Trying To Get Into Wigan

[Guest]

Trying to find the youngest person on here who got into Wigan and got past the bouncers and Hilda.....l was 16 and 9 months (crap really) my cousin (Dean W on here) was l think 15 and a few months....anybody else remember how old they were??

[Rob Wigley]

Trying to find the youngest person on here who got into Wigan and got past the bouncers and Hilda.....l was 16 and 9 months (crap really) my cousin (Dean W on here) was l think 15 and a few months....anybody else remember how old they were??

I took my then brother-in-law Simon Harrold at 14 and a week. (Birthday Present) and he came quite regularly until it closed

his girlfriend came later with us she wasn't quite 14 (but loked 21 !)

Jimmy lynch I think was 12 or 13 when he went with his brother jerry-who was 15 !

Rob

ps I was 15

[grantdyche]

Born 26/08/59

First time at the Casino

25/09/76

Age 16yrs and 1 month

Got in for the first few times using a mates membership card torn in half

My membership card was dated Oct 1976 (was I had it nicked in 1991)

[grant]

took my then girlfriends cousin who was 13 in 1981 not long before the closure, got pulled into office and lectured by mike walker, especially about the dangers of drugs and someone slippin one in his coke lol they let him stay but was ordered to keep a close eye on him, and not let him out of my site - they were actually quite good about it as explained we were going straight to wlaes nxt morning for a weeks holiday.

[Guest JIM BARRY]

Born 26/08/59

First time at the Casino

25/09/76

Age 16yrs and 1 month

Got in for the first few times using a mates membership card torn in half

My membership card was dated Oct 1976 (was I had it nicked in 1991)

I WAS THERE THAT NIGHT, 2 DAYS BEFORE MY 21ST

[Davetay]

I WAS THERE THAT NIGHT, 2 DAYS BEFORE MY 21ST

Hi Jim, I never knew you where a member of the class of 55.

There are alot of us about.

Dave.

[Guest proudlove]

Trying to find the youngest person on here who got into Wigan and got past the bouncers and Hilda.....l was 16 and 9 months (crap really) my cousin (Dean W on here) was l think 15 and a few months....anybody else remember how old they were??

This story isn't bollocks...............and I didn't remember till I was reminded.....................

I was in the local Joseph Holts boozer probably 5 maybe 6 years ago........any how,we'd had a few and for some reason I decided to go on the fruit machine.....the lights all flashed,had't got a clue which button to press................the huge black lad that was sat in the corner came over..............press that ,wait,now press that........we won a few quid,..........I insisted on getting him a drink...............you don't remember me do you Steve ........you and Clarkie took me to Wigan when I was 14.........................

He was a foot taller and a foot wider than me.................

Steve

[Guest JIM BARRY]

Hi Jim, I never knew you where a member of the class of 55.

There are alot of us about.

Dave.

YEP DAVE, SEP 55,YOU OBVIOUSLY TOOK ME FOR A LOT YOUNGER,LOL ATB JIM

[Guest Matt Male]

I was 14 and so was my mate Mick Cope, but Jakey (Richard Jakeman) who was with us was only about 13 at most (might even have been 12).

[grant]

YEP DAVE, SEP 55,YOU OBVIOUSLY TOOK ME FOR A LOT YOUNGER,LOL ATB JIM

aye ur ageing well jim

[grant]

1st visit 1976 i was 15

[Jill Bayles]

14...and hated the place...was ready for my bed by 2am & eating a pack-up by 4am...and as unsociable as they come...was dragged there kicking and screaming by my older adoptive sis...no way was she having me staying at home otherwise she wouldn't have been able to go either. I was her alibi

Didn't have to try to get in the place either cos we both looked older than our tender years

Never really liked Northern but did eventually form an affinity with the place for the social side of things...just used to switch off from the music...except for the more upfront stuff...always liked that. Stopped going week in week out long before it shut up shop as I'd burned out.

I guess the Casino experience was kinda wasted on me

[Guest]

Trying to find the youngest person on here who got into Wigan and got past the bouncers and Hilda.....l was 16 and 9 months (crap really) my cousin (Dean W on here) was l think 15 and a few months....anybody else remember how old they were??

I was an old campaigner on my first night of September 23rd 1973 , as I was 23 years , 7 months and 5 days old .

Malc Burton

Edited May 14, 2010 by Malc Burton

[Diddy Morgan]

i was 16 years 2 months old , but i must have looked about 11 !!. someone gave me a membership card , and my 1st visit was the week after the 5th anniversary , i used to go in the door on the right as i had been forewarned of mrs woods on the left door .always went through there and gettin asked my age every third time or so ,think it was harry or gerry on that entrance.then when attendances started to dwindle only mrs woods door was open ,however was 18 by then n had to carry passport to get served in the pubs as well:lol:

[Julie Moore]

September 1980 aged just 19 absolutly loved it

[Pete Eccles]

i was 16 years 2 months old , but i must have looked about 11 !!. someone gave me a membership card , and my 1st visit was the week after the 5th anniversary , i used to go in the door on the right as i had been forewarned of mrs woods on the left door .always went through there and gettin asked my age every third time or so ,think it was harry or gerry on that entrance.then when attendances started to dwindle only mrs woods door was open ,however was 18 by then n had to carry passport to get served in the pubs as well:lol:

Steve, you still look about 11

[Ian Parker]

I was gettin on a bit...... 17 when i first went, 18 (almost 19) when i last went.

