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Expect to hear Classic Rare Soul, like this from Roger Banks

A potential spin for either Roger Banks or Simon Ingham BOOOM!!!

Instrumental magic, from the latter days of The Casino and of course Stafford, courtesy of Paul Johnson WHOOOSH!!!

Up and at 'em !!!Raucous 60s soul from Luci Jones playbox !!!

Back to Simon Ingham's selection, classic 60s soul from Philly

Hot on the heels (literally) of a scorching night at Ashton Ukrainian Club in November. Our Christmas/end of year special is just over two weeks away Saturday December 9th is the date for your diary!! As an added bonus and a big thanks from everybody at "Team Ukrainian" we have secured a later finish. Big, Big thanks to our hardworking Bar Staff who have agreed to this!! We will be running 7pm-1am, all for just £5 that's SIX hours of quality soul music, unbeatable value we reckon!! With an all star DJ line up, it's sure to be a memorable night, with yet more stunning DJ line ups for 2024!!! Making her Ashton Debut Jumping Joan, if you attended the last Grumpy take over night at Culcheth, you know you're in for a treat. Staying with "The Ladies of Soul" Luci Jones will also be Debuting on the night, again well known for her residency at one of THE Hot Ticket niters at the moment "The Gathering" We're delighted to welcome Roger Banks behind the decks, if you didn't know Roger used to live locally in the late 80s, early 90s and was a regular DJ at Hyde Botanical, Concorde Suite, Droylsden niters and of course Hyde Town Hall niters. It's going to be a special night, the interest already is phenomenal, with lots staying over already booked, so PLEASE,PLEASE arrive early, as a busy night awaits!! Stockport's finest and Team Ukrainian, fixer and Top DJ Simon Ingham, will also be joining us behind the decks, expect some top notch rare soul monster spins and some bargain basement dusty 45s that you didn't know you wanted to dance to!! Phil Dunn will be kick starting the night off and Lord Ashton Chris Churm will ensure The Ashton Faithful go home, singing and dancing!! Nearly forgot our resident personal trainer and ACE DJ Stu Cheetham will be celebrating his 40th birthday(for the 17th time lol) Thanks once again for your continued support, throughout 2023 it really is appreciated !! Please keep checking back regularly on the thread, for updates and some tasty DJ selections and of course feel free to RSVP the event !!

Classy Rhythm and Soul from the play box of Simon Ingham!!

Taste maker Simon Ingham, will be digging deep into the boxes, bring you the rare and seldom played in equal measure. A Detroit gem that's lived far too long in the shadows of it's more expensive to buy label release. The group had three releases on Valtone, file under rarely played dance floor dynamite!!

Luci Jones has been tearing up the dancefloors at places like "The Gathering" with this little underplayed gem, that has been kicking about on lists at not very much!! I've always rated this, hard hitting Chicago gem. Hear it "live and loud" on December 9th yesss please!!

Sooo many quality records from those Saturday sessions mate

So much more to come mate, coming to you live, Proper!!!

Next up our resident "taste maker" Simon Ingham and a record ready to have it's day in the sun, from a prolific artist, with so many of his recordings finding favour on the soul scene!!

Should be some quality music in the main room, from a top notch line up. Here's one that's gathering a lot of interest!!

Staying with Joan's selections, a Mecca Classic, that's stood the test of time!!!

Request for me from Jumping Joan!!

Looking forward to a Christmas Cracker, at this great venue, after the recent near sell out night for the Grumpy takeover. Expect some more Rare Soul gems, forgotten oldies and so much more. With a great line up to boot, what's not to like!!

Our end of year, pre-Christmas Special, another blinding line up for you. Roger Banks making a welcome return to the area, as he lived and DJ'd in the area late 80s, early 90s, memories of Hyde Botanical Club, Hyde and Droylsden all Nighters. Jumping Joan is another Ashton debutant DJ, bringing the heat, with a guaranteed high octane soul music for the dancefloor. Luci Jones has been turning a few heads of recent with Funky Edge/Hard hitting soul music, again aimed squarely at the dance floor! Team Ukrainian, "fixer" and non too shabby DJ Simon Ingham will be back behind the decks, with some classy rare soul and as always championing the cheaper and underplayed gems!! Lots of people already booking overnight stays locally for our finale night. We aim to finish in fine style, with 2024 just around the corner and more quality DJ line ups in the pipe line, see you there!!!

WOW !!!! What a night, this club, the DJs and most importantly "The Ashton Faithful" who attend every month, make it, well, just SPECIAL!! So many events on over the weekend and the place was packed to the rafters, just mind blowing! Steve Thomas Ashton.mp4 We aim to provide a quality monthly night out, for like minded souls, with a varied DJ selection, who bring something different to the table! Phil Dunn played the usual quality opener, to set the mood for the night! Case in point with our first guest Charles Simpson first time behind the decks and the boy done good, you smashed it mate, top drawer!! Many thanks for the positive comments on my contributions, it really means a lot!! I'll add my playlist later as a snap shot of a monumental night of "our music" Great to hear Captain Steve Thomas, digging deeper into an awesome selection of soul music for the dancefloor and the crowd lapped it up, take a bow sir!! Chris Anderton followed and Big Frank and the essences as a starter proved a clarion call for the dancers, as ever mixing the styles and tempos and what an inspired choice Barbara Lewis "hello stranger" definitely captured the mood!! Team Ukrainian main man Chris Churm finished an unbelievable night off in fine style, a definite "you had to be there kind of night. The world's finest soul super group The Dells "make sure" a fitting finale record, dripping in SOUL! What's it all about really. PLEASE NOTE our December end of year special, will be Saturday December 9th, not our usual third Saturday in the month, due to club bookings!! Another stellar line up awaits. Please keep your eyes and ears on here and the soul-source events page for more details!!

A few asking for the DJ times for tomorrow . Just got the list from Lord Ashton(Chris) 7-7.45pm Phil Dunn 7.45pm-8.45pm Charles Simpson 8.45pm-9.45pm Mick Howard Steve Thomas 9.45pm-10.45pm Chris Anderton 10.45pm-11.45pm Chris Churm 11.45pm-00.30 See everyone there!!

This Saturday November 18th we look forward to the penultimate event for 2023 at Ashton Ukrainian Club. Young Charles Simpson is having a double celebration, after a successful stint at University, congratulations are in order as full time employment awaits AND the not so small matter of his Debut set at Ashton, no pressure then mate lol!! Chris Anderton brings a DAB of Soul to the proceedings, after another stunning weekender in Llandudno, expect more of the same and then some on Saturday!! Just up the coast and across the Menai Bridge, Steve Thomas will be with us, on the second leg of a whistle stop tour of the North West( how does he do it)?? Phil Dunn ,Head Honcho Chris Churm and Mick Howard (team Ukrainian) complete an all star line up!! The night runs an action packed five and a half hours 7pm-00.30 and just £5 admission pay on the door. Judging by the response so far, another early arrival is a must, to grab a slice of the action!! A wide and varied playlist awaits, check out the thread for a selection of our guest DJs dancefloor delights (be rude not to) !!! Looking like a Super Busy weekend in the offing, we thank you as ever, for making us your venue of choice!!

Using artistic Licence for Charles Simpson's next selection, as I remember him playing this at the Rugby Niter anniversary in February and BTW celebrations are in order after Charles's university studies have paid off with a full time job, congrats mate!!