Memorabilia From The Casino

[Guest]

On the last night (if indeed it was thee last night-Well the one were Tommy Hunt was on anyway!lol) l bent down to see a lad cutting up a piece of the dance-floor with a pen-knife (l seem to remember he was Scottish for some reason, it was more of a splinter (about 2" x 1/2 ")....He asked me if l wanted a go and l did the same,approx. the same size.....l put it in an envelope and kept it for years.......God alone knows where it is now? Have you have any memorabilia (Well stuff nicked from Wigan To be more precise..... )

[Guest Dave Turner]

Got nowt myself but this bloke has at 7.23

Might have posted this before, can't remember

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW6-Nuon9-E

Edited September 8, 2010 by Dave Turner

[grantdyche]

Got nowt myself but this bloke has at 7.23

Might have posted this before, can't remember

https://www.youtube.c...h?v=YW6-Nuon9-E

Not seen the clip at the moment sorry,

But was / is there not some bloke out there who as his kitchen laid with the bits left over from the dancefloor,The name "Lester" comes to mind for some reason,Was he on a telly prog about the 25th aniv about The Casino,Think he was a train driver,Think the telly thing was called NWA "North West Attitude" but the person in question came from a little further south ??

[Guest tony lee]

Not seen the clip at the moment sorry,

But was / is there not some bloke out there who as his kitchen laid with the bits left over from the dancefloor,The name "Lester" comes to mind for some reason,Was he on a telly prog about the 25th aniv about The Casino,Think he was a train driver,Think the telly thing was called NWA "North West Attitude" but the person in question came from a little further south ??

the lad your talking about grantdyche is lester wardle he was from heywood.

now i think he lives in halifax.

[Mrtag]

On the last night (if indeed it was thee last night-Well the one were Tommy Hunt was on anyway!lol) l bent down to see a lad cutting up a piece of the dance-floor with a pen-knife (l seem to remember he was Scottish for some reason, it was more of a splinter (about 2" x 1/2 ")....He asked me if l wanted a go and l did the same,approx. the same size.....l put it in an envelope and kept it for years.......God alone knows where it is now? Have you have any memorabilia (Well stuff nicked from Wigan To be more precise..... )

One Things For Sure Phil It Wont Be Bog Roll As There Was Never Any To Nick!! Rarer Than Hens Teeth At WC!! oops pardon the pun :D

[Citizen P]

I reckon there are more pieces of that floor knocking around than there are of the " One True Cross"

Wasn't the geezer with bricks Wayne the Train??

Tony

[Professorturnups]

Anyone got a copy of the poster - had photos of the DJs/Staff on, including the tea ladies!

Mark C

[Guest proudlove]

I reckon there are more pieces of that floor knocking around than there are of the " One True Cross"

Wasn't the geezer with bricks Wayne the Train??

Tony

Nah mate.......................it was Russ the Bus

Or was It Mark the Shark?

[Guest john59]

Just before they decided to knock the place down after the fire, the landlord of the Alexandra in Hindley green said to me one night , "John, if you want anything from the Casino my brother John (Radcliffe) has got the job of knocking the place down, Ray (the landlord of the said pub) said "Johns demo company is starting next week with the ball and chain stuff so get down there and ask for our kid and they will let you have a rummage around, (no health and safty back then realy).

I decided not to bother as it would be a bit upsetting........................................damm and blast, I wish I had taken him up on that offer.

damm damm damm

[Dazdakin]

I got the old metal waste bin they used to put the stubs in when you walked in after you had paid!!!

[Guest biggray1]

[[].jpg] Checkout the street sign,took by a Soulsource member on the very last nite at Casino.have a better picture showiing the full sign,will have a look for it later,the geezer in the picture is Cressy.

[Guest JIM BARRY]

Nah mate.......................it was Russ the Bus

Or was It Mark the Shark?

yes tony,it was wayne skeffington ,he showed his brick on a tv documentry, we used to go to all the venues together.

[Dazdakin]

l that true??? Kin Brilliant!!

its as true as

[Billyboy]

Got a snake belt waist size 26"...now thats memories...

..and memories from 1973 on .....of how it got that small...

Edited September 9, 2010 by Billyboy

[Citizen P]

Nah mate.......................it was Russ the Bus

Or was It Mark the Shark?

Oi!!

That'd be

Mark the Snake to you sunshine.

T

[Davetay]

yes tony,it was wayne skeffington ,he showed his brick on a tv documentry, we used to go to all the venues together.

Jim, not seem Wayne for years. any idea what he is up to nowadays.

Dave.

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

After the first last "All Nighter"--Sept 19 th. i wrote an article about it in Rod D,S mag Midnite Express,about how i had a seat flap from the record bar,i found it in my mothers garage the other day ,so if anyone is intrested , feel free to make me an offer, or i,ll put it on E vil Bay.

TONY

[Roddy]

The guy with the pen knife was Dougie Gray from Tranent.

Ive got a few tickets, patches, northern noise magazines and two coca cola bottles from the last night and two of my mates memberships, by the way i have no idea where my membership is I think i gave it to a girl from Chorley.

