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Wigan Casino Soul Club gets a vinyl release
If you have room for another Wigan Casino compilation in your life, here’s one. The Wigan Casino Soul Club on vinyl.
Who The Hell Is Frank Wilson by Pete McKenna
I’ve been meaning to read Who The Hell Is Frank Wilson by Pete McKenna for some time. In the last week I finally got around to it.
Dorothy’s Lost Destination artwork takes in the Wigan Casino and Eel Pie Island Hotel
If you want an artwork of either the Wigan Casino or the Eel Pie Island Hotel, you can now get them courtesy of the Lost Destination range by Dorothy.
Tony Palmer – The Wigan Casino (1977)
The Wigan Casino meant nothing to me at the time. I was too young, Lego and Subbuteo were my kicks, but I was still aware of it, with two older sisters who used to make the short journey from Bolton to Wigan every weekend.
Tales From The Casino – Radio 4
Thanks to Robert Hill for flagging up something I missed (and you might have missed) on BBC Radio 4 from the last week – Tales From The Casino. It is what you expect, a series of specially-commissioned tales about the Wigan Casino – three different people and their stories about […]
The Story of Northern Soul book
Hitting the doorstep with a reassuring 'thud' this morning was a fairly hefty book, going by the name of The Story of Northern Soul by David Nowell. Published by Portico and now on the shelves (virtual or otherwise), it's essentially an updated version of the long out of print Too […]
Soulboy DVD reviewed
Not been a wasted Christmas break here – I've been catching up with some review material, kicking off with Soulboy. If you missed it (not that it's likely), Soulboy is a movie based around the Wigan Casino, with an average 'Joe' (quite literally, that's his name) chasing a girl in […]
