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Manchester Gays
Skins History
It all started in 2005. After a lot of discussion Dave (aka Diggler) & Malc (aka Squaddie - in the 2005 Banner above) and a few others, put a programme together, unfortunately Malc, who was the driving force behind the weekend and other events like Barracks, passed away in July that year. In order to keep things going David (aka Diggler) roped in Terry (aka Gnasher) so that the event could go ahead in his memory. Since the first event we've welcomed lads from across the UK, Europe and USA. As the first event went well we continued into 2006 and gradually developed the event and in 2007 started working with LGF. The following year Bleachers & Co and RoB Manchester sponsor the event to help fund some of the promotion material including flyers, posters, weekend guide and provide prizes. After the 2007 Weekend it was decided to move the event from September to June as we wanted to try and avoid clashing with Party Conference Season and Football fixtures as lads were finding it tough to get hotel rooms. Despite what you might hear Manchester can be very hot in June - not just coz loads of Skins descend on the city, 2010 temperatures hit 32C on the Saturday which proved tough in Boots & MA1's! We decided to have a photoshoot using local volunteers in 2008, which would give us our own pics to use on this site and our other groups on Yahoo, Gayromeo and more recently Facebook. However the first one was in February and that proved a bit of a challenge for the volunteers since it was only a degree or two above freezing! Some of the posters and flyers are shown on this page from the first Banner to the flyer that was a favorite with many Skins - the 2009 Skinhead Piss pic that was a survivor from a photoshoot we did one very cold afternoon. We were a bit luckier in 2010 and it was a bit warmer. We'll be doing another one this year so watch out for details. The scene in Manchester has changed a lot since we first started and the weekend has evolved and grown to take this into account. Last year (2010) we visited the Eagle for the first time and they featured again in the 2011 weekend only this time we had the run of the Black Eagle for part of both nights. As we try and keep things fresh a new competition, Strictly Stomping, was organised by Steve of Promo729. More new things for 2011 included banners & polo shirts which proved a big hit and we are looking at getting them on sale soon. The logo and graphics were designed by Dazz who also created mousemats and calanders too. Aside from getting Gay Skinheads together we've always been a not for profit group and since we started we've raised £2007 for local charities LGF, George House Trust and BP North West. To raise this we've polished Boots, had raffles, rattled buckets and tins. Thanks to everyone who has been involved since we started the Manchester Gay Skins events including Legends & the Outpost, Taurus, Alert, Basement Sauna, H2O Sauna, MUD (now closed), RoB Manchester, The Eagle, The Rem Bar & Hotel, Company Bar, Mister Pig, The Hog Works, Hard-On and all our hard working and horny volunteers (Dazz, Gavin, Steve, Dec, Dan, Mark, Simon, Jim, Darren, Stuart, Graeme, Kevin, Darryl to mention a few). If you've got this far then we hope to see you at one of our events soon - become part of it.... |
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C) 2011 :: We are non racist. non political not for profit gay skinhead group. |
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