Sjclement Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Sounds a bit like a cliche But our crew walked in to the Sherrys at Wigan on the 1st one must have been first in the queue only due to the fact that we arrived in Wigan early 7:30 not realising that the place didn't open 'til 2 so we went to the movies Last Tango in Paris and to an Indian restruant on the market before queueing up to go in. The record that stuck in my memory was the Invitations Skiing in the Snow. Can't remember were they bi-weekly or monthly in the early days? Had a bowling shirt for the next one though
Sjclement Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Jack Kane Centre(Edinburgh) in 84 aged 16. What a night.superb. I just knew from there on soul music was it for me.It was a bit ropey though with local neds trying to steal bags etc. You had to look out for your Lacoste,Fila and Pringles getting lifted. Cant stand crisp stealers lol
Guest isis Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 YEAHBUT WHAT WAS PLAYING? WAS IT BOBBY BLAND,? ........SHOES! Gladys' "Just Walk In My Shoes"
Guest Mark Holmes Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Not sure of the exact dat but probably around 1976 and it was Motown Revival Night on A Friday at Wigan and "Tell me it is just a rumor baby" was playing.
Guest JIM BARRY Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Gladys' "Just Walk In My Shoes" OR BOOTS RANDOLPH
Guest kevnewry Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Gladys' "Just Walk In My Shoes" BAREFOOTIN
Guest tomaokeh Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 My first big venue was the sombreo chester le street Alex Lowes Bill Swift 1976 Stanley Woodruff What took you so long quite apropriate Then it was onto the casino loved it & got the bug still got it still mates with alot of you lovin half wits on this site THE CRICKET CLUB SAT 13TH FEB 2010 ALWAYS TICKET ONLY THE ONLY UNDER GROUND VENUE IN THE NORTH EAST 100 TICKETS ONLY ALWAYS A SELL OUT VENUE AND JUST BY WORD OF MOUTH KEEPING THE SOUL UNDER GROUND
Guest isis Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 AINT NO SOLE LEFT IN THESE OLD SHOES Pity My Feet
Guest MOLLY Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Lorraine and I went to our first allnighter May 1979 aged 15, and it was "The Fleet", Fletton, Peterborough. First record I think was The Tomangoes - I really love you Very happy days indead Best Molly
Matt Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 First allnighter was Yate in 1980, record remembered was Cheryl Berdell's 'Giving it all to you'- it was massive back then. Great watching the ladies shuffle!!!
Pauldonnelly Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) Stanground Youth Club Peterborough November 2nd 1974. Smudge, Gary Spencer, Paul Donnelly, Jonah and John Manship on the decks. Can't remember the first record , but do remember Cochise being played several times throughout the night. I never dj'd that night, I wasn't good enuff Edited January 25, 2010 by PaulDonnelly
Ian Parker Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) can't remember my first niter.. I went to very few until 1980. i do remember the first wigan trip, christmas all nighter, dec 19th (i think) 79, with Caveman Pete, Kev Charles (RIP) and Biz. no chance remembering the first record at any event i've been to Ian Edited October 15, 2019 by Ian Parker
Trevor Bridge Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 The Twisted Wheel, 1966, aged 15. I can't remember the first record I heard but whatever it was it changed my life forever! Eggy
Jim G Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) The Torch - Janaury 1973 I heard the follwing there that night, don't know which was first Love You Baby - Eddie Parker (Dave Evison had on his famous bowling shirt) Angel Baby - George Carrow Thumb a Ride - Earl Wright Bock to Bach - Fathers Angels A LittleTogtherness - Younghearts You Just Don't Know - Chubby Checker Slow Fizz - Sapphires Purple Haze - Johnny Jones Breakaway - Valentines Tell Me Its Just a Rumour - Isley Brothers Man Like Me - Jimmy James Crying Over You - Dule Browner One of the guys on our coach (Les) from Newton Aycliffe, had a small reel to reel recorder and we listened to the recording many times. We were all from Aycliffe I got killed off my parents for going.. Edited January 25, 2010 by jim g
Britishbarry Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 101 club Brighton 1967 . Think I remember Otis Redding , Can't turn you loose being played.
