Band Members Left to Right:-
Roy Atkinson; Burns TR2 Bass played through a 30watt Selmer amp & Goliath speaker cabinet.
John Raywood; Hofner Super 3 Solid played through a Bird 4/25watt Amp with a Watkins Copicat tape-echo unit.
John White; Drums.
Dennis Raynor; (Chris) Hofner Verithin played through a Vox AC30 amp.
The group was originally formed by Dennis & Roy from a skiffle group. The group was given its name by the manager, Ron Short, who at the time was a railway signalman. The Deltic was a large diesel locomotive and he must have liked the name; hence the Deltics were born. Dennis had always wanted to be called Chris, and as he was the lead singer so he became Chris of Chris & the Deltics.
Various members came and went - Big John the drummer was playing when I joined in 1964. We played all around Bradford and South Yorkshire. Unfortunately, as so often happens, we split up. I left in 1965 and I believe Big John left soon after, leaving Dennis & Roy back as a duo again. Looking back, although it was only a short time, they were halcyon days.
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