Northern Soul

[pedderwo]

I remember when I was in my early teens the older kids were into Northern Soul. All I can remember were silly trousers and ,was it the Wigan 'Casino'??

[gary baldy]

And your question is......?

[pedderwo]

The one with the question mark!

[gary baldy]

Oh sorry i thought it was rhetorical question!
Anyway some stuff here and a couple of links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigan_Casino

Its a carpark now having burned down in the early 80's.

[ScreaminTree]

Yes it "was" the Wigan Casino (along with the Stoke Torch and Blackpool Mecca amongst others). Alas, I was just too young for it all...

I seem to remember a programme on a couple of years ago presented by Trevor "Insufferably Smug" Nelson when he went there and was somewhat supercillious & condescending about the whole scene - it's impact and influence. Bit too raw & Northern for a snotty Rare Groover like him I s'pose - though I do like a bit of that too, I must admit. At its best, there really is no better music to dance to than NS.

Though Acid House and Acid Trance come close...

[sfsorrow]

wow northern soul,i remember dancing me socks off at all niters in the early to mid 80s,it was huge back then especially for scooterists which is what i was,there is some great compilations out on cd now,give one a listen its great stuff

[red armada]

northern soul was a complete lifestyle from swopping rare or hard to get vinyl 45s through to dancing the night away at the many all-nighters to be found throughout the north west of england.the true birth place was the twisted wheel in manchester which opened it's doors in 1963 as a soul live spot and dance hall.wigan casino didn't exist until 1971. neither did the metro in blackpool precede the twisted wheel set up there by the same people who opened the original house in manchester.all true northern soul devotees know where the real heart of northern soul is.and wigan isn't it.just out of interest i believe "the wheel" is re-opening.a cultural experience you should try before you knock it