Irish Spinner

Yes I did read it as a tongue in cheek line Dave lol .I know a simple NO to the post header of Anyone Have A Spare £400,000? Buy Cleethorpes!... would have done the job but I couldn't resist going off into one. Atb Irish

The owners couldn't give this place away, that's why its up for auction in a last ditch attempt to recuperate the losses incurred in maintaining the pier. As for the Soul community putting there hands in thier pockets to buy the place or any government body investing in it for Soul community that's a fooooooking joke. We are a community bound together by the common bonds of dancing, buying records and listening to soul music, in the company of like minded people and friends.. When it comes to putting your hand in your pocket and investing in the future of the Soul scene,it goes no further than a few working class lads dipping into there hard earned cash to hire a venue mainly at high risk of loss,to give us a good night out which I greatly appreciate. So don't be surprised if this old venue goes down the road of decay followed by being demolished like many before it. Atb Irish

Even Dave lee Travis had to give up on this L J Johnson track along with most of the TOTPs attendees. Mind you the little bird standing near the front of the stage had the right idea ....Chew your gum in time with the 100mph stuff. I am sure she must have went to the casino on some bloody tour bus.

BRAZENNOSE STREET + Business Listings BRAZENNOSE STREET runs from Deansgate up to Albert Square where the Town Hall is situated. Along this Street it runs into an open square called Lincoln Square with a statue of Lincoln the 16th president of the USA. The statue stands above the first location of the TWISTED WHEEL Club; famous for its love and appreciation of Black American, Blues, R&B and Soul music. When The left wing cafe ran as The Jazz club back in the Beatnik days before becoming, Twisted Wheel, it promoted that " Feline Type Cats could enter at reduced rate. lol Atb Irish Atb Irish

As the time soon approaches for demolishment of the buildings on Whitworth St & London Rd, Manchester, to make way for a hotel. No4 Whitworth St, home to The Twisted Wheel Club will be the saddest loss of all. Known as the birth place of Soul in the UK. Here is a link to the artists that played the club from both Brazennose & Whitworth St along with a few of the play lists from both venues. https://manchestersoul.co.uk/TWheel/index.html Irish Spinner

I will enjoy having a read of this . Cheers mate Atb Irish

As Ian has rightly said photo's are a very important part of the social history of the soul scene. Taking photos at a soul venue is more acceptable today than ever before,as long as respect for the subject is taken into consideration. The earliest photos I know to be taken where taken in The Wheel on Whitworth St from 69/71 by my gud friend Norman Rogers from Cambridge. Now that was at a time if you pulled a camera out, without any one knowing who you where, or why you where in a soul all niter with a camera you would have been out on the street before you got knocked out less your camera. Norman also snapped pics in Saints & Sinners Brum & Bletso, North Hants. Many of Normans picture's have found there way into books and videos clips on YouTube. Thanks to the internet not many ever asked Normans permission once they got into the public domain. Not that he would ever take a penny. Its just nice to be asked. So many thanks to him and others who have had permission to snap away for the pleasure of all and as record of a little piece of Northern Soul history because that and memories is probably all we will have left to pass on of days gone by. Atb Irish

Just for the record Liverpool takes around £250 million a year in tourism based around the reconstructed cavern club. If only 1% of this was achieved in tourism to a Modern music museum in Manchester, where nearly two hundred bands and singers of recognition some of which world recognition have originated from this would surely pay for its self with plenty to reinvest for the future. Atb Irish

The Peoples Museum would not be a suitable place as part of a club dose not meet the criteria required for the Peoples Museum. The Development officer for Museums and Library's has been contacted along with the Director of Museums and Library's. We are awaiting a response to our inquiry. Atb Irish

Not a great area in volume would be taken up as the space that the walls, floor and stage encapsulate is fresh air.A holding area has already been sorted out. Atb Irish

As a representative of the, Save The Twisted Wheel campaign & the club's current promoter Pete Roberts.I can now tell you after discussions with the developers, Richard Goodwin their commercial Director. Richard has kindly agreed to secure the building... Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full