Keamus Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Morecambe Pier August 1983. Gene Chandler was on and Lew Kirton Heaven in The Afternoon and 7th Wonder Captain of my ship were certainly played a couple of times.
Pete S Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Wigan, circa late 76 early 77....... Think it was James Coit - Black Power. Probably not Black Power, I have a tape of the first ever play of that and it's March 11th 1978.
Pete S Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) Early 1975, "Sammies", not the Sheffield one but St Giles Youth Club in Willenhall, Wolverhampton. It was so popular they even had their own sew on patches made and it was fantastic, dj's included Max, Pep, Swoz, Rob haigh, some locals and guests like Sam. The noly records I can actually remember hearing there the first time were "Doomsday" which would enable someone to date it almost down to the month, Cool Off, I'm Spellbound, Candy (The Astors), The jades, Outsiders (off the LP), instrumental to Don't Pretend...everyone, I mean everyone went to Sammies. p.s. just thinking, we used to get the last bus from Wombourne into Wolverhampton then walk the 4 miles to Willenhall. I was 15 at the time. I wouldn't do that walk now if you paid me! Edited January 25, 2010 by Pete S
Guest proudlove Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Early 1875, "Sammies", not the Sheffield one but St Giles Youth Club in Willenhall, Wolverhampton. It was so popular they even had their own sew on patches made and it was fantastic, dj's included Max, Pep, Swoz, Rob haigh, some locals and guests like Sam. The noly records I can actually remember hearing there the first time were "Doomsday" which would enable someone to date it almost down to the month, Cool Off, I'm Spellbound, Candy (The Astors), The jades, Outsiders (off the LP), instrumental to Don't Pretend...everyone, I mean everyone went to Sammies. p.s. just thinking, we used to get the last bus from Wombourne into Wolverhampton then walk the 4 miles to Willenhall. I was 15 at the time. I wouldn't do that walk now if you paid me! Pete--------------that makes you 150 years old...................a typo surely
Guest steve64 Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 100 Club 1982, I still have the flyer but cant remember the music as it was all new to me.
Guest proudlove Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Sock It To 'Em J.B Diane Jenkins------Tow-Away-Zone Paris Blues-Toenail Middleton Phil surely any sole music would suffice............................
Crumb Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 remember pinching a mates teeth every time he fell asleep ,any body heard of rob from stoke,used to live top floor in a flat up the road from the kings hall Remember when Ant Connors locked him in for his own safety cuz he was barbed up, so he jumped out the window & broke his leg
Hornet Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Remember when Ant Connors locked him in for his own safety cuz he was barbed up, so he jumped out the window & broke his leg your memory is leagues superior than mine, last time i saw either of them was at one of tims parties,top of lichfield street, the stoke corner is only 5or 6 strong ,wheres everbody gone,
Guest nickic Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 wigan casino, must have been 78.. had to beg and borrow for the train ticket. first record , was either the newbeats dont turn me loose, or frankie and johnnie...
Pete S Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Pete--------------that makes you 150 years old...................a typo surely No, it's true, I am 150 years old!
Guest bunty Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 The Torch... 1972...I think the record playing when we went in was Mr Bang Bang Man! I was with my older sister, I was 15! ...my Mother thought I was babysitting!! ...(coz that's what I told her) We went in a hire van with Norman Rogers driving, the other passengers were Jeff Thomlinson (r.i.p) Max Reece and Dick Impey (also sadly no longer with us) .... an experience I will never forget, with an atmosphere that's impossible to describe ...Northern soul...it'll never be over for me KTF
Guest mickeyb Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 I was 13 went to Wigan for my first all-nighter in 1973ish74.....my brother Chris drove us from Gloucestershire in his Morris 1000 took 6 hours!!!!!!!!
