[QUOTE=Whisperer;4710153]In the 70s there were a few bods from Blackwood and a few from Porthcawl I was the only one from merthyr that would travel to Wigan casino, there was a coach that was run from Porthcawl Blackwood Gloucester and on to the casino.
There was another club called Stars & stripes in Yate just outside Bristol which was a fantastic northern soul night.
The 80's a kid called Mark Payne ran nights at the Manot suite in Porthcawl mark sadly died 1990 and the rest is now folklore.[/Q

Wigan Casino was a bit before my time. However, two Northern Soulies who made those coach journeys up to Wigan Casino back in the day, Al Kent from Blackwood, and Dai Bater from Pencoed will be at The Globe tomorrow night.

There were some excellent Northern Soul Nights run at The Pavillion by a local guy, Nigel Graham, until October 2015. Sadly, they have ended