If you tell me you're from Lundwood, I'll start panicking!
     
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    The Dj when I used to go was a skinny dark haired fella. Think he was called Graham.
     
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    The DJ was a bloke called Smith ,who went on to work at radio dee daa . His younger brother Colin took over then with his mate Martin Telfer( now a barrister ) although this would be 1974-77 ish . Wot happened to I Steele .
     
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    I was one of the helpers for a couple of years or so 1979 to 1980 but just weekends. Keith got me to run one of the football teams and I would pick the team, go with them on SundAys to matches and write a report with player ratings, posted on the notice board. Happy days but strange as well. I did all that and more around the club without any experience or training in youth leadership and no CRB checks in those days. Seems like a hundred years ago
     
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