00:00So we're here at Gornal Krem and it's the sending off of the Divine Miss M.
00:06Sir, what's your name?
00:07I'm Gary Lindsay Moore.
00:08Very turned out in style to say goodbye to her.
00:13How did you know her and what does she mean to you?
00:16Just being around on the scene, seeing her, then getting to know her in later life.
00:25Yeah.
00:26I'm going to say the only person that's ever managed to get me into a sequin bra.
00:32Just the most, yeah really just incredibly wonderful person.
00:40You need people like Divine Miss M in our world.
00:44Yeah.
00:44Just an incredible, incredible talent and beautiful person, so kind and so warm to people.
00:52Just brought joy, brought a smile to people's faces.
00:55Hilarious.
00:56Yes.
00:57So much fun and yeah, just such an engaging person and just naughty chat when you got to see her.
01:05And I really, really did not know Divine Miss M.
01:11Yeah.
01:12Really, really well, but I knew her and she recognised me.
01:18Yeah.
01:19You know, just yeah, what a fabulous person and will be greatly missed.
01:25Nice words, thank you sir.
01:27Hello guys, introduce yourselves, who've we got?
01:29I'm George.
01:30I'm Ricky.
01:31I'm Jamie.
01:32Cool, where are you from guys?
01:33You're from the Black Country?
01:34From Birmingham.
01:35I'm from Dugley Wales, but I live in Birmingham now.
01:38Yeah, yeah fair do.
01:39So how did you know about the Divine M, Miss Divine M then?
01:43I've known the Divine Miss M for about 38 years.
01:46Yeah, wow.
01:47Old, old friend.
01:48Yeah, yeah.
01:49Old, old friend.
01:50And is she, when was the Miss Divine M born?
01:53Was it back, way back when like?
01:56Yeah, way back when and she always had no confidence in singing and we told her get and do it.
02:03Yeah.
02:04And that was it, the sky was the limit.
02:06Yeah, yeah.
02:08She had a heart of gold and like she would care for anybody and she had never had like a bad bone in her body.
02:15She, if anybody needed any advice, she'd be there.
02:20Yeah.
02:20Like if someone like goes, I don't feel like doing this.
02:24She'd try and power herself back up to let them do their career and do what they want to do.
02:31So a massive loss then.
02:33Yeah, yeah.
02:34Very massive loss.
02:35Massive loss.
02:35Yeah.
02:36To the gay community.
02:37Yeah, yeah.
02:38And Miss Divine M, she had a night at the Gifford didn't she?
02:42A lot of people knew her from DJing there.
02:44Did you, did you get involved in a few of those nights?
02:47Was there a bit of bopping?
02:48Yeah, a few nights, yeah.
02:50Yeah, well great stuff and there's definitely a few colourful people to see her outside.
02:55Yeah, yeah.
02:56And her favourite colour was like red, purple.
02:58Yeah, yeah.
02:59So as you may see.
03:01A lot of purple clotted about.
03:04And I always remember the double act with Miss Martin at the village.
03:08Oh wow, okay.
03:09And they were terrible together.
03:12Yeah.
03:12Oh.
03:13Terrible in the most amazing way.
03:15In the most amazing way, the both of them.
03:17Yeah, yeah.
03:18They had a person called like Cherub, like she told us like,
03:22she knocked for 40 odd years and I was like, wow, that's a long time.
03:27Yeah, too, right.
03:28Well thank you for your kind words, gents.
03:30No problem, thank you.
03:32Hello sir, what's your name?
03:33Wayne Westcott.
03:34And Wayne, we've got a fantastic tribute there on the t-shirt.
03:39What did Divine M mean to you?
03:42Meant the world.
03:43Friend for over 25 years.
03:45How did you first meet her then?
03:47Birmingham gay scene.
03:48Yeah, yeah.
03:50And was she DJing there?
03:52No, she was on a night out.
03:54So was she as Divine M or was she as?
03:57As Mattie that night.
03:58Yeah, yeah, got you.
03:59And I take it you encountered Divine M on some of her DJ spots and the clubbing nights.
04:05Yeah, many a times, yeah.
04:05A good DJ?
04:06Yeah, brilliant.
04:07Yeah, yeah.
04:08Favourite track that she'd love to spin?
04:10Just anything from the 80s, really.
04:12Yeah, yeah, cool.
04:13So a big loss to the community.
04:16Yeah, definitely.
04:16Yeah, well, fantastic way to pay tribute, sir.
04:19Yeah.
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