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Apart from where you live/lived where do most (and least) Soul fans come from

Most- Manchester

Least- Exeter

Let battle commence :D

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Guest stevejan
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Apart from where you live/lived where do most (and least) Soul fans come from

Most- Manchester

Least- Exeter

Let battle commence :D

pro capita-

Most Barnsley

Least Bagdad

Guest Matt Male
Posted

Per head of the population

Most - Nuneaton (absolutely rammed, if you threw a brick on market day you would hit someone who had a flirtation with northern soul)

Least - Coventry

Posted

Newton Aycliffe (Co Durham) must be in with a shout as top Northern Soul town - seem to remember John Manship saying on this forum (when the topic was debated previously) that he had over 30 people with NA addresses registered with his auction site

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Newton Aycliffe (Co Durham) must be in with a shout as top Northern Soul town - seem to remember John Manship saying on this forum (when the topic was debated previously) that he had over 30 people with NA addresses registered with his auction site

No that was one person with 30 Newton Aycliffe addresses :D

Suz

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Guest stevejan
Posted

Oooh Hang on a minute,seems to me that you're from Barnsley

and you can't have that as an answer... and don't think that Baghdad

is in the UK (But it could be soon..) shhh.gif

I'm getting a bit lightheaded from the lack of a fag (stopped 3 days ago) and 3 glasses of red so far tonight put the first thing that came into my head.....I will stick with Barnsley though...fantastic crowd here.

Which reminds me - May Day Bank Holiday weekend in Barnsley-

Friday 1st May

TRADES

Northern / Sixties Soul & Motown / 100 % Vinyl

At the Trades Club "Racecommon Road,

Barnsley,S70 6AA

:D Bar Open til midnite :wicked:

Large Dance Floor / £2 Admission / Cheap Drinks

Resdient DJ's

Derek Greenhoff /Tom Wheelhouse /Deano

May's Guest

Joe Lakin

___

Saturday 2nd May

East Dene Soul

Across the board

Soul & Motown.

Great dance floor, friendly atmosphere, cheap drinks and secure car parks.

Resident DJ: Steve Grimshaw

Guest DJs: May

Derek Greenhoff & Tom Wheelhuse

Across The Board music policy. 8.00 - 1.00. £3 on the door

East Dene WMC Doncaster Road Barnsley S70 1UD Contact Steve ; Email: stevegrimshaw2@btopenworld.com

Tele: 07771 626282 or 01226 245990

And last but not least

Sunday 3rd May

METRODOME QUEENS GROUND BARNSEY S71 1AN

Sunday 3RD MAY 2009

Northern Soul and Motown night

Guest DJ's FRED WARD (WAKEFIELD) CHRIS DALTON (CLEETHORPES)AND WOODY ( ROBIN HOOD)

Chillout Room with Mark and Geordie plus Guests

Resident Dj's Alex, El Nel and Yocky

Fantastic dance floor

Ample parking WITH CCTV

Doors open 7.00pm till 2.00am

30 K SOUND SYSTEM

Tickets £4.00 on the door subject to availability.

:D

Contact Yocky on 07956 666962 or Joy on 07939 575692

I rest my case

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Guest marge
Posted

Per head of the population

Most - Nuneaton (absolutely rammed, if you threw a brick on market day you would hit someone who had a flirtation with northern soul)

Least - Coventry

lol, a hard row to hoe

Guest soulmaguk
Posted (edited)

huh huh

Edited by soulmaguk
Posted

Most , widnes or warrington

Least ,chester or ellsmere port

Agree with the Chester comment but we're trying to educate the f***ers. Warrington 15 miles away heaving with proper people too. Whats the point of this thread exactly anyway? I bet theres not many in that town in Anglesey with 158 letters in its name but hey guess what theres loads in Manchester and London and Bradford and Barnsley and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted (edited)

I wouldnt worry about chester not having multitudes of soulies

It makes the cestrians who are soulies all the more unique

More underground like the scene is meant to be

Edited by Darren
Posted

per capita.

Most Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire.

Least Liverpool.

Thats it that many soulies in Barnsley,Pikey's as changed the question to suit Goldthorpe being in barnsley, so least soulfull place in Barnsley goes to Hoyland i like the place very much.

And Liverpool is ace but no nsoul and none in the junk shops,Chester sounds great.

Posted

BARNSLEY SOUL CITY

sounds good to me :lol:

but as she said he would say that wouldnt he :thumbup:

ps dunt tell evrybody tho we dont wunt it pollutin wi those soft suvern shandy swillin soulies :boxing:


Guest bobby's girl
Posted

My first northern night was back in '85 at Stars Rollerdisco, Queens Rd Sheffield, but I'd say it was Staffs... Torch, Kings Hall...Keele (and I'm a Manc at heart!)... er...dunno :thumbup:

Guest sandi
Posted

l have'nt a clue where the most come from, but l can tell were the least are.....

Wolverhampton, Willenhall (West mids ), Wednesfield, Bilston, Bushbury . there as got to be more but l think at the moment.

