dedji1955 Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 FFS has Russ Winstanley lost the plot, his memory or why does he continue to with these blatant liesIn a local magazine he claims over 4 million people attended the Casino Nighters and not one was ever prosecutedThe article starts on page 39https://issuu.com/local_life/docs/wigannorth0215
Guest shenshaw45 Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 maybe not inside the Casino, Russ's little world
Guest Labeat Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 4 Million attended..... FOUR?? Can some normal person confirm that number?
Goldsoul Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 8 years. 416 weeks at an average of 2,000 per week = 832,000. And that's being generous! You do the math!
Winsford Soul Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 Russ must have speeded the figures up. Steve
Winsford Soul Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 12:29, Labeat said: 4 Million attended..... FOUR?? Can some normal person confirm that number? Neil. There's no one normal on here mate Steve
dedji1955 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Posted April 15, 2015 The local History Shop and library are full of old newspaper article and cuttings of the darker side of the Casino, including details of the prosecutions The head of the local Police claimed they averaged one arrest a week Journalists should research their stories better
Guest Labeat Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 13:05, Winsford Soul said: Neil. There's no one normal on here mate Steve Ha Ha, nice one Steve. Iv'e done a quick calculation.... over 8 years at the Casino there was an average of 9,615 there each weekend.... God Almighty
Winsford Soul Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) On 15/04/2015 at 13:11, Labeat said: Ha Ha, nice one Steve. Iv'e done a quick calculation.... over 8 years at the Casino there was an average of 9,615 there each weekend.... God Almighty Neil I know some night's it felt like there where that many in the queue when you went one way your feet another and your bag in a totally different direction. Steve Edited April 15, 2015 by Winsford Soul
Steve S 60 Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 12:29, Labeat said: 4 Million attended..... FOUR?? Can some normal person confirm that number? I think Russ is getting mixed up with the number of times he's played the 3 before 8. 1
Bo Diddley Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 13:07, dedji1955 said: The local History Shop and library are full of old newspaper article and cuttings of the darker side of the Casino, including details of the prosecutions The head of the local Police claimed they averaged one arrest a week Journalists should research their stories better These articles are BRILLIANT! Classic quotes.. "there are more ways to kill a pig than choking it to death!!" "If I had a bomb I'd have blown it (the Casino) up 2 years ago" Also a comprehensive list of drink prices!!
Steve S 60 Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) On 15/04/2015 at 13:07, dedji1955 said: The local History Shop and library are full of old newspaper article and cuttings of the darker side of the Casino, including details of the prosecutions The head of the local Police claimed they averaged one arrest a week Journalists should research their stories better Reading the first article, 98% of Casino attendees were on drugs. The Drug Squad must have been pretty incompetent not to have arrested any of the 3,980,000 drugged up youths over the 8 year period the Casino ran all nighters. Edited April 15, 2015 by Steve S 60 1
Bo Diddley Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 14:16, Steve S 60 said: Reading the first article, 98% of Casino attendees were on drugs. The Drug Squad must have been pretty incompetent not to have arrested any of the 3,980,000 drugged up youths over the 8 year period the Casino ran all nighters. That was an estimate from DC "Swallow"
Steve S 60 Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 14:21, bo diddley said: That was an estimate from DC "Swallow" He went to the same school as Russ Winstanley. They were in the same remedial maths class. 1
dedji1955 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Posted April 15, 2015 Personally I thought the claims from Gerry Marshall that the Casino had their own Drug Squad was amusing Would anyone like to step forward who was in that squad Their is a vast amount of articles and newspaper cuttings archived in Wigan on the Casino History and they make good reading especially as they were all written long before folks were bothered about being PC
Guest Byrney Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 I absolutely convinced Russ is right, he is not in anyway trying to recreate history to fit with fluffy Darby and Joan 'ooh I like a bit o norvun' scene he peddles now. Where people have dance lessons and sip sanatogen to a soundtrack of 30 records. No Siree.
