Your First Allnighter

[good angel]

Just being nosey,

When was your first nighter,Mine was 1975,Samanthas,We caught the train from Burton station,Me and Brendon Forster,Beddy,Andy Fletcher.

I think it was £1.20 to get in.

Kind Regards,Kev,Jarvis

Ps,Iam at Keele on the 2nd of Sept..

Edited August 28, 2006 by good angel

[Guest]

Bletsoe..1972.

went with Eddie Dinn and Mick Veatman

50p to get in and Blueys were still 12 a quid

[Guest Baz]

took my first dive in the 'deep end' at Stoke 'oldies allnighter' in 2002, after visiting loads of soul nights thought it was time to do a nighter, then did differnt nighters on a irregular basis for a few years, now at one nearly every week, i love them

[Nickg]

Stanground Soul 'Ole 1974 (Peterborough)

I'm sure macca will be around later to provide the exact date time etc, I'm bloody useless at that

Nick

[Guest Dan]

100 Club in about 1984/5

brilliant feeling till about 4am, when i fell asleep

later on, i discovered the 'etiquette', thanks largely to scouse and smiggy, so had more stamina.

great memories.

[Ged Parker]

Just being nosey,

When was your first nighter,Mine was 1975,Samanthas,We caught the train from Burton station,Me and Brendon Forster,Beddy,Andy Fletcher.

I think it was £1.20 to get in.

Kind Regards,Kev,Jarvis.

The Casino '76. Just when the underground scene was gaining some attention from the mainstream. All us new comers at the time were looked down on by the old faithful thinking we were jumping on the band waggon (as some new comers were). Funny a lot of the then old school are no longer around

I like to think I treat newbies to the scene today much better than we were treated back then.

Regulars from Blackpool then included Helen Pickup, Tony Giddings, Baz Diamond, Col and Graham McGarry, their older brother Mick, Mark Ridgeway, Mick and Barbera Taylor, Dill (Richard Lang), Sharron Farrah, Sue Ingham, Glen Foster, Baz Stanton.

Back in them days you could get the 12:20 from Blackpool north and it went straight through no need to change at Preston and by the time you got to the doors of the Casino you could almost walk straight in.

[Micksmix]

Just being nosey,

When was your first nighter,Mine was 1975,Samanthas,We caught the train from Burton station,Me and Brendon Forster,Beddy,Andy Fletcher.

I think it was £1.20 to get in.

Kind Regards,Kev,Jarvis

Ps,Iam at Keele on the 2nd of Sept..

Wigan,march 1974,got the train from victoria station in manchester,know what you mean ged was a bit intimidating at first,the first record I remember hearing on the first night,velvet satins"nothing can compare to you" seem to remember,there was a few scrapes when "the bikers" got on at ince......happy days

Mick

[Guest nubes]

Yate, 1977 with my cousin Larry, from London, the journey seemed to take forever, but the excitement i felt just to be going to a nighter was unbelievable, beige ankle length shirt, black T shirt, white ankle socks, black granny slippers, little Avon bag,black leather coat, which i paid £60.00 for, and took me 12 weeks to get, paying £5 per week to J sweet, who did ladies clothes and coats on Northampton market and had a shop just round the corner from there,when i paid the final instalment, the shop owner helped me put it on, i felt a million dollars that i had worked and got it myself,Delx

[Winsford Soul]

Just being nosey,

When was your first nighter,Mine was 1975,Samanthas,We caught the train from Burton station,Me and Brendon Forster,Beddy,Andy Fletcher.

I think it was £1.20 to get in.

Kind Regards,Kev,Jarvis

Ps,Iam at Keele on the 2nd of Sept..

My first venture to a nighter was in about May 75. Went the Casino on and off for two months then every week from Aug, never missed one then for four years then think i missed maybe a twenty or so till it finally closed. We all used to jump the bus or try and get away with the cheapest fare from Widnes to Warrington. then call in the Patten arms opp Bank Quay Station to see who had wondered in before getting the train up to Wigan. Cant remember what tunes where played the first night i was there or for quite a few nighters after that, dont know why that is One early memory is the timeless Night Owl which many years later i managed to pick up on a red cameo issue.

