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Good Poll battle this one and although George was the first one I heard , the one that resonated and hit me more was D.Banks . Just something about his voice and the beat... but i guess all 4 would get me on the dance floor . Least fav is The 3 1/2 version .
Just to add a little information to this , I believe Keith had originally posted a message on here back in 2015 , asking for help regarding his book project . As Rick rightly said , Keith Gildart is Professor of Labour and Social History at Department of History, Politics and War Studies, at University of Wolverhampton . He has had a few books published, and also looked at the impact of youth culture within the labour movement . I contacted him solely as he expressed a desire to copy a lot of printed material from early Blues and Soul magazines, and I offered him the use of my first 100 copies. He duly travelled to London and sorted through all the printed matter I had available for him , which he copied. Ricks post is very accurate in all aspects, as Keith tried many times in many ways to gain as much insight as he could from various sources not just this forum. And again as Rick stated, some did not wish to take part but many others did and offer him various other pieces of printed matter and information from that time , and yes sadly some of those are no longer with us . I know Keith travelled the country trying to gain as much insight and information as he could and I had pretty much forgotten about this until now. My understanding was / is also that the cut off date for this piece of work is around 1980 - and I had pretty much left the clubbing scene after Wigan closed its doors . Karl you are 100% right though in thinking there should be more focus on the post Wigan years , on all the clubs and diversity that grew after Wigan and maybe it does leave it open for a Volume 2 ... fingers crossed either way , just hope it’s a good read .
Yes , they changed it rightly or wrongly , nearly 3 years ago. I also saw the last two bidders on the 100 clubs 40th anniversary single ... very doggy .
Just thought you’d like to see these . Some early , from 60’s and some later from early 80’s
Me too . Early alldayers after Wigan made it a very heavy weekend
Big time of bringing film / music and the mod scene together . Roy Barrett still takes his iconic Union Jack scoot to loads of small festivals and meets around the country. Brighton was a bit far to go on my scoot from Liverpool ... so Bank Holidays where spent at Rhyl .
That is the Royal Iris - used to plough it’s trail across and up and down the Mersey from the early 60s up until the early 90’s when it was taken out of service ... sold to a consortium in Bristol to be opened as a club at the docks but didn’t get a licence . It’s been rotting away at the Thames Barrier ever since ... No codding
A guy by the name of Morgan Howell aka Soulpersona has done some really sort after limited edition CD’s from £20 to £100
At the end of a beautiful long walk along the Thames with Granddaughter yesterday , we ended up at the Thames barrier and found an old friend in a sorry sate . I remember some really nice days out on this old girl , that used to be called the big Fish and Chippy . So so sad to see .
John , Interesting poll and results - what do others think ?
Looks really good Smudger .. We do a annual trip to Sennen , camping every year and have done that walk a few times . Lovely mate , good pics . Weather wasn’t as great this year as they had a weather warning of very strong winds and rain and cancelled Boardmasters festival in Newquay . Most of the campers left our site , as did we a bit early and where glad we did . But always a stunning sunset
Can help a little on this one Mike . As Ian stated , there where indeed 4 numbered copies given out and also an additional one simply called Wigan Casino Story .
Well my mate is originally from Bolton , but moved there about 20 years ago and yep , he’s a biker .... but I did manage to get him to Wigan a couple of times and taught him some moves . Now loves his soul music more than his rock. I’ll check out the restaurants you mentioned next time we visit ... thanks for the heads up bud . Ever want to come down here .. feel free mate, and enjoy the smoke 😊 ( me on the left - mate on the right )
Hiya Steve ... yes all good this end bud , hope your summer has gone well and enjoying the good weather . Wow , far better pic than mine . My first time in Ludlow , but what a beautiful town. Got a mate that lives close to there in Much Wenlock , so stayed with him and his misses for a couple of nights before pushing off to Frodsham and another mates for the rest of the Bank Holiday . And thankfully a good journey both ways ... which makes a change. Going to go back for the Food Festival ... oh and a few beers .
Thought you had this up for sale earlier in the year at a reduced price of $270 ?
Got to be .. but I guess it kind of depends how old you are and when you first heard something .
Made the trip over only a couple of times to CWG but always had a great time . Have some more somewhere so will try and dig them out