IAN

Edited May 14, 2010 by parkash

[Mark B]

I was about 16 and a half for wigan but 15 and half years old for blackpool mecca went with my brother and a few others from stalybridge/ashton

mark

[Wiganer1]

me aged 15 and 11 months....end of an era sep 19th 1981....changed my life FOREVER !!!

[funkyfeet]

Any younger and they will be in nappies.

[Guest Mrs Simsy]

Great thread! I love hearing these stories. My brother is nearly 15 now and i'd be horrified at the thought of him & his mates travelling to somewhere as far away as Wigan on their own! I know things are different now but it still amazes me that loads of you sneaked out and travelled the country!

[Guest]

Great thread! I love hearing these stories. My brother is nearly 15 now and i'd be horrified at the thought of him & his mates travelling to somewhere as far away as Wigan on their own! I know things are different now but it still amazes me that loads of you sneaked out and travelled the country!

Some of us never had to sneak out,even at 14 just say i'm off out for the weekend,football and nighters.

[Guest taffy]

First visit 1974 just turned 16

[Guest Neil-ok]

Was 15,getting id'd was only the start of the problems because i never had any money:no:,used to hide on the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Wigan then give Mrs woods the puppy eyes to let me in,most of the time she would give me 10 mins to go in and cadge the entrance fee of people i knew in there or it was on hands and knees and crawl in between legs past the bouncers:thumbsup:,got caught a few times as well:nono:.

Getting home was a whole new adventure:lol:.

Most of the young uns i knew where about 14/15.

[dthedrug]

Trying to find the youngest person on here who got into Wigan and got past the bouncers and Hilda.....l was 16 and 9 months (crap really) my cousin (Dean W on here) was l think 15 and a few months....anybody else remember how old they were??

HI AL.. I REMEMBER THE NIGHT THAT TOTP FEATURED NORTHERN SOUL DANCERS, DANCING TO"FOOTSIE" ON THE SATURDAY, MIKE WALKER TRIED TO TURN ME AWAY BECAUSE IT WAS FULL UP, NOT EXCEPTING THAT AS A EXCUSE AND AS A REGULAR WHO HAD TRAVELED UP FROM NORTH HERTS, WOULD ANYONE? WHEN I DID GET IN THERE WERE CHILDREN ALL AROUND THE PLACE AND BY 3am THEY WERE ALL ASLEEP SUCKING THEIR THUMBS, BLESS THEM. SO I RECKON IT MUST BE ONE OF THESE, AS QUITE CLEARLY SOME LOOKED LIKE 11 YEAR OLDS TO ME! DAVE KIL

[dthedrug]

First visit 1974 just turned 16

AND WHAT A HANDFUL YOU LOT WERE..AND A NIGHT THAT YOU WILL NEVER FORGET TAFFY DAVE

[Gilly]

I was 14 and so was my mate Mick Cope, but Jakey (Richard Jakeman) who was with us was only about 13 at most (might even have been 12).

I don't know,some of you Nuneaton lads!

[KevH]

I was about 16 and a half for wigan but 15 and half years old for blackpool mecca went with my brother and a few others from stalybridge/ashton

mark

Same here for Wigan.Bit older for Mecca.Maybe 17 and a half.

Edited May 15, 2010 by KevH

[Jill Bayles]

Some of us never had to sneak out,even at 14 just say i'm off out for the weekend,football and nighters.

Same here...we'd done the under-age drinkin thing and by 14 had grown out of that our parents were so fed up to the back teeth of us rollin home at all hours in drunken stupours that we were easily able to persuade them that the Casino was a good place for us to be cos of the no-alcohol policy...oh how naive they were and by the time they realised just what a den of iniquity it really was we'd been there done it and worn the t-shirt only parental rule for me and my adoptive sis was that we went together, stayed together and came home together and that she looked after me as she was the eldest...yeah right...other way round methinks...but the rule was easy to abide by as we'd been stuck like glue since my birth 5 months after hers in 1960 and that endured til her untimely death in 2002...rest in peace and love Steph

[DennieFitz]

I was about 13 when I first went to the casino, they had soul nights which were just as packed as the allnighters. I was 14 when I first went to an allnighter, I remember being pushed in and this bouncer putting his hand out and everybody putting money in it (notes them days). I don't remember every sneaking out just diverting the truth to where I was going. I remember this lad in my class at school first coming in with a casino patch and everybody was stood there asking him where he had been.