Paul R Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) I was arrested on a friday early session in 74, with a pocket full of chalkies, Mike Walker told me I was banned for life, and then went on stage and announced that they had got rid of another pill head with a pocket full of two tone pinks!!! did wonders for my street cred. Paul Edited April 15, 2015 by Paul r
Steve Foran Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 Yes Fred I know MANY who got arrested. I know a fair few who got done in court as well. Some others led a charmed life as well. Ah well.
Steve Foran Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 Could do with Russ reminding us of how his Uncle found Frank Wilson and sent to him to be played??? FFS!
Guest Byrney Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 The thing is people believe his buffoonery - look at the many on Facebook who have created the past they never had based on his fiction, those slagging the film off for showing drug use as never happening are a prime example.
Vynilhound Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 Some of the bigger boys were a bit naughty and pushed in front of us at the start, and I think it was some of them that wee'd on the toilet floors, but I didn't tell my mum when she came to pick me up. She would have gone bonkers that I was mixing with people who could do that. I did see one person taking what I thought at the time were purple coloured love hearts but there was no nice words on them, so perhaps they were knock off's from the market. It really was good fun there and those nice men in dinner jackets protected us all from anything bad happening. I nearly forgot, because we came from near London and therefore must have known Neville Staples we didn't have to queue up ever again. Then I fecking woke up !!
Hooker1951 Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 Russ could have done with some of those drugs. Because he's still not got out of first gear. ML
Rob Wigley Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 No one would have been prosecuted as all the great dancers were, in his own words, on Lucozade !!!
Zed1 Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 11:31, dedji1955 said: In a local magazine he claims over 4 million people attended the Casino Nighters Given all those people on Facefook who went to Wigan, I'd say 4 million is a conservative estimate. 1
Guest s0ul45 Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 At his Butlins event last year Mr. Winstanley announced that there were just short of 10,000 present. Amazing this as the capacity for the camp is only 7,000!!!
Guest Mellorful Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 20:40, s0ul45 said: At his Butlins event last year Mr. Winstanley announced that there were just short of 10,000 present. Amazing this as the capacity for the camp is only 7,000!!! Sums not his strongest subject then. I was at the Butlins event in 2014 and don't remember it being as busy as the previous year; so if RW is correct there must have been 20000 at the 2013 Butlins event and 75% of them were in fancy dress (stag and hen parties). Not sure who the artists are for this years event so don't know whether we will be at Butlins this year.
Guest Byrney Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 21:13, mellorful said: Sums not his strongest subject then.I was at the Butlins event in 2014 and don't remember it being as busy as the previous year; so if RW is correct there must have been 20000 at the 2013 Butlins event and 75% of them were in fancy dress (stag and hen parties).Not sure who the artists are for this years event so don't know whether we will be at Butlins this year.You've just described hades to me.
Davetay Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 20:40, s0ul45 said: At his Butlins event last year Mr. Winstanley announced that there were just short of 10,000 present. Amazing this as the capacity for the camp is only 7,000!!! Only 3,000 gatecrashers there than, lol.
Guest Mellorful Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 21:25, Byrney said: You've just described hades to me. I go to the Butlins event to see the artists and have a mini break from work, The best room was the crazy horse and it was pretty good last year, no fancy dress or handbaggers in there.
Md Records Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 I think that Kent's 1983 "Floorshakers" album has a very tenuous claim to be a bit of "Casino memorabilia" on page 40? Des
Iancsloft Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 For a short time in 73 early 74 the guys who i lived with ran a mobile chemist behind the stage on the right hand side LOL
Guest Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 14:57, Paul r said: I was arrested on a friday early session in 74, with a pocket full of chalkies, Mike Walker told me I was banned for life, and then went on stage and announced that they had got rid of another pill head with a pocket full of two tone pinks!!! did wonders for my street cred. Paul With a pocket full of Chalkies they were damn right to arrest you!
