HAVE READ WITH A LOT OF INTEREST VARYING THREADS ON THIS WONDERFUL SITE AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT HAVE FOUND MYSELF NODDING IN AGREEMENT TO A LOT OF THINGS SAID.

HOWEVER,AFTER AN ABSENCE OF MORE THAN 20 YEARS AWAY FROM THIS MADNESS AND ONLY BEING BACK ON THE SCENE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS, I STILL READ REALLY NASTY AND CONDESENDING REMARKS ABOUT THE CASINO, CANT FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIGURE THIS OUT!!

WHEN I WAS 15 LIVING IN TELFORD IT WAS THE ONE PLACE WE HAD TO GET TO, WE LIED STOLE,AND CHEATED OUR WAY TO GET THERE. FOR ME IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE YOU HEARD THE TUNES YOU WERE ONLY TOLD ABOUT BY THE OLDER LADS. IT'S WHERE WE WERE SCHOOLED,

I CAN UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHTS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DIDNT GO OR COULDNT GO, BUT FOR ME THE CASINO WILL ALWAYS BE WHERE I LEARNED ME TRADE.

I WENT CONSISTENTLY FROM 1977 UNTILL 1981 DIDNT GO TO THE LAST ONE THOUGH,THREW THE TOWEL IN COS IT GOT A BIT DISCOESQUE,BUT HAVING SAID THAT JUST THOUGHT THERE HAS NEVER OR WILL BE ANYWHERE ELSE LIKE IT.

HAVE RESISTED THE TEMPTATION TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE,BUT JUST THINK FOR ME AND ANYBODY ELSE AROUND THE SAME AGE THAT WENT IT JUST COULD'NT BE BEAT IMHO.

A LOT OF THE OLDER CROWD WILL SAY IT WAS BETTER IN 73/74/75 IM SURE IT BLOODY WAS BUT I COULD'NT GO,I GOT TO HEAR AND DANCE TO THOSE TUNES MUCH LATER ON.

WE HAVE A TENDECY TO SLATE THE OLDIES IN FAVOUR OF MORE UP TO DATE IN VOGUE EASY LISTENING TUNES, IM ALL FOR IT, BUT LETS NOT FORGET WHERE WE COME FROM..... Kev

  kevnewry said:

HAVE READ WITH A LOT OF INTEREST VARYING THREADS ON THIS WONDERFUL SITE AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT HAVE FOUND MYSELF NODDING IN AGREEMENT TO A LOT OF THINGS SAID.

HOWEVER,AFTER AN ABSENCE OF MORE THAN 20 YEARS AWAY FROM THIS MADNESS AND ONLY BEING BACK ON THE SCENE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS, I STILL READ REALLY NASTY AND CONDESENDING REMARKS ABOUT THE CASINO, CANT FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIGURE THIS OUT!!

WHEN I WAS 15 LIVING IN TELFORD IT WAS THE ONE PLACE WE HAD TO GET TO, WE LIED STOLE,AND CHEATED OUR WAY TO GET THERE. FOR ME IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE YOU HEARD THE TUNES YOU WERE ONLY TOLD ABOUT BY THE OLDER LADS. IT'S WHERE WE WERE SCHOOLED,

I CAN UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHTS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DIDNT GO OR COULDNT GO, BUT FOR ME THE CASINO WILL ALWAYS BE WHERE I LEARNED ME TRADE.

I WENT CONSISTENTLY FROM 1977 UNTILL 1981 DIDNT GO TO THE LAST ONE THOUGH,THREW THE TOWEL IN COS IT GOT A BIT DISCOESQUE,BUT HAVING SAID THAT JUST THOUGHT THERE HAS NEVER OR WILL BE ANYWHERE ELSE LIKE IT.

HAVE RESISTED THE TEMPTATION TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE,BUT JUST THINK FOR ME AND ANYBODY ELSE AROUND THE SAME AGE THAT WENT IT JUST COULD'NT BE BEAT IMHO.

