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Northern Soul Coffee mornings anyone?....

The VX was based around the S2 Lizzy, but with the Vauxhall 2.2 ltr NA Vectra lump in the back instead of the weekly HGF K series in the Elise. The VX was a fantastic car, completely ruined by the Comedy Lotus build quality. Lotus = Loads Of Trouble Usually Serious

Pretty much the whole scene today is a 'Charity Event'. Lets be honest most public organisations would charge a lot more that £5 to look after a load of half pissed pensioners for 4-5 hours every week while they pretend to be 18 again...... and even provide them with a free CD of the evening in case they forget all those 20 records they've just tried to dance to.. Northern Soul - proof that care in the community works.

Thanks for posting Pete. Can't remember hearing that Charlie Gracie since it was big at Station Rd.

It becomes an Oldie when you hear it and say 'Oh No - Not Again'.

Bizarrely WO was a question on Radio 2's pop master today.

The Snake is a Snake by any other name...... If only that 'Silly Woman' had left the fooking reptile to freeze to death in the first place, we'd have never had to suffer the original let alone the remix.

Interesting Video, but what's the Blackpool Dance Competition got to do with Emmerdale?.

Tracks for the evening will include..... James Coit - Black pudding power Soul Step - The Sheep Dogs The Ad libs - Dewsbury in the Dark Fluffy Falana - My little 2 up - 2 down. The Agents - Trouble... at Mill.

Should ensure thousands of applicants..

There aren't two things 'killing the scene', there are ONE....... DJ's!. All the Dickie Searling wannabes in recent years that arrived on ebay armed to the teeth with a disposable income, suddenly found the no one was booking them (and there expensively put together record collections) for their 'Soul Nites', so they thought if no one else will book me for their venue, I'll start my own!. The trouble is of course with this 'Baldrick-esk' style cunning plan is that 'Northern Soul' as most of us knew it only ever had a limited appeal, so the only way to get new people through the door is to get the Social crowd and party pensioners to make up the numbers by producing lots of flyers for your club stating it's 'friendly atmosphere' and 'large well lit car park' along with the all important 'Cheap Bar prices', but of course saying little about the music policy so as not to offend anyone. and Voila!, you've got yourself a successful 'Northern Soul & Motown Nite' " Can you play Ruby Andrews for my Mrs M8?"

Seem to recall something other than steroids was required to spend the night dancing to that lot Pete.. Fantastic lists of tracks once again.

Proper Northern Soul from a Proper Northern Soul Soul DJ..... Thanks for posting Pete.

Maybe you could start by looking through your own TOTP archives and finding 'Footsie'.

......or someone's just told him he's next to wear the Spencers and vest top.

'Northern Soul' and 'Fashion' are words that haven't really been mentioned in the same sentence for 40 years...... cant see anything in the link to change this!.

The Casino was an old Victorian dancehall that played our music in the 70's, it really isn't killing the scene 35 years later.. You want to blame someone then blame all the wanabee Dickie Searlings so DESPERATE to get everybody and anybody through the doors of yet another Northern Soul night that they've now dumbed the music and the scene down to such a point that it's just become of sad parody of a small part of it's distant history. A disposable income and an ebay acount does not a DJ make.

Your place on fire again Ste?......

If you make a comeback as a DJ with a spot like this Pete, I'll make a comeback as a punter.

Carl Douglas?.....

Came home from work the other week to find this looking down at me from my garage roof.......... No idea where it came from and a few minutes later it was joined by two other Peacocks!. ........ and No, I don't live in a Stately Home.

Thanks for posting Pete... You don't need a testosterone imbalance and acne to enjoy the Sapphires - FAB track no matter how old you are.

Aren't you a bit old to be playing on climbing frames Ste?.... I understand that when the new bridge is open there will be a form of passport control on the Runcorn side, and anyone who can't say 'Her there with the fair hair' without a Widnes accent won't be allowed across....

Nothing wrong as such with the term 'Northern Soul'. It's just in recent years it's been Bastardized, Labotomized and Dumbed down to the point it's just come to represent a social scene for pi55 head pensioners, and sadly we all get tarred with the same brush.

Never been that keen on the term 'Soulie' either...