Please support the Save The Twisted Wheel Campaign by objecting to the proposed planning application to demolish The Twisted Wheel and replace it with a 330 room hotel. The Twisted Wheel is one of the mile stones of our musical heritage in the U.K, so please, let's try and keep it that way. Please give your support to this campaign. 1. Register and post a public comment on the Public Access site, objecting to the demolition plans for the Wheelhttps://pa.manchester.gov.uk/online-a...pe=Application 2. Compose a "letter of objection" to Motel Ones plans and send it to Manchester City Councils Case Officer (John Kelsey) for the planning application, his e-mail address is j.kelsey@manchester.gov.uk 3. Send a "letter of objection" to all these councillors listed below. They are the councillors who will sit at the planning meeting (penciled in for the 28th June).If you have previously e-mailed any of them just copy them in anyway to remind them. Thank you for your email, as requested please find enclosed the Members of the Planning and Highways Committee email address's. cllr.a.kamal@manchester.gov.uk cllr.a.ahmed@manchester.go.uk cllr.a.fender@manchester.gov.uk cllr.b.curly@manchester.gov.uk cllr.d.ellison@manchester.gov.uk cllr.h.lyons@manchester.gov.uk cllr.j.flanagan@manchester.gov.uk cllr.j.keller@manchester.gov.uk cllr.m.watson@manchester.gov.uk cllr.m.loughman@manchester.gov.uk cllr.n.ali@manchester.gov.uk cllr.n.siddiqi@manchester.gov.uk cllr.n.lewis@manchester.gov.uk cllr.p.andrews@manchester.gov.uk cllr.shaukat.ali@manchester.gov.uk Kind regards Lee Walker Governance Officer Governance and Scrutiny Support Team Manchester City Council Room 403 Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M60 2LA If anyone needs any help to compose a letter (please make it individual and personal to have the most impact) use some of these Guidance notes Guidance for a formal letter of objection to the planning application. A full and comprehensive letter should include some if not all of the following. A. Quote planning reference number, brief details of the proposal name of the applicant.....099250/FO/2012/C2 B. Base your arguments on known facts. C. Be as brief, specific and concise as possible 1 Development Plans for Manchester, Core Strategy (CS) Local Development Frame work (LDF), National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2. Special designations... Conflict of conservation area....Over shadowing a Grade11* listed building, Damage to historic or architecture 3. Loosing socially beneficial uses i.e The Wheel and Legends. The loss of community both locally and the greater national Soul coumminty ..... 4. Site considerations....... Excessive bulk or scale..... Introducing unnatural features........ Incompatible with the design of existing buildings.... 5. Blocking natural daylight..Shadows cast by such a structure.approx 150ft in hight.... 6. Better alternative sites available i.e fire station abandoned by Britannia Hotels 7. Adverse effects on local economy and business i.e job losses,business closeures including a hotel other hotels.loss of business. 8. Loss of the many thousands visitors who travel from over the U.K and Europe to visit the Home of Soul in the U.K the oldest, the first and the Last surviving 60s Club in its original surroundings is The Twisted Wheel. On behalf of Save The Twisted Wheel campaign Atb Irish Spinner

Are you sure you have the right venue for Gladys Knight & The Pips .If you have any pics of Soul bands or singers you have backed up, taken in the 60s/70s please post them as it would be great to see them. Atb Irish

On behalf of The Twisted Wheel club, Manchester... Some good news for Twisted Wheel supporters and hard working campaigner's, an application for listing was submitted to English Heritage, today we received the good news that the application has been validated and an initial assessment for designation for listing will take place. This is to assess the applications content in meeting the criteria necessary for English Heritage to put forward the application for listing to the DCMS, The Under Secretary of State for Tourism & Heritage for approval to list The Twisted Wheel. Please note, this process could take up to 6 months from the time of application to the final decision on listing. This one element of our campaign is now in the hands of English Heritage but there are many more fronts we can and will continue with to save The Twisted Wheel .Atb Irish

A little something posted by my daughter and very fitting for all to digest lets hope in God we never have to remember our friends in this way in our campaign to Save The Twisted Wheel. Wall Photos by: Lyrically Justified Atb Irish

In reply to the above posted by Vep T5 Well for what it's worth, (not a lot probably)....... I have to agree with you with on that point but thank you for signing the petition and a few emails fired off to MCPC would be welcomed by all who want to Save The Twisted Wheel. See the email addresses previously posted to send your supportive views to. My mate Dek who's idea it was to go in the first place, is a Mod since birth was having orgasms just being there..... .I am so glad he enjoyed it that much. Another mate Bob, who is old enough to have gone originally, but never got round to it was more shocked at the "Gay Club" connection and the sights he saw everytime he went outside for a smoke, and I will quote what he said to me the first time he went out,...... Thank goodness this was outside the club. You don't half see some sights outside soul venues/clubs now days in the wee hours in the towns & city's. Burnley was a real eye opener for me {SHOCK HORROR} but it didn't reflect the grt venue going on inside or the lovely people in attendance. "I've just seen a 20 stone hairy arsed builder walk down the stairs wearing make up, a string vest and leather chaps with his bare arse hanging out" :-D...... Thank goodness he was not going into The Twisted Wheel Club then to give it some on the stage that would have upset a few i can tell ya lmao I am now more or less not able to get out to attend any venues at all, and I certainly couldn't go the the Wheel as I couldn't get up or down the stairs anymore due to my disabilities, but I still feel strongly enough about the scene's birth that I will sign the petition to try and keep it open for those who like that kind of thing........ Thanks again for signing the petition. You have made one very good observation on the point of disable access i will pass this point on to be taken into consideration if the new owners decide to integrate the lower ground level into there plans. This is providing they see a good business case to keep the club going .I cant comment on the gay club part of the buildings in question or what might happen on street level and above.As these plans may be under review as we speak owing to the mounting pressure or resistance they might be felling, if they have any feelings for the people who are campaigning against its total destruction. Atb Irish

