10 Responses

1. slobls

   November 30th, 1999 at 12:00 am

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   wigan was the best disco ever loved the venue loved the music+still do but i really miss the casino

2. n0rthstar

   November 30th, 1999 at 12:00 am

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   Wish i had a chance to go to this great place, i was a little too young though… and now im little too old for it all lol. Ah well, some great memories nevertheless.

3. madandjam

   November 30th, 1999 at 12:00 am

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   Cracking video, lots of memories, was there when edwin did his debut. Excellent times.

4. improviseit

   November 30th, 1999 at 12:00 am

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   33 years on I still remember it and reguarly listen to Northern Soul. You had to be at Wigan to understand it. People used to travel from all over the UK every weekend to get there. It took over your life and was by far the best ‘disco’ I have ever been to. The videos were shot with lights on. The light in the club was mainly from two purple strip lights, a strobe and of course the light from the top windows at dawn for the final 3.

5. Hancox17

   November 30th, 1999 at 12:00 am

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   class vid

6. davedoherty

   November 30th, 1999 at 12:00 am

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   glad my dvd doing so well dave d

7. honigmonster

   November 30th, 1999 at 12:00 am

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   Great vid….It’s hard to explain to those who have never been there how it REALLY was. It was unbelievable. My favourite was the oldies in MrM’s fridays and then returning for the saturday night session and the next day to a dayer.Monday was hell being an apprentice on 10 quid a week :O) Any of the Bradford/Halifax lot remember jumping the train? or even when we travelled by bus and stopped at Birches Services? Oh yes! the happiest days of my life indeed.

8. drwhatson

   November 30th, 1999 at 12:00 am

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   I went to Wigan on the first night in September 1973, and it was fine until about mid-74. Then in 1975, Wigan sold the Northern Scene out to the tabloid press. Soon after that it was swamped by divs wearing fashions 3 years out of date dancing to pop crap like “Footsie”, “Hawaii Five-O”, Soussan’s tailor-mades and Murial Day etc. If you were one of these people I apologise, but this is an historical fact. Wigan almost killed the Northern Scene for genuine Soul fans.

9. Blackpool77

   November 30th, 1999 at 12:00 am

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   Dr Whatson I wouldn’t apologise to anyone that is offended at all . Maybe a few home truths here : it was Wigan that broke away from Northern Soul to play this mix of pop and played to death oldies ,not Blackpool Mecca . To say that a track like Judy Street’s is Northern Soul is an insult - can you seriously put this track against the likes of George Blackwell’s “Cant loose my Head” or “Don’t you worry baby the best is yet to come” , Bessie Banks .

10. honigmonster

    November 30th, 1999 at 12:00 am

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    yep!!! that’s Tony Holdsworth alias ” Biggles ” from good ol Bratfud doin the handclapping bit at 4 mins 46 Sec :O)