Just some nice footage I wanted to share. The winners of the Dance Competition from the Allnighter !!!!

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Just some nice footage I wanted to share. The winners of the Dance Competition from the Allnighter !!!!

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Brilliant

H

some neat moves there, i cant even stand still with rollers on, never mind dancing

If you Skate'n'Dance to a quite fast and frantic tune you may get away with it. Well, it does look a bit like the good shuffling style then! Mind you, dj'ing is a bit of a bugger I can tell you !!!

I'll stick with the talc myself.

Cool, takes me back to my roller-disco days...

Have to admit it does look good I'm astounded that I've never heard that track before!!!

skates should be worn everywhere!

must dig mine out for next time I'm allowed to play out

Have to admit it does look good I'm astounded that I've never heard that track before!!!

Me neither. It sounds like a Ric-Tic type thing. Who is it?

Me neither. It sounds like a Ric-Tic type thing. Who is it?

San Remo Golden Strings - Ric Tic m8

Me neither. It sounds like a Ric-Tic type thing. Who is it?

Just had a thought Macca......did you never go to the Wirrina on a Saturday night and don the foot wheels mate (not not The Phoenix do's)

That was my much missed mucker Mark Draycott. He donned the skates & a witch's hat he found while rummaging in the dressing rooms upstairs and approached a bewildered brian rae and requested a record for me & my then girlfriend, it was probably around 6am. We cracked up, but a lot of people in there took it badly, due to the over ingestion of this and that, if you know what I mean.

Edited April 7, 200916 yr by macca

That was my much missed mucker Mark Draycott. He donned the skates & a witch's hat he found while rummaging in the dressing rooms upstairs and approached a bewildered brian rae and requested a record for me & my then girlfriend, it was probably around 6am. We cracked up, but a lot of people in there took it badly, due to the over ingestion of this and that, if you know what I mean.

Expected of Mr Draycott

Ooh this brings back painful memories!

We had an old cinema in Hull that turned into an under eighteens disco on a Sunday called "Wally's". Hull's Northernsoul Boys and girls would frequently pop in as Northern was played, I remember Peggy Scott "You got it all" being played almost on a loop?

Later Wally's was converted to a roller disco and my "Cool Crown" was taken from me as my skating ability was shat to say the least!

Roller Disco took off for a couple of years but there was such a chasm between those who could skate and those, like me, who just looked like a spaz!

Richie Pitts

Original Member of recording group The Velours and The Fantastics

Place of Birth: Brooklyn,NYC

BRIEF LIST OF TOURS

• SWITZERLAND: Golden Rose Festival, Montreux
  
• BULGARIA: Golden Orpheus International Contest for Singers, Slunchev Bryag
  
• Won 1^st Prize for Best interpretation and arrangement of a Bulgarian song
  
• SOUTH AFRICA: Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg
  
• JAPAN: National Tour of Starlight Express played Poppa
  
• AUSTRALIA: National Tour of Starlight Express played Poppa
  
• EIRE: "Blues in The Night" Tivoli Theatre, Dublin Played The Man
  
• PORTUGAL: "Sweet Soul Music Show" Casino Espinho & Casino Vilamoura
  
• UNITED KINGDOM: "Buddy" played the Apollo Theatre Main man "Tapping Harlem", played old Avon. "To Kill A Mockingbird" played Reverend Sykes
  

Films: Universal Pictures "Yanks", Siren Films "Wazungn Kids"

Brief Experience

"Pirates of Penzence"

"Porgy & Bess"

"The Wiz"

"Jesus Christ Superstar"

"Show Boat"

Television

"Brideshead Revisted"

"I'm gonna change"

Northern Soul Connection with skates on !

Above post shows Richie Pitts in the Japan production of Starlight Express-he learnt to Skate for the London Roll at the age of48 -ouch my F**king Knees-!There's hope for us yet

Another strange fact I'm gonna post in Northern Soul Myths !

Rob

Right ....wheres me skates???

I like a challenge would love a bash at that so I'm off to my practice space to have a go

stompin might be a bit tricky tho

But thought it was brilliant ..skated as a youngster every week ...the tune seemed to have been slowed down ...think I have it on ric tic revue somewhere could be wrong tho

whos the un-named guy?

Mand

Edited April 7, 200916 yr by Madmandy

Isn't there a Roller all-nighter in Derby ? (every month ?)

Isn't there a Roller all-nighter in Derby ? (every month ?)

I dunno Rob ..I used to ice skate at sutton centre or roller skate at the dukeries ( where I used to work) every saturday

I can't do nighters (family commitments)

Isn't there a Roller all-nighter in Derby ? (every month ?)

There is or was skating at RollerWorld near Time Nightclub, which was itself a former occasional Nighter venue over the last couple of years. I used to go to RollerWorld as a kid to play roller hockey.

I didn't know they did allnighters though.

https://www.derbyrollerworld.co.uk/index/AllNightSkates

Edited April 7, 200916 yr by spirit

sat 5th July, lets "Crash" it !

long time since I ice skated but still got the Ice Hockey boots !

I'd be more like Todd Carter now I think

Very interesting though.

In the early days of Southport there wa s a Black kid from London who would Just skate around the camp all the time -then dance on his skates in the main room'

didn't know his name but once he had a T-Shirt on with "Black is Back"

did every fookers heads in !

R & K

sat 5th July, lets "Crash" it !

long time since I ice skated but still got the Ice Hockey boots !

I'd be more like Todd Carter now I think

Very interesting though.

In the early days of Southport there wa s a Black kid from London who would Just skate around the camp all the time -then dance on his skates in the main room'

didn't know his name but once he had a T-Shirt on with "Black is Back"

did every fookers heads in !

R & K

I used to skate everywhere had this very pair

I just wonder where Soul Sam learnt to roller like that??

Rick

skates should be worn everywhere!

must dig mine out for next time I'm allowed to play out

Ha ha, you and me Kirst, catsuits & rollerboots, on my birthday at the June Rugby niter...

Isn't there a Roller all-nighter in Derby ? (every month ?)

Yea right next door to Time all-nighter (or what was) and last year when I attended Time, I broke the night up by goin skating for an hour or so isnt like riding a bike though, was half decent back in the day, Mr Bean lookalike now,

Top Sound

Invitations "The Skate" ?

Wow..... thats my vid, first one I've made, didn't know it was up here. Was a bugger editing in the sound track ...the original was a shite jazz funk thing, got there purely by luck in the end. I'm trying to make unusual/funny vids with great northern tunes, so if anyone can point me in the direction of good footage I'd be very grateful.... in the meantime....here's one I prepared earlier

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Edited April 10, 200916 yr by isis

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