SAVE THE WHEEL CAMPAIGN - STAGE TWO WE NOW NEED TO LOBBY ALL THE MEMBERS OF MANCHESTER COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE. EVERY ONE OF THEM NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL BEHIND THE WHEEL. THEIR NEXT MEETING IS ON MARCH 15th. THERE ARE 13 PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE. A BIT OF WORK, BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT. SO PLEASE COPY THESE EMAIL ADDRESSES: cllr.a.ahmed@manchester.gov.uk cllr.t.burns@manchester.gov.uk cllr.b.curley@manchester.gov.uk cllr.d.ellison@manchester.gov.uk cllr.a.fender@manchester.gov.uk cllr.j.flanagan@manchester.gov.uk members.services.office@manchester.gov.uk cllr.m.loughman@manchester.gov.uk cllr.d.sandiford@manchester.gov.uk cllr.g.shaw@manchester.gov.uk cllr.n.siddiqi@manchester.gov.uk cllr.m.watson@manchester.gov.uk THEN DOWNLOAD & COPY THIS LETTER (IT WILL BE OK FOR EACH OF THEM): https://www.mediafire.com/?di77uucugb15a0r AND THEN EMAIL IT TO EACH OF THEM. IF ENOUGH OF US DO THIS, THEY JUST MIGHT HELP US OUT. PLEASE DO IT TODAY. THANK YOU Atb Irish

The Vespa GS160 is good to go luv it Carms. Fighting for The Wheel. Atb Irish

https://www.facebook.com/groups/292183717508747/ Please give your support to this group. Fighting for The Wheel. Atb Irish

PLEASE HELP US SAVE THE WHEEL AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, A GERMAN COMPANY IS PLANNING TO DEMOLISH THE WHEEL IN ORDER TO BUILD A HOTEL. WE HOPE TO PERSUADE THEM TO LEAVE THE WHEEL CELLARS UNTOUCHED. PHILIPPE WEYLAND IS THEIR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. HIS EMAIL IS pweyland@motel-one.com PLEASE DOWNLOAD THIS LETTER: https://www.mediafire...e8bm7bduhf2xwb2 PLEASE REPLACE THE THE WORDS {REGULAR ATTENDEE} WITH {SUPPORTER} IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THE CLUB AND ARE GIVING THIS CAUSE YOUR BACKING. AND THEN EMAIL IT TO HIM. IF ENOUGH OF US DO THIS, HE JUST MIGHT HELP US OUT. PLEASE DO IT TODAY. THANK YOU. NOTE:PLEASE SEE SAOSH's POSTING FOR A MORE UP TO DATE CAMPAIGN SUPPORT LETTER .

First went there around 73/74, I travelled up from Cambridge to Huddersfield with a lad call Dean who came from there and who worked with me at Marshalls Airport Wrks we picked up his brother an old Wheeler and the best spinner on a dance floor i ever seen since The legend Frank Booper. I loved the place and the music Barry Tasker was playing.Just my kind of place not to big and grt atmosphere .You really wouldn't want to see it with the lights on lol. The second time i went back there Soul Sam did a set a little different from the norm played at the club. When the nite was almost over we left The Pendulum and travelled over to Leeds Central for the niter Happy days & Fab times. Irish.

Well i use to give the odd clap back in the day but havent done it for years !!!! I thought untill listing to one of my all time favoret tunes i realised i still give it a couple of claps one with the first clap in the tune and the second on the fifth clap in the tune .Then i realised the claping continued through the record with a grt pice of saxphone coming on clap 100 in all ther around 150 give or take a few claps .I was quite gob smacked on how many there where during this cracking track . I have herd it played out three times this year first at the 100 club then at Burnley and lastley by the main man himself Karl Herd in the rare room at Radders a few months ago .

Nice one John and a good one to finish on i would wrap this thread up if i only new how lol think just about all has been said that needs to be dont ya think . Have a grt nite at Radders see ya during the week or in Barcelona Atb Irish

I have P.M you with some venues that should meet your requirements so not to go off the subject in hand.