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Read what others have said about this site - including a few of the "Oh Boy!" artists!

"Really Really liked the site" - Kevin Smith - UK - 12 Sept. 2002

"It's been great reading all that 'Oh Boy!'  material..excellent..I have been a fan since day one and am so pleased that this site serves as a record of those great days" Adrian - UK - 15 Sept. 2002

"Quite impressive; certainly something to be proud of - an extraordinary job" -
Ray Baisden - UK - 10 Oct. 2002

"I just wanted to let you know how much pleasure your web site has given me today" -
Chris Hills - UK - 12 Oct. 2002

"I think you've done a fabulous job!" - Ruth Page  -NJ. USA  - 13 Oct. 2002

"Just seen your amazing website while browsing" - Royston Ellis - Sri Lanka - 18 Oct. 2002

"Having visited your site for the first time I must commend you on your efforts" - Vince Eager - UK  3 Nov. 2002

"Great site with lots of very interesting news.
Hopefully one day a best of "Oh Boy!" DVD/Video release may surface, which will give all us fans of great music the opportunity to re-live or in my case see for the first time these great performances- I'm a big Billy Fury fan!" - Rob Savage - UK - 20 Nov. 2002

"Thanks a lot for putting up a web site with fascinating information about
the most important tv show in UK rock n roll history" - Nigel Ramsbottom - 2 Dec. 2002

"Great Web Site  ....keep up the good work!" - Chris Wharton - 6 Jan. 2003

"Your site is very informative and interesting" - Catherine Spratt - UK - 8 Jan 2003

"This is a tremendous site, well done" - James Clabby - UK - 13 Jan. 2003

"Love the Oh Boy website!" - JBR - USA - 15 Jan. 2003  

"I have looked at your web page and think that it is really super. The web site brought back some great memories" - Stan Edwards - UK  - 15 Jan 2003

"Great site, I've just spent hours, and I do mean hours, surfing though" -
Brian Blackman - Germany -  23 Jan. 2003

"A superb site, that I just found by accident. I read it all. Thanks so much. I shall certainly come back to it" - Dave - UK - 30 Jan. 2003

"Thank you for a great site that gives us a window on those early days of UK Rock 'N' Roll" - Will - UK - 6 Feb. 2003

"Great site" - David Ball (Son of Vernon Girl Dorothy Parkin) - UK - 26 Feb. 2003

"I think you've done a wonderful job" - Cherry Wainer  -  USA  - 28 Feb. 2003

"Enjoyed the web site very much - keep up the good work!!" -
Grace Taylor (Wife of singer Neville) - UK - 1 Mch. 2003

"What a fantastic site you have built!  I've thoroughly enjoyed browsing through it and know I shall return many times in the future." - Geoff Leonard - UK - 3 April 2003

"Keep up the good work keeping Oh Boy alive and kicking." -
Rockin' Lord Geoff - UK - 26 April 2003

"I have to say your site is fantastic." - Geoff Mitcham - UK - 5 May 2003

"Yes, I love the website and have added it to my favorites." - Tom - UK - 5 May 2003

and this must be the quote of the century..........
"Cliff is beyond too cool !!" -  Hitoshi Takeyama - Japan - 22 May 2003

"There are two words to describe your site, "Totally brilliant".  Keep up the great work ."   - Ian Levene - UK - 26 May 2003

"What a great website. Only found it today!" - Peter Harrison - UK - 5 June 2003

"I just checked out your "Oh Boy!" website, it's terrific! I was born in March 1959 so I was particularly interested in who was appearing on the show in those weeks. Good luck in your campaign to find and preserve the TV show tapes." -  Andrew Lewis - USA - July 2003

Your site is magnificent – I can’t believe that so much information on OH BOY! is to be found in one place. - Andy Taft - UK-18 August 2003

Thanks for an excellent web site. - Dave - UK - 13 October 2003

I've just surfed around the site for the 3rd or 4th time and keep finding something of interest. - Tom Murray -UK - 8 January 2004

Just found your web site today...............Outstanding........If only all website were so well researched and presented.  Please keep the updates coming! - Big Chris - UK - 6 February 2004

