Favorite Memories of Accrington - Page 4

BERNADETTE · 30-06-2008, 11:56

Playing in Gatty Park is one of my favourite memories. Those were the days

katex · 30-06-2008, 12:43

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Originally Posted by beechy

St Johns school friday night dances
dancing to Rubber ball ..Poetry emotion..
wild days

I used to go to those too Beechy, and remember dancing to the above numbers you mentioned ... you probably sat opposite me across the dance floor, chairs lined up down both sides ...

Weren't they only once a month though ?

Wynonie: You would have enjoyed the play I went to see couple of weeks ago with three other members. Was based around Wigan casino .. plot was standard (boy meets girl, etc), but some lovely dancing, and they had a Northern Soul group which played constantly throughout the show. Sure it brought memories back to many people.

jaysay · 30-06-2008, 16:59

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Originally Posted by katex

I used to go to those too Beechy, and remember dancing to the above numbers you mentioned ... you probably sat opposite me across the dance floor, chairs lined up down both sides ...

Weren't they only once a month though ?

Wynonie: You would have enjoyed the play I went to see couple of weeks ago with three other members. Was based around Wigan casino .. plot was standard (boy meets girl, etc), but some lovely dancing, and they had a Northern Soul group which played constantly throughout the show. Sure it brought memories back to many people.

Where was that kate

Wynonie Harris · 30-06-2008, 20:39

Kate, I remember reading about that somewhere. As Jaysay says, please tell us more!

katex · 30-06-2008, 21:55

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Kate, I remember reading about that somewhere. As Jaysay says, please tell us more!

It was at the Octagon Bolton, Wynonie. Forgot to get a programme (Garinda has one I think). The singer was great, as were the two girls in the band, one of them doing a solo number ... excellent stuff. Seven piece band .. all brilliant musicians.

Only four in the actual cast, but sure one of them could have been your goodself in those days ...

One of the girls was supposed to have come from Burnley.

http://www.octagonbolton.co.uk/WiganLive.asp

cashman · 30-06-2008, 22:15

damn, completely forgot about that, n as it finished on sat 28th, thanks fer rubbing it in kate.

Wynonie Harris · 01-07-2008, 07:24

Cheers, Kate, sounds great. Sorry I missed it now.

Alan Gilmartin · 01-07-2008, 09:24

Was it called Once Up on a Time in Wigan. Read something about it a while ago.

Wynonie Harris · 01-07-2008, 09:50

There's also a CD to tie in with it.

http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content....9&release=1080

jaysay · 01-07-2008, 10:20

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

There's also a CD to tie in with it.

http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content....9&release=1080

Some great tracks on that CD Wynonie it cost £11.99p on Amazon
there are also another couple of discs for sale
The Twisted Wheel (which was the name of a soul club in Carlisle in the mid 70s) used copy at £4.98 and Northern Soul Connoisseurs used copy £2.98, ight just give them a whirl

Wynonie Harris · 01-07-2008, 10:47

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Originally Posted by jaysay

The Twisted Wheel (which was the name of a soul club in Carlisle in the mid 70s)

The Twisted Wheel which they're talking about was the one in Whitworth Street, Manchester which ran from 1963-1971. Was originally a blues/R&B club, then became a mainstream soul club and finally, one of the birthplaces of northern soul, towards the end of its life.

beechy · 01-07-2008, 11:01

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

The Twisted Wheel which they're talking about was the one in Whitworth Street, Manchester which ran from 1963-1971. Was originally a blues/R&B club, then became a mainstream soul club and finally, one of the birthplaces of northern soul, towards the end of its life.

spent many all nighter saturdays at the wheel
you had to go out and come back in again for
the night sessions if i remember correctly

Wynonie Harris · 01-07-2008, 11:52

That's right, Beechy, there was the regular evening session, then the all-nighter session which started around midnight, with separate admission charges for both. Some great live acts appeared at the Wheel, both blues and soul - John Lee Hooker, Little Walter, T-Bone Walker, Ike & Tina Turner, Junior Walker, Ben E. King, Edwin Starr and many, many more.

beechy · 01-07-2008, 12:24

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

That's right, Beechy, there was the regular evening session, then the all-nighter session which started around midnight, with separate admission charges for both. Some great live acts appeared at the Wheel, both blues and soul - John Lee Hooker, Little Walter, T-Bone Walker, Ike & Tina Turner, Junior Walker, Ben E. King, Edwin Starr and many, many more.

and the it was the first bus back to accrington
sunday morning shattered and elated
im shattered just thinking about em nowadays
but you were always cool and in if you went to the wheel

cashman · 01-07-2008, 12:29

only did the wheel a couple of times, Heaven @ Hell a few more, talk about put yer lights out, no-way could do it now.