IT IS more than 50 years since The Who exploded onto the British music scene to become one of the world’s most iconic rock bands, famed for hits such as My Generation and Pinball Wizard.

But they started out playing around the clubs and ballrooms of the UK, earning a reputation as a hard working group who often performed in different venues night after night around the country honing their craft as a live act.

I am writing a people’s history of The Who and hope some of your readers may have seen them perform in their early days, perhaps even their appearances in Northwich at the Memorial Hall in February 1966.

I’d love to hear from anyone who saw the band perform around this time and who’d be willing to share with me their memories of this golden era of pop.

I can be contacted at onthewhoin the60s@gmail.com or by letter at 1 Totnes Road, Manchester M21 8XF.

Richard Houghton