Hooker1951

Just let me know where your plot is only to put flowers on ect,nothing sinister, Keep on collecting ML

NO THEY CANT MIKE ML

THE HARDEST CLUBS TO PLAY AT ARE THE ONES WITH NO GOOD CHEMISTS SIMPLE AS THAT. DONT FORGET YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS. ML

A DEAF AN DUMB CLUB YOU JUST CAN,T SEE TO INTERACT WITH THE AUDIENCE. KEEP ON DJ,ING ML

Send for Russ W Casino drug squad to make sure no illegal substances are being distributed in the Woolpack this could be a bigger threat than foot and mouth down at the farm. ML keep on Farming.

BRADFORD QUEENS HALL was great ALLNITER and STEVE CROFT had a great vision at the time and set his stall out accordingly with his choice of top DJ ,s upstairs and downstairs the music was always very good it's ashame that you only remember how good things were there when it was gone God Bless ML

HELP! Get me out of here.No offence but has anybody spotted Santa,s Grotto yet. Keep On Keeping on. ML

ANDY AND MYSELF AT STATESIDE PROMOTIONS WILL CARY ON RUNNING DARK AND SWEATY UNDERGROUND TYPE PROMOTIONS WHERE THE REAL SOUL FANS CAN FORGET THE SANITISED WORLD OF, NO OFFENCE EVERYDAY PEOPLE.PROPER SOULMUSIC DEMANDS THESE KIND OF VENUES TO COMPLETE THE FULL PACKAGE.IF YOUR VENUE IS FILLED WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE IT CREATES GOOD ENERGIES WHICH IN ITSELF GETS RID OF THE PRETENDERS ALONG WITH A TIGHT DOOR POLICY. I WOULDNT HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY IF YOU DO YOUR JUST PLAYING AT IT FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS,MONEY EGO,S ECT. KEEP ON PRESSING ON ML

HI MARYAM FROM THE REPLIES TO YOUR THREAD YOU MIGHT THINK PEOPLE ARE BEING NEGATIVE WITH YOUR VENTURE.BELEIVE ME THEY HAVE GOOD REASON TO BE CYNICAL.MANY PROMOTERS HAVE HAD THEIR FINGERS BURNED WITH THE MEDIA,ECT OVER THE LAST 45 years OR SO. YEARS AGO IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS THE HOTBED FOR AMPHETIMANIES WHICH HELPED FUEL IT, ROLL ONTHE YEARS PAST THE ECSTASY YEARS AND ALL DRUGS KNOWN TO MAN YEARS IT BECOMES A SANITISED NOVELTY SCENE WHEREIT BECOMES KNOWN FOR PEOPLE WEARING STRANGE CLOTHES AND DOING STRANGE DANCES.ITS NONE OF THOSE THINGS NS SHOULD ALWAYS BE LEFT OF CENTRE TO KEEP IT UNDERGROUND OTHERWISE IT BECOMES A PARODY AND CARCITURE OF ITSELF ANYTHING MAINSTREEM BECOMES WATERED DOWN WITH NO ENERGY TO KEEP IT ALIVE.THATS WHY THE REPLIES ON HERE SOUND CYNICAL.THESE NS PEOPLE BELEIVE IT OR NOT ARE GIVING YOU GOOD ADVICE.THE PROBLEM YOU MIGHT HAVE IS THE OWNERS OF THE CLUB WILL NOT SEE IT THE WAY WE DO THEY SEE FREE ADVERTISING,BUMS ON SEATS AND £ SIGNS. IT MIGHT WORK SHORTIME BUT WILL LOSE ITS LEGS PRETTY QUICKLY ESPECIALLY FOR THE GENUINE SOULIES. IVE BEEN A PROMOTER FOR MANY YEARS ON NS AND THE RAVE SCENE AND THE MUSIC AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THAT MUSIC MUST COME FIRST. FOR EXAMPLE ME AND MY PARTNER PUT A ALLNITER ON A FEW MONTHS AGO IN A TOWN WHICH HADNT HAD ONE FOR OVER 30 years AS IT WAS WE GOT A CRACKING GOOD SOUL CROWD IN BUT WE TURNED CLOSE ON 100 PRETENDERS AWAY AT THE DOOR TO KEEP IT UNDERGROUND AND SPECIAL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT MATTER. THE BIG QUESTION HERE IS WOULD THE OWNERS OF YOUR VENUE DO THAT IF NOT MARYAM YOUR FLOGGING A DEAD HORSE TO MAKE IT A GENUINE NS CLUB SORRY IF THIS SOUNDS NEGATIVE BUT ITS JUST THE WAY IT IS KEEP ON TRUCKING GOD BLESS ML

