NorthernMoorSoul

Sorry Nige,you're right of course except that Spikes post doesn't mention the article in the M.E.N about the subsidance of the statue and subsequent rediscovery of the cellar.

The site of the Brazenose St. Wheel is actually under the Statue of Abe Lincoln in Brazenose St. diagonaly across from the Rising Sun.There was an article in the Manchester Evening news in the late 90's telling how the statue had begun to subside and when the foundations were excavated the "old" Wheel cellars were still there!

Thanks for that Carmen, some of more negative contributors to this thread seem to have a downer because it's not to their particular taste,but if it was one of the venues that they have been supporting for any number of years there would be uproar.To be honest I sometimes get the impression that their ignorance is our bliss.

He's actually banned for punching a woman-who then proceeded to teach him the error of his ways!

Pete Roberts,Twisted Wheel D.J /promoter,a gentleman who was a member of the club in the sixties who took the chance to re-instigate the club in its original venue,keeping as close to the original playlists of the sixties Wheel and has managed to keep the club going from strength to strength over the past 11 years,staunchly aided by John Green and Albert "Jock" Heron. Recent guest D.J's include Richard Searling several times,Ginger Taylor,Brian Rae regularly when his health permits,Barry Tasker, Jos from Amsterdam and more. Bearing in mind that this was a B.B.C production at very short notice the Frank Wilson background would have been one of the backroom teams idea-i know that it is one of Pete's least favorite tunes anyway! I trust you were trying to add some humour to what is obviously a very emotive subject to many joan,and didn't intended it to look like a snide comment

Apparrently not

Two or three nighters is hardly "the eighties"before that,for most of the seventies it was Placemates7 which is another piece of the manchester music scene apparently forgotten and scince we are now talking about a CURRENT event what's the eighties got to do with it?

Pete Roberts interviewed on BBC Northwest News at lunchtime today.The transcript is on BBc news website with a quote from Olympian spokesman saying that nothing regarding Legends(where the Wheel is currently Sited) has been finalised and they are still looking at all options. Since planning permission for specific redevelpement has not yet even been applied for,for the time being all talk of closure etc. is still just that,talk. Legends is a huge venue on the Manchester Club?Gay scene and any future redemption from destruction is more likely to be affected from that source than the Wheel goers. By the way,regarding the comments such as "just bricks and mortar" and "closed in the seventies" etc.while it's true that the first reincarnation of the Wheel closed in '71,the Wheel as I know it has been going for 11 years now and means am great deal to a hell of alot of people as it is TODAY, how many cellar clubs regularly have over 600 people through the doors for a Sunday session-it's not a relic quite yet buit if everybody just sits on their hands or says "Oh Well" it will become so and yet another generation will grow up thinhing that their club was the start and end of the Manchester music scene!

Dancing to music from the fifties,sixties and seventies,you're right we are so backward:lol: Bernard.

Elton John played with British R&B band Bluesology, among others,at the Twisted Wheel in the sixties and is quoted as saying"it you wanted to make it as an R&B band in England you had to be accepted by the kids at tthe Wheel in Manchester first".The old adage about not judging a book by it's cover still holds true,what many artists play now,and have in the past, may not always reflect the roots of their tastes.

Christmas Day family,pressies ,turkey dinner etc. and then try and sleep it off ready for Boxing Day:Twisted Wheel for a few hours then on to Radcliffe for N.C.S.C 'nighter and, if there's any semblance of feeling left in "these old shoes",It's up to Maxim's for another Christmas cracker! Bernard.

The Twisted Wheel,Whitworth St. is still the Twisted Wheel twice a month.The rest of the month it's used as Legends(gay club).Entrance is through no.4 but the stage room is pretty much as it was.Pete Roberts,Who did a spot at the Blackpool Weekender last month, reopened the club in 2000 ,and with John Green and guest DJs s maintain a policy of playing only tunes that were played at the club's original incarnations,Brazennose St and Whitworth St.

The original Wheel,Brazenose St or Whitworth St,were never licensed,coffee,milk or juice.Members used to go to the local bars first if they wanted a drink,the White Hart which I believe is now Monroe's being one of them. Times have of course changed and the bar is open right through at 'nighters.

Yes,that is them but they actually started in the sixties as a doo-wop group.The Amoo brothers were original members and they even sang at the Cavern.There's footage of that and interviews with them on one of the Soul lBritania docos Bernard.

Quick,go back to post 62 before it's blocked,have the sick bag ready! Bernard.

Hiya andy, whereabouts will the fliers be going out please? Bernard.

This love starved heart(is killing me). Bernard.

I think it's great 'cos it can leave a bit more room but we'd have even more room if the boozers would stay in the bar and not cluster round the edge of the dance floor,shrinking it even more!Having said that,personally when I go to The Twisted Wheel I want to dance at the Twisted Wheel not Legends,so it's the stage room for me. For all those who think it's crowded now,ask some of the original "in crowd" what it was like in it's heyday! Bernard,

What's wrong with the wheel?

Hiya Steve, Monaco Ballroom,Hindley, This Saturday 8 'til 2 Bernard.

How about Twisted Wheel this Friday where the scene began and Burnley for how it is now?it's a shame he's missed Middleton. Bernard.

I'm 48 this year,too young for the Wheel,Pendulum Torch etc.and during the Casino years the lads I knew who were regulars went to the pub first,I struggled to get served till I was 21 so bottled it when it came to Wigan!Now I'm out most weekends with a couple of lads who went to Station Rd. and I never miss the Wheel now so I'm living on the music and their memories,what an education that is !