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I brought the missus as an extra pressie the black and decker sanding kit / all in a nice case - about 15 years ago - still goes on about it every effing year she needs to move on and get over it

Bird walking - Inst

Art freeman - Vocal 

LArmstrong - anything you want to know in detail between the late 60ts through the 70ts 80ts in relation to NS - there are experts on here, detail like real detail - because they weee there - just post and ask - without pissing up Mikes back (he runs SS) this site has to be the most knowledgeable site on the net .

enjoy you’re research - you might want to look on the site pictures Wigan to see what people were wearing and videos - all good fun

Inter city Soul - First event I went to was at Bisley Pavilion near Aldershot about 1975 - I remember Disco connection being played I guess more across the board - DJ was Kojack and yes am sure he had a bald head

Dave Thorney ran Yate - Stars and Stripes

Paul - don’t bite mate, imagine thinking / being part of something that you fully don’t understand / was never there / and impossible to duplicate due to social media / phones / cameras and dare I say No smoking / let alone scoring gear / ODing and genuinely looking after you’re mates without stabbing them in the back - just to make you look good   On various social media posts - I say poor them - we were in that scene that era 1975 - 1989 and still going today - they cant take away our memories, love for the music or more importantly our opinion

I guess the Universe Dancing Competition- Trumps the World Dance Off

7 hours ago, Mithras said:

Interesting  as I remember getting  photographed but can't place when

We thought  at the time it was the DS

- What about the time you did two nighters on the trot Fri & Sat then thought the DS were following you home - all the way from Wigan or Wakefield- back to Huntingdon- then peering out the window through the nets to see if they’ve gone

20 hours ago, Bo Diddley said:

An old mate, Mickie Taylor, had a T-Shirt especially printed to wear at Wigan. It said "RIKA LIKE-A"!

This moment in time was caught on camera (on the left hand side). I'm not sure they would have been on sale at Blackpool

Who remembers mid 70ts the cars in the car parks with sun visor names at the top of the screen - SKF Bearing

DS must of hated us 

1 hour ago, Hooker1951 said:

Hi Wiggy

You are totally right about the bouncers being in Crown court the week before the all-nighters started I was one of them, It caused d a fallout at the time with Gerry Marshall the manager and owner of the club, as a result indirectly it resulted in RW and Mike Walker  being projected into the Casino hall of fame I’ve spoke to Chalky aka Karl at length  about this story, trust me it’s true, but let’s leave the memories as they are and move on ,I was also a patron of the Room at the Top a much more underground soul club at the time running arable leith the wheel 1965 to 68, it was Mr M.s formally the Palais . Had more cabaret on , the Empress ballroom when big acts were on Little Richard , Edwin S , Jimmy R.etc etc as a rule who ever performed at Wigan performed at Bolton Casino the same night or a week later the same consortium owned both clubs till Gerry took sole ownership of Wigan in 1972 when the Palais became Mr M,s or Mr Marshall Gerry,s second name, Soul music and soul groups had been played at the Casino from the mid 1960,s more so  since the closure of the Room at the top in 1968 69,

KR 

Mick L

Great hearing from people who were there at the time / and an important part of the history - top man Always find past experiences and knowledge fascinating - as what was acceptable back then and how people behaved would be blown up on social media today in a second 

The other bits - that no one likes talking about

Wigan drug squad tried endlessly to shut the Casino

Breaking in to chemists to fuel the Casino was everywhere 

Selling of drugs around the country - and links from one chemist getting screwed to another - Barbiturates in mass from East Anglian sold to Scotland 

Thursday nights when you use to get you’re brown cash pay packet - easy muggings to feed the Soul habit 

Pills silver wraps - everywhere it was a free for all - Welsh drug suppliers feeding the Scene.

I remember seeing on the balcony at the Casino a Welsh supplier with the roll neck jumper on I said - bet ur hot - he lifted up his jumper to show a rounders bat , snapped in two - as he had discussions with some Bolton lads.

How many people took gear - A coach typically would seat 52 people - it was not uncommon that 53 people took gear - yes the coach driver as well but that’s another story 

Sleeps45 all good - hope you get a good offer on you’re copy - who ever has the very very deep pockets

While some records are easy to authenticate than others - I thought I would post a few clear pics of an original 1969 - 100% - DG 

Known copies 4 plus - JMs cracked one - sharing the info 

Mush is pronounced 'Moosh' and means mate or friend. You can expect to hear it around the city. It can be traced back to the old Romany word meaning 'my good friend'.

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This is a local Southampton colloquialism although sometimes borrowed by other areas of the UK as well as claims emanating from the Romany language. Some historians relate the friendly term deriving from the Middle Ages when French ships docked at the port with the word 'Monsieur' abbreviated to 'Mush'.25 Oct 2022

7 hours ago, Kathryn Magson said:

It certainly would Stephen - it would take a massive win! We could maybe do with a few rich mates willing to club together & bail it out......how many millionaires do you know? 'Fraid I don't think I know any unless they're keeping it secret lol.

Millionaires 

Craig Charles is an English actor, comedian, author, poet, DJ, and television presenter who has a net worth of $2.5 million.

Stuart Maconie Networth 2023  2.85 Million - plus maybe tap 

John Manship & Kev Roberts up 

Being bored with too much time on my hand I looked in the reel to reel section on e bay - there's a lot of Motown on there if you like collecting, just coz its Motown - however came across this - which looks like its been over taped - but as Motown collectors have way too much spare money - would be great to collet for £18 just for the box ??

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225687658956?hash=item348c0861cc:g:c-8AAOSwaQhkoFes&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8AuatL%2FW9RhGDpBmUvLsd9%2FckpQZgHLY1FI87JwdhAB7YCvnoyjXvAjL%2BMCKrEt1Wkm7ykTt469aRLLzeGkE2Di5y3tc9TncrfAZBrivXYB5O0uTo%2F3qYaFqgtSjGNQhW%2BU0%2FCEJV9jrOeg%2BwansQ2LuO%2F%2FmLqTJtCkjz7q%2FyhNJxQEDFWl12ag3MdY0UPOWFRc2Go6CvFqCxtGbT9gz%2FBS2u2t3Swx074BwEHqvJkUkH0hW2srJ6zmj8GJMpp0Qp6iWOAn92ro6lfIngRVsf2lyBQXzYMEqE8FmvLsJ1GaqXBzvrKbLfMPVsbV782MGGQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8S0psezYg

Thanks Roburt for posting although I didn’t know his past history / name swap or even his music - I always find it interesting some of the huddles these singers back in the 60ts went through - very informative- I’ll now you tube his records - cheers 

I hardly ever saw a singer who performed his songs in a way that was faithful to their original recording.   

Since 1975 - the two live acts who just blew me away in passion performance and sounding - close or better to the original recording was

Jnr Walker at St Ives All-nighter 76/77. & Edwin Starr various venues - however I was seriously speeding my nuts  off

Sent PM 

Maconie was born in Whiston.[6] He was raised in Prescot, Merseyside.