Guest manusf3a Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) The whole theory is flawed…."off duty police officers coming in because they enjoyed it so much" Perhaps they were still on duty …. "A major deterrent was if you got a conviction you couldn't get a visa to go to the USA" - in 1973? I am sure that was a "game changer" for the average Casino goer wanting to dance all night . I don't understand why he persists in this "No drugs on my watch" stuff. Ridiculous. I also don't feel sorry for Russ like some. He does very nicely out of trading on Wigan Casino's name, gets more bookings than the rest of us put together and all with about 25 records. I mean that's some feat if you think about it. Do the records include joe four eyes and haw wey ah oh feeve oh and the fantastic bri nylon knicker making machine! Edited April 22, 2015 by manusf3a Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Rick Smith Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I think Mr. Winstanley has turned to LSD or maybe it's dementia. What a load of cobblers, was he blind? From that stage it must have looked like a swarm of shit house rats looking up, eyes popping out of their heads. The squad were always there, you couldn't miss them, they might as well have put beacons on their heads. Even the plod couldn't help but have nicked a cart load, as useless as they were. Get a grip Russ 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Billywhizz Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 you take the piss out of r w, he put station rd on the map .good or bad, to me yet o k billy 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
dedji1955 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 you take the piss out of r w, he put station rd on the map .good or bad, to me yet o k billy I have always stuck up for Russ in the past, as a Wiganer I was going to his earlier venues in the early 70s before he started at the Casino He has only himself to blame for any ridicule... Why make such blatant lies and exaggerations when their are so many folks about who went and no the truth You also want to see the comments piss taking Russ has made about his fellow DJs on his FB page and in messages he has bombarded me with 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Billywhizz Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I have always stuck up for Russ in the past, as a Wiganer I was going to his earlier venues in the early 70s before he started at the Casino He has only himself to blame for any ridicule... Why make such blatant lies and exaggerations when their are so many folks about who went and no the truth You also want to see the comments piss taking Russ has made about his fellow DJs on his FB page and in messages he has bombarded me withhttps://www.rarenorthernsoul.com/ not on facebook i know where your coming from its abit naughty taking the piss out of his fellow DJs all the best cheers Billy 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve G Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) I have always stuck up for Russ in the past, as a Wiganer I was going to his earlier venues in the early 70s before he started at the Casino He has only himself to blame for any ridicule... Why make such blatant lies and exaggerations when their are so many folks about who went and no the truth You also want to see the comments piss taking Russ has made about his fellow DJs on his FB page and in messages he has bombarded me with His jibe about Kev and Richard isn't even funny. Now if he'd put under the photo "Cartoon Candy Carnival - Mickey Mouse concerto in B. Monster Casino Sound….Exclusive only UK appearance now at the Bellingham - get in!!!" That would have been funny. Edited April 23, 2015 by Steve G 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Soulman51 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Casino would not have been what it was without the pills etc & yes someone was always getting arrested there if not there then on the way to Wigan birch services on motorway was key to drug squad Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post neckender Posted November 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2018 On 15/04/2015 at 13:34, Goldsoul said: 8 years. 416 weeks at an average of 2,000 per week = 832,000. And that's being generous! You do the math! MATHS ! 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Frankie Crocker Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Did anyone ever get framed by the drug squad reception parties? That would make a more interesting read if indeed it actually happened. I think we should give Russ the respect he deserves. As Billy Whizz says, he put Station Road on the map. He brought Richard and Kev into the fold. He played some fantastic records back in the day. It’s because of Russ, dozens of Soul Sourcers, and maybe hundreds more, are into the music he introduced us to all those years ago. I was in Wigan last weekend, checking out the memorabilia at the Casino Cafe and pleased to bits I could tell the other lookers on that I was there. Thanks a million Russ. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Derek Pearson Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 All this talk about what did or didn't go on before, during and after soul nights in Wigan didn't anybody else note the irony of a well known brand of pharmaceutical regularly consumed in their hundreds throughout the seventies @ Wigan promoted in big letters on page 15 of said Local Life magazine? You'll be telling me next young people used to have tee shirts with the name of their favourite refreshment printed on...... Derek Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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