PAUL KIRNER and his Hammond Organs at the Seaside in SKEGNESS 1971, 1972 & 1973
& ABERYSTWYTH 1970 & 1975, & DOUGLAS I.O.M. 1974. The "QUICKSTEP" introducing -
"I GOT RHYTHM" - "MOUNTAIN GREENERY" - "FASCINATING RHYTHM".
HAMMOND C3 with two PR40 cabinets & LESLIE 122R & Rhythm Ace.
Recorded "Live" at an Evening Dance Session in the SUNCASTLE, North Parade in 1973.
Track released on Deroy Records LP "JUST FOR YOU" circa 1973.

Hazel had the honour of accompanying Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion
on the piano for the Skegness Illuminations "Switch-On". I was busy at the Suncastle!

The Sun Castle was built as a Solarium in 1933 at a cost of Thirty-Three Thousand Pounds
and for many years featured a Ladies Trio led by Miss Florence Andrews.
Pianist Florence retired in 1970, although she would pop in to the Suncastle
occasionally to enjoy my Afternoon Popular Music and Tea Dance sessions.
After World War II, Florence returned after war service,
as Solo Pianist, retiring at the end of the 1970 Summer Season.
Miss Andrews was quite a legend and was given the silver statuette
of the Jolly Fisherman usually reserved for visiting celebrities!
Despite the fact that the Suncastle made a profit of Thirty-Three Thousand Pounds
in my first season, the first time the venue had made a profit since opening in 1933
I wasn't honoured with a Jolly Fisherman statue at the end of my three year stint,
much to the dismay of many local residents and business people! You can't win 'em all!

A highlight of the week was Wednesdays - My Day Off! A very welcome break!
A Chinese meal followed by a Midnight Matinee organised by KENNY CANTOR,
at the ARCADIA THEATRE on Drummond Road, Home to Terry Cantor's Old Time Music Hall Show featuring KENNY CANTOR, with memories of chats with Guitar Ace BERT WEEDON,
and top TV comedian DICK EMERY, who were topping the bill at the PIER THEATRE
and welcoming artistes from the Embassy (Dougie Chapman's Old Time Music Hall)
and Pier Pavilion Shows (Dick Emery Show and Company) - A great supper and a film show.

Unfortunately with the shake-up of local government in later years the Suncastle complex
was let-out to private enterprise instead of being run the Skegnes UDC -
this resulted in the senior citizens who supported the Sun Castle early and late season
not coming to Skeggy and staying for a fortnight or more and patronising the Sun Castle
thus shortening the season - this is what is now described as progress!

I did return to Skegness to present a Hammond Organ Promotional Show for the Hammond Organ
dealer in Boston at the SAVOY HOTEL on the North Parade during the winter of 1974,
and another Hammond promotion at the WHITE HART HOTEL in Boston,
which concluded with a standing ovation and three encores!
Many locals came along just to meet-up again and enjoy the show!

Special Thanks are due to my agents Stanley Osborne and Norman Crumbie
of the Norman Crumbie Agency Limited in Orpington, Kent,
and J. Cairns Boston, Foreshore Director for Skegness Urban District Council.
Cairns was a terrific guy who really put Skegness on the map - "Thank-You" Cairns.
PAUL KIRNER is available for Concert Dates anywhere in the United Kingdom.
See Also - PAUL KIRNER at the VILLA MARINA, DOUGLAS I.O.M. Season 1974.
A ComptonLodgeStudios Video.

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