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  Rockin’ All Over The Wolds God gave rock and roll to you, Gave rock and roll to you, Put it in the soul of everyone. Argent By Les Smith In the autumn of 2019 a unique social and cultural experiment was launched under the aegis of the Pocklington & District branch of u3a. It sought an answer to a question which had nagged away at the brain behind the experiment for months. Could a collection of ageing beatniks, hippies, prog obsessives, metal heads, punks and rock chicks recreate the heady atmosphere of clubs and halls filled many years previously with sounds, beats and smoke of dubious provenance in the living room of a semi-detached house in a quiet street in a quiet town at the foot of the Wolds? How would they respond collectively to music they had first heard up to seventy years previously? Would tension between rival musical factions spill out onto the pavement, making the respectable cul-de-sac look like Brighton and Margate beaches during the Great Mods and Rockers Wa...