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Just found this on my old messages Did anyone else respond to this ? What happened to the answers that we gave ? Spike Steven pike Male 6/9/1959 1,male 2,married For 30 years this September we met when I was going to allnighters and still go to the twisted wheel soul sessions 3, yes both grown up and left home 4, what attracted me to the scene? As i have an older sister by 4years, Circa 1969/70 she hung out with the local crowd who were either older guys mods or 16/18 year olds who were skinheads. To a young impressionable 11/12 year old these were THE GUYS! The clothes the look the music the way they danced at the youth club. They got all the girls they stood out that is what I wanted to be. We tried to copy their style short hair boots,bracers ,Ben shermans . I used to borrow my sisters Fred perry and her sta-press The music was either Motown or ska to us. never heard the term northern soul till much later when I did I thought that it meant music from north America !!!! 5, the style the music the dancing Being different bring part of an underground scene 6,belonging to an elite group (everyone else was a div) We were the best dancers Smartest dressed The mellow fellows! We travelled the country every weekend met new people made life long friends 7, in some ways yes 8, dress style dance style music taste 9, now like to dress more mod/skinhead style rather than the baggies still wear perry polo shirts for dancing though 10, I do not feel part of "the scene" because I only regularly attend one venue twisted wheel Manchester By the nature of the clubs music policy only records that were played at the Origanal wheel are played. I do not feel part of the soul scene as a whole just a part of it 11, yes from 1976-80 12, Samantha's Wigan Coalville Peterbough Wakefield Plus alldayers Notts pally Matlock bath Bailies Sheffield Abbydale road Sheffield 13, yes twisted wheel Manchester for the last 4 years 14 n/a 15, mmmm Aledgedly! Danced danced danced buzzin like a bee 16, dance dance dance then rest rest rest no buzzin! 17, get as many as you could allegedly 18, Oooh say Nothing that I would later rely in in a court of law 19, totally against all drug abuse as I am now older and wiser But it has always happened since the late 1950s Youth culture will always try it it's a killer and wrecker of life's but you only usually find out the hard way People of my age should know better! 20 yes 21, an old soulie yes Part of the new post Wigan scene no Cos I stopped going in 1980 So I do not have any empathy with the modern upfront soul scene And I often meet people who invent their past to look good? Me I'm just passing through Keep the faith Hope that this is helpful in your quest for knowledge Get down to the wheel ask for spike (that's me) And I will introduce you to some real old soulies guys who went in the sixties Cya Spike

Good no great idea made by the people fir the people ?

Took me to my first allnighter in 76 Looked after all us young uns Top dancer and wicked sense of humour Sad to hear he's gone Spike

My First time @ Wigan stood on balcony I'm gonna change was playing never forget the whole packed dance floor clapping in unison what an experience ! I still clap when dancing great if others join in if not I probs look a bit of a div ;)

We worked all week danced all weekend Smashed. From Friday night till about Wednesday then did it all again Nighters why ? WHY FUKIN NOT? 40 years later still at it

Got this saved on my sky plus it's fantastic ;)

Can't you see your losing me Mary wells that's quite a quick tune ;)

Share the faith Dont keep it ;)

Very well written article The brochiepacs that we used to buy weren't capsules but big tablets about the size of a ten pence piece used to crush em up and mix with water and yes they did make you feel ill I would also love to hear recollections from the clubs that ran post Wigan Spike

Roy Harrison twisted wheel regular in the sixties told me that if they likeed a tune at the wheel they would applaud it If they did not like it they would bang on the cage that surrounded the decks at whitworth street in those days Until the offending tune was taken off I can remember back in 76 at Wigan clapping after records Think as someone has stated nit only for the tune but appreciation to th DJ

Top gear in the Casino car park ? What's that ? Bombers or green n clears ? ;)

My currant "earworms" are Show me the way to your heart Martha Reeves And that revved up version of Jr Walkers shotgun don't know who it's by though?

Wasn't it a mid 60's protest song ? Don't understand the "old king tut" line ??? Like dancing to it though ;)

Don't look too hard just stand still;)

What better than wigan's chosen few? Never !!!

Could have sorted you 36 years ago ;)

Me ffor years thought it was back feel emotion (Think I still say that in my head when I dance to it!) p

Well I'm sorry to hear such a stupid response from a so called @soulie" 15th June 1996 Fantastic save from "spunky" Best goal ever by the boy gascoine (Apart from the one we let holland score to put you lot out ) Ktf spike

"Also, I hate it when DJ's talk over records whether they're on the radio or not." Lots of radio jocks will talk over new rare sounds to prevent people copying them and then playing them via cd or mp3 at events that allow any media

Yesterday 30.12.12 we said goodbye to one of the most iconic clubs of the 60's , the Twisted Wheel at Whitworth Street View full article

As I was a regular at Wigan 76-80 the term "disco" was a fxxkin insult I think that most of us hardcore "soulies" couldn't give a toss about being voted the best "disco" in the world by a anyone from the music estaishment To me disco = chicken in a basket,get thee coat that's pulled and weird people in cat suit style clothing trying to dance like John Travolta. Now Mr M's at about 4am ? That was No disco

Wrong Although I refused to go to Wigan on the night that they filmed I was still foing the acrobatics at that time And I was a regilar from 76 to 80 If you mean the top right hand corner as Bolton corner that's where u danced and I ain't from Bolton

That would have been 76/7 terry as johno is younger that me by at least two years and I first went Sammys/Wigan in 76 aged 16 I was in the same class as his older brother mick Johno and chimp were both younger than me In 74 Johno would have been 11/12 ? Good to see you the other day mate Spike