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Northern Soul .. 1977 .. The Wigan Casino .. HD
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Күн бұрынA shortened, better quality, unstretched and uncropped excerpt from Tony Palmer's 1977 documentary about Wigan and the Casino Club.
It would have been wonderful if a film maker had made something similar about the 'Twisted Wheel Club' in the 1960's. Unfortunately no such film exists .. and few photographs .. we have only our memories of the 'Wheel' to reflect upon.
The full documentary from which this is excerpt is taken (26 minutes) can be purchased on Amazon.
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@lesporter8921 3 жыл бұрын
We left Scotland to come to the casino every Saturday, plenty clubs in Scotland but as the song goes, nothing compares to you, north of England was the best of UK, we loved your country
@senioryogawithlinda 2 жыл бұрын
Don't mention the latter point around any SNP members :)
@lesporter8921 2 жыл бұрын
@@senioryogawithlinda no politics then just pure music 🎶
@curtisalleyne3710 2 ай бұрын
I miss the good old days
@kriptasuli786 2 ай бұрын
@@curtisalleyne3710 Por lo menos lo viviste y tenés el recuerdo. Yo tengo nostalgia de lo que no viví.
@vitesse_arnhem Ай бұрын
England owns the other three Home Nations, this “union” is a holdover from when the concept of ‘personal union’ still existed. England can and legally should exercise royal prerogative, and legally recolonise the rest of the Home Nations. Why is there no devolved English parliament? Why must Englishmen submit themselves to the whims of Scots, a subjugated people? Because that is what they are, if we are going to use an archaic system, let’s not act like the people have evolved whilst somehow the system stays the same. God Save the King
@marieblease4358 2 ай бұрын
Brilliant video footage,when times were simple and happier ❤️
@mcpackard3115 2 күн бұрын
I didn’t realise all those years ago.. that Northern Soul would become a part of my life forever!.. a small group of us traveled from North Wales, every Saturday night.. can’t dance much now the years have taken its toll on my knees.. still love the music and the following is absolutely amazing never thought it would become so popular. We were very much the minority back then and it was a relatively underground movement.KTF
@richardwilliams3031 3 жыл бұрын
A guy in my regiment was a regular there and when we went to germany we went to a disco (1976) and he did some northern soul dancing and the germans parted and couldn't get enough of him.
@scopex2749 2 жыл бұрын
LEGEND! I was afraid to go out on the dance floor when i was in my teens, then I discovered Northern Soul and met a mate, Mike who taught me the moves, when we joined the forces and I never looked back. The worst mistake they ever made was tearing down the Casino!! That was part of our history. My old old passed a few years ago now but he will be spinning and dancing up in the paradise that is the Casino. KEEP THE FAITH old mate. Happy days!
@choaty5 Жыл бұрын
God bless Northern Soul for being timeless and paving the way for the 90s rave parties
@geoff6942 Жыл бұрын
Loved this documentary. Northern kids, with shite jobs living for the weekend. I wish I had been one. Interesting to see mostly males on the dancefloor, highly different from the mainstream 70s disco scene, where mostly girls would be on the dancefloor. Great 100 bpm music. The 'faith' is still being kept today around the UK. Levanna videos amazing. Thanks Levanna.
@cranke99 3 жыл бұрын
That was highly entertaining and interesting. Never knew of this place. Never gets mentioned in the U.S.
@flute6461 3 жыл бұрын
Sure can, what a fantastic feeling. I remember feeling, so pleased i had finally been aloud to go. It's all i thought about Northern Soul, Wigan Casino. I couldn't go every week i was to young. But when i did. I was in heaven. The Afican/American singers are brilliant. Tunes so good full of emotion, beats, rhythm, great, to dance to. Very rare was there trouble. People were kind friendly. From the Northern Scene i got in other styles of black music and made friends with people from other cities and played the Flute.. It has has been the making of my life .I can 't thank Northern Soul music enough. I feel blessed.➕🎶🎼
@jimstevenson5996 Жыл бұрын
Good for you…keep on keepin’ on.