Guest mickeyb Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 (edited) I was 13 went to Wigan for my first all-nighter in 1973ish74.....my brother Chris drove us from Gloucestershire in his Morris 1000 took 6 hours!!!!!!!! Hi Steve, My first allnighter was Wigan Casino in September 1976 - it was also Mo's and Mark's first - we went up on the train from Cheltenham. You told us you'd been once before, so I'm surprised that you waited as long as 2 or 3 years to go again!. Chris was 14 or 15 in 1973 - must have been cool to have a car and drive all the way to Wigan and back to Cirencester at that age. I suggest that you phone the Bomberos down at Alicante Fire Station and ask them to come round and put your pants out! With love as always, Mickey Edited January 26, 2010 by mickeyb
Guest in town Mikey Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 First allnighter was Yate in 1980, record remembered was Cheryl Berdell's 'Giving it all to you'- it was massive back then. Great watching the ladies shuffle!!! Love it Matt Brothers are you ready and Marva Hicks - Looking Over My Shoulder. Happy memories.
Guest miss nancy Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 In 1977, at the ripe old age of 15, think me and my bf Gillian Sutcliffe (where are you Gillian), go the train from Bradford Interchange (had hardly any money), jumped the train at Ince and just followed the crowd. No idea what we were doing but seemed to remember, its better to have and 9 times out of 10 (might have imagined it though!!!!).
Alan Walls Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 Wigan Casino 5th Oldies Anniversary, Feb '81. The first and only record I recognised that night was Bobby Paris - Night Owl. Had no qualms about dancing as I had been practicing in my bedroom for months, and besides, no one could really see what I was doing on account of me being a small youth encircled by several pairs of Spencers Original Northern Soul Bags (with the 40" bottoms!)
kim Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 first alnighter samanthas 73 sat next to dave godin he was dressed in dinner jacket frilly shirt and dickie bow remember the decks breaking down while playing under my thumb wayne gibson they got a new deck from somewhere and we went in the side room happy days kim
Guest chris Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) Same for me Col...early 73 Aycliffe Youth Centre Cant remember first record tho... Hi webby....don't remember much really i was 15 or 16 depending on what month it was on...my memory tells me (Don that is ha!) two of the dj's were Dave Brown (Rocco) and John Potts (Potsy) with the use of some of Don's collection...both from Aycliffe. I lived about 10 mins from the youthy n went every weeknight....weekends were spent hanging round the Coffee Carna...happy days eh Chris Edited January 27, 2010 by chris
manus Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) Hi webby....don't remember much really i was 15 or 16 depending on what month it was on...my memory tells me (Don that is ha!) two of the dj's were Dave Brown (Rocco) and John Potts (Potsy) with the use of some of Don's collection...both from Aycliffe. I lived about 10 mins from the youthy n went every weeknight....weekends were spent hanging round the Coffee Carna...happy days eh Chris Aycliffe was my first all nighter too and first big one Wigan mid 74 - anyone remember Peter Jones from that period he was a Wigan regular in the early days - he lived in Newcastle but was from Wales originally i think ( I might be imagining the Wales bit) Cheers Manus Edited January 27, 2010 by manus
Guest miss nancy Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 Love Chubby - You Just Don't know, haven't heard it for years, brought back some memories! The Torch - Janaury 1973 I heard the follwing there that night, don't know which was first Love You Baby - Eddie Parker (Dave Evison had on his famous bowling shirt) Angel Baby - George Carrow Thumb a Ride - Earl Wright Bock to Bach - Fathers Angels A LittleTogtherness - Younghearts You Just Don't Know - Chubby Checker Slow Fizz - Sapphires Purple Haze - Johnny Jones Breakaway - Valentines Tell Me Its Just a Rumour - Isley Brothers Man Like Me - Jimmy James Crying Over You - Dule Browner One of the guys on our coach (Les) from Newton Aycliffe, had a small reel to reel recorder and we listened to the recording many times. We were all from Aycliffe I got killed off my parents for going..
Soul Stu Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 String of Beads Bradford not sure of the first record probably The Poets She Blew A Good Thing Most memorable Jackie Lee's Darkest days at the wheel before it closed down we thought it was the end of the world.
Guest chris Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 I was in Aycliffe last year visiting friends who live in Clarence Chare (next to the blue bridge! ) and saw that the youthy had been replaced by a f**kin' Tesco!! I lived just round the corner in Baliol Green Think they had to knock it down before it fell down!!!
