The Bay City Rollers in Plymouth

From the collection of

The Box
Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

The Bay City Rollers in Plymouth


The Bay City Rollers are the biggest boy band in the UK in 1975 and are taking their tartan charm on tour around the country. Alan and Derek Longmuir, Eric Faulkner, Les Mackeown, Stuart Wood are known as the tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh. By throwing a dart on a map after wishing to add to the Rollers they came up with their name. (The dart hit Bay City Michigan). Their first single release for Bell Records was Keep on Dancing (1971) and they appeared on Top of the Pops.


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