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Post by dillon on Jul 5, 2008 18:37:07 GMT -5
is there anybody out there who used to go to the Central in the early 70's? get in touch please.. hopefully Steve will soon be putting some old pictures etc on this site. one of the things we dont have at the moment is many pictures of the old Central.. Now I for one was never very happy about having my picture taken in the old days, but I'm sure there are loads of pics out there, as everybody seemed to carry a camera at the time. I know that any stories & scans of memorabilia would be good too.  |
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Post by sarahleen on Jul 22, 2008 14:36:52 GMT -5
hi i went to origanal central , wigan and few others . im sorry i dont have any photos ect of central itself but ill ask my mate who used to go all the time .
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Post by sarahleen on Jul 22, 2008 14:53:36 GMT -5
not sure if im registered to this site my profile says not activated but also says im a new member , iv had same problem with soul source so i guess its someting im doing wrong , any help appreciated love sarah
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Post by Steve on Jul 23, 2008 2:11:56 GMT -5
not sure if im registered to this site my profile says not activated but also says im a new member , iv had same problem with soul source so i guess its someting im doing wrong , any help appreciated love sarah Hi Sarah, Well your message is showing up and you are in the members list so it appears you are doing something right - not sure what that 'account not activated' means - I will look into it. Anyway thanks for joining the forum - it's having a slow but steady momentum! If you could paste the link for the youtube video that would be great. Steve |
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Post by jobradley on Jul 29, 2008 15:24:34 GMT -5
I love that photo Pete you look the proper job! I'll ask my friend friend at work about photos etc, she used to go to all the nights back in the day. Twisted wheel etc.
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Post by dillon on Aug 4, 2008 6:39:09 GMT -5
Hi Jo, any news on the photos? also anybody here anything else about the Hyde Park day? |
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Post by rocket on Sept 27, 2008 16:10:06 GMT -5
Yo Pete,
Went to the 1st night at the Central Club, and the last. Right now I'm looking for Denis once again.Tried Hernis no joy...Tried the Bee Gee, Shut down.... Don't listen to much Soul music any more.More on the stuff Mr. Luigi sells...Don't have any Photos or membership cards, but I do have priceless (to me)piece off converted 8mm COULOR film of myself Jeff Burke aka Sharkie, Phil Beadnell tweekin our old Lambrettas Prior to the Brid Run 1968...Will get back to ya!
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Post by Mike Eastwood on Sept 28, 2008 10:45:08 GMT -5
OK Rocket, what was your real name, as I remrember Jeff and Phil well and I used to work at the Central all nighters apart from running Hernies with Dennis and doing the east coast runs every bank holiday.
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Post by rocket on Nov 11, 2008 20:09:01 GMT -5
Hi MICK, Long long time since I last saw you..Next thing Dave Thomson will be getting in touch with me...sorry its took me so long to get back I throw a BIG Halloween do every year, and it consumes me.. It's Alan from Seacroft White and chrome tv175 broadstyle...So now you know...If you went to Rob Lamoines 40th that probably the last time I saw you..If not you and Moses were riding off into the distance...Moved to North America 89 haven't been back since..So now you have it... Say hi to all the old boys for me, and I will be posting my rare footage on youtube someday...I had keep in touch with Dennise right until I left UK, but lost touch since...All the best, ROCKET  |
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Post by Mike Eastwood on Nov 17, 2008 6:53:55 GMT -5
Hi alan
Just got back from my holiday so haven't been on for a few weeks. The only Alan with a TV broadside I can remember was Alan Stevenson, is that you? As fas as Rob is concerned, I last saw him in December when he was over visiting an elderly realtive. Kenny and Bev Coleman anhd a friend of theirs took Rob over ti the Longfield Suite at Prestwich as it was all that was on nthat weekend. I think he managed one dance before his knee went! If you aren't Stevo, give me some mo9re clues to help me remember, my memory isn't what it used to be.
Regards
Mike
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Post by rocket on Nov 17, 2008 16:57:42 GMT -5
YO MICK,
Your memory is spot on, funny enough last time I saw Kenny was at ROB'S 40th...Sorry to hear his knees are tweaked, I've been lucky. still in great shape..Still dance like a pregnant dog.. Still hang out in skeachy clubs, Open at 12 no beer, just like the old day just not as often.. Different grooves, but the same..You know how it is Mick ..I tell my girlfriend how the soul scene really was, as it seems the modern media give a really bland and sanitized version..Anyway, keep in touch Mick.. ROCKET
PS I picked the nickname up at the Torch.Do you see anything of Peter Pell??? Keep Dacin if you can!!! Rocket
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Post by rocket on Nov 17, 2008 17:03:53 GMT -5
Yo Mick,
The words Pregnant dog are the computers. On my last post I fear this site has sanitized my own writing...Welcome to the modern world..
All The best, Rocket
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Post by Graham Varley on Jan 4, 2009 19:11:56 GMT -5
Hi Folks, came across this site by accident, just looking around the soul sites as usual, after attending the last night at the Irish Centre (which I enjoyed by the way Steve)
I used to go to the Central in the early days, around 1968-69 onwards, and at this time it was open Friday, Sunday and I think Tuesday nights, and as well as hearing current Motown sounds and Club soul from Atlantic and Stax etc there was also quite a bit of Ska played as well.
If I remember rightly it used to be a rockers club, and on a few occassions scooters outside got kicked over by angry greasers, and I also remember the bouncer, Big Willie, sorting a few greasers out as well. Big Willie was a large black guy who I think at one time was, or became, Mr UK body building champion, so he was not somebody to mess with!
I stopped going after a couple of years, then a colleague at work, Roy Adams, told me about the rare soul that that was being played, and coaches that were going from there to the Torch in Tunstall, and I started going again.
You probably won't know me by name, or recognise me if you saw me in a club, but names I remember were Little Steve (Louigi), John Burrell, Pete Dillon, Chris Mallows, Tony Jackson, Keith, Swish, Dave Thompson.
I remember Saturday afternoons getting my hair cut by Derek Barnett at Character Hairdressing on the balcony in Grand Arcade? and then squeezing into the small unit Jumbo Records had on the balcony and looking at his latest imports. Good old days. After a while a couple of friends and I started a mobile disco, and we got a regular night on a Monday at the Peel in the cellar bar, playing northern stuff. That did okay for a while then died off.
I also remember a regular weekday night that Snake Davis used to play at the Central Station Hotel on Commercial Street, that must have been early 80's.
Anyway, enough of my rambling, I really would like this link to succeed with more people adding information and trivia, and maybe stuff about the Spinning Disc as well.
I've got some scans of memorabillia that I would like to send but I don't know how to add them to this post! Please let me know how and I will send them over.
All the best
Graham
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Post by dillon on Jan 8, 2009 6:12:54 GMT -5
Hi there Graham, great to hear from you... keep in touch, we are on the verge of a new venue..I was speaking with Dave Maltas the other week..anyway keep in touch and lets have some of those pics etc...if you want to mail them to me (at petedillon@ntlworld.com) as attachments I'll pass them on to Steve, who does all the technical stuff on here..Cheers Pete Dillon |
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