![]() He released two albums, Jon the Postman's Puerile (which was the first record to feature Mark E. He was introduced by Pete Shelley: "That's it from us, but the favourite of all Manchester, the one guy who never appears on the bill but is always there – Jon the Postman". When a special concert was held to mark the last night of Manchester's Electric Circus venue (captured on the Virgin Records album Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus), with a bill that included Joy Division, The Fall, Steel Pulse, and John Cooper Clarke, he closed the proceedings by performing "Louie Louie" backed by Buzzcocks. After a handful of solo performances, he was joined by local musicians, forming a band and becoming a regular supporting act. He played his first gig on May 29, 1977, in support of Warsaw (later Joy Division). He attracted a cult following and became a Manchester celebrity. It was a liberation for someone like me who was totally unmusical but wanted to have a go." Before punk it was like you had to have a double degree in music. ![]() I suppose it was taking the punk ethos to the extreme – anyone can have a go. I suppose it was my bid for immortality, one of those great bolts of inspiration." "For some reason it appeared to go down rather well. And why I did it a cappella and changed all the lyrics apart from the actual chorus, I have no idea. "I think the Buzzcocks left the stage and the microphone was there and a little voice must have been calling, 'This is your moment, Jon.' I've no idea to this day why I sang 'Louie Louie,' the ultimate garage anthem from the 60s. The first time he did this was at a Buzzcocks concert at the Band on the Wall venue on May 2, 1977, which he described: He first became known for waiting until headline bands had finished their set (sometimes before they had finished) before mounting the stage in a drunken state, grabbing the microphone, and performing his own versions of rock 'n' roll classics such as " Louie Louie". He was described as "a committed and omnipresent figure on the punk and post-punk scene in Manchester." He became known for his eccentric behaviour at local rock gigs during the late 1970s, including those of acts such as Joy Division and The Fall. He attended the first Sex Pistols gig at the Lesser Free Trade Hall. Jon was a postman in Manchester in the 1970s and later spent years travelling and in various other jobs. Among his various jobs, the best known was that of a postman, hence the nickname. Recorder Tim Roberts QC said it appeared to be “a thrill seeking adventure” for him to take the packages and keep them at his home rather than through delayed delivery and “when you realised the game was up you admitted this had happened over several years.”īut he said because of his previous service he could suspend the prison sentence.Jon the Postman (real name Jonathan Ormrod) was an English punk rock singer from Manchester. He was also ordered to pay £1,000 prosecution costs. Sandell, 45 of Fernlea Grove, Golcar, admitted theft and was given a four-month jail sentence suspended for 12 months with 120 hours unpaid work. “He apologises to his friends and colleagues, he feels he has let them down very badly.” He said Sandell was now work as a road repair man. “At a stroke all that has gone, as soon as the offence came to light he resigned, he knew he would have sacked anyway.” He had many friends there and enjoyed going into work and looked forward to it.” ![]() “He was in a job he loved, he worked for the Post Office for 27 years man and boy. He told the court many of the packages were unopened and he could not really explain his actions. He kept it and that started “a chain of events which led him to keep a number of items.” He had taken the first package home due to a late delivery and then was reluctant to take it back to the depot in case he was criticised for not delivering it on time. Michael Sisson-Pell representing Sandell said he had got himself into his incredible difficulty through an innocuous mistake. The packages contained DVDs Blu-ray discs and computer games with an estimated value of around £1,420. When Sandell was interview he conceded he had taken a further 20 items over a six year period and sold them at a car boot sale saying he had been in debt. He claimed they were items which he had been delayed in delivering but when that was reported to Royal Mail they did not accept that account.Ī further search was then done by Post Office investigators with the assistance of the police and 51 packages were recovered at his home. Kenton Sargeant prosecuting told Leeds Crown Court Mark Sandell was employed for nearly 28 years operating from the Huddersfield delivery office.īut during an unconnected police search at his Golcar home, some packages were discovered which were not for him or to that address. A thieving postman caught stealing mail has been given a suspended jail sentence.
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