I just want to congratulate you on a job well done.. This site is bloody brilliant. - Mike Cookson - UK - 7 February 2004

Thank you very much for your wonderful Oh Boy! website. - Norma Coates - USA - 9 February 2004

First off, massive thanks for your incredible Oh Boy! website,from Balmoral, Manitoba, Canada, from an "ex-pat" from Birmingham, England and a Manitoban from Winnipeg. - Sam & Leila Reynolds - Canada - 20 February 2004

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE OH BOY WEB SITE AND I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC. I REMEMBER WATCHING THE SHOW EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE FIFTIES AND WAS A BIG CLIFF AND THE DRIFTERS FAN. - Alan Woods - UK - 22 February 2004

I enjoyed the site, thanks on every visitors' behalf for putting so much time and effort in. - Lud Romano - UK - 10 March 2004

Hi,just like to say I like your site,my father –Tony Sheridan, was one of the original performers on "Oh Boy!",and its nice to see it on the web. - Tony Sheridan jnr. - UK - 12 March 2004

I was looking a the site today for 'Oh Boy' and was delighted to see my dad, Bill Forbes, on there. - Dena Forbes - UK - 17 March 2004

Just found your web - brilliant - so well researched. I've been trying to find out the personnel - other than the much publiced Benny Green - in L/R's XI, for years. Pleased to see the photos of Eric Ford, unsung hero of early British R & R. - Steve Peters - UK - 19 April 2004

Wow - what a fantastic site--congrats.  I found your site a while ago and of course i have directed other cats to it.  - Ian Levene - UK - 23 April 2004

I've been visiting your website as part of research for a radio show which I'm presenting for a college radio RSL - Congratulations on a great site. Les Eastham UK - 30 April 2004

I came across your website whilst looking for archive material regarding the Hackney Empire....thanks for an excellent website! - Hadrian Garrard UK - 10 June 2004

Just 'discovered' your Oh Boy website which is brilliantly designed and informative. - Catreena Brookes UK - 1 July 2002

It's so good to see a website about "Oh Boy!". Thanks for all your hard work. As teenagers in the fifties, we were pretty much starved of television programmes that showed rock 'n roll. - Judith Kelly - UK - 10 August 2004

I have just spent time reliving my childhood and teens looking at your website. - Pat Haggar - UK - 10 August 2004

A fortunate twist of fate ensured that we stumbled upon your terrific "Oh Boy" - site. - Tony Sheridan - Germany - 4 November 2004

You have put together a wonderful site which must rank as one of the most informative and dedicated one's on the web whether relating to this or any other subject. - James Butterick - UK - 29 December 2004

Thanks for a great website! I used to watch 'Oh boy!' religiously every week, as a 10 year old back in '58 - James Neale - 11 January 2005

Oh boy - what a delight to find your web site and remember my youth. Long may you reign! - Bobbie Turner - UK - 29 January 2005

A great website that took me back to the highlight of my saturdays at that time. I later saw lots of the artists on stage but your website reminded me of some I had forgotten.  - A great website about a great TV show. Well done. - Roger Webster - UK - 29 January 2005

Have just been introduced to your website! What a great find, and how the memories flooded back. I watched every one of those Oh Boy! Saturday night shows. Hard to believe it was 45 years ago!  Thanx so much for a wonderful time down memory lane. - Anne Parker - Michigan, USA

Just a few lines to let you know that I like your site very much...it has a lot of information and pictures. - Sue Bailey - UK - 3 March 2005

Don't know the date but Cliff DEFINITELY sang "One NIght" - the Elvis hit on Oh Boy. I ACTUALLY saw Cliff sing it BEFORE I heard the Elvis "version" - Bren Birkett - UK - still a Cliff fan!

WONDERFUL to see all the pictures and everything, and a big THANKYOU for it, such a pleasure to view and read about. - Cathy Cave - UK 27 March 2005

 Just a quick line to compliment you on a spectacular web site. I chanced upon it whilst cruising around looking for British rock'n'roll items. - Oska Roond - 1 September 2005