Back Street Blue

JH for me, that's the first I heard and that's the dancer

I was born and bred in Shaw, a small town next to and bordering Royton. Never heard of Egmont Records and the old Wheelers from Shaw and Royton that I know never mentioned it. Worked on the building site when houses were put on the site of an old mill on Holden Fold 1979/80. Funny do eh?

bloody hell, not heard of Pantiles or Valbonns since I lived in Windsor 85/89 went Pantiles a couple of times with my squaddy mates from Arbourfield......piss ups and punch ups though.....didn't know there were soul nights there also went Valbonns in Maidenhead, knew one of the Bouncers and remember one Saturday night when LFC where staying at the Holiday Inn at Langley and he said "watch this" and promptly turned away Ian Rush and his team mates who arrived at the club expecting the VIP treatment......made my day

"A youth culture left in the hands of old men?"...........I prefer to see it as a dance scene which has been followed by successive generations, all with differing tastes, fashion and dance-styles. I won't get into the academic arguments about other genres as I don't have a degree in English or Music, although I did get a blue at Cambridge if that counts (but I missed the pink and went in-off on the black). That said, saw Bowie at the Free Trade Hall in '73, saw the Stranglers at the Tower Club in 70 something, own the Beatles White Album, Sgnt Pepper and Abbey Road, love a bit of Jazz-Funk, used to go Hacienda

Sound thanks Baz.........I remember you and Shelly from City Limits.......see you at the Horti soon mate 👍

here's me at the heart of the Oldham potato famine in '76............and then at Davy's Sheffield (the wrinkly on the left) with Fraz and Mopsey in 2014......

my two penneth......great thread by the way..... Jamo Thomas - Arrest me............... O'Jays - Hold on.........

Didn't know they had done any Soul nights? Started going about 85, GSH was on there (poetry reading!!!) and Sade before she got big. Went to a few Greg Wilson nights there in the pre Madchester era, and then more frequently in the naughty nineties with my ex-NS mate who got into the Dance scene in a big way.

one or two old soul boys at the Hac

Well said that man.......(not sure about the dancing bit though)

We had brawls with locals hanging about after the pubs emptied when we were walking up from the station a couple of times on the first couple of Oldies Friday nights which weren't particularly well attended, so there weren't many on the train. Also remember seeing the odd scraps over gear both in and outside the Casino not to mention lads getting rolled in the bogs. Never drank before or at a niter, but would have a few at an all dayer.

Shabby-chic...........................

Oh.........and terminal acne......

Woodpecker, Players No 6, Brut and Doc Martin's

..........makes my Billy boil

Best I've heard was the lad who came over for a chat at the KGB in Sheffield about ten or so years back, said he didn't start going to Wigan until '83 and preferred the Highland Room to the main room. I asked if he was there when Otis and Marvin appeared live in May '84, but he didn't go that week. Who cares, I had a good night and went home sweatier than Daktari................. job done.

The Dells - Over Again

Cheers Joey........don't get any better to my ears

The marvellos - Something's burning

The Ambers - Another Love

The Soul Shakers - I'm getting weaker

Royal Esquires - Ain't gonna run