Pete ‘Manic Esso’ Haynes (Writing)

I come from the West London area, out in the suburbs towards the end of the tube line. It was, and is no place of great imagination and activity but is on the underground and that gave easy access to getting into the centre of London, which was something I started to do at an early age. We went to see groups play down at the Marquee Club, when it was down Wardour Street. We were about fifteen years old I suppose and it started a desire to wanting to be in a group, a liking for Soho and to get away from all the mainstream accepted stuff that fills a lot of people’s lives and minds. After the Lurkers I drifted into building labouring and then took an Access course that gave me the necessary qualification to go to university; so, at the age of thirty I went off to...Read More