Mark S

Sluice gate wheel in Belper . Anchor chain in Falmouth just shows that nature finds a way . Both pics taken late last year .

Close encounter with a jackdaw in Buxton today

Hard as you like and then some

One of the very best RIP

Original soul is and will allways be rellevent .I dont have a clue what retro soul is though . Looks to me like someones putting some feelers out

Wander into a venue snd they are playing Devonnes I wanna be loved its upfront , however if they are playing April Stevens then not upfront . Hope that helps . If they play both we are fooked

From the likes of Idris Mohhamed to Fats Domino a broad church so much more than just music. For me NS is a culture you either get it or you dont . The politics and sqabbles are all part of it . As long as this daft scene puts a grin on your face its doing its job .

See they have the usual suspects dancing . We can now eat shredded wheat , catfood ,eggs and kfc in our B and Q kitchen washing it all down with a pint of Lambrini safe in the knowlege that we are correctly attired

Sons of Moses ..... Soul something cant remember .

Use the Force young Jedi ;)

I can remember watching early skinheads dancing to Prince Buster in a similar style so I allways thought it had come from that culture

Northern soul is unique and peculiar all part of its charm . An analogy I have used in the past is that you can stare at a print of the Mona Lisa and wonder at the genius behind it but its not real it lacks provenace and a tangible link to the artist , the same with vinyl .

The Northern soul scene has allways been about so much more than the music to me . Its culture ,ettiquette politics ,bikering ,lifestyle , an obsession with the obscure and rejected and dare I say fashions over the years have created a unique and enduring subculture . This is ours we have created this in spite of the mainstream media . It baffles them they have no control so are allways destined to get it wrong . It saddens me and amuses me in equal measures . The feckless evangelical soulies need to give their heads a good wobble despite their cosying up to the media it has never done us any favours and never will .

Any publicity is bad publicity .

Hi Pete True there are lots of brilliant people out there that are busy documenting the music many of which are on this site and provde a great resource for all to use . Long may that continue . What gets peoples hackles up is the crass missrepresentation of the Northern soul scene as we have just witnessed . Its got nothing to do with age or ownership simply put its wrong Mark .

A little volcano sbout to erupt more than enough to fill your loving cup. Oooh er Get it baby .

No change Kirsty I ticked the no publicity box . Huge difference between pontificating the scenes future and the shamefull exploitation that we witness now . Thats clever mixing threads ;)

The music has been well documented for years . A music that was rejected or poorly promoted in its day and discovered by our contemporarys without the media who dont get it and never will . Forty odd years ago I would never have envisaged that there would still be a scene and thats precious to me and we should be protective of it . The silly fame whores that get off on the media thing know the value of nowt and just want their 15 mins , youtube is full of videos that add no value to the scene and leave us open to ridicule . Its all gone to shit .

Just enjoy what we have the future dont matter . The handfull of kids around its just an alternative fad for them by 2060 I bet they wont be reminising about how the soul scene shaped their lives for the last 40 years . At the end of the day its a youth culture that has somehow exeded all our expectations have fun .

The people that need to know allready do, so any intrusion is unnessary no matter how well meaning . The media have never done us any favours we should not do them any .

But we need new blood on the scene otherwise it will die . No we dont and no it wont And as for that bloody Northern soul girl arggggghhhh

Poor imitators the lot of them . My view has allways been that struggle and social upheaval and racism right from the early days have shaped generations of black Americans who have loved and lost throughout those traumatic times and soul music amplifies that exquisitely Can a blue man sing the whites indeed.

Dont recall hearing this played a cracking record though. Having said that if I had heard it I would have left the dancefloor not a shred of soul certain DJs do take libertys

Early mornings Martyn Ellis / Dave Evison . There was a wierd bloke called Russ used to knock about

Some DJs should pay the punters the rubbish they get away with .