@kellybird618 3 жыл бұрын
Omg im 32 and i remember my dad showing me this on a video as a kid 🙈
@senioryogawithlinda 2 жыл бұрын
Lads, skinheads in particular used to dance like this in local clubs (Blackburn) in the mid-70s . 'Under my thumb' by Wayne Gibson always filled the dance floor.
@stormhawk3319 Жыл бұрын
The irony of Northern Soul was all those obscure songs from America that had nothing whatsoever to do with the British dance craze it started and in fact preceded it have now forever known as “Northern Soul” songs.
@davidd7036 3 жыл бұрын
1976..came up from Bournemouth loads of times that year..loved the casino...still love the music...Great Times...
@tracya4087 2 жыл бұрын
it s a shopping mall now , station rd is a covered , but there is a plaque on the wall , the town really has lost it s soul , best regards to bournemouth
@kennyluciano4913 3 жыл бұрын
1973 - 1981 great times, never to be forgotten
@georgemorrison1522 3 жыл бұрын
My older brother used to go to Wigan casino. I remember playing his record’s as soon as he went out. I’d be about 10 years old at the time. 😢
@tollyt7465 3 жыл бұрын
Good Times, great memories, lifelong friends. Thanks Doc KTF
@NoirL.A. 9 ай бұрын
i never get over how frickin' thin everybody was back then.
@vitesse_arnhem Ай бұрын
C0k3 is a helluva drvg
@johnwhelan9325 2 жыл бұрын
I went once when I was about 14 or 15 in 77/78, can'trememberwhich exact year. It sends a tingle down my spine watching this. Judy Street's "What" is THE Wigan Casino tune for me though.
@pippagrindley7979 3 жыл бұрын
Turning up my heartbeat up... Miss my Casino days so much.. They were the best days!! 🤣🤣
@user-fs6sl2er1x 8 ай бұрын
The Temple of music for the followers of brilliant music
@a34rwl Жыл бұрын
I worked on Bury Market when he had his stall. I was thirteen. This Lancashire has all but gone.
@trevorstreet7279 4 ай бұрын
Lump in my throat every time i watch this:(
@gordonmcbriden7174 3 жыл бұрын
Who can remember their fist time in the casino when you walked in through that old painted door? It was a life changer ktf✊️
@davidevans4089 3 жыл бұрын
You are so right. As long as I am able I will never forget my first visit 1 October 1976 a Friday oldies allnighter the adventure of a lifetime. Hence I will always remember that that date.
@gordonmcbriden7174 3 жыл бұрын
@@davidevans4089 hi David the other thing was that brown condensation that used to drip off the ceiling I have a great picture somewhere with a girl I used to take there she had a big white dress on and she was covered in brown dots yuk but that’s what made it special apart from many other things I loved that venue ktf
@andrelloyd4010 3 жыл бұрын
A great cultural renaissance expressed in dance.
@steveslater26 9 ай бұрын
Best northern soul place I knew 6 brilliant years ❤
@mummyd1990 3 жыл бұрын
Loved northern soul and also liked the early UK punk bands back in the day.Great upload thank you.
@vimtocrazy739 3 жыл бұрын
It was like going to Wembley , or visiting the Vatican City . When people loved the music.
