Love it or loathe it , Talc goes together with Northern Soul dance floors like August and Deneen ...... but when was the devil's dandruff first thrown down by dancers to aid their movements ?

When the scene came into being , there was no need to use it at The Wheel , as it had its' own " talc " - the concrete dust on the floor ; but in the following growth years years following its' inception , I cannot recall it being used or seeing it on the dance floors at The Torch or at The Highland Room : if it was used , you would not have seen it for the amount of bodies on them .

If it was not used then , that would make its' rise to prominence / evidential use , come into being in the mid 70s ( WC ? ) , therefore resulting in its' use since then .

When did you see it first used ?

Malc

  On 07/03/2011 at 06:41, spike1 said:

Don't know (or care) about the music played there don't care about the talc!

Don't like the idea of being watched all night

If people wipe there feet on the chairs ban them!

Nobody is watched all night, I said if seen putting talc down they will be asked to leave. Obviously the security, promoters and club owners have to keep an eye on the place otherwise if something happened and we didn't see it we would be accused of not doing our jobs. You can't win with some folk.

Llke I say glad I won't be there

  On 08/03/2011 at 07:07, spike1 said:

Llke I say glad I won't be there

somehow i dont think you will be missed Spike

  On 08/03/2011 at 07:23, Bearsy said:

somehow i dont think you will be missed Spike

Somehow I don't think he would be there in any circumstances.

I hate talc on dancefloors. It's a total menace.

It (together with little foil and paper squares down the bogs) nearly shut down Bradford Queens Hall when I was running it on a couple of occasions.

And it was the deciding factor for the management at Leeds Astoria to stop us doing any more niters there.

Even though I stayed cleaning the floor for two hours after one niter, we could never get it cleaned to their satisfaction. As once they'd noticed the problem they saw talc everywhere, and that was that.

Phil

  On 08/03/2011 at 07:32, chalky said:

Somehow I don't think he would be there in any circumstances.

I only go where Johnson's Talc is allowed.Johnson's or nowt i says.

A good dancer can dance on a washing line,,,,or failing that a carpeted area.

  On 07/03/2011 at 06:41, spike1 said:

Don't know (or care) about the music played there don't care about the talc!

Don't like the idea of being watched all night

If people wipe there feet on the chairs ban them!

I take it you don't go out then? You are watched every second of every day by someone. There are cameras everywhere - even in soul venues.

Edited March 8, 201114 yr by jumpinjoan

Definitley don't go out with the "in crowd"

Nor do we Spike We go out with the 'out and about' crowd

  On 08/03/2011 at 12:16, spike1 said:

Definitley don't go out with the "in crowd"

me neither i go out with me mates for a bloody good time and a bloody good dance

just out of curiosity where do you go out Spike

  On 08/03/2011 at 16:18, Bearsy said:

me neither i go out with me mates for a bloody good time and a bloody good dance

just out of curiosity where do you go out Spike

You would not like where I go mate !

It's an old establishment on whiteirth street

Manchester

You would not like where I go mate !

It's an old establishment on whiteirth street

Manchester

blimey you only go to one venue Spike

cant say i know that venue cos im a shandy drinking southener

so Spike are you a talc man or prefer just a bloody good dance floor ??

Good dance floor everytime

Couple of different soled pairs of brogues

Dance floors get either to sticky or slippy

Will use talc if I feel I need it

Usually come back with my best loaks covered in the stuff other people seem to think that the floor needs to look like an effing dusty desert!!

The club is called the twisted wheel by the way;)

  On 08/03/2011 at 20:08, spike1 said:

Good dance floor everytime

Couple of different soled pairs of brogues

Dance floors get either to sticky or slippy

Will use talc if I feel I need it

Usually come back with my best loaks covered in the stuff other people seem to think that the floor needs to look like an effing dusty desert!!

The club is called the twisted wheel by the way;)

there lies the biggest problem with the talc Spike, some twats think they need to empty a whole bottle which doesnt just stay on the floor, all the dj equipment suffers from it too i thought the Twisted Wheel was in Whitworth street but then again im just a youngster who knows nothing

It is I Spelt it rong!!!

As I am in my iPhone could not edit it!!!

As I'm an old techno phobe!

  On 08/03/2011 at 20:16, Bearsy said:

there lies the biggest problem with the talc Spike, some twats think they need to empty a whole bottle which doesnt just stay on the floor, all the dj equipment suffers from it too i thought the Twisted Wheel was in Whitworth street but then again im just a youngster who knows nothing

totally agree with you bearsly, i see some of them pull loads of talc dance to one record and thats it, there gone, i usually measure my talc on a spoon,depending of temp of the record,do you get my drift? no f*ck off Billy,cheers,Billy.

  On 08/03/2011 at 09:44, jumpinjoan said:

I take it you don't go out then? You are watched every second of every day by someone. There are cameras everywhere - even in soul venues.

Too darn right there are Joan...people with cameras at soul nights....click,click, David Bailey, click....worse then Talc...

  On 08/03/2011 at 20:20, spike1 said:

It is I Spelt it rong!!!

As I am in my iPhone could not edit it!!!

As I'm an old techno phobe!

i do know something then posh git i-phone i had one and dropped it and glad i did i got 500 quid from the insurance so used me old phone now and bought some tunes with the dosh

  On 08/03/2011 at 20:30, billywhizz said:

totally agree with you bearsly, i see some of them pull loads of talc dance to one record and thats it, there gone, i usually measure my talc on a spoon,depending of temp of the record,do you get my drift? no f*ck off Billy,cheers,Billy.

no i dont Billy fook off tablespoon or tea spoon Billy it makes a big difference and please dont try be clever and say dessert spoon

Where else in society would so many middle aged men argue so fiercely over talc..?!

P.S. I love talc, talc rocks!

Ste.

What a strange thread

Dont think it's about the talc

  On 08/03/2011 at 20:33, rennie said:

Too darn right there are Joan...people with cameras at soul nights....click,click, David Bailey, click....worse then Talc...

What's wrong with taking photos or being photographed? Unless you're not meant to be there of course and your cover gets blown

  On 09/03/2011 at 06:09, spike1 said:

Dont think it's about the talc

I'm sure it's about talc, it's mentioned in nearly every post Always hated talc as I said earlier, never needed it, although nowadays I'm creaking a bit so next time I go out I might

  On 09/03/2011 at 07:49, TheSoulgirl said:

What's wrong with taking photos or being photographed? Unless you're not meant to be there of course and your cover gets blown

I think you take brilliant photographs Karen, and I'm not sucking up, you just do, loads of people like to see them, yours and anybody elses, what's that quote about posterity............

  On 09/03/2011 at 06:09, spike1 said:

Dont think it's about the talc

,you mean,this Talc thread.?

  On 09/03/2011 at 17:07, Winnie :-) said:

I think you take brilliant photographs Karen, and I'm not sucking up, you just do, loads of people like to see them, yours and anybody elses, what's that quote about posterity............

Thank you very much

The original question posed for this thread was " Talc When was it first used on the scene ? " , which to my mind , wass a sensible one hopeful of considerate and thoughtful discussion .

As replies in recent times have become detached from that question , I am closing the thread .

Malc