:thumbup::lol::boxing:

Guest sandi
Posted

WOLVERHAMPTON???! That can't be right!! Can it?? :lol:

Once upon a time, Wolverhampton was on the map with a large following of dedicated knowledgeable soul fanatic's, alas those days are over.................sad but true

Posted

Only one winner here....Burnley.

Used to go to the Cat's Whiskers in Burnley,Was a good night

A large Muslim community in Burnley,I heard they where starting a new Northern night ,Called "Urdu the Boardwalk"

Guest nhsoulie
Posted

most-a northern working class area e.g manchester "come ere while i shave your fukin ed"

least-a southern middle class are e.g home counties "the bucket residence lady of the house speaking" :g:

I REST MY CASE AR KID

Guest nhsoulie
Posted

Watch it mate,cos l was stopped (quite rightly) doin the same thing ....Turban My Heartbeat up,Dubai love you; (hindi,hindu!!)

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fredom of speech is no more my freind

Posted

Watch it mate,cos l was stopped (quite rightly) doin the same thing ....Turban My Heartbeat up,Dubai love you; (hindi,hindu!!)

A sad day when you can't use a play on words,

In no way or form was I trying to make a racist comment,

Not having a go at you mate,

Just a bit daft nowadays dont you think.

Guest in town Mikey
Posted (edited)

Wrong....it has to be Cheltenham and Gloucester!! :yes:

I was going to say Stroud as most per head.

Gloucestershire is the Northern Soul equivalent to London's have and have nots.

In London 2 streets can see a world of difference between the well off, and the not so well off. Its quite amazing travelling on busses outside of the West End, and seeing quite how different areas can be.

In Gloucestershire there is as strong a soul community as anywhere I'd wager. But while I grew up in a small town called Dursley, where there is a strong Northern Soul, and after that mod or scooterist tradition (Dave T will go back to the greasers and skins but thats WAAAAAAYYY before my time tongue.gif ). In fact most people know Paddy Smith patches on the rallys. Dursley Scooter Club boy.

Yet the closest towns to us, Berkely and Wooton have or had few if any soul fans that I know of. There was a guy from Wooton...Shuey?? was it? (I did hear before Chink Pearce got into punk he was a soul boy? Maybe he is the guy who sold my dad Dickie Wonder on Golden Triangle, and Ronnie Forte - Whisky Talking for a £1 the pair) But apart from that very few. Yet in Dursley, back in the late 70s early 80s, I could probably name 80-100 regulars at soul nights and to a lesser degree niters.

Edit. Webby, I cant believe the Exeter guys on here havent jumped on your first post either.

I think as a pennance you should get yourself down there sir.

Edited by in town Mikey
Posted

most-a northern working class area e.g manchester "come ere while i shave your fukin ed"

least-a southern middle class are e.g home counties "the bucket residence lady of the house speaking" :D

I REST MY CASE AR KID

Nah, 7% in my posh Surrey village are northern soulies, so that can't be right. Over in Croydon there are a surprising number of soulies, though it makes Shameless look like Surbiton in some parts of it, so that might explain it. Last time I looked Bexhill on Sea had no soul, but I'm fully prepared to be shouted down by the Zimmer frame contingent :thumbsup:

Hyacinth x

Posted

have just spent the week in liverpool its a northern soul desert

brill if you like the beatles

hard to understand really as the heartland of northern soul imho is centered along the m62 corridor and with 1 or 2 notable exceptions the rest of the country just dont get it

liverpool you would have thought would be a typical n/soul town

somebody prove me wrong ,am back there next week please

Guest Roddy
Posted

per capita in the uk it has to be Tranent in East Lothian Scotland half the village and their maws are into northern.

Posted

I'd have to say Stoke on Trent was a close first.

And before you ask !!!! no i'm not from Stoke.

The least soulful has to be anywhere down south :thumbsup:

On that note i'm off

Posted

l have'nt a clue where the most come from, but l can tell were the least are.....

Wolverhampton, Willenhall (West mids ), Wednesfield, Bilston, Bushbury . there as got to be more but l think at the moment.

laugh.gif:lol::lol:

are you on drugs or somat? its a veritable northern stronghold - and apart from that wednesfield, bilston and bushbury are all parts of wolverhampton you numty!!!!

Posted

I am going to say the most is in Wombourne

I cannot believe that Pete Smith has made so many posts

I think H'es got over a thousand soul employees typing for him :thumbup:

The least -is in John O Groats - who they hell would travel up there for night?


Guest sarahleen
Posted

are you on drugs or somat? its a veritable northern stronghold - and apart from that wednesfield, bilston and bushbury are all parts of wolverhampton you numty!!!!

:D:yes::rolleyes:

Posted (edited)

thought barnsley was twinned with bagdad

they wouldnt ev us mucker :thumbup:

couldnt understand the language :shades:

the dint care for our pork pies black puddin pork drippin and pigs trotters we gave em :D

Edited by barney

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