A LOT OF THE OLDER CROWD WILL SAY IT WAS BETTER IN 73/74/75 IM SURE IT BLOODY WAS BUT I COULD'NT GO,I GOT TO HEAR AND DANCE TO THOSE TUNES MUCH LATER ON.

WE HAVE A TENDECY TO SLATE THE OLDIES IN FAVOUR OF MORE UP TO DATE IN VOGUE EASY LISTENING TUNES, IM ALL FOR IT, BUT LETS NOT FORGET WHERE WE COME FROM..... Kev

Agree with everything you say about the place, and the experience. However I think the "love that dare not speak it's name" gets slagged so often because of the nostalgia scene and people that refuse to move on.(Mostly from folks who left the scene after WC and now want to turn back time) My new, tolerant persona says "Well if thats what they want to do, fine!"

Edited June 1, 200816 yr by Trevski

  Trevski said:

Agree with everything you say about the place, and the experience. However I think the "love that dare not speak it's name" gets slagged so often because of the nostalgia scene and people that refuse to move on.(Mostly from folks who left the scene after WC and now want to turn back time) My new, tolerant persona says "Well if thats what they want to do, fine!"

THINK YOU'VE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD ABOUT MOVING ON..... IT'S A NEW DAY IT'S A NEW DAWN AND I'M FEELING FINE ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE NOW SO MANY DIFFERENT TUNES. NEVER THOUGHT I'D LIKE BEAT BALLADS . REMEMBER GOING TO MY FIRST ALLDAYER IN BELFAST AFTER 28 YEARS AND CONSTANLY SAYING THATS NOT NORTHERN AND THATS NOT NORTHERN .

SUFFICENT TO SAY TREVSKI, I HAVE MOVED ON BUT JUST DONT LIKE THE OLD CHURCH BEING SLAGGED OFF ALL THE TIME.

  kevnewry said:

I STILL READ REALLY NASTY AND CONDESENDING REMARKS ABOUT THE CASINO, CANT FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIGURE THIS OUT!!...

...WHEN I WAS 15...

You've answered your own question. 20+ year-old Soul folk in late '74-75 were understandably somewhat bemused at venues being swamped by coachloads of 15 year old pop fans who had come to the scene via articles in 'The Sun' newspaper or seeing "Footsie" on TOTP and had no apparent interest in any kind of Soul music prior to that date, but adopted the "Wigan-is-the-centre-of-the-universe" commercial propaganda wholesale and without question.

(quote from one such; "I don't think I really like Soul... I just like the noise!"

'Wigan's Hitler Youth' we used to call 'em!

Edited June 2, 200816 yr by mel brat

  mel brat said:

Talk about condescending remarks Mel!. I started going to the casino in Oct 73 at the grand old abge of 15, and was imediately accepted into the group of 20+ year old wheel & Torch ites. THis was because I was a soul fanatic who started off on Motown went onto Atlantic stax etc. At the same time, the local youth club was playing All the usual Wheel type sounds.

Don't make the generalisation that all kids like me who went to the Casino at 15, who found out about it via crap articles in newspapers. Prior to Wigan I did a couple of Whitchurch Dayers & Va Vas(when they let me in).

Keep the faith.

Paul

Edited June 3, 200816 yr by Paul r

  Paul r said:

Talk about condescending remarks Mel!. I started going to the casino in Oct 73 at the grand old abge of 15, and was imediately accepted into the group of 20+ year old wheel & Torch ites. THis was because I was a soul fanatic who started off on Motown went onto Atlantic stax etc. At the same time, the local youth club was playing All the usual Wheel type sounds.

Don't make the generalisation that all kids like me who went to the Casino at 15. Found out about it via crap articles in newspapers. Prior to Wigan I did a couple of Whitchurch Dayers & Va Vas(when they let me in).

Keep the faith.