Steve

[Guest NASHEE]

Torch 1972 age 14

Thought I'd died and gone to heaven....what music...and oh those dancers

stuck it until about 5am then made the mistake of finding a seat on the balcony...first it was warm...then comfy...then very very dark...my mate who was 'wide awake' woke me to go home...ahhh memories

[Guest Trevski]

Leeds Central 1973 Happy days

Edited August 28, 2006 by Trevski

[macca]

Bletsoe..1972.

went with Eddie Dinn and Mick Veatman

50p to get in and Blueys were still 12 a quid

eddie dinn! must be the only chinese backdropper I've ever seen in my life. he was a bit on the monosyllabic side though, wasn't he? or was it just a language problem? you've reminded me of a real character. used to lurk in the entrance of the bull & dolphin. :

macca

p.s. for me it was november 2nd 1974 at stanground soul 'ole, peterborough. I think john manship was one of the DJs that night. I went with nickg, who spent some time in the cloakroom with nell, if I remember well, or was that your brother steven?

Edited August 28, 2006 by macca

[Guest]

eddie dinn! must be the only chinese backdropper I've ever seen in my life. he was a bit on the monosyllabic side though, wasn't he? or was it just a language problem? you've reminded me of a real character. used to lurk in the entrance of the bull & dolphin. :

macca

p.s. for me it was november 2nd 1974 at stanground soul 'ole, peterborough. I think john manship was one of the DJs that night. I went with nickg, who spent some time in the cloakroom with nell, if I remember well, or was that your brother steven?

Doddsy with Nick Gilbert

btw.."monosyllabic" why don't you come home and teach English to the English...

Edited August 28, 2006 by PaulDonely

[Kev Connellan]

My first was Keele in 2000. Had only been on the scene a few months back then. Loved how dark it was in there.... ideal for lurking

[Guest]

The Astoria in Leeds. I think it was about 1988 when I was 17. It was only about a 15 minute walk from my parents house, so I walked home afterwards happy as larry.

I remember I slpet right through until Monday morning when I got in, I was so exhausted, I'd danced non stop.

They've just pulled The Astoria down & are building flats there. Happy days.

Kirstyx

[KevH]

The Astoria in Leeds. I think it was about 1988 when I was 17. It was only about a 15 minute walk from my parents house, so I walked home afterwards happy as larry.

I remember I slpet right through until Monday morning when I got in, I was so exhausted, I'd danced non stop.

They've just pulled The Astoria down & are building flats there. Happy days.

Kirstyx

First all-nighter was Wigan '74. 6 of us in a mini!, me in the front(middle), sat nearly on the handbrake, looking back absolute madness.On the night played ,Yvonne Baker,Jeanette Williams, Salvadors,Connie Clark. After the others went swimming at the local baths, left me in car listening to sounds taped that night. Also introduced me to ways of lasting the night, never been the same since!!!,Kev.

[Guest soul kitten]

i was a late starter ,First one for me was the Griffin in Leeds ,must have been mid 90's i think.

Steve went to Wigan in the winter 1976 on the back of a Honda 90 40 mile an hour all the way. from York' froze his b#####ks off. came off and had no sole left on his shoe,swore he d never go again but was back next time having found a more suitable mode of transport.

[Guest]

The Astoria in Leeds. I think it was about 1988 when I was 17. It was only about a 15 minute walk from my parents house, so I walked home afterwards happy as larry.

I remember I slpet right through until Monday morning when I got in, I was so exhausted, I'd danced non stop.

They've just pulled The Astoria down & are building flats there. Happy days.

Kirstyx

is that the same Kirsty who used to prick tease the Crictics Corner @ Keele mid 90's? A lovely girl who new how to make an ole man 'moist'

I still can't believe I used to mutter the stuff on ya ear that I did, must have been the Night Nurse giving me Dutch Courage.

Lovely lass.

[Guest]

is that the same Kirsty who used to prick tease the Crictics Corner @ Keele mid 90's? A lovely girl who new how to make an ole man 'moist'

I still can't believe I used to mutter the stuff on ya ear that I did, must have been the Night Nurse giving me Dutch Courage.

Lovely lass.

No, I'm pretty sure it is the other Kirsty, even though I did used to go to Keele. The description kind of sounds like her .

She's the same age as me, 6 months older. The other Kirsty has ginger hair, very nice long legs & a southern accent. She's not really the quiet, shy type either

Plus I've never had any old men mutter mucky stuff in my ear, the other Kirsty gets all the best jobs

Look forward to meeting you someday

[Guest]

Mr Donnelly - I think you mean me!!!