Guest Byrney Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 On 16/04/2015 at 06:31, IANCSLOFT said: For a short time in 73 early 74 the guys who i lived with ran a mobile chemist behind the stage on the right hand side LOLThat still happens at some of the bigger events, you can score Welman Vitamins (50+), talc, sanatogen, incontinence pants, reading glasses, herbal Viagra etc.
Guest Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 12:34, The Golden 101 said: 8 years. 416 weeks at an average of 2,000 per week = 832,000. And that's being generous! You do the math! I was going to but you spoiled it......................................and it`s Maths!
spot Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) On 15/04/2015 at 13:07, dedji1955 said: The local History Shop and library are full of old newspaper article and cuttings of the darker side of the Casino, including details of the prosecutions The head of the local Police claimed they averaged one arrest a week Journalists should research their stories better You forgot RW can't read, so it never happened!!!!!!!!!!! DS were always there I remember being tugged in the lower car park and knew people who never made it to the Casino but did make it to the local Police Station. Seems RW is reinventing history again, just like himself from a Mobile Pro Rock DJ to E.Rodney Jones of the scene. Spot. btw. It was half the fun dodging the DS, unless you got caught. Edited April 16, 2015 by spot
spot Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) On 16/04/2015 at 10:24, Steve Lane said: With a pocket full of Chalkies they were damn right to arrest you! Yes you greedy sod, share and share alike,ok!!!! Steve, seems it's Math's for us old timers but Math if you down with your own good self and the kids. Edited April 16, 2015 by spot
Guest Stevie T Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 in Halifax we had friends that would take orders a day or 2 before we went , "steal to order " as they say !
KevH Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 21:25, Byrney said: You've just described hades to me. Got to pull you up on that Byrney. Its a capitol H for Hades.
Maxwell Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 He is only 62! Would have put ten year on that, but he is prone to embellish the truth.
Dayo Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Hmmm... If Russ is 62 and I was 15 when Wigan started, that made him 22 in '73. He looked older I must say.....
Steve S 60 Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 On 16/04/2015 at 11:45, Dayo said: Hmmm... If Russ is 62 and I was 15 when Wigan started, that made him 22 in '73. He looked older I must say..... No, he would have been 20 in 1973 if he is now 62.
Mike Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 by all means discuss peoples public words but lets avoid going down the road of the more personal type comments thanks
Dayo Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 On 16/04/2015 at 12:00, Steve S 60 said: No, he would have been 20 in 1973 if he is now 62. Of course!
Guest jackwmills Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 On 15/04/2015 at 14:35, dedji1955 said: Personally I thought the claims from Gerry Marshall that the Casino had their own Drug Squad was amusing Would anyone like to step forward who was in that squad Their is a vast amount of articles and newspaper cuttings archived in Wigan on the Casino History and they make good reading especially as they were all written long before folks were bothered about being PC
Guest jackwmills Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 We had a drug squad in the wheel. they was confiscated. taken out side and sold.
Hooker1951 Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Russ was in charge of the Casino drug squad that's why they never caught anybody Keep on Laughing or you'll go insane ML
Guest Mellorful Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 On 16/04/2015 at 12:00, Steve S 60 said: No, he would have been 20 in 1973 if he is now 62. Does this help https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Winstanley Born Oct 1952. He is old enough to have senior moments, I have em and he has 10 years on me. Atb Stu
Steve S 60 Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 On 16/04/2015 at 14:57, mellorful said: Does this help https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Winstanley Born Oct 1952. He is old enough to have senior moments, I have em and he has 10 years on me. Atb Stu So that confirms he's 62 now, and would have been 20 in 1973. I'll have first heard him play at the Casino when he was 25, which would have seemed old to me at the time, and I'm only 8 years younger than Russ. The Wikipedia article also states that over 4 million people passed through the Casino, so it must be right.
Phild Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 On 16/04/2015 at 11:45, Dayo said: Hmmm... If Russ is 62 and I was 15 when Wigan started, that made him 22 in '73. He looked older I must say..... He was probably born as a fully fledged 10 year old
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