Mark S

Triumph 2000 , mk 3 cortina and in front Hillman Avenger .

There was a young lad called Joe from Stoke you know the one, had a divvy mate who would do the dying fly , and a tall lad who used to go to the wheel they had a bit of a dance off in 74 . Last I heard of Joe is he went to Nottingham with his arty girlfreind .

The entrance to the Beachcomber was outside at the front of the building . I never saw any fights . never saw anyone get busted although I saw and was searched a few times , I never noticed a heirachy on the dancefloor I danced at the front not paricularly well . Never saw a bloke called Alan that ruled the place in 74 until he copped it in a dance off .

dont fully understand the inference of this post but it makes me laugh , All the best Mark

Wow is he a real mod well fair play to him he is really agile for a man who by definition must be in his mid sixties . Mods bless .

Sorry mate just seen this I fail to see the relevance in a bunch of comedy mods dancing to a naff pop record

I would like to say it was the music but I would be lying . To be completely honest some of the music was crap but its the associations people places and times that still make the hairs on my neck tingle I dont think anything else comes close . Forty years on my family and freinds dont understand do I care ? no .

A quality tune is just that and a knowlegeable floor will move to it .

I had spent the last few months convincing myself that this film would be rubbish , bought the DVD and watched it last night . I enjoyed it a good quirky British film well done . 8/10

My beef......... Show me one credible media driven attempt to capture an honest view of the Northern soul scene you will be hard pushed to find one . Oh there you go dancers on the Duffy vid , Soulboy . Paul O, Grady , Trevor Nelson and not forgeting Jazzy B

Youth sub culture , where ? tell him to piss off Right thats me done back underground

Not to keen he isnt doing anything that hasnt been done before and better , Cant take the guy seriosley with his comedy teeth

Unwanted Love the Montclairs dont know if it was a single just brilliant though .

Del Larks Job opening thirty years on it still does it what an intro

We have lost a lot from Stocky over the years , Chris Trafford , Mick Sales , Phil Mc Kinney , Ste Littlewood Joey Burns and Sean Gibbons

Tim O Keefe , Paul Bosher & Alan Polly Pollard Rip lads

Not sure how to post links but if you look on the Wheel website there are lists and label scans of played tunes , many of the disputed tunes are on these lists . Quite suprised really a lot of stuff I thought were Torch or Casino discoveries turn up , must have been brilliant hearing them for the first time .

Carleen Anderson just has it superb and the Golden Gate Quartet brilliant loved it

Party - Van McCoy , Dr Buzzards and some Salsoul Orchestra shite oh yeah and Footsie I only bought it for the B side Seven Days took a compass to Footsie still got them all and despite the damage Footsie still plays . Built to last in them days . Jeeez just admited to playing Footsie ........................................NEEE NAH NEEE NAH

loved this thank you

Nowt wrong with remembering the old place or reminicing about old freinds . The Casino had a huge impact and still does at present there are ten threads running about the Casino in AOY that says something about its impact on the scene . Its worth celebrating allong with the Torch, Cats , VaVa,s , Samanthas etc infact anywhere that dared to be different from the mainstream dross we were being fed . Timi Yuro summed it up so well Mark

Well said , at last sense and not sentiment

You big bunch of southern softies its just a building get over it .The events will move to somewhere bigger and better god will still be in his heaven and all will be well with the world Get a grip

Fantastic if that doesnt make your spine tingle you must be dead

Still got the Creative Source single Dont be afraid to take my love it was given out to promote the single .