And yes, I'm still the same I still collect/tease men as a hobby

My first allnighter was the 100 club - January 1988, I was 17 and still into the whole mod thing. I can't remember if we'd been to a mod night in London first, or if we went straight there. I do know that there was 5 of us that went from Essex that night - Me, Sam and Rob Messer, Steve Coulson and Del from Pitsea (has anyone seen him in the last million years?) Can remember what I was wearing - a long tweed skirt and red turtleneck jumper, and remember being very hot and sweaty. I obviously loved it as I went to every one after that, bar about 4, right up until I moved away from Essex in June 97

Still get to nighters - but not as often as I used too

[soulfulsaint]

First nighter was The Torch in its latter days. Arrived down from Scotland - scared rigid but it was life-changing. Wigan from the start too. Always felt on edge going into the bogs to the left of the stage. Now all nighters don't seem as threatening.

[asboannie]

1984 springtime, went to Stafford all-nighter, Lorraine Chandler was live on stage.

[Guest NASHEE]

First nighter was The Torch in its latter days. Arrived down from Scotland - scared rigid but it was life-changing. Wigan from the start too. Always felt on edge going into the bogs to the left of the stage. Now all nighters don't seem as threatening.

WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE LIFE CHANGING IF YOU'D GONE INTO THE BOGS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE STAGE.....

Edited August 28, 2006 by NASHEE

[Guest 2648 W Grand Boulevard]

First all nighter was the Casino late 77, travelled all the way from Reading by train ( The joys of free rail travel !!) with Dave Barker who had been a few times. Changed trains at Crewe and was quietly amazed by the number of soulies who appeared, it seemed like the whole train was full of us. The ticket collectors at Wigan North Western just stood back and let the throng through, safety in numbers is the phrase that comes to mind walking up the road from the station. The crush to get through the door was impressive, I can still remember the heat and also the stains on my white Fred Perry polo shirt, I think it was condensation dripping off the ceiling compounded with years of smoke !! Cant remember much about the train journey back on the Sunday morning , next time we went a deal was done for a coach trip to Birmingham on the Sunday morning where I discovered the Locarno All-Dayers. Ah happy days, Dave

[NEV]

Mr Donnelly - I think you mean me!!!

And yes, I'm still the same I still collect/tease men as a hobby

My first allnighter was the 100 club - January 1988, I was 17 and still into the whole mod thing. I can't remember if we'd been to a mod night in London first, or if we went straight there. I do know that there was 5 of us that went from Essex that night - Me, Sam and Rob Messer, Steve Coulson and Del from Pitsea (has anyone seen him in the last million years?) Can remember what I was wearing - a long tweed skirt and red turtleneck jumper, and remember being very hot and sweaty. I obviously loved it as I went to every one after that, bar about 4, right up until I moved away from Essex in June 97

Still get to nighters - but not as often as I used too

AHH THAT EXPLAINS IT..THE PENNIES DROPPED !

YOUR AN ESSEX GIRL

WAS INTRODUCED TO YOU AT SHERIDANS I THINK SATURDAY NEET.

[Rupert]

1976 st ives gloria jones on live. went on a 52 seater bus . them were the days when boston folk went to nighters ,

happy days.

[Dave Morris]

Casino on a freezing cold Feb night in '74.Caught last bus from Blackburn to Chorley then last bus form Chorley to Wigan.Got frisked just after getting off bus then on to Beachcomber til Casino opened.

Had to wait til 10am next morning for bus back to Blackburn.

Can't remember first record I heard tho'.Happy days.Last allnighter I did was either the Lea Manor first time around or Colony Club at Greenham near Newbury.

[Monique]

Keele allnighter September 1990 .Never seen so many people chewing gum in my life.

[grant]

Casino '77 me , Tim Sullivan, Adey Reeves, Gill and Mark Bailey, thereafter every week with the Romiley boys - Cheesey, Lloyd, Russ and Gazzer.

[sepia]

SMOKEYS IN ARBROATH.1982/3TOOK TRAIN DOWN FROM ABERDEEN(cant remember how much train was,think i paid with greenshield stamps).HAD TO WAIT OUTSIDE IN THE PISSING RAIN TILL 2AM UNTILL THE BAR CLOSED.WAS ONLY 14 SO HAD TO WAIT TILL THEY STOPPED SELLING DRINK.I ONLY LOOKED ABOUT 12 SO NO CHANCE OFF PASSING FOR 18.TOLD MY PARENTS I WAS STAYING WITH MY MATES.WELL I WAS WITH MY MATES,JUST THAT I WAS 50MILES AWAY IN A NITECLUB WITH THEM.

