WIGAN CASINO 50th CELEBRATIONS in The Eye of STORM AGNES!!!

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9 ай бұрын

The Casino Club was a nightclub in Wigan, England. Operating between the late 1960's to closure in 1981. the club was characterised by its all-nighters headed up by resident DJs including Russ Winstanley, Colin Curtis and Keb Darge, who was also a well known dancer, all playing Northern Soul classics, made famous by Wigan Casino, through the night. Wigan Casino quickly became known as a primary venue for Northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), the Catacombs (Wolverhampton) and the Golden Torch (Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent). It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England. In 1978, allegedly the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino "The Best Disco in the World", ahead of New York City's Studio 54. Although there is no tangible evidence of this award ever being publicised.
Please take note. Not all names are included in this short video in relation to Wigan Casino DJ’s or indeed guest appearances. Names mentioned are DJ’s renowned to play Wigan Casino/Northern Soul Music, with Russ Winstanley being the resident DJ at the Casino Club and pictured in the photo gallery positioned in Wigan Town Centre. Richard Searling was also a long-time resident at Wigan Casino and worthy of mentioning his contribution.
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@freeman5209 9 ай бұрын

I moved to Redruth in Cornwall in 1999 and started work in a local college. The woman tasked with showing me the ropes told me she went to Wigan Casino regularly when she was younger, travelling up from Cornwall. Amazing.

@0scartheCat 9 ай бұрын

the Speed, the Sweat, the Music . . .

@edwardwoods-iy1ue 6 ай бұрын

A great friend of mine passed away in february probley one of the best dancers in northern soul Terry Hastings god bless him

@janejane7722 Күн бұрын

Fantastic . Great to watch.

@stephendavies925 7 ай бұрын

Northern soul was about drugs and high energy I was 15 at the time great music it still motivates me to dance now

@geordieceltic2 5 ай бұрын

Me too, and I'm 66. Best wishes

@benji.B-side 8 ай бұрын

I love Northern Soul. I was too young for Northern Soul, but became an original UK B-Boy, up north. I also became a part of the early Rave scene in 1988-89. Just like Northern Soul, we became our own youth counter-culture, shunning mainstream and doing our own thing. As a soul DJ and B-Boy, I totally respect and admire Northern Soul for it's uniqueness of music, dance, fashion and counterculture. And just like our experiences, created times where a crowd became one, blazing floors with hot happy souls, sweating out every drop of energy, living the moment, living life to the full. Respect, peace and love.

@kevincooper5084 9 ай бұрын

What a difference 50 years makes. I first went to The Casino in 1975, travelling by bus/car from Leigh, form when I was 15 up to a couple of years before it's closure. Like thousands of attendees of all Northern Soul venues it just stays with you. Wigan Council have stepped up to celegrate this anniversary unlike their counterparts and the constabulary 50 years ago who did everything the could to close it down.

@russellhancock4155 9 ай бұрын

Happy days there in wigan casino, regularly travelled across from leeds. Its the whole scene that gets you but the music...my god, it makes you dance. Just like the hovis advert "its as good for you today as its always been"😅

@briangray966 9 ай бұрын

WIGAN CASINO and WIGAN town itself has a place in my heart, lovely people Wiganers and soulies .I used to travel down from Middlesborough every weekend for my weekly fix of that sweet soul music .Fantastic memories that will stay with me forever ,still go to a bi monthly northern soul night up here in Redcar (SOUL STATION) . still think I'm 18 again ✊ KTF EVERYONE

@patrickfoley1018 9 ай бұрын

I was so lucky to be on stage in one of the first dance championships...were it was awarded by crowd applause.. Both Sandy Holt.. myself and another character... danced to the three records played .... but it was both an honour and a privilege to have been blessed by such a moment in our lives !!!!! Great production there and thank you so much for sharing

@LeighMinorsRLMummy 9 ай бұрын

This is fantastic Andy. I still remember it like yesterday, the floor was always covered full of talcum powder. I was only 19 when it opened and I went every weekend. I loved Russ Winstanley and the other DJ’s such as Keb Darge, he was also actually a great dancer Andy from Scotland, who as you say, played all of the Casino records as a DJ, he still does. Colin Curtis was also quality, I saw his guest appearances many times and I went to Blackpool Mecca a good number of times to listen to him playing the Casino records inspired by black artists. Again, awesome this and to have someone like yourself, even though it was well before your time, keeping its legacy going, again fantastic Andy!

@jakeblues5854 8 ай бұрын

Northern soul is the biggest family in he world , 🌎 no matter where you travel to on this planet play Northern and suddenly your everybody's friend ,,,,,,KTF

@michaelgarvey2148 8 ай бұрын

That`s me at 4.55 outside the Casino [ red hair] . Best days of my life

@eddieMurphy11111 7 ай бұрын

nobody ever mentions the twisted wheel or more important the torch hear in Stoke on Trent where it all began

@theriddlers4630 5 ай бұрын

my dad and mum and all me uncles went to Wigan casino bless 50years uk 🇬🇧 England Burnley k t f lancs it will live on

@mickdevlin 9 ай бұрын

Superb. Thanks so much for this.

