Gallery 1960s
![Billy Fury at Holdenhurst Road Drill Hall, 1961](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/scan0004-150x150.jpg)
Billy Fury at Holdenhurst Road Drill Hall 1961. Dave Anthony and The Ravers opened the show and helped to man the crush barriers (out of shot) during Billy's act.
![Dave Anthony and The Ravers, Clifton Hall near Rugby July 1961 L-R Dave Anthony, Eddie Parsons, Jet Berryman, Al Kirtley](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/scan0002-150x150.jpg)
Dave Anthony and The Ravers, Clifton Hall near Rugby July 1961 L-R Dave Anthony, Eddie Parsons, Jet Berryman, Al Kirtley in ill-fitting jacket
![Dave Anthony and the Ravers 2002](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Dave-Anthony-and-the-Ravers-2002-150x150.jpg)
Our heroes after the ravages of 41 years: Barnes, London 2002. L-R Dave Anthony, Eddie Parsons, Jet Berryman, Al Kirtley
![Field](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Field-150x150.jpg)
Dave Anthony & The Ravers, Clifton Hall July 1961 L-R Al Kirtley, Jet Berryman, Eddie Parsons, Dave Anthony
![Reg Calvert's van](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/image0026-150x150.gif)
Reg Calvert's Commer van outside Clifton Hall near Rugby July 1961 L-R Eddie Parsons, Jet Berryman, Al Kirtley, Dave Anthony
![The Ravers, Clifton Hall 1961](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/image002-150x150.gif)
The Ravers, Clifton Hall 1961 L-R Jet Berryman, Eddie Parsons, Al Kirtley (with Burns Weill Fenton guitar)
![Bure Club 1](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bure-Club-1-150x150.jpg)
Dave Anthony and the Rebels, Bure Club, Mudeford 1961. L-R Michael Giles, Peter Giles, Al Kirtley, Dave Anthony. (The hats were not part of our standard livery.)
![Bure Club 3](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bure-Club-3-150x150.jpg)
Dave Anthony and the Rebels, Bure Club 1961. L-R Dave Anthony, Peter Giles, Michael Giles, Al Kirtley
![Bure Club 4](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bure-Club-4-150x150.jpg)
Dave Anthony and the Rebels 1961, Bure Club. L-R Dave Anthony, Michael Giles, Peter Giles, Al Kirtley
![Bure Club 5](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bure-Club-5-150x150.jpg)
Dave Anthony and the Rebels, Bure Club, Mudeford 1961. Peter Giles and Al are clearly ashamed of their hats.
![Dave Anthony and the Rebels Downstairs Club 1961 L-R Al Kirtley, Dave Anthony, Pete Giles, Mike Giles](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Dave-Anthony-and-the-Rebels-Downstairs-Club-150x150.jpg)
Dave Anthony and the Rebels, Downstairs Club, Bournemouth 1961. L-R Al Kirtley, Dave Anthony, Peter Giles, Michael Giles
![A teenage Zoot Money at the Downstairs Club, probably 1961, prior to the forming of the Big Roll Band.](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Zoot-Money-Downstairs-Club-Bournemouth-1961-150x150.jpg)
A teenage Zoot Money at the Downstairs Club, probably 1961, prior to the forming of the Big Roll Band.
![Advertisement 1962 for The Sands Combo at the Lansdowne Club. Image courtesy of Nick Newall.](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/lansdowne-gig-150x150.jpg)
Advertisement 1962 for The Sands Combo at the Lansdowne Club (formerly Downstairs Club). Image courtesy of Nick Newall.
![Twist cutting](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Twist-cutting-150x150.jpg)
Twist contest at The Pavilion ballroom. (Bournemouth Daily Echo 1962). Note the joint winner of the Twist contest.
![Al Kirtley with the Crispin Street Quintet, Downstairs Club 1963](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/alp1-150x150.jpg)
My first faltering attempt at playing jazz, with the Crispin Street Quintet at Le Disque a Go! Go! (formerly the Downstairs Club) 1963
![In a Big Way](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/In-a-Big-Way-2-150x150.jpg)
Trendsetters Ltd. first single 1964. For many years I laboured under the illusion it had made the lower reaches of the charts.
![Page 2 of programme. (Note the organist - Al Stewart, later to have a hit with 'The Year of the Cat'](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Winter-Gardens-p2-150x150.jpg)
Page 2 of programme. (Note the organist – Al Stewart, later to have a hit with ‘The Year of the Cat’)
![Trendsetters bars](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/trensetters-bars-150x150.jpg)
Trendsetters Ltd. Golden Square, Soho 1964 L-R Al Kirtley (with plate ears), Mike Blakesley, Peter Giles, Bruce Turner, Michael Giles
![Trendsetters phone](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Trendsetters-phone-150x150.jpg)
Calling the Samaritans, Golden Square, Soho 1964. Al Kirtley, Peter Giles, Mike Blakesley and Bruce Turner supporting Michael Giles
![Trendsetters tongue](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Trendsetters-tongue-150x150.jpg)
Trendsetters Ltd. Golden Square, Soho 1964. L-R Peter Giles, Al Kirtley, Bruce Turner, Mike Blakesley, Michael Giles
![Trendsetters Ltd. In a Big Way ad. 1964](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/In-a-Big-Way-ad.-150x150.jpg)
Trendsetters Ltd. newspaper ad for "In a Big Way". L-R Al Kirtley, Mike Blakesley, Bruce Turner, Michael Giles, Peter Giles.
![scan0001](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/scan0001-150x150.jpg)
Mike "Monty" Montgomery, Doreen (now Tibble), Al Kirtley 1966, outside the Durlston Court Hotel, the first residency for The Al Kirtley Three. Photo by Rob Tibble.
![The Brondesbury Tapes](https://alkirtley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/The-Brondesbury-Tapes-150x150.jpg)
Front cover of Giles, Giles and Fripp, The Brondesbury Tapes. L-R Peter Giles, Robert Fripp, Michael Giles. I played on track 1, recorded at the Beacon Royal Hotel, Bournemouth 1967
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