Ashton Ukrainian Club
Ashton-under-lyne Sat 20 Sep 2025

Looking forward to welcoming back The Man from DAB Chris Anderton and Wilxy and Ashton's very own dance floor Pied Piper Stu Cheetham, gonna be another must attend event!!

Late Summer and a busy Bank Holiday Weekend!! September is peeping round the corner and our next event Saturday September 20th is the date for our next instalment at Ashton Ukrainian Club!!

The Man from the excellent DAB of Soul Weekends Chris Anderton is back with us, expect some of the tunes from Bretby/Albrighton era of the early 90s Rare Soul Scene, mixed in with some classy Soulful 70s, always a varied playlist, just how we like it!!

Ashton Regular and Detroit Soul Afficianado Michael Wilks AKA Wilxy also returns after a memorable set last year!!

Stu "Shovel" Cheetham king of the "paradiddles" and the first on the dancefloor, will be digging into his eclectic mix of 45s with some biggies from The Burnley Niters and so much more !!

Team Ukrainian complete the line up Stockport's finest Sound Engineer/Booking Agent and Vinyl Spinner of some Amazing 45s from the Rare as you Dare to the cheap and overlooked records, waiting to have their day.

Phil Dunn and Chris Churm complete the line up, please check back regularly via the link, as we ramp up the sound track to your Saturday night !!

Edited August 26Aug 26 by Micksmix

Looking Forward to Chris Anderton's return, always an eclectic mix and never tire of this double sider from the Motor City!!

Stu Cheetham our resident drummer/PT is back with us in September, expect some high octane dancers like this!!

Looking forward to our Saturday September 20th event at Ashton Ukrainian Club !!

Another varied and Quality line up of DJs Chris Anderton the main man behind The DAB of Soul Weekend, always delivers, with some choice cuts from 60s/70s

Michael Wilks collector of all things Soulful from The Motor City is back with us after a well received set last year, looking forward to his selections!!

Stu Cheetham has a rare gap in his busy gig schedule and is raring to go with his usual "on the front foot" selections, aimed at the dancers!!

Simon Ingham has been adding some mouth watering vinyl selections to his playbox ,providing a heady mix of Soulful Goodies coming at The Ashton Faithful for sure!!

Phil Dunn will be with us for the duration this time, always a great mix to kick start the proceedings!!

Ashton OG and ever dependable Chris Churm will be "sealing the deal" with his ever popular end of night selections!!

The Lounge/Bar Area is the place to be with a huge array of Sales Boxes for the Vinyl Hounds to sniff out those elusive 45s!

The night runs 7pm-00.30 £6 admission pay on the door, a bargain in the current economic climate!!

Please check back regularly via the link to our Soul-Source event page thread, as we provide an aural sample of what all the fuss is about, as so many first time attendees do on a regular basis!!

Ending the week on a Banger, as played by The Finisher AKA Chris Churm at the August event, got to flip em over!!

On 28/08/2025 at 10:48, Micksmix said:

Stu Cheetham our resident drummer/PT is back with us in September, expect some high octane dancers like this!!

Stu put me onto it many years ago. I still love it.

Customary Monday Morning Banger to start the week, from Simon Ingham and a slab of uptempo feelgood Soul and proving if proof was needed that they don't have to cost a fortune, tucked away on the flip of an old Torch Favourite!!

Edited September 1Sep 1 by Micksmix

Awsome tune to start the week off 🕺🏻 ,, I’ve just found this old photo of me djing from back in the day

On 01/09/2025 at 11:14, Stu said:

Awsome tune to start the week off 🕺🏻 ,, I’ve just found this old photo of me djing from back in the day

Double Trouble from The Simon Ingham Stable

Ashton Ukrainian Club brings you a Quality Rare Soul Night!! Saturday September 20th is the date for your diary.

Chris Anderton is heading over to bring us some of the popular spins from the 90s Rare Soul Clubs, at Iconic Venues like Albrighton and Bretby, amongst others and a healthy DAB of 70s Soul.

Michael Wilks AKA Wilxy is looking forward to his return set, after an entertaining spot last year, with huge nod to The Motor City in his extensive playlist!!