@vitesse_arnhem Ай бұрын
England owns the other three Home Nations, this “union” is a holdover from when the concept of personal union still existed. England can and legally should exercise royal prerogative, and legally recolonise the rest of the Home Nations. Why is there no devolved English parliament? Why must Englishmen submit themselves to the whims of Scots, a subjugated people? Because that is what they are, if we are going to use an archaic system, let’s not act like the people have evolved whilst somehow the system stays the same. God Save the King
@whi5tler_1337 2 жыл бұрын
_love the end as there coming down_ 🐢💨
@theriddlers4630 Жыл бұрын
Northern soul will always live on in Wigan but them numbers come in id build another casino lot better than anything thank you ktf Burnley here
@grahammaguire404 11 ай бұрын
This is purely and 100% coincidence earlier this week I placed a comment on KZfaq regarding WIGAN CASINO and GUESS WHAT..... On BBC1 BREAKFAST SHOW 22/ 9/ 23 at 0845am LO AND BEHOLD a fabulous 15m tribute featuring some of the original dancers and music plus a gig at Blackpool!!!!, truly hoping I wasn't the only one to relish this jewel in the crown TV SPECIAL "KEEP THE FAITH".. WHAT A TREAT ON PRIME TIME TV❤👍👍❤
@Jonwilliamson-z4u 24 күн бұрын
Everyone forgets that the genre that became known as Northern soul started at the Chateau Impney in Droitwhich in 1968/69 long before the Twisted Wheel and The Wigan Casino. It was only when a reporter from the NME refered to the music as "Northern Soul" that the name stuck!
@docludiTWISTEDSOUL 23 күн бұрын
There are so many myths and fables Jon. From the horses mouth is always the best source. The Twisted Wheel by the way opened in 1963. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLxzlZx4xqfTp3U.html&ab_channel=docludi
@anthonymares5079 2 жыл бұрын
Folk dancing and having a great time, brilliant.
@stephenwhitters811 3 жыл бұрын
Wigan is a unique place ' It's a happy town with happy people, It lives.....
@tracya4087 2 жыл бұрын
yes it is
@missmuffet3874 Ай бұрын
Not like it was though. Like most towns today it has lost its character.
@tonyfyfe5227 3 жыл бұрын
Mr ms upstairs best soul keep on keeping
@seye8eyes Жыл бұрын
Working Man's dance halls dance clubs discotheque bring the vinyl discs of American music rhythm and blues and rock and roll and Funk and Soul
@kathrynswainson3465 3 жыл бұрын
first time i went i fainted as the heat hit me inside.
@Lionboy2930 3 жыл бұрын
And the smell of Brut and sweat!!
@kathrynswainson3465 3 жыл бұрын
and the condensation running down the wood panelled walls on the balcony
@Lionboy2930 3 жыл бұрын
@@kathrynswainson3465 I forgot about that Kathryn!! I wish i could've sold bottled water then! KTF
@rodkirkbride2230 3 жыл бұрын
Well you were told to have an 'Uncle Joes'!!! 😉
@neilwilliams8741 3 жыл бұрын
went in 77 with the youth club.. imagine that today .the heat was awful.. yellow water[nicotine
@mickbrown8249 3 жыл бұрын
Remember staff in this video & 45's played @W Casino missed it lots after emigrating to S.A. end of 75 'back end of 78' fabulous including all Soulsters ...koko ps 2022 remember all on door forget ladys name behind counter We had the BEST lucky US ♥️😊
@therunaways7615 Жыл бұрын
loving the 45s
@wendy-ir6bs Жыл бұрын
The shuffle 2017 dance trend kids got it from these guys 😁❤
@54000biker 3 жыл бұрын
1975. Wigan, Blackpool Mecca, Leeds Central, R.O.A.B club Halifax, White Swan Todmorden, The Cats Whiskers Halifax.
@Soulgirl59 Жыл бұрын
Catacombs Temple Street Wolverhampton and Twisted wheel Manchester Happy memories 😂
@user-py2tm3lx6m 3 жыл бұрын
I went to Wigan casino with my cousin in 1977, just to say I'd been really. I was 16 and more into rock and punk. It was the most boring night out ever. Couldn't even but alcohol. I say there for 8 hours, not able to do the dance. We all went straight to the swimming baths at 8 am on the Sunday morning and got the coach home. It was wasted on me unfortunately, but looking back I'm glad I got to experience it once, but once was enough.
