WIGANS CHOSEN FEW - FOOTSIE (RARE CLIP 1975)
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- WIGANS CHOSEN FEW - FOOTSIE (RARE CLIP 1975). BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WIPED/LOST BUT THANKS TO MY FRIEND GQ AND FELLOW COLLECTOR HERE IT IS. (TOP OF THE POPS 30TH JANUARY 1975. PS. I PERSONALLY CAN'T STAND THE TUNE HOWEVER UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY/NOSTALGIA IT HAS FOR SOME OF THE SOULIES.
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Second time I’ve left a comment. Don’t care about the purists with regard to the track or the dancing ability. For me this is an OUTSTANDING piece of video history depicting young people dancing with enthusiasm and skill. They did not have the technology that exists today to deliberate on there performance etc. What comes across is the sheer enjoyment of having fun dancing to music they could express themselves too.
@TheClassicalSymphony whereas you sound like one...you poor needy sad act
@TheClassicalSymphony sad loser indeed,go back to your soulless basement and don't leave and I hope your internet connection goes down so we don't have to any digital recording of your sad sad shit,what have you ever done,nothing!!
@TheClassicalSymphony why dont you just investigate northern soul scene a bit more and then see what you think after ?!
@TheClassicalSymphony I meant the youth culture you stupid wanker not the fucking countryside ffs !
@TheClassicalSymphony nice country side shit boring people, upper middle class London commuters yawn yawn
Lovely comments I was in the green top 😀 makes my back ache watching this 😅
You had some great moves! I love the guys spinning. It dazzles me that many of these wonderful soul songs were popular in Northern England but weren't hits in the US--at least not in Southern California where I lived. Years later, I 'd find out that some of my favorite soul songs that were flops in the US were cherished by kids in England. I should have been there! KTF.
@elizabethbarrow3801 there's still a big following of northern soul here indeed there's a soul and mowtown club once a month near me but at 60+ the moves are a little more sedate 😅 glad you enjoyed the footage it brings back lovely memories KTF
@@garyasher5918 Keep the Faith and keep on dancing!
Awesome mate! My son is a professional ballet dancer and I’ll have to show him this. You’re all really going for it there - were injuries common?
@worse-than-gnomes thanks for the compliment twisted ankles and back strains were quite common but you didn't feel it at the time, the girl in the white top was a fantastic dancer but 50 odd yrs on I can't remember her name good luck to your lad
Well these dancers are doin the true dance moves of northern soul . 😊
And that was how everyone danced it was the best feeling ever still is
Agreed...
What I loved about Northern Soul is that young lads danced their socks off.
Each dancer had a blast.
And....it was SOUL music.🥳
More than that... nobody cares how well you can dance.... just get out on the floor!
Yes the dancer's were amazing .Memories of love ,I left school in 1975 . You could taste the sweat when you went on the
dancefloor. Mandy .
What I loved is that, just now and again, a Soul Sister got a look-in on camera...
@@mandytyers4481 Yes, and the drips from the ceiling.
Every one of them outstanding....
I visited Wigan Casino a few times just to watch these wonderful young people dance to what would become my favourite Northern Soul song. Time of my life. Also went to The Golden Torch in Stoke and The Place - anyone remember them? Kudos to any Northern Soul clubs and fans who are ‘keeping the faith’ all these years later.
Yes I do - I was a ' Placemate ' Susanne !
We were all so skinny - full of energy - legs kicking all over the place - only had to stop for water now and then. Yes this track wasnt soulful but the film of the dancers is brilliant - great piece of history. Wish I had half the energy I had then. Wouldn't change it for the world. KTF !!
KEEP ON KEEPIN ON
speed'speed
I saw this on TOTP and wanted to know more. I bought the record and loved the B side, Seven Days is Too Long and loved it, had to know more.
That started my love for Northern Soul. No matter what it's lack of soul, it got me into music that I have stayed with since the seventies. What's bad about that?
I saw it on TOTP when I was 14 not knowing I would be at Wigan Casino about 18 months later! Keep The Faith
I was 16 just about to leave school,loved this song and the dancing.Im 62 now just had a dance in my bedroom like all those years ago,god memories of happy happy days,just wondering how many of our 70's days can still move to footsie,ahh don't get old my friends
I was a 12 year old at Deansfield high school , wolves . when this was shown and it sent us into a northern soul frenzy , the influence of Gethro , Jacko and some of the older kids still at school who were into northern had a massive influence on me and my mates . first went to wigan as a 15 year old and kept going to the end . Still have a dance now on the scooter rallies . Total respect to these guys , certainly started it for me
Gethro Jacko and Steve I remember at the Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton..1976 giving it some welly to luther ingram..
