BLACKPOOL MECCA

[john111257]

blackpool re generation....DEGENERATION MORE LIKE

[fcuk1964]

Great memories of Blackpool Mecca - remember seeing "Light of the World" there - epic place !

[MoonGhostMusic]

I lived there ,every Sat the Highland Room Great Times been a long time since I lived in Blackpool Great Memories..Eddie...

[nizviz]

Great days; remember coach trips to Blackpool for the day, changing in the train station ready for the night out in the Mecca, then leaving for the all nighter at the Casino.

[john111257]

i wonder what the demolition squad thought as the walls echoed the past..bad move Blackpool

[CBH97100]

I miss Go-karting and Bowling in that place lots of good memories. :(

[stevie694]

Nutty Butty has to be Johny Stewart my old pal from Norbrek Hydro. Reedy here Sandy Mountain told me you were in Sconny Botland come back home and play some of that old moon stomping! Miss all the old jocks music and memories RIP Baz Stanton thinking of you all.

[john111257]

memories live on

[jazzfunkeddie]

so many classic venues have now gone .. Kingsway in Southport burnt down a while back.

[castalla999]

Aaah ...banging the machines in the Matador amusements when I was 12, ten pin bowling if you were good on Sundays. At 14 watching girls dance around their handbags to Heard it Thru the Grapevine on Saturday Morning teenage discos.

Saw Martha Reeves and the Vandellas play an awe inspiring acapella gig cos their band missed the plane. Met Linda with the haunting blue eyes....nuff said. Goodbye Mecca I'll miss ya

[TooDarnSoulful]

I loved them both ..wigan AND mecca - great times and great memories- ktf

[quiggleydog]

Thanks for the memories,grew up in that place,,, thank goodness i bought a section of the floor when they knocked it down

[owzyafava]

Great look back down memory lane! Of course The Carstairs for Red Coach records "It really hurts me Girl" Just epiomises it for me! Great upload thanks1 Andy (Simpson)

[5LAMPO7]

Man iv e got a lump in my throat and tingles down the spine,how can music do that to you?cheers.

[miamiwax]

DAMN THAT SONG PLAYING IS GREAT!!

[vexedgeneration]

Aww this is so so sad! My garndparents, parents and myself and brother all used this building! The thing that kept people together whether it was Northern Soul or House and hip hop music was the music. Just fortunate I was the last generation to use the building! Its true memories never die ;o)

[speedwaysamuel]

It really hurts me to see it demolished BUT so many memories live on and will NEVER die KTF

[soulbrother56]

one of the legendary venues gone but never forgotten  ktf

[Blackpool77]

A sad event: but the spirit of this venue and its movement still lives on : just catch one of Colin Curtis's current DJ spots now to realise what Northern Soul was all about !! Still the other Mecca at Whitworth Street Manchester stands proud . The old Ritz is all that remains of the Mecca Northern movement : although saying that is Notts Palais still standing ?

[chartertime]

Quote Dave Godin; "Soul heaven here on earth". The track; well one recalls those moments in that hallowed room seeing Andy Simpson clenched fists spinning to this ground breaking track which opened up many doors.. Ian and Colin ....thank you.

[tonofdynamite]

Knock down our venues, and it does hurt, I went to Blackpool Mecca 1976, Wigan 1981 and Winter Gardens Cleethorpes 1976, but your Northern Soul kids travel...so here's to a new venue, we built it, we can build it again!

[prestonobend]

Nice to see you've made a decent video for a change. ;)

RIP The Blackpool Mecca

[BertsAppleCrumble]

They tear down the temples, but Northern Soul lives on!

[AIDZZ09]

pretty much sums up what a shithole blackpool really is

why havent you included your ground though you cunt

UP THE WHITES !

[cornishdeb]

@AIDZZ09 you complete utter twat

[niteowl147]

Great tune. To see pictures of any venue demolished is sad enough, to see it in action is heartbreaking.

[NUTTYBUTTYDJ]

great little clip my mate in Canada posted 1 not as good as yours111

[orangedave7]

wonderful nostalga,thanks for the post.

[casinosquad]

great vid !!! nice post - the carstairs wonderful