Anais nin Carms

You are right Dave it was Lancashire. I guess we will never know the answer ? Anyone that may have given or taken a back hander to keep it going won't admit to it now will they. Lets just stress this is all assumption.... not fact BTW before anyone takes offence.

This is the point I am trying to make "Spike" If Wigan came /comes under Greater Manchester Police , maybe at the time the force was much more focused in other areas. like the city itself ? I was working and living in Manchester city centre in 73 and I used to hear things on a regular basis at work about areas like "Moss side" for example getting a lot of force attention , plus there was the city centre to control. Maybe because there wasn't any reported crimes ...they left Wigan alone ... its just a theory ... and I would have thought a reasonable one at that ? ... I really don't understand your get real remark

You know I am always impresssed when I hear her "I'm holding on " played out, it always sounds like an expensive record and then I feel quite smug realising that I have one in my home.

Maybe it was just off the Police radar ? Do they have a large police force in Wigan , not being the best when it comes to navigation , does Wigan fall under a larger police authority that would have a drugs unit ? If so maybe they were more big city focussed at the time ? or didn't want a potential riot .... or maybe the Township welcomed any business having the club open actually brought to the town? I reckon uncle Joe made a MInt Usually its residents that bring down a club type establishment ... I would think ?

Yes wouldn't you know the very day I wrote to you asking you when did you send it ... It arrived ..Christmas eve ! Santa must have smelt my freshly baked pie .. the change from mince to apple and Blackberry was just too much of a temptation for him he simply had to call. The urchins want me to thank you for selling it to me so cheap .... this means they only had to clean 40 chimneys instead of 60 ... Now next year if you could find me a nice copy of the Pacesetters around end of March time that would be great its called "I'm gonna make it "at oh and a nice favorable price would be nice . Miss Cheeky drawers

Can I just mention a couple that really pull chain and are from early days that I think kind of got under my skin and enticed me to sample some R&B type soul. I still love Staxy soul today and I do believe my R&B leanings are as a result of tunes like this . Oscar Tony Jnr - Ain't that true love Sonny Boy Williamson - Help me Domino's - 60 minute man John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom John Lee Hooker - Dimples Jimmy McCracklin - Can't raise me Slim Harpo - Gonna keep what I got And a great B sides.... Soul Sloopy and Jnr Walkers Nothing but soul which were introduced to me by Les I really must get round to reading Central 1179 because it has so much information in it , just scanning through it now , its a gem of a book if the Wheel interests you.

Nice to see you showed him some hospitality Steve can't be an easy time of year for him ..... and am I surprised a hangover ...am I not actually I showed hospitality yesterday to my ex partner who I always seem to see on Christmas day as he has no family to share it with... who you guessed Brian a Brazennose street guy ...eeem I shall have to ask him to recall some memories for this thread.... thats if he can remember lol I know the records with middles he held in very high esteem and he lost a few friends to drugs at the time ..it was a truly wild time. Be nice if this thread reunites some old souls dont you think ? perhaps an ex wheel register might be in order ? can't be many of them about? Carms x