Rob Wigley

Anyone with Fridays Euro Loto numbers (in advance) please get in touch--Lamont would be £300 a ticket or there abouts----Ive got his number- Rob

Won't clash with anything if we do it right and certainly not T'Attic and you lads are used to being squashed in Rob

Two membership cards please !!! Artistes wish list :- I'm going to mention Jerry Butler but I know that will have to be later on in the great scheme of things ! Chuck Jackson, Kim Weston, The Velvelletes, Millie Jackson, Gladys Knight Dave & Gill

Great post and all the encouragement we really need !

Whooaa, been laid up with a virus and flat on me back in bed for 36 hours. Thanks once again for great replies. Its all very "do able" and hope to be sounding out the first act very soon, the venue is a tad smaller than i first thought -150-- not 200-- but still has great atmosphere and plenty of room to move around once the acts had finished. WATCH THIS SPACE ! Rob & Karen

Dave that has also entered our heads as well, london or m25 inner area maybe ? advantage is we have the "Soul friendly" venue, smallish but 110% behind it ! Rob & karen

yes 2 memberships, as it will all be down to numbers in the end, send me a PM Paul with your names & e-mail address please Rob

Hi Rob, remember the Sam Dees night well, a great "soul moment", someone else I would love to see in a more intimate environment would be Phil Perry, for those who were there at Prestatyn, who could ever forget his set on the Saturday afternoon in the Modern room, absolutely mind blowing uptempo numbers, mid-tempo through to gut wrenching ballads the man handled everything like the pro he is. Kev Hi kev , you ok ? Phil perry is in touch all the time, great guy and f&*^%ng brilliant live ! you'b be looking at £50 to £60 a ticket to get him, which we can -no problem, maybe as the club develops he can be on the list. i don't mind doing it, organising it etc, but we'll need commitment from members or we'll need "committing" for trying now if I won the lottery you could watch The dells for nowt !, but until then there are bills to be paid ! Hope you can join in, right up your street thought a little further to travel, ive got some pictures somewhere of you at Thorne ! Rob

that would be a night to remember........ what a brilliant idea, a more intimate experience that would be so much more personal. Think you have come up with a winner, I would definately want to attend an event like this. Phyllis This is what i thought would happen, a night where people would REALLY want to attend, had some more info through and hope to go public with dates and artist just after Christmas, but we may well start to build a memebership /mailing list in the next couple of weeks all being well. Rob & karen

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Got a link Mike ??

Good on ya lass, hope you are both well--Unfortunately Malc burton has taken membership 69 trina !

you asked for it malc--and its yours !

bloody hell dean,nowt like getting in first !, seeing as you thought this out Yes you can have number----ONE---- if you like a safe bet . Obviously garry will magically whip out number Zero-which he traded with me at the Manor when I was 13-or something along those lines !

Yes agree, my mind running away with itself the costs are also prohibitive as well, 3 airfares etc. we'll save the Detroit reveue for a bigger venue

4001 DICKY DOO & THE DON'TS 4017 LOY CLINGMAN 4032 THE GAY CHARMERS taken the above from the Swan listing, you couldn't make the names up ! i'll swear we had a black swan copy of "The Spy" when we were doing list, but it was in VG condition and sold very cheap £5 or so. Also had a couple of import demos -all from the Philly area so maybe a local hit.

Thanks Adam, checking out cheap accom nearby or maybe bring a mini bus ? would take you an hour and a half to get there.

Much appreciated, drag john Baxter with you as well !

JJ is a lovely guy and would Rip the place apart ! maybe couple him with Melvin Davis and Pat Lewis, cost would obviously edge up slighlty, but what price on your memories ?? and think of the Photos !!!!

Yes malc. venue is 100% sorted. keeping our cards close to our chest at the moment and just wanted to test the water if my gut feeling was right, which it usually is ! Total venue has a lic. for 350, which would include other rooms in the building. however the room where the acts will be is around 175 ish, thats with everything stripped out standing only, with tables pushed against the walls. we are having a portable stage built for the acts so everyone gets a good view. But once the act has finished then there is a chance to spread out in comfort into the other bars & rooms. There is also the facility for another sound system which can be linked to the Djs in the function room. So maybe room to chill out and look at records and talk, catch up and generally do all things soulful with A LIKE MINDED CROWD There is a room which is perfect for the artist to sit after the show where people get to meet them, get pictures, autographs etc. management are VERY soul friendly and the bar is very reasonalbly priced. travel lodge and Holiday Inns just a taxi ride away as well. looking very good at the moment. You know us Malc and what we are about. This is something we LOVE doing and also something we have the knowledge and expertise to do. We just need the people to back the event. And someone of your ELK would be a pleasure to see. Rob & karen-- &

If she's got the Wonnga I'll get the acts -no problem , As Dean mentioned above , we saw chuck at nottingham years ago , mind you the Sherwood Rooms is a brilliant venue and there were about 500 + in as I recall. Rob

Yes I was there and still have the photos, I gonna do a book one day "The pictorial history of Northern soul from an east midlands bus trip point of view"-- trouble is I'm not on the bloody photos, as i took 'em By the way Chuck can work out expensive, but one to consider as we build up the club side of things, so any extra profit could be saved up as a "Thank You" to our members and used to offset an act like this ! Keep the replies coming! Rob & Karen

Time is getting short and neither we, or the acts are going to be around for ever! i've just lost a mate from work at age 54 old Torch boy and it got me thinking. We have the contacts and if we can get the commitment from people there is a real chance to build something really special. However, its not going to be done on the cheap and the acts want paying and there are costs involved. But what would you sooner do, 5 crap soul nights over 3 months or so that don't hit the spot and cost £4-5 to get into. OR a really well thought out night, with great music and a live artist with GOOD SOUL people who actually want to be in the venue and say thanks to the artist involved. We could wait around and do a BIG event, but to be honest "Time will pass you by", i missed Emanuel Lasky and Dee Dee Edwards despite them wanting to come over and talked to both at length and they both died relatively suddenly and the chance was lost to see them. So all we (karen & myself and our 2 partners & for the time being) need is to test the water and generate some interest in the project. Ive liked all the comments so far. Rob