SEND FOR RUSS AND THE CASINO DRUG SQUAD THEY WILL GIVE THE BBC ALL THE RIGHT INTERVIEWS HOW EVERYBODY DANCED ON SHREDDIES AND WEETABIX ECT. THE BBC MIGHT GET LUCKY AND HE MIGHT SHOW THEM HIS FRANK WILSON ORIGINAL.SERIOUSLYTHOUGH GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR VENTURE. ML

THIS THREAD HAS RUN ITS COURSE. OF COURSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ISOLATED RACIAL INCIDENTS WE DONT LIVE IN APERFECT WORLD THERE ARE IGNORANT AND BRAIN DEAD BIGOTS IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE BUT IN THE WORLD OF NORTHERN SOUL IF ANYTHING IT AS NEVER GOT A FOOTHOLD AND LETS HOPE THAT CARRIES ON FOREVER. PEACE AND TRANQUILITY ML

Far to many Gems to chose from and if you did choose you would probably change your mind five minutes later the choice with Motown is Overwhelming. Cheers Mick L

ANY VOICE ON RACISM BLACK ,WHITE , YELLOW OR PURPLE SHOULD BE LISTENED TO IF ITS POSITIVE AND CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER,UNFORTUNATELY SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO CHANGE HISTORY TO SOUND IMPORTANT AS CG. AS DONE IN THIS INSTANT.ITS NEVER BEEN DOWN TO THE COLOUR OF THE MAN ITS THE SOUL OF THE MAN THAT MATTERS. ML .

I WAS THERE AM STILL THERE 50 YEARS THERE. CRAIG CHARLES WERENT THERE.ILL BE THERE AGAIN TONIGHT TILL 6 am In the morning. BET YOU CRAIG CHARLES IS NOT THERE IM STILL WRITING MY HISTORY AND CRAIG CHARLES WONT GET A MENTION. CIVILITY COSTS NOTHING BUT MEANS A LOT. MICK LYONS

WELL IF YOU THINK WHAT CRAIG CHARLES SAID PETE IS IMPORTANT SO BE IT AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED HE,S JUST ANOTHER BOFFIN OF BALYHOO IF YOU SEEM HIM ON YOUR TRAVELS TELL HIM I SAID. THERE,S NO PLACE IN MUSIC FOR ALL THAT RACIAL NONSENSE.SOMETIMES THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNSAID. PEACE AND WAR ITS ALL THE SAME TO ME ML TOO MUCH POWDERING OF THE NOSE CAN MAKE SEMI FAMOUS PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEY REALLY ARE I KNOW I MADE A LIVING OUT OF KEEPING PRETENDERS QUIET FOR OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS SO PEOPLE WERE SAFE. GOD BLESS MICK L

CRAIG CHARLES STATEMENT DOSEN,T DESERVE THE ATTENTION ITS BEEN GIVEN.MOST PEOPLE ON HERE ARE BETTER THAN THAT AND KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.IT DOSEN,T EVEN MERIT THE COMMENTS.WHY TRY TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAPPEND OR IF IT DID IT DIDNT EVEN MAKE A RIPPLE IF IT HAD HAVE DONE BELEIVE ME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED ALONG TIME BEFORE CRAIG CHARLES,STATEMENT. PEACE AND TRANQUILITY ML

