If The Wheel is being disqualified as a "northern Soul" venue then
the first northern allnighter has to be The L'Ambassador club in Bradford which opened
very shortly after The Wheel closed.
Regular DJ's were Steve Grimshaw and Swish.
Guests included Ian Levine and probably Julian Bentley.
I cant be sure as the memories from that time are
a bit blurred due to things zipping by at a pace.
It lasted about a year and closed down when the Old Bill
arrived, arrested and locked everybody up including the owner !!!!.
We held an impromptu allnighter in the large day cell under the Town Hall
as Swish had not been relieved of his records or discotron !!!!!!!!!!!.
Happy Daze
Kegsy