Sutton OAPs entertained by wartime disco set at VE Day party

Elderly residents on a Sutton street got more than they bargained for when their VE Day celebration was accompanied by Mad Mick’s Disco Mix

When residents on Thompson Crescent were invited to take part in a lockdown stay at home street party to mark the 75th anniversary of the landmark day the most they could have expected was a social-distanced street singalong to We’ll Meet Again.

But neighbour Mick Taylor (ex DJ Mad Mick) spun some classic wartime tunes in a surprise DJ set – and brought back memories of their jitterbug days.

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Speaking ahead of the party at 4pm (May 8) Mick, 66, said: “I had a paper shoved through my door and it said street party Friday May 8 VE Day We are having a celebration with neighbours, each resident will be having a picnic on their respective driveways – why not join in the fun?

“Bring your tables and chairs out.”

“I stopped doing discos two or three years ago . I haven't told anybody but I'm going to set my disco gear up on my driveway. Hopefully it will add a bit of happiness to the elderly residents.

“I am surrounded by OAP bungalows. I've lived on the street for 32 years so I thought I would get my disco set up out of mothballs and play some music from the wartime era. I have Churchill's speech, the Dambusters music, sound effects like planes going over, air raid sirens machine gun sounds - you name it I've got it.

“There will be lots of big band music, Vera Lynn’s We'll meet again , the original Gerry and the Pacemakers You'll Never Walk Alone and lots of modern sounds for the younger end. The inner crescent is all OAP bungalows . I have Polish neighbours so I'll play a few Polish songs so they don't feel left out.

“My DJ name was Mad Mick so nobody knows what to expect. If I think they are getting bored I'll probably play the Coronation Street theme tune.”

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