[Guest ang b]

my sister & boyfriend took me to the casino when i was approx 13 in 77, then went on to do the carlton in morcombe around 88 & have been in to it ever since although my fav was bradford at the time, also made it on the astoria leeds video how embarrasing

[Guest Soultown andy]

Wigan jan 77 used to go to the navada in bolton first,catch the manchester to wigan train at bolton.Characters about when i started dave molloy, pat and eilain cluxton,ste livesy and the horwich boys,gazo,the heywood lot shaun brett lee moors,frosty, cheesy,salty,dave holland and anita,hovis and best of all always an alldayer on somwhere on a sunday.

[Little-stevie]

Bradford Queens hall 1981/82..On the last bus from Huddersfield with our Mod crowd,been drinking all night...I think there is a photo someplace of 13 of us all pissed up and asleep by 3am ....

[Baz Atkinson]

NEWTON AYCLIFFE ALL NIGHTER,1977 SWIFTLY FOLLOWED BY REGULAR VISITS TO THE CASINO UNTILL IT CLOSED IN 1981.ALL NIGHTERS I HAD THE MOST FUN AT WERE SHOTTS,MEXBOROUGH, AND OF COURSE THE WILTON.

BAZ A.

[Guest]

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my sister & boyfriend took me to the casino when i was approx 13 in 77, then went on to do the carlton in morcombe around 88 & have been in to it ever since although my fav was bradford at the time, also made it on the astoria leeds video how embarrasing

I'm on that video too, I look like a fella on it, had really short hair. I watch it & gringe.

[Guest dundeedavie]

St K's in Aberdeen 1986 aged 15 with my then girlfriend debbie the hoover ....dance loads and fell asleep at 5am , 20 years later i still fall asleep at 5am lol

[Eamesy]

50p to get in and Blueys were still 12 a quid

[Guest rasfoz]

peterborough mid 80s as a 16 year old mod, for some reason harlem rumble frank foster comes to mind with you can split youngblood, smith them two records remind me of peterborough niters

[Bjorn Nilsson]

For me it was the Queens Hall in Stoke 2001.

An almost religious experience for a swedish novice like me at the time (and still is!).

I remember going home in the morning to try to get a couple of hours sleep (did'nt work of course) before going to an alldayer.

Wish we could do that here in Sweden too!

[Davemac3]

Hi good angel,

Nice thread! My first nighter was also Samantha's in 1975, caught the train from Chesterfield. Remember the sounds Troy Keyes, Bits N pieces, Anderson Brothers, Kenny Smith, Marvin Holmes, etc

DM

[pikeys dog]

Probably Bradford 1989...

Have trouble remembering the last nighter I went to, let alone the first.

[Rugby Soul Club]

Probably Bradford 1989...

Have trouble remembering the last nighter I went to, let alone the first.

Was just thinking that myself....

Can vaguely remember it was Stafford in the 80's but it goes very blurry after that....

[good angel]

Hi good angel,

Nice thread! My first nighter was also Samantha's in 1975, caught the train from Chesterfield. Remember the sounds Troy Keyes, Bits N pieces, Anderson Brothers, Kenny Smith, Marvin Holmes, etc

DMHi yer Dave,

Can you remember running out of Sheffield station,because they used to open the gates because it was the mail train,and get away with out paying.

Regards,Kev,Jarvis.

[Jumpinjoan]

peterborough mid 80s as a 16 year old mod, for some reason harlem rumble frank foster comes to mind with you can split youngblood, smith them two records remind me of peterborough niters

My first proper northern allniter was also Peterborough... Fleet anniversary... i think it was 81...ish.

Walked in a mod... staggered out a soulie... and damned for life

[Guest Rowly]

100club sometime in 1981 when i was 17..... 6 of us (mods) got the last train up from Hastings - Charing X & took a slow stroll up through Soho taking in the sights.... a quick burger from the Wimpy then joind the que to go down the stairs for the first time.... I'd already been introduced to the magic sherbert a while before so staying up allnight wasn't a problem. Was the first time I heard Alfie Davison which completely blew me away....

Edited August 28, 2006 by Rowly

[Guest carolyn]

Just being nosey,

When was your first nighter,Mine was 1975,Samanthas,We caught the train from Burton station,Me and Brendon Forster,Beddy,Andy Fletcher.

I think it was £1.20 to get in.

Kind Regards,Kev,Jarvis

Ps,Iam at Keele on the 2nd of Sept..

