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Good Read

Cracking read that,thanks for posting mate

a great read with nice piccys,thanks for posting,

Well spotted PD--great find. Very good read indeed

Nice one Paul, like seeing "vintage" photos.

In the photos, second row from bottom, third one in.

I know how that poor fooker felt, I bet he was at successful at knee tremblers as I was

Edited June 29, 201113 yr by Dave Turner

Very good read the wheel is the my main venue these days.

The only original part of the wheel we get to dance in is the stage room. The atmosphere created in that old cellar is amazing! I can only guess what the place must have felt like in the sixties! All those class live acts( too many to list ) must have been awesome!!!

As I wasn't old enough to go when the place was running back in the day going there now is a bonus to me.

Love listening to all the olde tales from the origanal wheelers and this is a great post

Thanx

Spike

Wot a grt read Paul and wrote so well by a Brazonnose st Wheeler the rivers of glowing shivers line is a real corker.

Your's in Soul

Irish

Says it all.

Brilliant read Paul(more intresting than your footy team!!!!! ) thanks for posting ----BTW you were right ,i,m not impressed with Aaron Mclean ---not so far anyway!!!

T.C.

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Hi All.......AH! HA! what a great article/s this is the sort of honest , and straight talking of recall, it almost drew me to romance, well recommended,

Now I will not try and be clever and rash in my opinions about it all starting from LONDON, as we all are aware of the history of the MOD sub culture

, and after the cockney reds thing and the SKINHEADS STARTED AT WEST HAM & MILLWALL, (true)? I will not venture that the MOD movement started in 5 mile radius of SHEPARD'S BUSH in 1962 and spread very quickly to the teenage wastelands of the home counties and the large city's of England but I will say it did not have any NORTHERN PIT BOYS IN THE RANKS, THINKING OF THE GREEBO BLOKE FROM KES, comes to mind?.. and leave it down to you! CHEERS FOR THIS PAULDAVE THE BLADE!

I'm not sure I understand the above comments? Is this a london v the north thing?

I was just a kid in the sixties teenager in the seventies so I was a young skinhead then moved with the times started going allnighters ect

Can't comment on the sixties too much but I would say that in my area chesterfield 75% of "lads" ie skins soulboys ect worked down the pits and I can assure you that we were not

Grebos like the guy off of kes!

The Manchester mod scene and London mod scene both played a very important roll in shaping the style ,music and the whole mod sub culture.

quote: The Manchester Mods were probably unique, yes, they followed the London trends, often a little later, being provincial, but a growing core of them idolised soul music.alongside being fans of the UK Mod groups. Every Friday night Ready Steady Go would have soul artists, or play soul records, it was a TV show that few Mods would miss. RSG often had the Beatles and the Who and The Stones on the show.

The trouble with the Rolling Stones as far as the 'Wheelers' the Manchester Soul Mods were concerned was that the Stones copied the original artists, and the originals were always the greatest (Dobbie Gray). Original recordings were to become the ONLY versions acceptable. This started the rare record scene off. Brazennose street

Also the Beatles turned off Mods because they copied so much Tamla Motown stuff.......only later did a real appreciation of the Beatles and the Stones emerge when the chauvinism had dissipated somewhat! The Small Faces and The Who were appreciated as at least they were doing their own original material

as we can see the guy is giving full respect to the London mods who started it all whilst trying to point out the difference betwwen the two cultures.

i cant see any reference to 'northern pit lads'

as you call yourself 'dave the blade' are you a sheffield utd supporter? or is there a darker meaning to that nick mame?

Edited July 14, 201113 yr by spike1

This is a great read., just how it was., Its interesting how your recollections about the Manchester Mody scene had parallels with The Nottingham Mody Scene..We had The Dungeon Club but it was closed down and that put paid to it generating the reputation that The Wheel had..You sound justifiably proud of your heritage as a Manchester guy and a Topper! leave it to The Toy Towners to make stupid and negative comments about your observations. but I for one applaud your efforts and look forward to reading your book..Johnny Mod

That's a good read.

I went to visit my sister at Manchester Uni in 1967 (got to see Cream live at the Uni for 6 shillings) and she hung out with a lot of the mods and reckoned there was a big Jewish contingent, as there had been in the early London scene. Does anyone remember that aspect?

That's a good read.

I went to visit my sister at Manchester Uni in 1967 (got to see Cream live at the Uni for 6 shillings) and she hung out with a lot of the mods and reckoned there was a big Jewish contingent, as there had been in the early London scene. Does anyone remember that aspect?

That part has been mentioned, notably by Brian Walker in SWONS- I probably misquote but he says something along the lines of as the Jewish lads respected the sabbath and did not go out Fridays, Saturday allnighters at The Wheel was where the let their hair down (so to speak) AND were at the Cutting Edge of Fashion.

ATB

Tony