(c’62-’67) Roger Newman (guitar), Vic Hatch (drums), Dave Franklin (bass), Mick Cheesman (vocals), and Osmond Abdullah (guitar)

All we have is this one publicity photograph taken at St. Catherine’s Chapel, Guildford of Worplesdon based Roadrunners. They formed at the village’s youth club in ’62 and rehearsed at the Memorial Village Hall, Worplesdon. Around ’65/’66 the band held a residency at the Harvest Moon Club, Guildford.

The band folded in ’67, with Newman and Abdullah forming a new band that played in Spain and on cruise ships. Reportedly, at some point, Freddie Mills played drums with the combo, going on to join Smokestakks.

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The Roadrunners at St. Catherine’s Chapel, Guildford. Source: Dragon News Archives via Jonathan Piers Butler