Ste Henderson Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 Wigan Casino c1975 As a spotty 15 year old youth.. The tune that stuck in my head where The Tymes - What would I do and thinking Im impressed with the tunes this little guy with a 'tash was spinning.. Steve
Guest ganesh Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 Wigan Casino c1975 As a spotty 15 year old youth.. The tune that stuck in my head where The Tymes - What would I do and thinking Im impressed with the tunes this little guy with a 'tash was spinning.. Steve dayer - reading top rank circa 75/76 - 13 yrs old niter - bisley 75/76 - now 14 first niter dj'd at - abingdon - 76ish - me and steve white(aldershot) did a spot between us at 15 first record i heard - william bell - happy - stax - at a local youth club watching Pete Crampton and Mark Simpson dancing to it (both Aldershot) just 13yrs old - they were the big boys at 14 - through them i got to know Steve and gary Jefferies et el
murgs Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) Pleb's Halifax....'67/68....bloody hell that's SOME time ago...dont know what the first record was though. Edited January 27, 2010 by murg
murgs Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 Either Plebs, or possibly String of Beads (Bradford) same period 1967/1968. Plebs a mix of ska, r&b and soul, remember seeing Jimmy Cliff before he had chart success. String of Beads was more soul oriented not called NS back then but you could definately see the genre developing, remember Dobbie Gray The In Crowd and Tony Clarke The Entertainer. At this time the Vic Lounge in Halifax had the best Jukebox I ever heard, all soul amazing, Contours, Impressions, Bobby Hebb etc My first post, maybe I'm not the oldest bugger on here after all!
Guest suehey Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) hi murg welcome to the posts you're not the oldest bugger on here after all! Sue Edited January 27, 2010 by suehey
Soul Stu Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 Either Plebs, or possibly String of Beads (Bradford) same period 1967/1968. Plebs a mix of ska, r&b and soul, remember seeing Jimmy Cliff before he had chart success. String of Beads was more soul oriented not called NS back then but you could definately see the genre developing, remember Dobbie Gray The In Crowd and Tony Clarke The Entertainer. At this time the Vic Lounge in Halifax had the best Jukebox I ever heard, all soul amazing, Contours, Impressions, Bobby Hebb etc My first post, maybe I'm not the oldest bugger on here after all! Hi looks like we shared the same venue also saw Jimmy Cliff at The tined chicken (New Earswick Folk Hall) I remember him singing' when a man loves a woman it was brilliant.
Koolkat Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 1974. wigan casino. Went with a guy whos on here. Dave Morris. Wed been to blackpool first. I think hed borrowed his parents car, but I cant be sure. Remember being sat on the balcony at the back and listening to Connie Clark. Dave is a year older than me and he knew all the titles from reading Blues and Soul etc. Ann Perry seems to be in the early times as well. Also Jean Carter...." like one". Happy days.
murgs Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 Hi looks like we shared the same venue also saw Jimmy Cliff at The tined chicken (New Earswick Folk Hall) I remember him singing' when a man loves a woman it was brilliant.
murgs Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 Hi looks like we shared the same venue also saw Jimmy Cliff at The tined chicken (New Earswick Folk Hall) I remember him singing' when a man loves a woman it was brilliant.
murgs Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 Hiya, yes the String of Beads certainly stands out as I was there for the allnighter when it was raided and closed down! Could probably check the date of that from newspaper archives, somone should start a database eg clubs, dates, dj's, records, owners, punters etc now there's a project for somone who doesn't get out much! Still it would make fascinating reading. Regret I never got to the Wheel in the 60's, so just had to make the pilgrimage last year. The only song I remember from Jimmy Cliff was King of Kings raw ska but must have liked it as a West Indian friend found a copy for me, Plebs was a fairly multi racial club, unusual back then. Cheers murg
Julie Moore Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 (edited) WIGAN ....SEPT 1980 WAS A BIT LATE I KNOW BUT BEING DADDY`S GIRL WAS`NT ALLOWED TILL I`D LEFT HOME CAN`T REMEMBER THE FIRST TOON BUT THE ONE THAT STICKS IN MIND WAS CHERYL BURDELL GIVING ALL TO YOU (COVERED UP AS ESTHER WILLIAMS ) LOVED IT THEN LOVE IT NOW Edited January 28, 2010 by soulqueen1
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