Lucky One

All of the above is true the All-nighter scene is very much a struggle as we all get older. I my self am 64 and still have my Heath apart from a dodgy knee and a minor heart condition which is managed and I still work full time, which is my biggest struggle. This Saturday myself and a couple of friends are off to Rugby All-nighter which means I have had to book Monday and Tuesday off work, thankfully I have plenty of float days. All of which is worth it to go to such a quality event but even so I only attend about three times a year. My local monthly soul night is enough to satisfy my soul fix. Having said all of this thank goodness their are still Allnighters to go to.

It would be great if such an event were to happen if certainly deserves the attention. I was too young to attend the cats but due to living in Wolverhampton all my life many people who lived on the same estate as myself went there and that in turn introduced me to the best music ever.

For me it would have to be Lou Johnson , his Kent CD is rarely out of the CD player in the car on my commute to work. My favourite track is without doubt Park Avenue a more upbeat song I have yet to hear.

Thank you Kathryn for finding these photos of the Wheel, never really seen the inside of the venue before. A friend of mine Glen who is no longer with us used to go to the Wheel, Torch and the Catacombs always spoke very highly of his time at the Wheel.If their was such a thing as time travel that's one of the places I would go to.

Rest in peace Bobby, one of the best. I have always loved his goal against Mexico in 1966.

In my case it was all to do with the estate I lived on. A lot of the older lads went to the Catacombs and the Torch in the early seventies, one of the few advantages to living in Bushbury Wolverhampton. As I got older I got more interested simple as that really. On to Wigan in 1976 just after I left school. When I look back on my life it is certainly one of the better things I have done.

What I never seem to understand is why people always go on about Wigan sick to death of hearing about the place. I personally went many times between 1976 through to 1981 and enjoyed it for what it was at the time.There were far better nighters at the time such as Cleethopes and Wakefield Unity and not forgetting Yate.Why doesn't someone give some credit to the longest running and best allnigher that has ever been the 100 Club. I know where I would rather be tonight.

I must admit that I enjoyed it for the most part. The chap who sang the drifter did a good job, one of my all time favourite songs. Not as good as the going to a venue but certainly better than watching the usual dross that mainstream television is these days.

Horrible time for you so sorry to hear it. We have been through it five times with our dogs over the years never gets easier. Give them the best life you can is all you can do, Only downside to having a dog is that their lives are always shorter than ours.After our last dog died with cancer nearly three years ago, we had another a few weeks later. If it is possible for you to do it I would recommend having another when you are ready which is down to the individual but it works for us, It certainly helps you to move on and think of the future which is better than thinking about the past which you can do nothing about.

I had the good fortune to see Edwin twice at wolves civic in 1976 and at the Tic tic review at Hinckley in 1983, brilliant is the only way to describe both performances my friend and I got to shake his hand at Hinckley. Great memories of a superb performer and artist.

Sad news, what a good looking woman she was probably the reason I still watch star trek to this day.

Yes I could have as there appeared to be no one around, but for some reason I didn't . I supose I was a little apprehensive about going any further into the building which seems daft now but there you go. Within a few weeks the casino caught fire and that was the end of that. I remember when I got home a few hours later telling my mother where I had been on my bike her reply was something along the lines of that did you do that for. Suppose people will never know unless you lived it as we did so glad I went to the casino.