spot

I noticed that as well, since the abolition of smoking in venues ashtrays have vanished from the table, so the flyers are now the wrapping of unwanted gum. Spot.

I remember it well Steve, a nice list & the best version of Salvation, always nice to bump into you, Septembers not that far away. Spot.

Blooming heck Dave, a nice long list of floor fillers & shakers, well done that man.

No Neil he was from Donny, Google him (Interesting reading), he was a man of the people it appears. I remember him doing the Attic and we can remember him Dj'ing at Top Rank on a Saturday Afternoon when we were spotty youths. Gail was looking on the Inter Web at Goole, The Beatles got nicked here & George Harrison had to return to Court, Ike & Tina Turner played the Paradise Club, Gogger the Drifters eventually played the Vikings as did The Elgins, R. Dean Taylor,The Bay City Rollers, Detroit Spinners, Detroit Emeralds & many I've no doubt forgotten. Spot.

Top tunes & your own hair, what more could a chap want? Buggar. Bob slways a pleasure.

Gogger if it was anything to do with Ray Nortrop then the acts were often cancelled, he promised the 3 Degrees on numerous occasion's and I mean numerous, we always ended up with Limmie & family Cookin or Real Thing, I saw RT over a dozen times. Spot.

No myth Martyn, he did appear but not at one of the infamous alldayers, it was a special Ray Nortrop presents Saturday night, no doubt he was appearing somewhere else for Ray nearby, I remember it well, what a night, a Northern Legend appearing in little old Goole. The Vikings had many acts appear there; Johnny Wilder & the Chicago Heatwave, Real Thing, Doris Troy, Mac & Katie Kissoon, Roy C, Limmie & Family Cooking and more. In 2009 in Chicago I met Majors Daughter and even had a dance with her, just gotta meet the other 8 kids now. Spot.

Good luck Richard, this is one people don't like parting with and it's pricey at 4 figures but what a tune, watch out for "2nd Issue" with Black lettering & styrene not vinyl. Spot.

So which one of the four is your excuse then Kev?? Only joking mate, you don't need an excuse!!

Yes Len as long as they were Top 200 NS Oldies, so lets not give them any credit, as Ricky Tomlinson would say, "Baggie trousers, my ar*e!!!" Spot. p.s. Remember Len, records maketh the Man, not the other way around.

Mick, Rob would would empty the floor to to show he can if he feels that way out, I've seen him do it many time, it's the only thing that makes him happy some night and yes he has some fabulous records. Spot.

Yes Matt seen that on more than one occasion, that really endears them to the people wanting to dance, the one I remember vividly did it twice (Second 1 was about the gear) needless to say he got very few spot's after that and vanished up his own ar*e, having said that he is not missed at all. I love listening to new stuff and old and the Dj should remember he's there to entertain and not educate, as Busted said, "It's what I go to school for", no reference to your occupation Matt. Spot.

Come on Len, with Butch's box? You are joking aren't you? btw Len I get your point about "Covering the same ground" but that's our small band of open minded Soulies, try explaining to the Oldies crew that it gets boring, it'll fall on deaf ears.

Now,now Phil behave.

We started in October 72, Myself, my Best mates Barrie Cornthwaite & Gary Wood, closely followed by my now Wife Gail & others from Goole but a few guys a couple of years older than us had introduced Motown/ Dance Soul to us from 70 onwards, I didn't know at the time they'd been to the Wheel & other Venues, I just remember Bunny Sigler - Let the good times roll, John Miles - One Minute every hour, Guy Darrell - I been hurt, Shakers - One wonderful moment, Willie Tee - Walking up a one way street etc being something different, wanting to dance to them and going where more were played. I think it's bigger and more accessible now, few people travelled, there where hardly any Motorways, the M62 wasn't built, I remember driving along the first section which if I remember was the M1 Junction and Wakefield junction and thinking it was great, it took us 6 hours to get from Goole to Blackpool Mecca and we only started going to Wigan so we didn't have to drive home in the dark on A or B roads, I'm glad we did though. I think there were pockets of NS around the Country, the West Midlands & North West mostly but Goole for it's small size & Selby down the road had a large number (For their size) travel the Country, Mr Dewhirst can back me on this as the Northern Soul Road Show was always there, along with Him & Soul Sam etc. The underground feel was taken off a bit by the cameras at Wigan and it became the new Black for a while plus some of the total dross they started playing didn't help and we went to Wigan less, having got Cleethorpes Pier & Winter Gardens, Unity Hall as well as St Ives etc to add in the mix but you still had to be a devotee to do all the travelling. So yes it's more popular now and more must attend, just look at the number of nights on offer around the Country each week, they're also all differing kinds of Genres/ Rooms, which never happened in the 70's, the only second room I knew was Mr M's and the tunes were only a few years older than what was being played in the room. I wouldn't change any of it though, now or then. Spot. p.s. Gail has just reminded me that Her & Andrea her best friend went to the Mecca before any of us, so I'm gladly putting the record straight.

Now Brian is that really true? I remember your comment after I did you a couple or three cd's of newer/ Rarer tunes, I think your exact words were, "They'll keep birds off me allotment". So not quite as open minded or fully embracing as you'd have us believe.

Also try Howard Earnshaw or Colin & Shirley Wood, they edit it etc.

Shows how Old & crusty I'm getting,EVERYONE looks to young, it's not fair. I'm glad they were out with a sensible & responsible person & You , of course. Spot.

No not the Youth, they seemed ok, although I never venture down into the dark, as Norman Stanley Fletcher would say, "Not with these feet". Some Old dodgers like us, one in particular from Wolverhampton way I'm told, only ever seen him at Rugby but have noticed on odd occasion him taking p*ss, so it's not the Youngsters that are knobheads but some of the older generation. I did notice 3 girls who didn't even look old enough to have started at Big School yet though.