is there anybody (obviously attendees', and not special queue occurences,in the sincerest sense, still alive) who went to a Casino allnighter who has any recollections of the 'lastest time' you ( he, she) got in (legit).

Edited January 25, 20241 yr by Kenb

Me and my mate walked to the casino from Congleton back in the day we got one lift and got there at 7.30am and got in lol

28 minutes ago, Stephen Houghton said:

Me and my mate walked to the casino from Congleton back in the day we got one lift and got there at 7.30am and got in lol

That’s dedication for half hour😂

me and my mate were just as daft walking from Macc to a keele all-nighter in the late 80’s and same as you getting one lift to kill maybe 5 miles of the walk!

I'm a macc lad too fella 

1 hour ago, Stephen Houghton said:

Me and my mate walked to the casino from Congleton back in the day we got one lift and got there at 7.30am and got in lol

when you say 'got in', was it legit? 

1 hour ago, Stephen Houghton said:

I'm a macc lad too fella 

Did you know Jim,glenn (both passed) ? I use to go to keele,Bradford,Blackburn etc through the late 80’s and most of the 90’s,aswell as all the early weekenders(grt Yarmouth..cleethorpes)?

lee

Got in at 4.15 am , nobody on the door 

Shutter down for mrs woods kiosk 

just walked in , freebee 

A lot of the time, once it got later than 4 or 5 o'clock there was no one on the door. People where coming and going after that time unchecked. It seemed to me they had made their money for that night, so weren't bothered about hanging around for the dribs and drabs after that.

Edited January 26, 20241 yr by Solidsoul

Yep , unlike  4 hours earlier it was a complete crush to get in , leaping 

up the stairs 

23 hours ago, Dobber said:

Did you know Jim,glenn (both passed) ? I use to go to keele,Bradford,Blackburn etc through the late 80’s and most of the 90’s,aswell as all the early weekenders(grt Yarmouth..cleethorpes)?

lee

Was it Glenn Sutton who moved to Spain 

1 hour ago, Stephen Houghton said:

Was it Glenn Sutton who moved to Spain 

No ,Jim smirk and Glenn hunter,both from Macc,but passed away within a couple of years of eachother.

I asked because i was always an early leaver, about 4.30m (on the limited occasions i did go, upto mid/Late 1974) and one time had to get someone (Harry or Gerry i guess) to let me out. Other few times i left early, i met lads coming the other way i.e. IN.

Edited January 26, 20241 yr by Kenb

On 25/01/2024 at 17:26, Stephen Houghton said:

Me and my mate walked to the casino from Congleton back in the day we got one lift and got there at 7.30am and got in lol

Was it good ? 

Did a local disco  with a friend in Banbury ,about 1976 ,which ended at midnight .Then drove the 150 miles to Wigan ,got there about 3am ,remember hearing “ Cool Off “ and “ Ton Of Dynamite “ as we put our coats in the cloakroom ..

 

 

2 hours ago, Monny1916 said:

Was it good ? 

Yep OK then went to the swimming baths 

I once walked from Burnley. Got there around 7.30am. Just in time for the last half hr.

6 hours ago, Kev Moore said:

I once walked from Burnley. Got there around 7.30am. Just in time for the last half hr.

Hi Kev. You can’t be serious... Did they play ‘Ain’t No Sole Left In Those Old Shoes’?

15 of us went most weeks in the back of a Luton van , huddled up from Lancaster 

driver Martin  Brogan 

once went in the boot of a Vauxhall as the car was full and no seat left 

wasn’t to bad to be honest 

Don’t know about the latest entry but I’m claiming an early one... First visit in March 1974 just blew me away so I went back the following Saturday. Caught the bus from Culcheth to Leigh then another to Wigan. I arrived about 10 or 11 o’clock, so to kill time, I went into the early disco. The Allnighter started at 2.00 am. in those days so I passed the time watching the locals get more and more pissed. Towards the end of the disco, the lads were dropping their trousers and running around on the dance floor. A few of the lads were playing at dead ants. Definitely one of the more memorable visits to The Casino - also glad when the Beachcomber came to my attention so I never had to experience another disco.

2nd anniversary, got busted about 2.30 am after queuing for the best part of 2hrs to get in , banged up in a cell with a few others , was released and told to return on the following Wednesday with a parent to receive a caution (didn't go down to well , but my Dad did agree to come with me ) but was released on the night in question and got back in , just in time for the 3 before 8 and a lift home .