I was 16 when it closed and never went.I had the chance to go during the last year but i was also massively into football and was having trials with a couple of clubs so all my attention went on playing and keeping fit for the weekends games. By the time i had started work it was all over and i did feel i had missed out big style.So much so i even made the trip in early 1982 just to gaze at the building.However My Northern Soul journey continued into Clifton Hall,Stafford,and other 80s/90s venues and i have had some fantastic nights.Most of the older soulies i grew up with Dropped out of the scene after Wigan shut and then came back recently on the retro revival wave.A lot of them are jealous of the times i have had after wigan and feel they are the ones who missed out on a further 20 years of the scene so there are different ways of looking at it.