Just been reading in events about the forthcoming weekender titled THE WIGAN CASINO ROADSHOW, i`m sure they used to do these in the late seventies/early eighties, think they did a nighter in carlisle ny body got any info on these

DID THE NIGHTER USE TO BE IN A AIRCRAFT HANGER(THINK THATS WHAT THEY ARE CALLED)??? DOES THAT RING A BELL??

CHRIS

Just been reading in events about the forthcoming weekender titled THE WIGAN CASINO ROADSHOW, i`m sure they used to do these in the late seventies/early eighties, think they did a nighter in carlisle ny body got any info on these

I am a bit hazy on the exact details of a WC Roadshow , seem to recall RW was the man behind it , and featured several of the DJs from the all - nighter ......

The travelling circus that was The Northern Soul Roadshow , run by Tony Petherbridge in the 70s , was the predecessor of the WC one , and pioneered the taking of men with porn star moustaches on the road playing soul records ......

Malc Burton

Edited February 27, 200817 yr by Malc Burton

Think they did about three. All in the market hall at Carlisle.

Bit like an aircraft hanger except, because of the glass roof, it got light about four o'clock in the morning.

Rumour at the time was that they did them because a series of local nighhters at the Cosmo were begining to take off and they didn't like competition! Surely not.

Thought they did one at loughborough as well maybe wrong though

Thought they did one at loughborough as well maybe wrong though

Also didn't they go to Cleethorpes one time?

Also didn't they go to Cleethorpes one time?

Memory really hazy on this one steve, can remember all the promotion going on but can`t remember where they were remember it advertised in either black echoes/ or blues n soul

Also didn't they go to Cleethorpes one time?

They did indeed

At the winter gardens, same night the pier was on, think there was only half a dozen souls turned up for it. They never did it again in Cleggy

They did indeed

At the winter gardens, same night the pier was on, think there was only half a dozen souls turned up for it. They never did it again in Cleggy

Colin Curtis was one of the DJs on that ill fated night at The WG .......

At the first Cleethorpes Phase II event on the Pier last year , I asked Colin how his journey had been , and he informed me that it was the first time he had stepped foot in Cleethorpes since that night , and added " nothing's changed much , has it ? .......

Malc Burton

Colin Curtis was one of the DJs on that ill fated night at The WG .......

Now that does surprise me, wouldn't Colin have been part of the Mecca set up at the time? Surprised Winstanley would have booked him then based on the bravado that was going on back then....

Now that does surprise me, wouldn't Colin have been part of the Mecca set up at the time? Surprised Winstanley would have booked him then based on the bravado that was going on back then....

I was surprised at the time that Colin had agreed to DJ .....

I do not think there was a problem with him working for Dustbin Stanley , as Colin , as he does now , would have wanted to play music , and the only animosity and conflict at the time was between DS and IL ......

I cannot recall as to who the other DJs were at that WG tables and chairs exhibition that night , but they produced a patch to " celebrate " the night .......

Malc Burton

Edited March 2, 200817 yr by Malc Burton

Also didn't they go to Cleethorpes one time?

yeh remember this on sean, thing ive got a dreaded patch from there

I was surprised at the time that Colin had agreed to DJ .....

I do not think there was a problem with him working for Dustbin Stanley , as Colin , as he does now , would have wanted to play music , and the only animosity and conflict at the time was between DS and IL ......

I cannot recall as to who the other DJs were at that WG tables and chairs exhibition that night , but they produced a patch to " celebrate " the night .......

Malc Burton

thats the one malc, nust read all posts before i post lol