Paul

I make no such generalisation, I was referring to those many pop fans who jumped aboard the "Footsie" bandwagon. In fact your own experience only reinforces my point. I had (and have) no objection at all with younger people joining the Soul scene - witness the many dozens of Soul tapes I've given away over the years to anyone who shows even a passing interest in the music! - provided they have the "right soulful attitude" and don't abuse and dilute the unique nature of the scene.

You may well ask "who are you to judge if their attitude is 'right'?", but as you probably remember, the period in question was particularly rocky with the whole Northern scene in danger of collapsing into a national farce.

For example;

I'll never forget seeing the immortal legend "NoUrthern Soul" (sic) sprayed on a wall in 1975, evidently by someone so enamoured by the music they couldn't even be bothered to spell it properly! I also well remember enquiring of a young chap at work why he was wearing a 'Twisted Wheel' badge when;

a. He was obviously too young to have gone to the Wheel.

b. The previous week he had been a die-hard fan of Rod Stewart, having slagged off Soul music at every opportunity (and continued to do so thereafter!) but "knew all about Wigan Casino" (he said) but had never "actually been"! Yes, I daresay I took it all a little too seriously, but it was just so damned embarrassing I'm unlikely to forget it in a hurry!

Edited June 2, 200816 yr by mel brat

I hadn't turned 15 when I first went to the Casino in february 75. I'd previously spent a couple of years under the wing of a few of the older lads (paul donnelly, smudge, gary spencer etc) who used to organise soul nights at the local youth club. Having grown up on a diet of motown & stax & not being too enamoured of funk & the philly sound, northern/rare soul was a natural, effortless progression for me. I think the same can be said for most of us, or am I wrong? I must be an intolerant git because in the early 80's, I viewed the invasion of pimply 15 year old mods & skins as something dreadful. Wigan was a necessary rite of passage, to use a well worn clich. I'll never forget it...

Macca

Edited June 2, 200816 yr by macca

I DO HOPE MEL THAT WAS NOT A GENERALISATION OF 15 YEAR OLDS THAT WENT TO WIGAN IN 77

I DIDNT SEEM TO RUN INTO ANY OF THOSE TYPES,BUT PREFERRED THE COMPANY OF SOMEWHAT OLDER SOUL FANS WHO WERE ONLY TOO GLAD TO PASS ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE,AS DID WE ALL AT SOME STAGE IN OUR LIVES.

I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR VIEWS BUT IT DID COME ACROSS A BIT JUDGEMENTAL AND CONDSENDING! MY VIEW ON THE WHOLE THING IS WE ALL HAD TO START SOMEWHERE.

IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT SOME OF US DIDNT GET TO THE WHEEL OR THE TORCH,BUT FOR US AT THE TIME WIGAN WAS THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE AND I MAKE NO APOLOGY FOR THAT.

I ENVY THE FACT THAT YOU HEARD ALL THOSE GREAT TUNES AT FIRST HAND AND I MERELY HAD TO MAKE DO WITH OLD TAPES BROUGHT BACK FROM HERE AND THERE,UNTILL I GOT THE CHANCE TO GO TO REAL SOUL VENUES MYSELF.

Wigan did have it's flaws but when you're a kid of 16 0r 17 what did we know,I only knew i loved SOUL MUSIC AND THATS WHERE I GOT THE CHANCE TO SHOW IT albeit in between some of the pop tunes that were played,but yet again we were still learning!!!!

IN SOUL Kev

  kevnewry said:

I DO HOPE MEL THAT WAS NOT A GENERALISATION OF 15 YEAR OLDS THAT WENT TO WIGAN IN 77....

IN SOUL Kev

Read what I actually wrote. Of course younger fans couldn't have gone to the Wheel or Torch any more than I could practically have gone to the Wheel (and they couldn't buy 70s records as new releases or Northern originals when they were cheap either - for obvious reasons!)

