North / South Divide 1970

[Chris Turnbull]

Came across this great 1970 BBC Archive film recently which got me thinking about the soul scene around that time

Was only born in 1970 so interested in any reflections on the north / south divide in the 1970's in relation to the soul scene (or just generally I guess)

Did the country feel a much bigger place with less access to decent transport, road systems, etc? Godin coming up to Blackpool must have seemed a long journey. Did people in the north think the southern soul scene was full of hippies, or flash geezers, etc - what was the view of the time?

 

[Carty]

Hilarious clip !  saw it on yt a month or so ago . Honestly cant recall having any thoughts in the 70s about what was happening in the South .

[Our Kid]

Surprised black puddings never even got a look in.....fake news.

You can tell how skillful that fella contributing is as you can't even tell he has a ferret running up and down the inside of his strides! 

Just remember everyone on the scene was universally welcomed irrespective of geographical location, but then again the scene wasn't the norm.

Paul

[Peter Richer]

Black Pudding Bertha ... the queen of northern soul.

[Unkle Funk]

Ha Ha Ha Thanks Chris!

I moved to Wakefield from Essex three years ago,misses works from home,so I went through to the office to show her the video,thought it might be of interest being Wakey born and didn’t say much…apparently she now thinks I’m an undercover southerner,getting more information about northern life to bugger off back to Essex and continue with the whippets,flat caps and black pudding s**te

[Roburt]

Not many of us had cars in the mid 60's (but lots -- myself included  -- had scooters). Would head off to Cleggy, Brid & Scarboro for the weekend; meeting up with the Hull crowd, Scunny crowd, Lincoln crowd & Grimsby crowd.

But the trains then were much better. Newspaper trains ran in the early hours to supplement late night workings. Lived in Donny back then; lots of trains (all hours) to London, Sheffield (Mojo niters), Leicester (via Sheffield -- Nite Owl niters), Manchester (via Sheffield -- Wheel niters) ... so getting to soul do's was easy.

Took trips down to London (train) in 67/ 68 / 69 / 70  .. east end Petticoat Lane market for clothes & records, Soul City shop, clubs, Saville Theatre, Kings Rd (clothes & records), Soho (clubs & record shops).

Train trips to Leighton Buzzard to get cheap import soul 45's from F L Moores ... we did get about back then but then we were teenagers & had just got our first fulltime jobs.

Edited August 21, 2022 by Roburt