[Greety]

Last Time The Hammers had a decent defence was '74 Taff. lol

[Guest Matt Male]

Some of us never had to sneak out,even at 14 just say i'm off out for the weekend,football and nighters.

That was the funny thing. I never had to sneak out either, or lie about where i was going. My parents were quite happy for me to take the train 200 miles north to spend the whole night in a run down club surrounded by people off their heads (they didn't know about the last bit i think).

I think we might have mentioned we were going with the 'responsible' older crowd from Nuneaton.

[Winsford Soul]

Trying to find the youngest person on here who got into Wigan and got past the bouncers and Hilda.....l was 16 and 9 months (crap really) my cousin (Dean W on here) was l think 15 and a few months....anybody else remember how old they were??

Webby. Where do you think of all these weird and wonderful things to post on here.

Back on topic. I was sweet 16 and about 4months when i 1st entered on this wonderful journey that is the nighter scene. Dont know about sneaking in but i used to enjoy sneaking out to spend time away from all my mates with the girl who stole my heart

My younger brother Jeff went to the Casino before me and he was only 14 at the time.

Steve

[Citizen P]

I was 17 in 1973 and always looked youthful for my age( still do in truth )

However I was never challenged at Wig Wam.Although I was at a lot of other do's.

The youngest I can remember was Kay who came with us from Salford and young Bomber ( Graham ???????)

from Ashton way I think-who were both 14 on their first visits.

ATB#

#

Tony

[Guest]

Always on the bus,mate....

Question : " Webby. Where do you think of all these weird and wonderful things to post on here ? "

Answer : " Always on the bus , mate "

Cue the song .........

" The mind on the bus goes 'round and 'round , 'round and 'round , 'round and 'round ........... "

Malc Burton

[Guest Mrs Simsy]

I was about 13 when I first went to the casino, they had soul nights which were just as packed as the allnighters. I was 14 when I first went to an allnighter, I remember being pushed in and this bouncer putting his hand out and everybody putting money in it (notes them days). I don't remember every sneaking out just diverting the truth to where I was going. I remember this lad in my class at school first coming in with a casino patch and everybody was stood there asking him where he had been.

How much was it to get it in the 70's?

[Guest wigan bob]

Trying to find the youngest person on here who got into Wigan and got past the bouncers and Hilda.....l was 16 and 9 months (crap really) my cousin (Dean W on here) was l think 15 and a few months....anybody else remember how old they were??

november 78 i was 14

[Guest]

How much was it to get it in the 70's?

10 bob,or was it a quid.

[Tabs]

75p initially from memory.

Normally went up when there were acts on as well.

10 bob,or was it a quid.

[Winsford Soul]

.........And he went with with my cousin Dean didn't he?

Probably mate.

Steve

[grantdyche]

How much was it to get it in the 70's?

Bloody good question,

The 75p rings a bell,

It doesn't sound a lot nowadays,But my first weeks wage was £6.00,

So 75p was a lot of dosh in those days

The price of an average British single was 25p

[Eddie Hubbard]

I went for the first time a week after my 18th birthday in 1975 , though me and Tabs travelled for ages by train on 13 year children tickets !! Best ,Eddie

[Guest Old Soul]

Sorry to be a party pooper but one of the reasons I stopped going to Wigan was all the young kids running round it got like a kindergarten

And what sort of mother would let their 13 year old go to an all nighter?? KTF

[grantdyche]

Sorry to be a party pooper but one of the reasons I stopped going to Wigan was all the young kids running round it got like a kindergarten

And what sort of mother would let their 13 year old go to an all nighter?? KTF

Different times really,

But many of the young kindergarten kids are on here and replying to this type of conversation,

Not me of course coz I was 16 and a bit when I first went to The Casino,So I'm an oldie,

If they where 13 etc they must have had painted on "Tash" for the lads,And socks stuffed down the Bra's for the girls,

Because when I was 13 I was covered in yellow black headed spots on my face,And could only just manage a hard on in the morning,Never mind staying up all night dancing

[Guest JIM BARRY]

Different times really,

But many of the young kindergarten kids are on here and replying to this type of conversation,

Not me of course coz I was 16 and a bit when I first went to The Casino,So I'm an oldie,

If they where 13 etc they must have had painted on "Tash" for the lads,And socks stuffed down the Bra's for the girls,

Because when I was 13 I was covered in yellow black headed spots on my face,

• And could only just manage a hard on in the morning,Never mind staying up all night dancing
  

its funny how things go full circle

[grantdyche]

its funny how things go full circle

Cruel but fare Jim

No spots nowadays and no hard on for yonks

Edited May 16, 2010 by grantdyche

[dthedrug]

Hi All...Sitting here reading and thinking back to them days, I was wondering as All-Nighters were full of speed users, what nonce sold you lot Drugs, back then? this is a serious question, and why dont you name them! iI was 15/16 when I fist took some pep pills? but 11 12yr olds is a bit alarming to me DAVE