My criticism has never been of young(er) people per. se., either now or then, but of those infernal divs who jumped on the Northern Soul bandwagon in 1975 and turned it (for me) into an embarrassing pop-circus no better than the Bay City Rollers. I'd had enough by 1975 and moved on, so by 1977 I didn't really give a damn what happened at Wigan Casino, truthfully.

(Some of the antics reported in Frank Elson's column and shared alldayers at the Ritz, Tiffany's Blackheath and at Birmingham Locarno etc. convinced me I'd made the right move, but that's neither here nor there.)

I continued to buy occasional Northern originals nonetheless, as none of the above was the fault of either Brice Coefield or the Vel-Vets!

Edited June 3, 200816 yr by mel brat

  kevnewry said:

I only knew i loved SOUL MUSIC...

IN SOUL Kev

Good lad! - Then you were NOT part of the problem...

Edited June 3, 200816 yr by mel brat

In every thread about Wigan on here the comments are made about it being dead after 1977 and pop music being played. Fair enough, the music did go a bit wayward at times, but look what other records were broken there during those final years. Everybody seems to forget that. And why does the "people should move on" statement only concern Wigan. Stafford is always fondly remembered and the experience of visiting there wasn't a patch on Wigan.

  Ian J said:

In every thread about Wigan on here the comments are made about it being dead after 1977 and pop music being played. Fair enough, the music did go a bit wayward at times, but look what other records were broken there during those final years. Everybody seems to forget that. And why does the "people should move on" statement only concern Wigan. Stafford is always fondly remembered and the experience of visiting there wasn't a patch on Wigan.

I think because Stafford was seen as a progressive venue, most of the attendees are still interested in new stuff, rather than trying to re-live the place. Agree with you about the lateryears playlists, especialy from Richard. Some quality stuff there! Also, despite the crap played, I'd still say that it was in the minority. Stafford played some crap too, in retrospect!

  mel brat said:

Good lad! - Then you were NOT part of the problem...

Gee Mel Thanks I feel a Whole lot Better Now......... Thought the decline of the Golden Age was all down to me.

Have to agree with you though about the Locarno in B,Ham. They should have vetted a lot of the people first before they got thru the doors.

Locarno in B,Ham

I GOT BANNED

  kevnewry said:

Have to agree with you though about the Locarno in B,Ham. They should have vetted a lot of the people first before they got thru the doors...

Stripped to the waist, plastered with tattoos, bar towel tucked into a pair of Spencer's baggies, carrying a box stuffed full of bootlegs and Disco Demand singles with the centres pushed out - the very picture of sartorial elegance! - and that was just the girls!

(only joking.... or am I??)

Edited June 4, 200816 yr by mel brat

  mel brat said:

Stripped to the waist, plastered with tattoos, bar towel tucked into a pair of Spencer's baggies, carrying a box stuffed full of bootlegs and Disco Demand singles with the centres pushed out - the very picture of sartorial elegance! - and that was just the girls!

(only joking.... or am I??)

Wonder if that was one of the same girls that decided to be sick all over the middle of the dancefloor one afternoon or the same girl that got a right royal porking under the stairwell in the entrance area.... suppose we'l never know... but thats the epitome of sartorial elegance for you!!!

It's funny now but it was'nt then.. or was it??

Haters, don't you love 'em!?

You can spend your time knocking it, take a pop at youngsters who spent some time there, maybe some of them weren't as devout as yourself (make you feel more of a Soulie does it?)?

At the end of the day, Wigan - forget what sh*t tracks (in your eyes) were played there, forget who wasn't good enough to be there, forget whose memories aren't worthy of your merit - because at the end of the day it was the best days of certain peoples lives - nowt to do with your venomous catty views.

You're simply spitting on thousands of good Soul-Loving people that made this scene what it is today with your poorly thought out, insecure and at the end of the day, shallow, see through immatgure views.

How's about that then?

