Fivepenny Piece

Fivepenny Piece
OriginAshton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge, England
GenresFolk
Years active1967–1985, mid-1990s–2004
LabelsEMI, Columbia, One-Up, Philips, BDA, Sound Waves
Past membersLynda Meeks
John Meeks
George Radcliffe
Colin Radcliffe
Eddie Crotty
Trevor Chance
Andrea Mullins
Pete Brew
Bernard Wrigley
Alan Taylor
John Eatock
Norman Prince
Paul Johnston

The Fivepenny Piece were a five-piece band, originally formed in 1967 in the area of East Lancashire around Ashton-under-Lyne and nearby Stalybridge in Tameside. The band met and performed on Wednesday nights at Ashton's Broadoak Hotel, which gave them their original name The Wednesday Folk.

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