Hi.This was a talent comp at Tideway. The band was called Fuzz. My good old mate is the blonde lad in the middle Bob Moore, and I think the lad on his left is Pete Russell, on his right may be Pat Medhurst. The one back row with curly hair was called by a nickname 'Mole' as I remember. He was the lighting man for the band. The lad on Bob's left without the guitar I think is Colin Fish. I came in the third and won, one pound ten shillings playing my bugel.

SORRY I'M NOT IN THE PICTURE, BUT I BELIEVE " MOLES " REAL NAME IS DAVE HIGGINS
ALSO I BELEIVE THAT THE BASS PLAYER ( BACK ROW LEFT LOOKING DOWN ) IS TONY HIGGS HOPE THIS HELPS PAT MEDHURST 25/02/2008

The lad in the middle of the front row is Richard Newns. We started at Tideway in the first Comprehensive year in September 1968 and were in the same classes for a lot of the time. We were both learning piano but he'd been playing longer than me so I didn't go in for this competition.

I see Helen (nee Russell) added this photo. We are trying to locate her brother Peter (in photo) for our next school reunion, last heard of in Essex?

Aaargh! My past is haunting me! Thanks to Steve Robinson and Andy Gilbert for keeping that one under wraps! I still play to a large, appreciative crowd every week - but they are in church and don't have any option but to listen. I think I lost the talent contest.