Does any kind soul know where this pic is from or better still who took it?

Any info gratefully received!

Thanks.

Edited February 19, 201312 yr by corbett80

Could be Wigan as i remember it was in a corridor before you go into main room

its 100% record bar at wigan

yep that record bar at wigan , Andy garside in the pic ...its the only wigan pic he,s in so he told me

also my mate gary humphrey from stockport is one of the lads looking through the 45's

1980..ish?.

Thanks everyone appreciate it. Would this of been a newspaper shot or a personal photo - big question I know!

1980..ish?.

I was going to say that - definitely 80's onwards - tell by the straight leg trousers

think it normally shows up in a group of 3 or 4 pics - guy by himself in a white shirt being one of the others - and sort of sure seen it listed on a news archive website recently

though not 100% so may be wrong

https://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/image_galleries/russ_gallery.shtml?13

says copyright Francesco Mellina

I was going to say that - definitely 80's onwards - tell by the straight leg trousers

Agree Pete, and the M1 flying jacket that lad has on (you know, green with orange lining). deffo post 80 those.

Love the empty coke bottle, sometimes forget there was no alcohol, never batted an eyelid about that in those days, don't think I could go two hours without a grog at a soul night these days.

Aid.

I first saw it in an article in NME in 1981 entitled 'The Lost Tribe Loses It's Shrine' about the closure of Wigan. It had a caption 'still looking for afternoon of the rhino'

Mike - big thanks for that lead - top work

definately wigan, russ wild is on it also ged gibbons ( both stockport), i would say around 76 or 77

Def Wigan record bar, I was there :-)

i believe it was took as part of an NME/Melody Maker article as the same photographer took a picture of me and my girlfriend at the time...she was black i was white..I never got to see the article or picture ? I used to wear white t shirts...Bywell used to wear shorts in the middle of the dancefloor...remember that Dave !!!

Time period would be 1980-81..

Edited February 20, 201312 yr by souljazera

Time period would be 1980-81..

Agreed!, Post comedy trousers - pre Phil Oakey Wedges

definately wigan, russ wild is on it also ged gibbons ( both stockport), i would say around 76 or 77

is that russ with the staring eyes?, also where is ged on there ?, sure ged said he stopped going in 77

right , got it from the horses mouth (gary h in picture )its 81 he remembers the nme guy there and spoke to him , it was of the impending closure,not russ or ged in the photo carty sorry...........atb diddy

ok fair enough

Awesome info - many thanks everyone.

Photo is taken from the right hand arch which led into the bar area from the dance floor, (Coke/brew) bar at the back.

Looks busy ! Only went to friday oldies in 81, would it have been as full as this on a saturday in this period ? Went to the much publicised 500th niter and was shocked at how empty it was compared to monthly oldies !

Great Picture tho !!!!

Looks busy ! Only went to friday oldies in 81, would it have been as full as this on a saturday in this period ? Went to the much publicised 500th niter and was shocked at how empty it was compared to monthly oldies !

Great Picture tho !!!!

Funny that was exactly what I was thinking, it must have been an oldies night, I went pretty much every Saturday in 81 and other than end of era type nighters the record bar was never this full, in fact on some Saturday's the main room wasn't this full! Although some Saturdays there were almost equal amounts in both!

The 500th wasn't empty by any means but yes not an Oldies type crowd, mind I didn't go to my first Oldies till early 80 so not sure if they even were as busy as they had been.

Definitely 80/81 picture as recognise a few of the faces as being regulars on Saturday too. They did have a Saturday Oldies mid month early 81 as well did they not, but fairly sure that was very empty. On reflection I do wonder if this was the 7th Anniversary (Sept 80) because that was rammed was it not, and was my only anniversary, even more than the Oldies I went to and remember not being able to move in record bar. The night I met Pete Lawson I am fairly sure.

Absolutely magic picture, and in all honesty even then only reason I went to Oldies was for record bar as I had never seen anything like it and probably never since for records.

Photo is taken from the right hand arch which led into the bar area from the dance floor, (Coke/brew) bar at the back.

