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I remember going along to the club on Sunday afternoons with Petras Gugas from Rochdale some time in the late 60's , and trying out the latest dance moves in the tiny concert room. I was distracted by the other teenage delights on offer and never carried out the threat of a full on display.
A question though..... who was the silta senas?, there was always a kiddies concert at Christmas time, and there was always a present giving by the satin clad  santa.
Also, remembering basketball games on the grass pitch!!  now a car park I see.

Crikey! You have  memory, I  remember Moktyojas Dainauskas,
I went to Italy to the Salesian Institute near Turin for a year with Ziggy Zebelys he had a blonde teddy boy quiff back in the day quite striking. I was scarred for life by the trip to Italy, not Ziggys fault I was too young to be away from home.  My parents lived with the Gugas family when they first settled, and Babara Gugiene (recently deceased ) lived round the corner from my mother for her last 35 years. So I knew the family well
The memories of the Christmas show are still strong unlike English Santa's ours wore a maroon satin suit I remember.
My response to this posting is immediate as I am Aleknavicius from Rochdale, now Bristol/Bath resident , mokytojas and the Basketball is a theme that runs through most of mine  and most Lithuanians life.
Iki

Father was indeed Stasys Aleknavicius, and before his leg accident was a very active -player  I still have his Kovas warm up jacket.  I knew Algis Motuza but our paths crossed very rarely. His father-an intellectual  knew my father well.
Your messages are great for stirring up a past that I almost forgot.
My  how things have changed  now  we can be drinking Svyturys in Weatherspoons, and buying  Lithuanian bread down the supermarket.
Y yusu Sveikata
kestutis