Story donated by Pete Z / DJ Booth

I bought these DMs in Armley in the late 1990’s. I think it was in the British Heart foundation in about 1997. I needed a new pair of boots to do shows in and up until that point I had always bought handmade boots from “made to last” in Woodhouse. Its quite odd to find a pair of size 12’s in a charity shop and they fitted a treat and I needed some boots that didn’t look ‘hippy’ and a bit more mainstream.

With these boots and a fake leather jacket from a charity shop in Morley I created DJ Booth for Cabaret Heaven. For the first few cabaret’s nearly all of the playlist came from vinyl bought in charity shops across Leeds, but eventually I switched to my first mixer and cd players.

DJ Booth at that time always wore the jacket and boots and jeans and a big bunch of keys from my top desk drawer that holds lots of useless things, including keys that we don’t know what they are for anymore.

PeteZ

Story Donated By Marjory Pickles

I bought this Karaoke machine from an Oxfam shop a few years ago. I wouldn’t say I’m the worlds best singer but this Karaoke machine really boosts my confidence, my friends have said I could easily be mistaken for Madonna when I’m singing Like A Virgin.

Mind you, I was at a party a while ago and I was doing Wham’s Wake Me Up Before You Go Go and someone said that I sounded like a dead ringer for George Michael as well.
Marjory Pickles