But I also remember playing Deansfield (1968) in the semi final cricket match (we was Danesfield) I was 10 years old...anyway KTF and let's have some Tomangoes..😊
Wow, so brilliant… the timing, the energy … those spins everything just inspiring
The time off my life Wigan case
I remember this on top of the pops in 1975 .It was played at discos at that time .good times.
I was into northern soul from the early 70's and I still am, living in stoke on trent, had to be 😊 this is how we danced, practiced all week, danced all weekend, an amazing time in my life, so thankful I was there..KTF
This was not the only track that wasn’t strictly soul music, but was still a big hit for Northern Soul fans on the dance floor in the 70s. The Hawaii Five-O theme was also very popular.
First saw this when I was just a kid couldn't believe what I was seeing from that moment on I was hooked on Northern soul. Fantastic thanks for the brilliant memories. 👍👍👍
Now that’s how it was done back in the day. Spot on ✊👍
Too right! 👍🎶🗝
It's very reminiscent of the rave culture 15 years later. Kids off their heads dancing through the night. And now there's nothing, just kids gawping at their phones like zombies. The best years have come and gone.
From billericay dicky this is purfleet
Spot on no hint ov any problems just people havin fun
I remember it well. My brother Meryyn Brimble used to go to Wigan casino every weekend. I remember him packing his little hold-all. Ironing his shirts and Baggy trousers. He lived for the weekend. Tragically he was killed at work on a farm by a tractor in Bisthorpe Nottingham in the late 70’s.
At our local youth club we was the only two in the floor dancing when Northern soul came on, I watched Merv and tried hard, he was the best dancer ever.
Him and Gary his mate in heaven now. Rest in peace. Keep The Faith !! 🙏♥️
He was almost 18 when he died.
Sorry to hear that
this clip on totp started many of us onto northern soul
Absolutely fantastic.....
How awesome is that I remember watching that years ago that's proper dancing wished I got to go to Wigan casino but way to young . keep the faith
It wasn't just about navel gazing and rare soul then. It was about the beat and the laughs and the girls and the dancing and friendships for life and it was so special. Our amazing scene. A young persons dancing scene. I danced many times to this, and still feel blessed to have gone to the Casino so many times, who cares what it was, yes it wasn't soul but for a while it was a Northern Soul dancer and it was an amazing time. We went to the Mecca , the Locarno, Yate etc too. Yate was the friendliest of them all but nowhere could beat the buzz of the Casino. The alternative now? flash mobs from old people in shopping centres and NS dance lessons.No thanks! And yeah I'm still dancing, just not quite as fast or as often!
ps Gethro's book is one of the best, most honest books about the scene too.
Toby Cole : What's it called please.?
They danced all night - Gethro Jones 😉
@@CartagenaSoulBoy thank you G x
@@CartagenaSoulBoy Thanks!🤗
PERFECTION... SUCH RAW TALENT AND DEVOTION BRINGING MUCH HAPPINESS
This was northern dancing as I remember, probably a few more acrobatics ( because it was televised) than at the Casino, very few of the other clips on here come close.
At least they put a decent song on the B side. Still had me transfixed when I saw this on TOTP back in the 70’s though.
I was at the first " All - Dayer " at the Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes ! I was always into Soul and Reggae but this kicked off the All - Nighters at the Gardens and then the Pier. 65 now, still love the vibes. Keep the Faith ! Great memories..
Remember stomping to Don Thomas's Come on train at the pier, awesome nights
We used to stay the weekend with my aunt in Winsford in the 60s and 70s, my cousin, she was a few years older than me said lets go to a dance in Stoke, this was about Whit bank holiday 1972, so she took me to a club, it was the Torch somewhere in Stoke where they played this soul music to dance to. At this time (i was 15) i was a boot boy and loved reggae, I fell in love with this soiul music (I fancied my cousin too) I didn't dance as was too shy, but the music stayed with me
Malcolm Coghill......The club you are referring to was originally called the 'Golden Torch Ballroom' but was better known as the 'Torch' on the Northern scene. It was located on Hose Street in Tunstall [one of the 'Five Towns' of Stoke] and I was privileged enough to attend it. In fact, I was even there on the night it closed down due to fire in March 1973.