Rather than telling older Soulies to 'move on' for simply recounting their memories, I think it is obvious that the haters should 'move on', as it is obvious that you have very little else to say - shooting fish in a barrel for you innit mate?

Does certain irrelevant others negativities cloud my views, my memories?

I'll leave that obvious question open.

  Barry said:

Haters, don't you love 'em!?

You can spend your time knocking it, take a pop at youngsters who spent some time there, maybe some of them weren't as devout as yourself (make you feel more of a Soulie does it?)?

At the end of the day, Wigan - forget what sh*t tracks (in your eyes) were played there, forget who wasn't good enough to be there, forget whose memories aren't worthy of your merit - because at the end of the day it was the best days of certain peoples lives - nowt to do with your venomous catty views.

You're simply spitting on thousands of good Soul-Loving people that made this scene what it is today with your poorly thought out, insecure and at the end of the day, shallow, see through immatgure views.

How's about that then?

Rather than telling older Soulies to 'move on' for simply recounting their memories, I think it is obvious that the haters should 'move on', as it is obvious that you have very little else to say - shooting fish in a barrel for you innit mate?

Does certain irrelevant others negativities cloud my views, my memories?

I'll leave that obvious question open.

A well said and constructed statement , Barry ..........

Malc Burton

Edited June 6, 200816 yr by Malc Burton

  Barry said:

Haters, don't you love 'em!?

You can spend your time knocking it, take a pop at youngsters who spent some time there, maybe some of them weren't as devout as yourself (make you feel more of a Soulie does it?)?

At the end of the day, Wigan - forget what sh*t tracks (in your eyes) were played there, forget who wasn't good enough to be there, forget whose memories aren't worthy of your merit - because at the end of the day it was the best days of certain peoples lives - nowt to do with your venomous catty views.

You're simply spitting on thousands of good Soul-Loving people that made this scene what it is today with your poorly thought out, insecure and at the end of the day, shallow, see through immatgure views.

How's about that then?

Rather than telling older Soulies to 'move on' for simply recounting their memories, I think it is obvious that the haters should 'move on', as it is obvious that you have very little else to say - shooting fish in a barrel for you innit mate?

Does certain irrelevant others negativities cloud my views, my memories?

I'll leave that obvious question open.

great post barry, nice to see the before breakfast crew running perfect again [MORNING MALC,& BARRY]

  Barry said:

at the end of the day it was the best days of certain peoples lives

I'm one of them.

  Pete S said:

I'm one of them.

And me as well, great days, my wifes not been in to it as long as me, she leant more towards the scooter scene, but ive allways said to her if i could just take her back for one night

  HARRY CROSBY said:

And me as well, great days, my wifes not been in to it as long as me, she leant more towards the scooter scene, but ive allways said to her if i could just take her back for one night

Think we'd all say amen to that H!

Ronnie, Ian, Stan, the Holme's, Janice, Des, Salty, Swish, helen, Kelly, etc, Maurice's tranny van, the record bar, great days indeed!

Edited June 6, 200816 yr by Trevski

My missus, bless her, still thinks the Northern scene ended when Wigan/Yate did. She still walks past my record room when I am playing 45's and looks at me and says "did they play this at Stafford?", shrugs her shoulders, says "why dont you play some Northern" and walks away.

  Trevski said:

Think we'd all say amen to that H!

Ronnie, Ian, Stan, the Holme's, Janice, Des, Salty, Swish, helen, Kelly, etc, Maurice's tranny van, the record bar, great days indeed!

Needless to say trev, i`m more than happy with todays scene and the people who are on it, as my statement says if its in your blood its there for good, its been a wonderous journey over the years, and yes it does your head in from time to time but i wouldn`t change one minute, not one single minute, its the life i chose and to me i made exactly the right choice

Seems true to say that regardless of what year it was or what age we were at the time with the exception of Mel's dislike for coaches and 15year olds,we all remember the place with fondness.

