The Wigan Casino was not a gambling den near Manchester, anymore than The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell is about a funfair by the seaside, although curiously the two are inextricably related. The Wigan Casino was a dance hall and home to Northern Soul' at the height of its fashion in the mid- to late 70s in the centre of a once prosperous manufacturing town, once bursting with cotton mills, now brought low by economic hard times. It remains the most famous club in Northern England. Fro...
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Originally made for Granada Television's 'This England' series, this 1977 film by Tony Palmer documents the idiosyncratic Northern Soul scene based around the weekly club night that ran at the Wigan Casino dance hall from 1973 to 1981. From slow motion dance shots to scenes of fervent vinyl swapping, Palmer captures the bustle and energy - as well as the cultural oddity - that was the Northern Soul phenomenon.
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