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==== Meeting of Lane and Marriott (1965) ==== Lane and Marriott met in 1965 while Marriott was working at the J60 Music Bar in [[Manor Park, London]].<ref name="makingtime">{{cite web|title=Small Faces Story Part 2|publisher=Making Time β Guide to British Music of the 1960s|url=http://www.makingtime.co.uk/rfr/story2.htm|access-date=2011-01-30}}</ref> Lane came in with his father Stan to buy a bass guitar, struck up a conversation with Marriott, bought the bass and went back to Marriott's house after work to listen to records.<ref name="makingtime"/> They recruited friends Kenny Jones and Jimmy Winston who switched from guitar to the organ.<ref name="makingtime"/> They rapidly progressed from rehearsals at The Ruskin Arms public house (which was owned by Winston's parents) in Manor Park, London, to ramshackle pub gigs, to semi-professional club dates. The group chose the name, "Small Faces", because of the members' small physical stature<ref name="makingtime"/> and a "face" was somebody special; more than just a snappy dresser, he was someone in mod circles as a leader, someone to look up to. A face had the sharpest clothes, the best records and always was seen with the prettiest girl on his arm.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hellier|first=John|title=Here Come the Nice: A Small Faces Songbook|year=2005|publisher=Helter Skelter|isbn=1-905139-12-8|pages=7}}</ref>
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