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The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it was known as a primary venue for northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester and Golden Torch in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England.[1]This England, a TV documentary about the venue, was filmed in 1977. In 1978, the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino "The Best Disco in the World", ahead of New York City's Studio 54[2]. Russ Winstanley and Dave Nowell wrote a history of the club, Soul Survivors, The Wigan Casino Story, which was published in 1996. A stage play by Mick Martin about the Wigan Casino years, Once upon a time in Wigan, debuted in February 2003 at the Contact Theatre in Manchester, and has since toured nationally.[edit] HistoryWigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress.[3] The venue, previously called The Casino Club, was operated by Gerry Marshall as a cabaret club in the early 1970s. Alan Caine approached Marshall about running a soul music night in the Beachcomber Bar at the back of the club, to which Marshall agreed. Mike Walker recognised that at a local rugby club, Russ Winstanley had a similar evening that was more professionally operated than the one founded by Caine. Walker brought Winstanley from the rugby club to the Casino Club, and Wigan Casino opened in September 1973, with Winstanley as the DJ. Many famous soul performers performed there, including Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker.Young people from all over the UK regularly made the trek to Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. Queues to get in were sometimes five or six people deep, and stretched round the corner up into the town centre. The second dance floor, called Mr. M's, stayed open until 6am and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs. Every all-nighter traditionally ended with three songs that became known as the 3 before 8: "Time Will Pass You By" by Tobi Legend, "Long After Tonight Is Over" by Jimmy Radcliffe, and "I'm On My Way" by Dean Parrish. Parrish is still active on the northern soul circuit.Amphetamine and other drug abuse led to the downfall of the club, with pressure from the police and the local authority forcing it to close in 1981.[citation needed] The final night of Wigan Casino in its northern soul state was DJed by Winstanley, and the 3 before 8 were played three times consecutively at the end of the night. The crowd refused to leave, so according to Winstanley, to "break this spell of hysteria" he picked a 7" at random from his box and played that. This final Wigan Casino song became one of the most famous northern soul songs of all time, Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You". The Wigan Casino building burned down a year after it closed.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...
Canal: Music
Añadido: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
Autor: red777photo
Duración: 05:17
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hoppo444 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
what i said was no drug WARS ......only uppers
DIRKYDIRK (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
[spits coffee all over screen]No drugs you say ?
hoppo444 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
notice no drug wars ...no stabbings ...just the uk youth havin a ball ....KTF
TheBeardedMadonna (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Yes, their names are Bob and Blob, and they live;FLAT 2aStinky HouseDirty StreetFilthy TownDSS ICOHope this helps.
TheBeardedMadonna (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
It's a wonder they didn't catch on fire, spinning around on wooden floors in so much synthetic fibres; there must have been sparks at the very least.The place must have stunk of B.O, and rancid tinned hotdogs, and over heated fanny juice, and just Northerner's in general** The part about Northerner's stinkin' was A-BLUMMIN-JOKE-OOOKAY....don't come and kill me in my sleep in my Yuppy Pad by The Thames....that would be a bit shit, at least for me. I ain't anti-Northern, I shag 'em, I do.
iamfir2stupid4u (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
CAN YOU HELP. I am trying to establish the identity of a pair of Wigan thugs who are being sought both by Wigan police and CEOPS. Amazingly they are trying to use accusations against a totally innocent Wigan pensioner named John Stewart to camouflage the fact that one of them has been positevly identified as paedophile. Main site is iamfar2kidsry4u and his fellow conspiritor Josh who suffers from psoriasis. The full name and address of the thug Josh would be much appreciated.
steviecelt (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Happy days. When we could go to the local club, enjoy the music, enjoy the dancing, and come out without fear of having a glass shoved in our faces or putting up with fighting yobbos.
gillhill92 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
webstercat you would have loved it all this great music and drugs were a real no no then so it made it all the better on a all nighter it was 4 gram of speed and spin all night but we aiways kept the faith
webstercat1971 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
You can tell lol!! Some facial expressions there. Wish I could have been there. Looks great fun!
gillhill92 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
We did more speeding in there than on the road both ways
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