Like a lot of other people it was a great time for me and I'll never forget it.

Just like to add one more comment for Mel before I drop the thread, Is'nt it funny how a lot of 15 year olds that went to Wigan from 76/77/78 are members of this forum and still have the same passion for the music now as they had then,and I bet none of us got it by reading The Sun newspaper or watching totp.

Kev

  HARRY CROSBY said:

And me as well, great days, my wifes not been in to it as long as me, she leant more towards the scooter scene, but ive allways said to her if i could just take her back for one night

Imagine the conversation ........

" Harry - why are you talking so much ? " ..........

Malc Burton

  HARRY CROSBY said:

Needless to say trev, i`m more than happy with todays scene and the people who are on it, as my statement says if its in your blood its there for good, its been a wonderous journey over the years, and yes it does your head in from time to time but i wouldn`t change one minute, not one single minute, its the life i chose and to me i made exactly the right choice

=====

me as well harry

only caught the last 3 allniters at the casino but it set the tone for 27 years of northern soul

cant believe still enjoying the allniters as much as we did then

maybe not as exciting as it was but the great sounds are just as great and the crap ones just as bad!

  HARRY CROSBY said:

Needless to say trev, i`m more than happy with todays scene and the people who are on it, as my statement says if its in your blood its there for good, its been a wonderous journey over the years, and yes it does your head in from time to time but i wouldn`t change one minute, not one single minute, its the life i chose and to me i made exactly the right choice

This says it all for me.

I wouldn't change a second of the past (except maybe the chemical excess ) but for me it's as good as it's ever been. I'm feeling it a bit at nighters these days (flagging by 4am) but that's just me being an unfit bugger (time to sort myself in the summer).

  Matt Male said:

This says it all for me.

I wouldn't change a second of the past (except maybe the chemical excess ) but for me it's as good as it's ever been. I'm feeling it a bit at nighters these days (flagging by 4am) but that's just me being an unfit bugger (time to sort myself in the summer).

morning matt, yeh i know what you mean, never been a dancer but i struggle to string two records together but as you know i can talk for england

  HARRY CROSBY said:

morning matt, yeh i know what you mean, never been a dancer but i struggle to string two records together but as you know i can talk for england

G'Day guy's, had a sticky beak at most of the comments made, good, bad or indifferent. I have to say the scene started for me in late 1973 just after the Casino opened and just walking in the place blew me away. Went till mid 74, was 19 then and trying like buggery to be a champion cyclist. Bloody hard to ride a 25 mile race straight after an allnighter but it had to be done and NO i would'nt have had it any other way. Northern Soul was and still is my total passion and there are still a whole lot of soulies around today that went to the Casino, we even have several right here in Australia. We are the ones that were in the scene for the long haul and i often wonder what happened to the thousands, was it 200,000 members that packed it all in after December 1981?? Some were obviously " on the wave for the ride " and did'nt really give a toss about the music or the talented artists as long as they were seen " in the place " I feel really strongly about getting this fantastic music to the younger crowd, lets spread the faith, not

" Keep It " Yes there were venues that were as good as the Casino for music quality and atmosphere, Notts. Palais alldayers for me, i never missed one, bloody awesome.

Am now an ex pat living in Perth and running monthly soul nights at a venue with dare i say, a similar feel to the Casino, even smells the same, then it should do it's a 120 year old ex military drill hall with a curved ceiling and flouros. My hairs stood on end when i first saw the place, it was like walking into a time warp. We do get a lot of appreciative youngsters in, and yes they do dance, not like us but it's about having fun ain't it?????

I came to England last year for the Casino reunion and will be there in September for the 35th anniversary, a 12000 mile jaunt.....How's that for support?? As they say " if it's in your blood, it's there for good. If anyone reading this is going, look me up, you never know you might recognise me even after all these years. Stay soulful. Tony E.

