as a new member here who went to wigan casino , dukinfield rugby club and the "highland laddie"in ashton under lyne about 30 years ago , I would agree and I want to know which of the places in my area ( tameside/manchester ) are worth going to now in terms of hearing the "oldies" on the northern scene ?
ie:- I would like to goto a few revival nights or similar but I dont know which to try ? ( prestwich , middleton , bury , bolton , blackburn or the kings hall - stoke etc ) I cannot tell from the adverts or threads here which would suit a person like me who wants to go back to the early wigan days but cant , and I dont really like the "modern" soul as much as the golden oldies from the `70,s , and having read the playlists of some of the posts in here like the new manchester venue , it seems to be soul and not northern soul , unless I am not reading it correctly ?
so it would be great to hear from people who goto these venues nowadays and can say if they are big , excellent , revival or modern etc
at the moment it looks as if the stoke one with 2 big rooms and the well known jocks is a good one to start with as I dont think I will be disappointed due to the lineup etc
thanks for reading