[Guest]

After the first last "All Nighter"--Sept 19 th. i wrote an article about it in Rod D,S mag Midnite Express,about how i had a seat flap from the record bar,i found it in my mothers garage the other day ,so if anyone is intrested , feel free to make me an offer, or i,ll put it on E vil Bay.

TONY

It will be of value , if it was the one Ash used to park his arse on .........

Malc

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

Someone has just asked me if it,s genuine----well of course with the advantage of D.N.A we can date it(like the Turin Shroud) and ascertain that the arse that sat on it was in fact a certain Rod Shard from Monton.

Tony

[wiganelli]

I know which you mean.An old friend of mine,Gary Jeffries from Aldershot is on it....l think bottom right....He died in a car crash on the way back from an all-dayer in Whitchurch,August Bank Holiday 1978......He was just 19...

Yea i got a poster!!!.my friend found in a cupboard when they was knocking the houses down in the Poolstock area of Wigan

[Guest]

Someone has just asked me if it,s genuine----well of course with the advantage of D.N.A we can date it(like the Turin Shroud) and ascertain that the arse that sat on it was in fact a certain Rod Shard from Monton.

Tony

Did Rod sit still for that long to leave " proof " ?

Malc

[wiganelli]

Anyone got a copy of the poster - had photos of the DJs/Staff on, including the tea ladies!

Mark C

Hi marc just got my poster out wonder if its worth anything££££. OR just hold on for keeps sake its in 1st class condition looks new waw wish i was back there MEMORIES!!

[Guest JIM BARRY]

Jim, not seem Wayne for years. any idea what he is up to nowadays.

Dave.

hiya dave, bumped into him in middleton a couple of months ago, i was waiting at lights and he ran upto my van and jumped in, s**t myself , i thought i was being car jacked..lol. he doesn't get to any soul do's these days, but looked well.i couldn't shut him up, atb jim.

[Wiganer1]

WOULD LOVE SOME OF THE OLD POSTERS ,,,,THE CASINO FLYERS,,ETC,,,

[Guest karen b]

Not quite what you were asking for but have got my voucher for a free 'three before eight' single' on

Casino Classics ( which I couldn'd be bothered to exchange) in a frame, cannot remember the date of

the niter they were given out on, think first few through the door got them, very faded but possibly unique?

Karen x

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

Not quite what you were asking for but have got my voucher for a free 'three before eight' single' on

Casino Classics ( which I couldn'd be bothered to exchange) in a frame, cannot remember the date of

the niter they were given out on, think first few through the door got them, very faded but possibly unique?

Karen x

U.N.B.E.L.I.E.V.A.B.L.E.

[Guest]

Not quite what you were asking for but have got my voucher for a free 'three before eight' single' on

Casino Classics ( which I couldn'd be bothered to exchange) in a frame, cannot remember the date of

the niter they were given out on, think first few through the door got them, very faded but possibly unique?

Karen x

Now this poses several interesting questions .

Firstly , how many copies of the CC " 3B48 " were allocated for the giveaway .

Secondly , exactly what was that " first few through the door " number .

Thirdly , and more to the point , how many were copies were actually given away in exchange for the voucher .

Malc

Edited September 12, 2010 by Malc Burton

[Guest POTTERIESPECK]

a few owd posters + flyers

[Guest SteveJohnston]

WOULD LOVE SOME OF THE OLD POSTERS ,,,,THE CASINO FLYERS,,ETC,,,

Mark

I know someone that has a few of the old posters that were put up outside the casino Andy Hadfield a mate of mine, he was from Hindley Green near Wigan I think he now lives in France I know because I give them to him in 82 before I moved to Leicestershire along with a box of records I swapped for his complete Jam collection every single & LP including some overseas issues. The last time I visited him in Hindley around five years ago ish he still had them, funny enough I found a photo of my bedroom wall with the casino posters on surrounded by record label bags and allnighter anniversary ticket stubs and a few LP covers also a poster of the three soul disco albums "dance dance dance" was one and two others I cant remember the name of that came out in the mid 70's I can't even remember the label name at the moment But I'm sure I still have this poster rolled up in a tube some were!

I'll post up the photo later & poster if I can find it.

Steve J

Edited September 15, 2010 by SteveJohnston

[Guest Ste Brazil]

a few owd posters + flyers

The blue poster with the photos on was re-issued a few (4 or 5) years ago, i saw it advertised in 'Scootering' magazine, always thought it was a bit of an odd one to re-issue?!

Ste.

[Wiganer1]

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a few owd posters + flyers

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the jackie wilson one is brill,,,,got the junoir walker one,,,i think theres a edwin starr one knocking around too....

[Guest]

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the jackie wilson one is brill,,,,got the junoir walker one,,,i think theres a edwin starr one knocking around too....

I have a spare A4 copy ( on photo paper ) of the " Wigan Casino Club All Nighter / The Heart Of Soul " poster .

If anyone wants it , email me at burtonmalc@yahoo.co.uk , and I will post it to them .