HI WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FIGURE FROM ....200,000 members

LUCKY TO GET 600 SOME NIGHTS AT THE END OF THE CASINO 79-81 AND A HANDFUL SAT NIGHT AFTER AN OLDIES NIGHTER ! IVE ALLSO EXPERIANCED EMPTY TOTW AND 100 CLUB TOO!

  TOAD said:

HI WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FIGURE FROM ....200,000 members

LUCKY TO GET 600 SOME NIGHTS AT THE END OF THE CASINO 79-81 AND A HANDFUL SAT NIGHT AFTER AN OLDIES NIGHTER ! IVE ALLSO EXPERIANCED EMPTY TOTW AND 100 CLUB TOO!

Yep your not wrong there mate, but the Casino did have over 200, 000 names on it's membership lists over the 8 years it was going. Gawd knows what happened to em all at the end but as i said i reckon many were on the ride so to speak. Let's just give the Casino the credit it deserves and it's place in the history of the Northern Soul scene is well documented. I for one will alway's say " It'll never be over for me " The new Casino Cafe in the Grand Arcade is well worth a look, hope to see you there on September 20th. Tony E.

  suinoz said:

Yep your not wrong there mate, but the Casino did have over 200, 000 names on it's membership lists over the 8 years it was going. Gawd knows what happened to em all at the end but as i said i reckon many were on the ride so to speak. Let's just give the Casino the credit it deserves and it's place in the history of the Northern Soul scene is well documented. I for one will alway's say " It'll never be over for me " The new Casino Cafe in the Grand Arcade is well worth a look, hope to see you there on September 20th. Tony E.

hey mate i was far to young for the casino but you aussy age well lol

  night nurse said:

hey mate i was far to young for the casino but you aussy age well lol

Thanks cobber, not a bad looking bloke for me age eh?? See yas in September mate, stay soulful. Tony T Bone

  suinoz said:

Thanks cobber, not a bad looking bloke for me age eh?? See yas in September mate, stay soulful. Tony T Bone

i was thinking of your mrs really tony lol

  suinoz said:

Thanks cobber, not a bad looking bloke for me age eh?? See yas in September mate, stay soulful. Tony T Bone

We met last year at skegness weekender? are you going this year?

  HARRY CROSBY said:

We met last year at skegness weekender? are you going this year?

Definitely am mate, booked into the Grosvenor, really looking forward to it again. Sorry i don't remember you by your handle so come and say G'Day unless your going to the W.C. 35th the week before. Oh and Night Nurse i am better looking than the other half you know that lol and i love you too mate. Don't you just love these forums? Tony E.

Simply put, there will never be another venue to touch it!!

  Winnie :-) said:

Simply put, there will never be another venue to touch it!!

Reallistically Winnie,and irrespective of personal opinion, you're probably right buddy. Having spent a lot of my early "twenties" (being a latecomer onto the scene @ 20) at the Casino had some brilliant and also not so brilliant times there......One thing's for certain..... I'm so glad it was part of my life, and moreover,has probably ensured longevity as a "youthful 53 year old" than a lot of people I grew up with....

Them BOUNCERS used to scare me though, god knows how they wore them bow ties n ruffled shirts in that heat?

The ds used to look smart too

Never went to Wigan, obviously far too young

Of course I would have liked to have gone, but I can honestly say I have never really given it much thought, no point.

But seeings as I love the odd dance or two, I can't help thinking that a dance floor that packed would have got on my nerves.

PS: Did anyone ever get kicked in the head by all those people 'expressing' themselves via their lower limbs?

  jumpinjoan said:

Never went to Wigan, obviously far too young

Of course I would have liked to have gone, but I can honestly say I have never really given it much thought, no point.

But seeings as I love the odd dance or two, I can't help thinking that a dance floor that packed would have got on my nerves.

PS: Did anyone ever get kicked in the head by all those people 'expressing' themselves via their lower limbs?

My mate was dancing with his arm in pot and smashed the guy next to hims WATCH