SHEFFSOUL

pls expain..wrong clothes for the period & wrong badges

I'M WHERE ITS AT - THE JADES I NEED YOU - SHANE MARTIN STICK BY ME BABY - SALVADORES CAN'T HELP LOVIN YOU- PAUL ANKA DIDN'T SAY A WORD- YVONNE BAKER FORGOTTEN INST, ONCE INTRODUCED AS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AT THE CASINO BT R SEARLING & VOTED AS ONE TOP SOUNDS FROM 75 I THINK, WAS CARMEL STRINGS 'I HEAR A SYMPHONY' NOT MUCH TO DO WITH SOUL BUT PURE WIGAN..

FOR ME THE WIGAN SOUNDS ARE ' I'M WHERE ITS

just remembered..first time i heard psychedelic soul '..my tardis has been destroyed..' ( ..it started in Detroit..)

after taping sounds at Wigan..I went round to Dave raistricks house & we started to try and figure out the 'new' sounds..Frankie & the one man corner 'Son of dynamite' also thought Salvadores was Micheal & raymond '..a man without a woman might just...ANYONE EVER figure out whats the reversed wierd spoken break in 'Scratchy'?

Hmmn, yeah I'm a bit confused by Frenchies post? i heard he was in the USA..not dead surely? The reason I started the thread , was It reminded me of the the first time I made it to wigan( made it being an understatement..what a journey from Skegness) anyhow I spent most of the night watching Jethro dance..shit scared to venture onto the floor..remember the celtic/rugby shirt with the badges on it..also Paul Darby & the bearded clan ( no..not clam!) the John deere guy...always wondered who they were..funny how you used to chat to some people at wigan & never knew who/where they were from.Thanks for the all for the updates!

thanks for that...yep now I do remember him DJ'ing in m's...i bought Manifesto off him in '74 my 1st rare 45..he had a great scene going in the Swan..he was part of that in crowd of Yank? pags? sid hopper,Ivor? etc..are they still about..also phil K of course..

Dj'd at the Swan in Mansfield 74-? also went to Torch/early Wigan etc, had some great souunds...suddenly disappeared..anyone remember him..is he still around?

USUALLY SEE THE ITALIAN COPIES...

also seen this on white demo with dk blue writing with rules crossed out & laws written in....

The white 'TP' was pressed by soul bowl in the mid 70's I had one! prob scarce now..

This guy malc, & jim g have it down pat! Also Dave Godin regularly ended his soulful sermons with 'keep the faith..right on now!' and although soul patches had been worn before it must've been the Torch/Chris Burton/ISC that brought them to the fore, wonder who designed the original 'Torch' patch & the familiar black fist ones with all the various slogans? i think they even tried to muscle in on Wigans patches.... what was the first ever official soul club patch, I know of the gold thread type Wheel examples but were they procurred after it closed?

This pic has probably been researched before but being a relativley new member I'm unaware of previous thread. So, I remember these guys from the Casino's early days, I first visited in Apr '74 & approx a dozen more up to the 1st anniversary. The black guy used to hang with Gethro/wolves gang called Will I think? The guy with the beard also had other hirsute pals & I wondered if the whiskers were a regional thing? The guy with white shirt also used to wear a beret with Torch badge, Adrian? The guy with the vest I do't remember so well but I had the V neck T shirt version of the dragonette.These were reg faces inc a guy who also bearded, wore a green John Deere bowling shirt..& earring..who was he? They struck me as ex Torch/Cats soulsters who gradually drifted away (as far as I remember) as the music worsened ( the soussan instrs & pop sounds) The first 12-18 mnths were for me the best at Wigan, after that it started to gradually change as was inevitable I suppose.I often wonder what happened to the northern fans from that early era, I know Gethro kept going for ages & I packed it in '78, would be nice to see some photos, like the one here, of the faces from that time..here's some of me also kevin dutton from around i think late '74 early 75....

YEAH FUNNY THAT, HOW EASY IT IS TO MIS-SPELL WHEN TYPING,

I used to knock about with quite a few of the W.yorks crowd 74-76. anyone remember/in touch with the following? Kevin Dutton -Sheffield Legger,Stan,Julie Wood,Karen,Adrian, Rotherham & Barnsley Steve Clark - Worksop. I lived in Sheff 74-76, moved back to Skegness '77. Now living in Berkshire 12 yrs & 10 yrs London.

LOOKING FOR A WOODEN SOUL FIST ,USUALLY WORN ON A LEATHER THONG AROUND THE NECK CIRCA 73/74...ANYONE HELP???

still searchin' for decent scans of 1st night wigan casino (yellow /black) steam machine Hanley. (orange/red) casino heart of soul VA-VA's (across centre of patch) any others inc regional clubs from 73/74 era. Will send scans of ones I have in return. Thanks to all those who have sents scans so far...Datchet soul

these regularly turned up in soul packs from soul bowl in the late 70's, I must've had 3/4 at one time, sold em for about £2 each....

VAGUELY REMEMBER THIS VENUE, I WAS LIVING IN MANSFIELD & GOING WITH A GIRL FROM WARSOP, THINK BIG JOHN IS STILL ON THE GO, LIVING IN NOTTINGHAM..

MINES FROM THE CASINO..PROB MAY/JUNE '74... feat CONNIE CLARKE/JOE ROMANS/WOMBAT/PAUL ANKA ETC..ALSO HAVE GREAT TAPE FROM SAMANTHAS WITH LOADS DAFT CHATTER 74/75...CLEETHORPES 75? feat SAM PLAYING THE TWANS (WHICH HE'D BORROWED AND GWEN OWENS 'ONLY PLACE THATS GOT IT' HE ANNOUNCES..)..FRANKS LAST NITER CLEETHORPES I GUESS? SOME OTHERS THAT ARE REALLY CHEWED!!!

YOU'D THINK SO..BUT..NO SORRY....

GREAT, THANKS..I REMEMBER ANOTHER DESIGN ALSO..WITH VA-VA IN THE CENTRE.ALSO I HAD AN DIFF VERSION OF THE CARLTON..STEAM MACHINE ANYONE?

1974, I THINK..DANCERS FROM THE CASINO ON TOTP DANCING TO FOOTSEE.ONLY SAW THIS ONCE ON TELLY..REMEMBER TONY BLACKBURN INTRO WAS A BIT OF A BALLS UP..ANYONE KNOW IF/WHERE YOU CAN SEE THIS? CAN'T FIND IT ON UTUBE.

I vaguely remember these two guys at left at the front...were they from Boston or maybe I remember them from the Glider..??

this sounds like the badge I saw at the queens hall...any chance of a scan...??