Barrold for someone who is always seen enjoying the moment to the full your memory is always brilliant, that just brought the whole thing flooding back in my head, I can even feel the sweat on the arch as you brushed past it.

7th Anniversary (Sept 80) because that was rammed was it not

You couldn't move anywhere - I remember we got off home about 5am as it was just silly.

Barrold for someone who is always seen enjoying the moment to the full your memory is always brilliant, that just brought the whole thing flooding back in my head, I can even feel the sweat on the arch as you brushed past it.

...and trying to get the nicotine stains out of your arm when the sweat dripped off the ceiling onto you

Barrold for someone who is always seen enjoying the moment to the full your memory is always brilliant, that just brought the whole thing flooding back in my head, I can even feel the sweat on the arch as you brushed past it.

...and I'm sure the box with the lid is Minshull's - that was his spec there.

its 100% record bar at wigan

Floor tiling a giveaway?

Yes Wigan record bar,,the first box is Pete Widdison's and the next 2 belong to Mick Smith.

I've been looking at the photo the lad lookin in the box with the lid maybe a mate of mine

The blonde haired one looks like BIPPO aka Steve Shipley who sadly died in 2011 he came from Stoke

Edited February 21, 201312 yr by Kev John

Does any kind soul know where this pic is from or better still who took it?

Any info

Thanks.

Edited February 23, 201312 yr by drewid

That's Rod shard and Dave withers Table, probably Rod`s hand with the cigarette. First box I looked through every week, got some great stuff off them lads

I've been looking at the photo the lad lookin in the box with the lid maybe a mate of mine

The blonde haired one looks like BIPPO aka Steve Shipley who sadly died in 2011 he came from Stoke

Sad to hear about Bippo, hadn't heard that he had passed away. Spent many a beffuddled hour with him and the rest of the Stoke crew back in them days, not so sure that, that is him in the picture though.

John

Sad to hear about Bippo, hadn't heard that he had passed away. Spent many a beffuddled hour with him and the rest of the Stoke crew back in them days, not so sure that, that is him in the picture though.

John

Hi John

not sure of pic myself but it's close call

The stuff Bippo was into caught up with him in the end very sad indeed & a sad lose

atb kev

Edited February 23, 201312 yr by Kev John

What a superb thread/post, So interesting, I reckon Barry kept a diary of every thing he's ever done, No one can have memory like that at our age ???.

Garry

What a superb thread/post, So interesting, I reckon Barry kept a diary of every thing he's ever done, No one can have memory like that at our age ???.

Garry

Really !

Edited February 25, 201312 yr by Nick Harrison

That's Rod Shard and Dave Withers Table, probably Rod`s hand with the cigarette. First box I looked through every week, got some great stuff off them lads

Every time I look at this photo I can hear myself going "got got got - not got - got got got".

And sorry Harry I beg to differ re 'Rod's hand with cigarette'.....a closer inspection of the cigarette revealed the name of Lambert & Butler and I know for a fact he never smokes them.......

Was there the night a friend of mine bought a Cecil Washington off them for £100 (gasp & gulp) . A photograph was taken to record the event.

derek

Every time I look at this photo I can hear myself going "got got got - not got - got got got".

And sorry Harry I beg to differ re 'Rod's hand with cigarette'.....a closer inspection of the cigarette revealed the name of Lambert & Butler and I know for a fact he never smokes them.......

Was there the night a friend of mine bought a Cecil Washington off them for £100 (gasp & gulp) . A photograph was taken to record the event.

derek

Looks like Embassy No 1 or Regal King Size to me.

Didn't 'R' pay £120? The most depressing morning travelling back in the 'Wakefield Tree Surgeons' van the next day? Didn't know there was a photo!

Linky

It must be 80/81, that's me, Tich Seath, staring into space, fifth along from the right, I think the guy next to me looking in the box with the lid, is James Paton from Kilmarnock.

Ahhh, memories, memories. The amount of money spent in there by me probably funded Pete Widdisons retirement! Where is he now?

Pete is still out n about on occasion.....

 

Best Russ

That's nice to hear, Russ, cheers! He supplied me with a lot of very nice vinyl......great guy!