Stu Cheetham is chomping at the bit, to get behind the decks once again. All Action Soul Music, you just gotta dance to!!

Simon Ingham makes a welcome return, after a recent power house set at The Recent Whitchurch Soul Club event. You can find some samples of that, by clicking the link at the bottom of this post, which takes you to our Soul-Source event page thread. The musical selections are added to on a daily basis!!

Team Ukrainian Residents Phil Dunn and Lord Ashton AKA Chris Churm complete the line, another phenomenal response so far, from The Ashton Brethren, can't be bad!!

This Punchy 70s Dancer from Detroit, sounded the business when Wilxy was last behind the decks at Ashton!!

Just found these feeling nostalgic do you remember this Bob 🕺🏻think these are some of the first magazines when you had to write stuff with a pen , and of course Tony’s famous anniversary badges this is one of the better printed ones as you know some of them where not great 😂 but you still had to have one

Edited September 18Sep 18 by Stu

With the blink of an eye

30 years go by

so keep dancing the night away

🕺🏻💃🏼❤️🥳

Before the days of northern soul dancing lessons WTF apparently it’s £60 for a block session 😂😂😂 OMG ,,, why?

1 hour ago, Stu said:

Just found these feeling nostalgic do you remember this Bob 🕺🏻think these are some of the first magazines when you had to write stuff with a pen , and of course Tony’s famous anniversary badges this is one of the better printed ones as you know some of them where not great 😂 but you still had to have one

I did that venue a few times mate, it was always a good crowd. Was it about that time when you had the right-on fist shaved into the back of your hair. I'm surprised you haven't brought it up to date and had it tattooed onto the back of your head. 😄

Thanks for the memory mate.

It was Bob 👍it was filmed on channel four documentary when Doris Troy was on at the cleethorpes weekender

There’s still time for the tattoo 😂

20 minutes ago, Stu said:

There’s still time for the tattoo 😂

20 minutes ago, Stu said:

There’s still time for the tattoo 😂

No.

Edited September 4Sep 4 by Jessie Pinkman

A new one on me personally, funk edged Soul for the dancefloor, courtesy of Stu "Shovel" Cheetham!!

This Year is absolutely Flying along and it is it really September already!!! Saturday September 20th we welcome another Top Drawer DJ line up at Ashton Ukrainian Club !!

Chris Anderton is really looking forward to his DJ set, as are we, please click on the link at the bottom of the post regularly, I will be adding Chris's sample selections on the excellent Soul-Source event page thread!!

Michael Wilks AKA Wilxy will be putting in the Motorway Mileage to join us behind the decks once again, such is the lure of The Ukrainian Club, as we tirelessly strive to showcase varied line ups and playlists to match, variety is the ethos we aim to provide!!

Our Resident PT and ace percussionist Stu Cheetham is primed and ready with some Rare Soul 45s with attitude, aimed squarely at the dancers, always an entertaining 60 mins!!

Stockport Supremo and Team Ukrainian Fixer/Sound Engineer Simon Ingham always delivers, please check out via the link for a sample and his latest Blockbuster Set at the excellent Whitchurch Soul Club on the Playlist Section on here !!

Team Ukrainian OG Chris Churm and the man who kick starts the event Phil Dunn complete another quality line.

The Lounge/Bar area always does a brisk trade in Soul 45s in the various Sales Boxes and doubles as a place to kick back and catch up with friends old and new, always a great atmosphere!!

The night runs 7pm-00.30 and £6 admission pay on the door!!

We're ending the week on a high, originally played in the Halcyon period of the mid 70s and even booted on a 45. In truth it was always an album track and WHAT an album "DAB of Soul" and as we have the man responsible for The DAB weekends it's only fitting Chris Anderton should include this in his playlist!!

Edited September 5Sep 5 by Micksmix

On 03/09/2025 at 20:48, Stu said:

It was Bob 👍it was filmed on channel four documentary when Doris Troy was on at the cleethorpes weekender

It wasn’t the soul fist bob it was soul 1996 🤯