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I would be very careful if I were you Mark posting stuff like that!........ it makes complete sense!!..

Thanks for clearing that up for me Dawn as I would not have wanted to pour hot butter over my (original) copy of 'Nine Times out of Ten' now would I?.... ........However!, Have you and your 'Norks' not got any Cleaning or Housework to be getting on with?.

I know a Girlie DJ who will sell you some Boots if you are short of footwear!..

Thanks for that Paul (I think)... I thought I had missed the weekly meeting of the 'Soul classification board' where all the 'experts' meet in darkened smoke filled rooms and try to come up with another sub genre name to give to the music!...

A little off topic but given Warrington is my 'area' where will you be having this Night?... ........ and at the risk of looking a bit of a numpty, what on earth is "Popcorn"?...

Come on Pete!!.., you know as well as I do that it's spelt "Bollocks" and this is just another example of people on this forum re-writing the dictionary to suit their own spelling!...

Still something wrong though........ it's been back on for 1/2 an hour and I can't find anyone arguing!!..

Whilst I would agree Dickie was 'The' Jock from the Casino, to make such a sweeping statement as "COS HE STOPPED THE CASINO GOING UNDER BY HIMSELF A LONG TIME B4 IT SHOULD/WOULD HAVE DONE" is a little unfair...... to say the least. Many of the DJ's that have been listed on this thread have played fantastic spots at Wigan including some of your nominees, and I'm sure THEY would beg to differ..

On here?..... anyone know Him? Wigan late 70's, he was from (Then) Wyke, Bradford area.

Agreed.... And not to bad at Va-Va's as well... *Basil Faulty Mode* 'Don't mention the Wigan, I did once but I think I got away with it!'

Old Sir Dicky Searling for me...

........ or the THIRD Division where sCity were not long ago!!.. Although I did feel sorry for the two sCity Fans who went to watch England play at Wembley last year and got thrown out for singing 'God Save The King' at the start..

Must be the most recognisable Record sleeve in the history of NS..... ........ and after seeing it again I can't stop singing 'Jumping at the Go-Go' to myself!!!

Would agree Mark but your key phrase I think is "Used to"........ many people don't want to attend a full niter like they did in their younger days so a 3-4am finish is about their limit, also from the promoters point of veiw the majority of people on the scene only attend the average '8 till Late' type night and a 12pm start would exclude many of these paying punters.

Agreed..... Perhaps there should be a 'Glossery of Terms' available with regards to Flyers, ie... 'Till Late' = 12pm. 'Across the board' = same old. 'Top Dj line up' = You've never heard of any of them. 'Large wooden Dance floor' = might well have been in 1927 when it was fitted. 'Large well lit Car park' = 2 miles away next to the burnt out Nova. 'Friendly atmosphere' = the Locals from the bar join in the dancing for the last hour to take the p*ss..

Think you are right......... I was there for the 'This England' filming, but also remember a nite around a year or so later where the lights stayed on for the first hour-ish.......no idea why though?... From memory live acts around then were... Edwin (of course), Martha Reeves, Jnr Walker, The Showstoppers, Ann Peebles and IIRC Tommy Hunt, unless it had something to do with the above?.. Also I seem to recall 'Sad-Cafe' playing live prior to a Niter starting, and thier 'Gig' over-running, but again if this was the reason for the above I don't remember.

..........I need to go and play with my own copy of 'The Snake', perhaps?..

Clearly I am!........ I thought this was a Northern AND Rare Soul site.

*Posted in a Soulsource Stylie* Have just watched dance Britannia and thought the part about the 80's/90's was just total crap... What do these people know about Acid/Rave/House Music??. for eg (*insert record of your Choice*) is not in fact a Acid House track but a 'Pop' record as it reached number 78 in the charts, also (*insert club name of your choice*) lost all credability for me when it played (*insert record of your choice*) and we all know there were much better venue's, (insert a n other venue) for eg broke many more new tracks. Also (*insert DJ of your choice*) was far more influential on the Rave scene than (*insert a n other Jock) as he broke tracks long before (*insert a n other venue) even started, tracks such as (*insert records of your choice*) were the roots of the music, without which there would be no 'Scene', and why people go on about (*insert DJ of your choice*) is beyond me as he could not mix a Brown-Bitter let alone (*insert record of your choice*). Sorry, but why can't these people just 'Move on', dressing up in (*insert clothing style of your choice*) and waving your arms around in a 'Big Box-Little Box' fashion is just so old hat and there are a lot more than 500 (*insert Genre of your choice*) records if only these dinosaurs would give them a chance..

A couple more. From the fantastic play........ ....... and one I was sent (Guess where?.. )

Shame that, Barry!.. Had some great nite's at T' Parr Hall and would have been great to go back there again........ even more so as it's on our doorstep!..

It's your own fault for not playing any 'Proper' Northern Soul Mark!...... Never heard of Frank Wilson then?..

........... 1-0 to Coops!!.

Perhaps you should carry a copy of Ruby Andrews in a seperate case Mick.......with "In case of Emergency Break Glass" written on it!!..

So true!!.....take the other object of this forums Fun, Wigan... 1. The Casino. Massive, long running venue attended by tens of thousands of people = Shit hole full of people in comedy trousers dancing to 'pop' records. 2. The Wheeltappers and Shunters by-yearly Motown Tribute night attended by 7 people (including Staff) = Awesome venue packed to the rafters playing the best in Quality upfront R & B and Rare soul...