@steveslater26 9 ай бұрын
75 to 81 magical years
@lesliemackay7853 3 жыл бұрын
Used to take a bus from Glasgow to Wigan every 2 weeks, Years later met the driver, Now tour manager, (ex Was, with regular and rocksteady). Was on guest list And Geno Washington shared a joint with Me! After the gig! The ex couldn't rap it's brain round The Dexy song about one of the Worlds greatest singers, that I have to give a hard time to because he's slow passing the joint!? And I married that Morron?!
@32ModB 18 күн бұрын
❤soul always finds a way,..... enjoy it❤,.. that's who we are😊UK does it first,... yes it makes it even funnier😊😊
@yolandarodriguez2951 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing.... .ver y nice realy
@lucibee1163 3 жыл бұрын
ktf people hope to see you soon. luci bee🐝
@keleharvey4572 3 жыл бұрын
When it was underground you actually lived it
@jameshepworth5633 Жыл бұрын
16 years too late 😢
@PXWest 3 жыл бұрын
I cant wait wait till the pandemic is over so we can get out to the allnighters!
@paulshaw7725 3 жыл бұрын
What a tune😊
@RobCummings 7 ай бұрын
Great find! I've never seen moving pictures of the Wigan Casino before. It looked like there were a lot more guys than girls. There were a lot of soda bottles on the tables at the end of the night; wasn't the casino licensed to sell beer? Great music, of course, but most of those moves wouldn't fly on Soul Train.
@neilsa9292 Ай бұрын
@RobCummings It wasn't licensed to sell alcohol after 2 o'clock in the morning.
@rodkirkbride2230 3 жыл бұрын
STOP PUSHING AT THE BACK!!!!!!!
@1700iDiGuy 9 ай бұрын
Looks like a great way to keep trim and fit - the drugs aside.
@sheilagill8385 3 ай бұрын
Sadly never managed to go.
@tracya4087 2 жыл бұрын
wigan , a friendly northern town
@SlamSlungBC 11 ай бұрын
I feel like the old Dexys pills provided the chemical assistance needed to repeatedly pull off such strenuous dance moves
@jimmymorgan3324 3 жыл бұрын
NICE CENTRE PARTING,S . ALL SLIME THEM DAY,S. ( nothing to Do with the speed)
@estebansteverincon7117 2 жыл бұрын
Wigans, bro. Wigans.
@papanoel3999 Жыл бұрын
KTF. ✊
@pippagrindley7979 3 жыл бұрын
Loads blues.. Whoops!!! 😁😁
@darrenlamb5640 3 жыл бұрын
The actual birthplace of breakdancing. Not usa
@stinkytrouble Жыл бұрын
❤️
@JohnVander70 Жыл бұрын
Proto break dancing.
@two20john 3 ай бұрын
Did nobody ever say "can you turn the lights done a bit?"
@PaulSmith-io3nu Ай бұрын
TV lights, it was dark normally
@tomredman5411 2 жыл бұрын
A nuclear explosion all under one roof …mint
@linlee26 3 жыл бұрын
That guy is brutal!
@jj3164 2 жыл бұрын
I'm diggin the energy. However, a lil too much tubesteak and not enough hair pie. Kinda like the mod scene here in the states where every party is a sausage fest.
@rodchavoya 2 жыл бұрын
HELL YEAH BRO!
@awarewolves1712 Жыл бұрын
Mod scene in the states, what? Where? The whole idea is ridiculous really, it makes no sense. Make your own scene, don't ape something from the past. Unless you're trolling, in which case, nicely done sir.
@rorz999 Жыл бұрын
Every night out or social event is a sausage-fest. Especially when there's a focus on music for music's sake. That's just the way of the world
@TonyMoretti-v7p 17 күн бұрын
No mc Donalds then just dancing
@scoates9910 2 ай бұрын
I feel so sorry for the youth today, their highlights are posting a tik tok... ffs.
@chrisprescott6413 6 ай бұрын
Wish wigan was still same all been knocked down shite shops built wigan pier left rot nightclub gone never be same again bring back the old days am to young remember casino but remember building been their I was a wigan pier nightclub gower ha
@geowynleda4641 7 ай бұрын
What were the last three records played at the end of the night?