The Torch was initially established as a Mod club by its owner Chris Burton before it began hosting all-nighters - sadly it didn't really survive too long after it became a NS club as it was constantly being raided by the local police for overcrowding and drugs.
But whilst it was open, it was in my opinion the best NS all-nighter I ever went to! The crowd were already 'veterans' of the Soul Scene and the atmosphere was electric! I have never ever felt anything like it before or since!
And the dancing was spectacular! [some of the dancers were more like acrobats and were actually back-flipping off the balconies!] You simply had to experience it yourself to truly appreciate just how incredible it was.
I had first heard about it in early 1972 from a DJ who was always playing 'Tunstall Tunes' at our local Labour Club! [this was before Dave Godin famously named the music as 'Northern Soul' and we just called it 'Uptempo soul' before that. The Torch had some of the best DJ's at the time - Colin Curtis, Keith Minshull, Tony Jebson, Alan day, Ian Levine etc]
Although I never got to go to the Torch as much as I would have liked [I was only 16 at the time so it was difficult to travel all that way at my age] the Torch will always be a really special place to me - and some of the 'Tunstall Tunes' [Lenis Guess, Dalton Bros, Johnny Wyatt, Lou Johnson, Bobby Wells, Herb Ward, Bob & Earl etc] are still amongst my all-time favourites!
Did your cousin stay with you too?
This is by far my favorite clip ever
Just enjoy the moves
It's quality
If you don't like the music turn the volume down
And play something you like
Appreciate what you are watching
And thanks for finding this it has
Made my year
I lived in a small village and we had a Friday night youth club a lad called poppet came from another village and danced to this record the flips and things he did I will never forget always remember that night when I hear this song
Wow the kids all look so fit and happy and slim compared with todays kids. No dam i phones back then. Great clip makes you smile big time.
They were thin because they were all high on coke.
Coke hahaha
Dout it would have been coke back in 75 . Billy would have been the powder of choice.
@@fntime It wasnt coke pal,chokers,blues,green n clear,bombers.Chokers were slimming pills,drop 6 and you wouldnt want to eat till tuesday.
@@caroltweddle9247 thursday
i was a 12 year ol boy into slade. saw this on top of the pops never herd of northern soul.god it changed my life.3 years later i was at the casino.
I went all the way to Stoke from Widnes on the back of a Lambretta ld125 and they wouldn't let me in because I looked too young.
Spent the night in a bus stop until my mate came out at god knows o'clock, (thoughtless******). You did well to get into the Casino at 15 yo ..believe me. Great days, still love it . Ktf
As I remember, this song was a bit of a Northern Soul anthem at the time. I was around 15 then, living in Hertfordshire, I wasn’t particularly into it, I was always more into rock music but I had classmates (one in particular) whose lives seemed to revolve around it. Wearing the clothes, collecting the records and above all making the weekend pilgrimage usually up north, usually to Wigan Casino. I remember he got some stick for splitting his trousers while dancing one. But he sure could dance. He was a clever kid who was doing well at school until that point. when he seemed to turn his back on it all and lose himself in all of this. So I guess he never made it to university or fulfilled others expectations. I came across him recently, it turns out he became an international DJ and producer and has done very well. Passion does shine through in the end.
Remember dancing to this in my living room Gawd never thought I would ever hear it again.😲😁🌈🌟
This is fabulous. We love soul music in S.C. But our dance is The Shag. Y’all rock/dance on, Brothers and Sisters!
I've watched some videos of some brilliant dancer's doing the Shag. You call it Beach music I believe? KTF.
crowhillian58 yes Sir. Beach music. The Tams, The Showmen and many others!
@@philliphutson7250 I live in Chicago from UK and i noted that dancing years ago we hope to be in Carolina next year spinning tunes Gethro
Thanks for uploading this clip. I remember learning how to do northern soul dancing by watching it. When my request for Footsee was played at the local disco, I'd be the only one dancing to it. I never dreamed then , that I would do the Footsee dance at my 60th birthday party.
gillian bergh : sorry - the 'Footsee dance'?
Fantastic dancing old school!!! these dancers had soul you cannot manufacture this youngsters May try to imitate but they will never know that feeling we had back in the day when you walked in to a soul do and heard those great sounds how you felt when you walked in through the doors and felt at home omg what a feeling you can tell the who the old soulies are ! It’s in their blood the moves you can just tell no fabrication ! Just pure soul in the soul nothing ! no one ! can imitate
OF COURSE "THE FOOTSIE DANCE" PART OF THE NORTHERN SOUL REPERTOIRE ....VERY IMPORTANT.
