David Meikle

This is how I remember it. Prior to 18th September 1965 it was at Brazennose Street. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_Wheel_Club

“I Thank You” was one of my first introductions to Soul Music. Sam and Dave Prater left a catalogue of songs which can only described as essential. Their “Soothe Me” was the penultimate song played by Pete Roberts in the revitalised Twisted Wheel building before it was demolished. Sam Moore RIP.

This obituary appeared in the Los Angeles Times. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/william-jackson-obituary?id=53117239 Is he the June Jackson who recorded on Musette Records? ”You’re Welcome”

Don’t give up on it. Geeselad. You will love it as much as I do. Northern Soul, Deep soul, Beat Ballads. The Rocketeers, Paul Kelly, Little Beaver, The Moovers. Collectors such as Jeff Lemlich and Ken Shipley. Not to mention Henry Stone.

One of my favourite Soul documentaries featuring Clarke, Reid, Pearsall and Hoss. Plus artists Helene Smith and Betty Wright and others. Great stuff from Eccentric Soul.

This cd is worth buying because it contains much off his excellent catalogue. Very popular artist in the USA. Brenton Wood RIP.

This record does it for me. A giant in Soul Music and beyond. Sugar Pie DeSanto RIP.

Mal, we were unaware of parties when Cats closed at 2am Torch, between 1970 and 1973 I attended Twisted Wheel (10 times), Blackpool Mecca, Up The Junction, Golden Torch, Blackpool Casino club, Mr Smiths Manchester, Rowntrees Sound in Manchester. Like John Smith I had free travel on the railway which explains my frequent visits to the North of England. When I went to Cats, the place was heaving and I remember seeing many Wheel regulars there because the latter had closed a few months earlier. Perhaps that explains me remembering it closed at 2am that night. Memory is fading now, so could be wrong. There was an image on a cd of two guys looking at records on a BR trolley. That always reminds me of Wolverhampton station for some reason. Special memories.

I had no idea that it was opened in 1968. Was Carl Dene playing rare soul then? In my opinion it was second only to the Twisted Wheel. Loved their adverts in Blues and Soul. The only thing about the Catacombs was it closed at 2am which was terrible for us travelling back to Glasgow from Wolverhampton! https://bethanackerley.com/2019/01/14/the-death-of-the-cats-northern-soul-wolverhampton-catacombs/

Thanks go to Peter for this thread. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all contributors and staff. Northern Soul has lost two valued members in the past week or two. It is important that we continue to enjoy this incredible scene.

RIP Nigel.

RIP Phil.

Thanks to Geeselad who tipped a book on this thread 11 years ago. “The Sharper Word - A Mod Anthology” is the title and I got a second hand copy today from Amazon for £4.62 incl P&P. Over 200 pages.

Yes. I don’t know when the trend started but “the black glove” was definitely seen in 1970. I have a news cutting from the day after the “Ibrox Disaster” with my mate on the pitch with his “black driving glove” on his left hand. The photograph was dated 3rd January 1971. Twenty eight days later were at the Wheel for the final time. My mate bought Bobby Seale’s book in Manchester Victoria Station that day. Seale was co-founder of the Black Panther Party with Huey Newton in 1966. There was a lot of fuss when two Black American athletes raised their fist on the podium of one of the main track events in the 1968 Olympics. The world assumed that the silent protest was associated with Black Power but Seale later stated the it was to do with Equal Rights. Bobby Seale in 1966.

A guy who never made a bad record.