@davidholmes2283 9 ай бұрын

I've still got a pair of original Spencer Soul Bags 28" waist! I can just about get one leg in!

@gortsearthblog9803 9 ай бұрын

I went from 77 untill it shut in 81. .the sweat you mentioned was actually the condensation dropping down some times with plaster from the high ceiling..and I am on the last poster that ithey gave out on its last night. thats in the GrandArcade Museam .I went to the 50th anniversary recently at the wintergardens..KTF

@paulwoods2785 9 ай бұрын

Bought my Northern tunes off Russ Winstanley, Wigan market ( outside )

@urbancookie147 9 ай бұрын

Went to Wigan Casino in the 70s on a coach trip from Birmingham, loved it. Also many trips to Top Of The World in Stafford.

@MARKETMAN6789 9 ай бұрын

Very enjoyable video

@scopex2749 Ай бұрын

My best regards to you all wish I could have been there. Never forgiven them for demolishing the Casino. It brought so much money into the town, they could have refurbished it or built a new one? 😟Northern Soul...."Do I love you ? (INDEED I DO!") Keep the Faith brothers and sisters✊

@markdavies5066 8 ай бұрын

I use to and I’m from Surrey in the south of England

@glenmiller272 9 ай бұрын

Talc, sweat, and brut 33...

@adriansymcox1641 9 ай бұрын

a little togetherness by the younghearts a top top northern soul song

@thesoultwins72 4 ай бұрын

@adriansymcox1641.......'A little togetherness' by the Younghearts was a massive Torch sound long before it was played at Wigan

@davidclark3603 7 ай бұрын

We all went back in the day they wouldn't let us in! "Are you member lads?" "Well you're not coming in!" The bouncers!

@marysmith5118 9 ай бұрын

love Northrnsoul grow up with it

@mariealty8934 9 ай бұрын

The place in tenerife called night owl u will see wigan casino in back ground its in Las Americas

@AndyGrundy10 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the message. Yes, I have seen it, it’s fantastic! 👍🏼

@user-ft9qt8lg2c 9 ай бұрын

I wasn't into it, in fact I never heard of it until 1979, when I became friends with a guy, who told me of great times he and his mates had at the Casino. Thanks for the video, it taught me a lot, and I can see why people had such great times there. A great big community of friends and strangers who became friends. Great music and lifelong memories for the Northern Soulers. Well done to you, thanks.😊

@vimtocrazy739 9 ай бұрын

Russ used to always be on from 12 until 2.00 am . Great times . The floor never emptied for 8 hours .

@russelljones1549 6 ай бұрын

Room at the top …first all-nighter in Wigan

@mumanddad8107 4 ай бұрын

Russell, yes, yes, yes, the Room At The Top was the very first All-Nighter in Wigan, do you remember the Group, The Wheels? The Room at the top was run by Ken Baldwin and his side kick, Tony, Absolutely Brilliant, when it finished in the morning, we use to go to Wigan Baths, then move on to Menses' Park. We all use to go to the Bodega in King Street. Loved being a full-blown Mod. Did you ever do the trips to Wales on the scooters? Just so many good memories

@shauncorless8965 9 ай бұрын

Was there in the 70s ,,can anyone remember James brown was due in and turned up but refused to play as it wasn't full ,it was packed out he got back on coach with his band

@MRJADAVIES 2 ай бұрын

Does anyone remember a Martin Maylor, he used to go to the all nighters.

@theriddlers4630 2 ай бұрын

And poss some of the soulies poss known me dad big tony green me jacqui green me uncle Gary taylor he does Northern soul in Stoke on trent most of family went to Wigan casino 73to81 but them numbers come in I would build another another soul club

@jongreen3027 9 ай бұрын

i went once in 1979 i was 13

@tonyteo7778 9 ай бұрын

The way people bang on about Wigan as if it was the epicenter of the northern soul world makes me laugh.Other places like Blackpool Mecca were just as good.

@tonyteo7778 9 ай бұрын

@@7daylover Ditto James (as in Fountain.)👍

@carlmason4153 9 ай бұрын

Wigan after 74 became a youth club

@Genghis-Khan121 9 ай бұрын

Mecca it was open till 2 am , not 8 in the morning glorified night club ,bit of a difference pal !!

@kevinjackson6387 9 ай бұрын

Mecca had its place ,had its own crowd I only went once but didn’t like the new type of stuff they played to much like disco to me ,but Wigan was was and always will be the main venue,

@nowgrownup 9 ай бұрын

Went to Wigan casino lots but loved jazz funk better and changed to Blackpool Mecca Highland room ..Definitely the best ..😂