@@sarahjones-jf4pr shouting doesn't make right. There is no such thing as the footsie dance just northern soul dancing to a whole variety of soul sounds and occasional oddities such as this.
@@MegaOwlsman Used to go to Northern Soul all nighters every weekend at the Wigan Casino was going out with DJ "Hippo" R.I P in the 70s and I can assure you we used to do. "The Footsie " all the time especially in competition and even still do a bit now!
Que genios!!!!! Amo verlos bailar, algún día me saldrá bailar así?? Espero que sí ✊✊✊🔥🔥
I'm 60 still love n.s. You can't beat old school yes it's true this is in your heart and sole (feet). So happy young ones are k.t.f. But it will never have a patch on when it all started.
Waaaaay better moves than ‘Pans People’.
I still play this track today!
ABSOLUTELY BLOODY FANTASTIC!! God this reminds me of my brother,first time around the best,I know younger generations are k.t.f. do keep it up,but they'll never feel what us oldies felt!.
How lovely just to let yourself go like that. I bet they’d find it a struggle dancing like that decades later. Oh to be young and flexible again.
i lived in Standish , Wigan in the late 60s early 70s ,, i e really loved the place and its people , This dance is so special im so sorry i never got to visit its dance hall xx kind regards to all you dancers x
Amazing dancers wow
One of the strangest subcultures ever for some of the greatest tunes ever.
Keep on. 👊
Fun fact; the crowd, heard in parts on this FANTASTIC sound, was taken from the Everton v Sheffield Wednesday F.A. Cup Final of 1966
I don't think I have ever heard this on the radio since. Not even on Radio 2.
Remember jumping on the bus, then train to get to a town hall ... just to go and dance.... everyone had so much energy and having a great time... everyone had respect
When I saw this on TOTP, I just wanted to dance like that.
When I seen it on TOTP, I wanted Dr Martin Chelsea boots ?? For some strange reason.
I loved the clip when I first saw it. Was a Casino regular from nearly the beginning till it went down the pan around 78. Some very arrogant, rude people posting such awfull things about the clip. We were young, full of energy and just because we we were not old enough to go to the Wheel or Torch them who were think they are better than anyone else. What an odd scene the Northern Scene was and still is!
Well said mate.!
Here here x
As an Wheel boy from 65 onwards I for one am delighted at what the casino brought to us - For me and extension and improvement on what we did - Mainly because of the floors and the room but hey ho great to see it -- D
Absolutely 👍
Just as you have your opinion that the Casino went down the pan post 78 you must let others have their opinions too. There was some amazing soulful tunes (And DJs) at WC post 78. And you must remember that this time at Wigan was very emotional and cause heated arguments on the scene. It tore the scene apart with it causing alot of truly soulful peeps to leave it completely. DJs also. What I will say about the song tho is that even tho Russ put this on everyones playlist and it was played umpteen times a night it still fulled the floor and emptied M's and they all trotted back as soon as it finished lol A strange site to behold.
Love it.
Fantastic sound fantastic dancing fantastic era still in my heart and in my soul but most of all still in my feet love it xxxxx
I’m 57 and still give my best
Well said Gethro, I was around at all those clubs at the same time as you. Me and my mates travelled from Boston in Lincolnshire to meet our mates. I remember you and the Wolves crowd never could dance as good as you though😂😂🤪
when you hear the live version from wigan with everyone clapping sounds loads better,the dancers was self taught in front of the bedroom mirror the only way to hear your favorite toons was by going to the nighters and if lucky you got a tape to share with all your mates ,lol thanksfor the memory Vee
And not a fat one amongst them . All ate their school dinners. Love this video.
One of those few songs where a kazoo is used really well
great , original nothern soul dancers to brought it to the fore ...
Nobody should be bothered about what people think soul music is about happiness keep the faith x
Easy to knock this record now but I remember when they first started playing it at the Casino, used to blow that place to the sky, love this clip, thanks for the post.
WOW This has bought back some great memories for me especially as I met them when they came to Thetford :) xxxx
This on TOTP 30/1/75 I was at a disco on the night of 31/1/75 and it was played.good times.
Great to see lads really dancing and loving every single minute of it. Great times.
Many people have their own TOTP moment. David Bowie performing star man and he puts his arm around Mick Ronson… Gary Numan doing our Friends Electric….this was mine.
