Northern Soul Prom - BBC2 19.45

[sinkov]

Me and another 7 x 18 year olds on Lambrettas wrapped up in Parkas going down to Tunstall on a Thursday night to see Edwin Starr live followed by half a dozen sets of Northern Soul to dance to. In close attendance were a gaggle of young women from Stoke and Uttoxeter. Memories were made on nights like those.

A Lambretta eh, I used to have a BSA, a black leather jacket and hair on my shoulders, we had a few entertaing run-ins with your lot on Blackpool promenade, and as we were inevitably outnumbered it usually ended with us running like feck to escape.

[kritichris]

A Lambretta eh, I used to have a BSA, a black leather jacket and hair on my shoulders,.

Change BSA to Triumph and it could have been me sinky. I'm still riding a Bonneville now but it doesn't leak oil, not quite the same.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

A Lambretta eh, I used to have a BSA, a black leather jacket and hair on my shoulders, we had a few entertaing run-ins with your lot on Blackpool promenade, and as we were inevitably outnumbered it usually ended with us running like feck to escape.

Best run in ever was in Scarborough, after a day and a half of pitch battles the local Bizzies enlisted support from Newcastle and Leeds. So off we went to Filey for another do! Great days, but some combatants from both sides got seriously hurt and a couple of Burnley lads ended up doing some serious bird.

[sinkov]

Best run in ever was in Scarborough, after a day and a half of pitch battles the local Bizzies enlisted support from Newcastle and Leeds. So off we went to Filey for another do! Great days, but some combatants from both sides got seriously hurt and a couple of Burnley lads ended up doing some serious bird.

Me and my mates always ensured we knew where the escape route was, we always had to a runner, we were always outnumbered 10 to 1 or more. If we'd stood our ground we'd have been massacred. We also had to beware of being ambushed, devious tw@ts them Mods.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Me and my mates always ensured we knew where the escape route was, we always had to a runner, we were always outnumbered 10 to 1 or more. If we'd stood our ground we'd have been massacred. We also had to beware of being ambushed, devious tw@ts them Mods.

I was just reminiscing and the 100 or so Northern Soul aficionados I hung about with had not got a grammar school education between us, ambushing the bourgeoisie was all part of the fun.

[sinkov]

I was just reminiscing and the 100 or so Northern Soul aficionados I hung about with had not got a grammar school education between us, ambushing the bourgeoisie was all part of the fun.

Never thought of it like that mon ami, I suspect there were grammar school boys on both sides, for me and my mates it was all a bit of a laugh, bit like Cowboys and Indians for ****agers.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Never thought of it like that mon ami, I suspect there were grammar school boys on both sides, for me and my mates it was all a bit of a laugh, bit like Cowboys and Indians for ****agers.

It's pretty much generally acknowledged that "Northern Soul" was the creation of young working class British white men who identified with Black generated music from the other side of the Atlantic. Work all week and dance your socks off on the Saturday "All-Nighter".

Going back to the Proms our mate Supersub6 said, "I should have mentioned that one of the really outstanding things about the whole night were the tremendous arrangements by Joe Duddell and Fiona Brice." It's now clear and obvious the "Northern Soul" musical genre had some real substance to it. Sadly Berry Gordy did not get a mention but he was a musical genius who inspired the "Motown Sound" of which I am a huge fan.