A Sad loss to the Soul Scene and a Sadder loss to his Family and Friends,Paul was a good man.Condolences to Carol and his family from all of the Stateside Crew. Rest in Peace and God Bless you Paul Mick Lyons

Hi Dayo in the mid 60's up until 1973 as stated in an earlier thread I wrote Soul music was thriving in the north west and over in Yorkshire I was travelling at the time with the fairgrounds and soul was everywhere you went.at the time as regards what was it called you knew by the venues name if it were a soul club and people travelled just like they do now to go dance n listen to the music that they loved, obviously a lot of NS had yet to be discovered but people would be surprised at what was played then Stax,Atlantic,tTamla, and a host of American imports plus stuff on British if you knew what you were looking for. people danced just the same way they do now except maybe a little wilder because they were younger then, so the answer to your question is it was a strong movement which paved the way to becoming NS and rare Soul later on but I can't ever remember there being Rare Soul clubs in 60's n early 70's just simply Soul clubs the same in Germany in the mid 70's Soul clubs in all major towns and Cities A lot of it due to the Amrican bases there since 1945 I visited these clubs in Bochum , Dortmund, Essen and other towns and cities when I lived and worked there. Hope this helps your curiosity. Kind Regards ML

It weren't called disco in the north west from 1965 till 1973 it was called Soul and the clubs were it was played were called Soul clubs allniters, afternoon sessions, simply Soul played at Soul clubs, attended by people who loved 1960's Soul and R nB Mods And Rockers it was a very vibrant Scene I know I was lucky enough to be there. if you weren't there ask people who were you can't change the past to order,, They were never called great disco sounds. Still Pressing on ML

There's a 2 word solution to this problem it's called CUSTOMER CARE.IT means the promoter and the security working for the promoter make sure that the right kind of person is allowed into the venue and the wrong ones refused.Due to some human beings being unpredictable on alcohol and narcotics there will always be a chance that a small percentage will cause problems,In that case the problem should be dealt with promptly and discreetly if possible and not left to go away by itself if you do that it will come back to bite you and possibly ruin the reputation of the venue and lose you the most important factor here your customers.A promoter who doesn't listen to his customers deserves what will eventually happen a bad reputation and loss of respect in this the Northern Soul Fraternity where we I would say we probably have, you could say the nicest cross section of people in the country in some cases so diverse but so close in their love for music and obviously the social side of the scene Is it to big of an ask.? Peace and Tranquility ML

Don't worry Jim I'll send a couple of my Ninjas down to next Stoke with blow pipes and poisoned darts if that doesn't work I'll tell them to stab him twice just to make sure I'll bill Kevin for it later so they don't know it's me. keep on Laughing or you'll otherwise go crazy. Peace n Tranquility ML

Sorry Jim that's exactly what everybody on here has been trying to say.go to A n E and have that butt checked out it might be worse tan what you think. God give me Strength ML

Of course it's the promoters fault the buck stops with the promoter who else can you blame.Im a promoter and have done promotions security wise over the last 50 years you can't start blaming the cleaners take it on the chin and tidy things up. Come on now. ML

Yes but those head butting dicks should be put through the nearest exit at 100 mph to show the decent people that they are safe in that venue and that type of behaviour will not be tolerated.No offence meant but if I had 10 men doing security for me I Would be asking questions how they missed that incident. Keep on Pressing on Mick L

Bad incidents like this cannot always be prevented.Its how fast and effective you deal with the situation when it has happened that matters. Then hold the stewards enquiry later. ie,Is Security not tight enough, Do they know about the NorthernSoul crowd, history ect.A 5 minute chat from the promoter to the Door team before the Night starts can have a profound effect on what happens later. always remember a couple of bad apples let though the door can ruin the night for everybody. Stop them on the Door if in doubt take the high ground and don't let them in its just not worth it and it's not fair on the rest of the paying Soulies who are having their Happiness stolen by Morons who shouldn't have been there anyway.Peace N Tranquility Mick L