My chin was on my chest and feel that moment on there was no going back . KTF, it will never be over for me.
Absolutely Outstanding Dancing,Keep the Faith 👍
It came at just the right moment to inspire me to find out more about the scene, the dancing, the music. Looking back ok you can slag off the tune, but along the lines of what Charlie Taylor says, it led on to so much more. For me a lifelong interest in the many and varied sides of soul music and the interest of records.
My first 7 inch single,I can still picture it in my mind,it was so exciting, I was growing up !!
They dont make music like this anymore brilliant music and best dance moves this world will ever see love my love to the northern soul years💖💗💖💗💖💗💖😘😘😘😘😘😘😘🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😉😇😇💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
i had a good mate , colin hill . he a massive regular from the start . would go off for the weekend and come back on monday with eyes like dinner plates and unable to sit still ! hrll of a dancer ! memories
been looking for this for years mate,thanks
Your most welcome....Thankyou :-)
Amazing to see this again. It started my trips to Wigan via my relatives in Stoke .
original old style soul dancing..lovely to see this old clip
The original Northern Soul dancers of the time were absolutely brilliant. Fantastic moves that I personally could never master or even get close to.
Wow amazing dancers them x
Remember seeing this, though young, it stuck in my mind, Great to see again, Cheers
Just love footsie. Watch it lot and so many memories. October 2023
Thank you 😁❤👍🎶...And Thank You Lord ✝️ for the Tingles 🙏❤✝️
Wigan casino 💋❤️🇬🇧🏴
Now these are real dancers, there is so little out there now of proper movers and this is indeed a rare find, great to watch, I used to be the shape of these people here lol prob not more than 9 stone , where did the energy come from, we must have been nuclear powered
Was just thinking that, some really great footwork and everyone seems very much in harmony and no jostling others nor trying to grab the limelight. Really wonderful nostalgia. I was just slightly too young but caught a lot of those singles that didn't make the chart at some point duing my youth club days, our DJ kept the faith.
Have a look at mally the best northern soul 12 wigan keel dance champ 87 beat vernon
I learnt about northern soul dancing, by watching Footsee on TOTP. I was the only one who did the dance at my local disco.
Geoffrey Jones
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since when have i ever give a about what people think of me '' I'm a dancer still burning the floor at 64 fast footwork spinning never left me naf comments only confirm how the northern scene has changed from how it was back in the day we had RESPECT for each other our bond was our music. i danced in Va Va the night it got busted i danced in the cats wolvo the casino 2nd night it opened .I now live in chicago windy city soul club always on stage dancing sad the scene has lost its roots in uk here we don't have any commercialism period .No cups doggie jackets northern is in my blood shirts '' its not in my blood it's in my heart and feet '' sad to say this but come on rewind and go back to what we had love and respect for each other as soul brothers soul sisters this has gone on far to long and some one has to speak up respect always Gethro x
I was a 12year old at Deansfield high school , wolves . when this was shown and it sent us into a northern soul frenzy , the influence of Gethro , Jacko and some of the older kids still at school who were into northern had a massive influence on me and my mates . first went to wigan as a 15 year old with and kept going to the end . Still have a dance now on the scooter rallies . Total respect to these guys , certainly started it for me
Well said that man Gethro .....one of our idols from back in the day....like myself he has never give up on our love of the music and the scene , we may have drifted out of it for a while to bring up our family's up but it was allways there engraved in our hearts .....if we ever tried to explain Northern Soul to the chin strokers of this world it would take a fecking eternity......come on folk get off ya high horses and have a walk round on the ground.......no need for all the shit on the scene that basically tries to be little the true music lovers , who really did and still do enjoy everything about this music , friendship and a life story that has stood the the test of time .......if you have nothing good to say about it ......please , please stroll on by.....Ko Ko...x
Geoffrey Jones Hey I'm tipping my hat to you and everyone on that floor I think Northern Soul dancers are absolutely amazing...!!!!
Stuff the critics, Jethro. Without this I'd never have heard of The Salvadors, The Millionaires, Gene Toones etc. This made me curious, made me search into what was going on. The day trippers disappeared as soon as they appeared, but it garnered an interest for many of us. I love seeing this. It reminds me of how I got into Northern Soul.
Stuff those who say "not like in our day" or "Shit dancing" etc. Who put them in charge of how things should be?
Xxxxxxxxx
Jethro great dancer I remember this being on TOTP.