My first allnighter was at Wigan Casino, July 1978, age 16. I went into Wigan on the last bus with my friend Diane Hughes, remember waiting in Woolworths doorway for ages, nervous about going in that first time. We were used to going to the casino as we had been going regularly for approx a year but I wasn't allowed to go to nighters!

We spied our chance when my parents went on holiday for a week and not long after that we were regulars. I actually went every weekend for two years without my mum knowing (I even had a bag containing my 'secret' circular skirts that I kept at my mates house.) Our favourites were the oldies allnighters they were awesome!

[Steve L]

17 years old March or April 78 went to Coalville Tiffs on the Fri ( 12 hours ) car broke down on the M1 back to Mansfield so got home about 12 midday. After a couple of hours sleep there was a knocking on the door :angry: Opened it to find Mart Baggaley & Bri Beastall there " come on youth, we're going to Wigan, bus for Manchester leaves at 5.40" What well there was no way I was going to let them two say they'd been to Wigan without me!

Got back in Mansfield 2pm Sunday absolutely bolloxed. What a weekend and no smarties either The rest as they say is history

[Guest Bearsoul]

WIGAN NOVEMBER 74...CHANGED MY LIFE..I KNEW AS I WAS GOING UP THE STAIRS TO THE STRAINS OF 'PERCY WIGGINS' THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL...I REMEMBER SITTING UP IN THE BALCONY WATCHING COMPLETLY MESMERISED AS PRACTICALLY EVERYONE SPAN TO 'LIKE ADAM & EVE' AND THINKING ...THIS IS IT ...I'M HOME !!! I CAN'T DESCRIBE THE FEELING IN WORDS BUT I'M STILL HOOKED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS THERE SOME SORT OF HELP-LINE OR SUPPORT GROUP I CAN CONTACT OH WHAT A NIGHT !!! WENT TO AN ALL-DAYER NEXT DAY TOO AT NEWCASTLE UNDER-LYME..TALK ABOUT A BAPTISM OF FIRE.....THEN BACK TO SCHOOL ON THE MONDAY..BRAGGING TO MY MATES THAT I'D ACTUALLY BEEN TO WIGAN CASINO, WHICH WE 'D ALL TALKED ABOUT DOING !

AFTER THAT I DIDN'T GO AGAIN UNTILL FEBRUARY 75 BUT AFTER THAT I WAS FAIRLY REGULAR, USED TO GO ON THE TRAIN AT FIRST THEN GOT TO KNOW FEW PEOPLE AND STARTED GETTING LIFTS.....I COULD GO ON AND ON...BUT THAT WAS MY FIRST NIGHTER, LOADS OF STUFF BEFORE THEN BUT NOT ALL=NIGHT

CHRIS MORGAN

[Guest]

My first nighter was the Twisted Wheel, June/July 1965. Georgie Fame/Blueflames and Brian Auger Trinity were on, went to the early session first, not impressed, pop music, later saw the queue for the nighter now that was more like it, madras cotton and seersucker jackets, french cuts, airline bags, girls with crops and bobs, butterfly slingbacks, vanity cases, a line of scooters opposite, parkas, definately a switched on crowd, some dex (always my prefered choice!) off a mate and back in, what a difference better dressed (it was a mod thing!) better dancers and better music courtesy of Roger Eagle on the decks, my memory always tells me the first record I heard on entering was "In The Midnight Hour" by Picket it may sound old hat now but that night it sounded awesome and I distinctly remember hearing "Changes" Johnny Taylor for the first time and being blown away by it, still think it's a great tune, my fate was sealed that night and The Wheel and the culture that went with it, especially the music, was my life for a good few years until marriage and kids came along and I put The Wheel behind me forever but not the music I love it too much and I thank Roger Eagle and The Wheel for that.

Never went to Wigan though, did I miss much

Made up for it in the 90s, did nighters no end, my second coming and I bloody loved it!! Resting at the moment though

[Jim G]

NEWTON AYCLIFFE ALL NIGHTER,1977 SWIFTLY FOLLOWED BY REGULAR VISITS TO THE CASINO UNTILL IT CLOSED IN 1981.ALL NIGHTERS I HAD THE MOST FUN AT WERE SHOTTS,MEXBOROUGH, AND OF COURSE THE WILTON.

BAZ A.

I used to go Newton Aycliffe All Nighters, went right from the start. First trip to an all nighter was the Torch. It was awesome and we listened to the nights recording on a mates portable reel to reel to recorder! Happy days.