Malc

Edited September 15, 2010 by Malc Burton

[Guest SteveJohnston]

Just been having a rumage round in the garage and found the photos of my old bedroom wall from 81 along with photos of the Casino after the fire one of wich is from inside i'm sure i took this under the balcony near the stirway that took you up towards MR M's entrance but it was a long time ago so if you you know difrent shout up i took a lot more of the inside i'll keep looking this weekend see if i can find them.

Steve J

[De-to]

Just been having a rumage round in the garage and found the photos of my old bedroom wall from 81 along with photos of the Casino after the fire one of wich is from inside i'm sure i took this under the balcony near the stirway that took you up towards MR M's entrance but it was a long time ago so if you you know difrent shout up i took a lot more of the inside i'll keep looking this weekend see if i can find them.

Steve J

nice piccys steve,thanks for that...

[Wiganer1]

THAT 6TH ANNIVERSARY ONE IS WELL BRILL!!! ...WIGAN DONT YOU JUST LOVE IT!!!! ...

[Mark S]

Still got the Creative Source single Dont be afraid to take my love it was given out to promote the single .

[Wayoutgirl]

Have a scar on my left leg from lying on a broken coke bottle does that count??

[Guest proudlove]

THAT 6TH ANNIVERSARY ONE IS WELL BRILL!!! ...WIGAN DONT YOU JUST LOVE IT!!!! ...

Errrr no.................it was a shithole.

[grantdyche]

Errrr no.................it was a shithole.

Confucius once said "One mans shit hole is another mans palace"

Or maybe I just made it up

[Guest SteveJohnston]

Errrr no.................it was a shithole.

Your dead right it was a shithole & i bloody well loved the place i've never ever regreted spending weekends in my late teens at the Casino i wish i had it all to do once more

[Guest john59]

Just been having a rumage round in the garage and found the photos of my old bedroom wall from 81 along with photos of the Casino after the fire one of wich is from inside i'm sure i took this under the balcony near the stirway that took you up towards MR M's entrance but it was a long time ago so if you you know difrent shout up i took a lot more of the inside i'll keep looking this weekend see if i can find them.

Steve J

Its pictures like that that I love to look at, thanks for uploading them, top man.

I REKON IF YOU GOT ALL THE PICTURES FROM PAST MEMBERS THERE WOULD BE A GOOD BOOK TO BE HAD.

I have no intention to do such a book but Im sure if someone could........................................................................................it would be enjoyed by many on here

[Guest turntableterra]

]a few more pics,taken recently, i must have missed the poster stage. heres a coke bottle, bag and shirt. i knicked the headrest cover off a "NORTHERN " bus sadly still have it too

[Guest]

Errrr no.................it was a shithole.

WC had its' moments - and there were many of them , and I will even go so far as stating that they bordered on being exceptional - but sadly as you state Steve , it was a shithole ....... but before the

" thoushaltnotbesmearchthenameoftheholyshrine " brigade write in to complain , but so were several of the iconic venues .

Most people will agree that it was , but will not voice it publicly for fear of a type written stoning .

Malc

Edited September 16, 2010 by Malc Burton

[Guest SteveJohnston]

Its pictures like that that I love to look at, thanks for uploading them, top man.

I REKON IF YOU GOT ALL THE PICTURES FROM PAST MEMBERS THERE WOULD BE A GOOD BOOK TO BE HAD.

I have no intention to do such a book but Im sure if someone could........................................................................................it would be enjoyed by many on here

Hi Malc

I'm sure your right it would defiantly be a book to own especially if it contained a few words of the photo owners memories to go along side them.

Like on the very last nighter right at the end with the DJ's standing on the stage & Russ had stopped playing the last record over & over every one left in there clapping like mad! I was standing about half way down the dance floor to the right of the stage after picking up my Hitachi tape recorder of the top of the speakers on the stage I took the tape out turned it over held the player up over my head and pressed the play button and "long after the night is all over" started about half way though! Every one around us including all the Hindley lads started dancing Russ pointed at us lot and told Dave E he's get them dancing!..................

Steve J

Edited September 16, 2010 by SteveJohnston

[Guest Robbo]

I don't have any dancefloor....but I do have my badges still + a couple of flyers and an application form from Blues and Soul for the first night I never made the first night as I was still at school at the time but I made the first anniversary and the last night (s) wouldn't change a thing amazing times I for one would buy the book Sue

Edited September 16, 2010 by Robbo

[Glynthornhill]

hiya dave, bumped into him in middleton a couple of months ago, i was waiting at lights and he ran upto my van and jumped in, s**t myself , i thought i was being car jacked..lol. he doesn't get to any soul do's these days, but looked well.i couldn't shut him up, atb jim.

Just seen Wayne tonight - he bought a few pieces of vinyl from me -  He ' s  still collecting and as enthusiastic as ever about the Scene - Not a member on the forum but say's he might join - Says hello to all who know him .

[Frankie Crocker]

Not quite what you were asking for but have got my voucher for a free 'three before eight' single' on

Casino Classics ( which I couldn'd be bothered to exchange) in a frame, cannot remember the date of

the niter they were given out on, think first few through the door got them, very faded but possibly unique?

Karen x

Voucher was issued Spring 1978. Had a dozen of us from Anglesey cashed them in at Spin Inn in a manchester the next day.