Yeah me too fabulous !!different world and a better one if you ask me
Takes me back to the good old days keep the faith
So this is what I missed growing up in America. I was born in Wigan, but left at 9 yrs in 1960. I was back in 68, 72, 81, 84, 92 and 2000 and never knew about this. How fun! Bern
Love watching this clip......I started at 15yrs old and I still dance im now 59yrs old the music never leaves you✊️
Wow I wish I could dance like that? ❤
Always wanted to see this-the TOTP appearance seems to have caused a micro-sensation at the time, and when I first came to the UK in the late 70s, folks were still talking about it, notwithstanding the actual song
This track came out in 1975 however the original track came out in 1968 it was called footsie and it was by the chosen few on roulette records. It was messed about with for the 1975 version at a time when northern soul had become a bit commercial. Having said that the song does have a place in northern history.
First days of Wigan this was a full on blocked out your mind, verballing, heap of steaming atmosphere, if you don’t understand you weren’t there.its nothing to do with soul music but a lot of northern isn’t.
I went to Wigan casino many times from 75 onwards. Best time of my life. Many people don’t get what northern soul was about. All northern soul videos on RUclips showing how to dance to the soul music are the best.
Lovely to listen to - and what dancing !! Even in my heyday I couldn`t twirl or fall fall like that (I never get up if I did !! ). Many thanks to ILMJXXX`s friend . The writer is probably 12 years old and thinks Madonna is great ! Brian
Superb dancers, some people are just jealous they cant dance this good..KTF.
@@Kirishi- ha, they couldnt spin on a roundabout.
Ha like to see you spin.
Remember this .. got into the 'scene' a few years later .. Wales & Cheshire Soul Club my first event at The Carousel probs .. local do's prior .. 13yrs. old then 14 yrs. old at Wigan 1st time round ... don't have an issue with anything which makes people dance and have great time. :-)
So much energy with love 😍 keep the faith
Oh to be young, super fit and so slim like they were back then. Fabulous dancing although not so keen on this particular instrumental track.
Oh gosh! FABULOUS seeing this old clip! Not seen it since it was shown fifty years ago... What great times!
so much energy-wipes me out just watching !!
I was doing that in the 70s in my teens still doing in my late 50s will always keep the faith
I Went to Wigan Casino 1976/77 and there were always people saying that the Torch and the Wheel were better days, i just loved my time and will always remember dancing to records like Tony Christie[Nobody in the world]Little Anthony and imperials[It,s not the same]Babe Ruth [Elusive]Velvet Satins[Nothing can compare to you]all the best to Northern soul fans everywhere ktf
VELVET SATINS HARD ONE TO CRALC 1.56 SEC
AWESOME Top of the pops 1975
Top draw, northern lads n lasses breaking before dem New York wassos! 😁😁
Im afraid never took to footsie although for many it was the gateway to the northern scene.,,
My gateway was Motown at the age of 12 in 1975 ,, Temptations first greatest hits album, then I had the bug for more Motown, I was addicted for a couple if years, then when I started going to my local youth club one of my mates who was couple of years older than me was going to Wigan at the time , he would bring some in his northern records and spin then on the youth club record player , I fell in love with these records immediately ..
Marie Knight. No way to treat a girl.
Poppiies . Pain in my heart.
Dena Barnes , ever walked out of my life.
Velvet stains. Nothing can compare to you...
Out on the floor. .
Jerry butler, moody woman
Frank Wilson . Do I love you .
And many more..
The first even my list are the first 4 I bought !!
Made my debut at the casino in spring 1979 aged 16 , first record I dance to at the casino was the velvet stains, nightmare of a tempo for my first outing on the legendary dancefloor lol...
I may have missed the halcyon days of the casino , but those last 2 years of the casino when I attended were the best 2 years of my clubbing life ,
Still getting out and dancing at the age of 57 .. if I take my last breath on a dancefloor I'll die happy!!
But nothing compare to the big house , even though they did spin some crap at times lol .
Some great dancing, especially the guy in the green top,cracking spinner !
sheilz soulful tiddy his name is graham jackson from wolvo..R I P graham...EXCELLENT DANCER
Marion Bridge So sad to know the poor fella has passed. I knocked about with the Worcester crowd back in the day incl wagsy if you know him ? Take care Marion x
I do apolagize..the chap in the white vest is graham... The chap in the green top is Tom Mercer ,a Wigan local and brill dancer..some good pics of him online in the casino dance competition..
Was that the 2nd comp? When little Danny won it?
Thought that was Gethro ?