@neilsa9292 Ай бұрын
@geowynIeda4641 Long after tonight is all over _ Jimmy Radcliffe, I'm on my way _ Dean Parish, Time will pass you by _ Toby Legend.
@geowynleda4641 Ай бұрын
@@neilsa9292 Thank you!!
@Ntrock459 3 жыл бұрын
so how many of the folks in this ballroom might be high as shit? this is like the rave culture before it was a thing. take ecstasy or speed and get to dancin!
@darrenlamb5640 3 жыл бұрын
Ecstasy didnt even exist then
@awarewolves1712 Жыл бұрын
Who cares? People like amphetamines and they like to dance. People like to screw. They're not hurting anyone.
@michelles2299 3 ай бұрын
It's a myth never saw any drugs or alcohol it was for dancers you cant dance like this if you are on drugs
@shorelineboy Ай бұрын
@@michelles2299oh yes you can 😊😊😊😎
@felixdonnison-ingham3876 24 күн бұрын
What r all the tunes called ??
@imapersonnotanumber8940 3 жыл бұрын
chartered flights from the south, oh what?
@Britlurker Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the name of the pretty Wigan girl at about 4:58? White top with blue stripe. She was interviewed in the original documentary, worked in a laundry but that seems to be edited out of this version. Thanks!
@melvyndolby8625 10 ай бұрын
It's Chrissy Fiddler from Leigh, Greater Manchester, Knocker
@garylucas7050 3 жыл бұрын
Bet they can’t do it now
@michelles2299 3 ай бұрын
Bet you can't do it anyway
@garylucas7050 3 ай бұрын
@@michelles2299 beam me up snotty 🤣
@ventibreeze6648 5 ай бұрын
I’m not being rude but have you noticed there were no obese or fat people? Every dancing was slender and looked toned 😮
@michelles2299 3 ай бұрын
I never saw anyone overweight in the 70s
@user-bc9if3rv5q 3 жыл бұрын
дискоэпилепсия
@johnord684 Жыл бұрын
77, Northern soul had died
@MarvinMonroe Жыл бұрын
What kind of substances were being used here? I'm assuming amphetamines. What else? LSD? Quaaludes, weed, coke?
@docludiTWISTEDSOUL Жыл бұрын
Fish and Chips Marvin.
@TheNationalien Жыл бұрын
Just fun . Hard to believe . I know
@satansalley6526 Жыл бұрын
Black bombers
@rorz999 Жыл бұрын
Lots and lots of speed!
@shorelineboy Ай бұрын
Blues , bombers, Dexedrine, preludin , filon , all proper pharmaceutical, 😎😎😎
@peterflynn7083 3 жыл бұрын
TV cameras ruined the place went down hill from there especially the music
@markmooch 3 жыл бұрын
What were cameras doing there?
@peterflynn7083 3 жыл бұрын
@@markmooch TV programme ruined the place loads of knobheads started coming pissed up
@peterflynn7083 3 жыл бұрын
@@markmooch it turned into a pop music disco
@john111257 3 жыл бұрын
@@peterflynn7083 ian levine
@malbig2344 5 ай бұрын
the fashion back then was truly awful.
@michelles2299 3 ай бұрын
No the shoes were Italian leather the parallels tailored....... Worse are people now going out in pj's wearing lulu lemons with muffins tops? Bring back the fashion instead if the awful clothes now
@rockuk43 3 жыл бұрын
The Art of silly dancing
@tiltonroadbirmingham1153 3 жыл бұрын
Not as silly as Farage
@christy140 3 жыл бұрын
HD? WTF...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Desmodromic100 3 жыл бұрын
Hope they carried a lot of deodorant with them after all that sweating.
@ConstructiveMinds100 3 жыл бұрын
Do you know while taking the dump you cannot smell your poo? The brain switches off the smelling probe. Psychological mattter. 😉
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