blimy tony 80 quid was a months wages for me when i went to the casino,must say though i never went in the eighties.started going less and less after joe 90,footsie etc.,wether 70's or 80's the amosthere and feeling of belonging was allways there.
I taped quite a few at wigan and in Ms some great some good ,i had a twin tape JVC ghetto blaster ,it cost me £80 plus vat at 7.5 percent rate in 1980 that was a lot of money then,i also used PYE portable reel to reel tape recorder got some clear ones on that but hard to transfer to other media,i will put them on some time soon , ps i am on the Header poster,in the red v kneck T shirt ,that was the one and only commemerative poster Tonydam
hi there .,wiganer1 here,,ill try and put some live stuff on here..got some real gems with all the atmosphere ,,inclkuding the bari track,,the rhino,,footsee at its peak,,and many others..spent a lifetime collecting them and are as important as my record collection,,wigan casino + then some..
yea spent few nites trying to tape stuff on some ol tape player , sat middle of balcony [alledgedly best position ] coke in hand,"dying "to dance, my tapes didnt sound all that,but good -ish listening after.! a very special place ,allways miss it , from one of the other petes from hemel ,try wigganer on ebay he's got loads of tapes of casino,wud love a wild 1 of mr ms at full throttle,ktf
reminds me so much of the tapes i used to have,dangling my mike over the balcony to try and get that elusive rare sound to play at home.great memories.
close your eyes,and your there
scarthogirl 1 year ago
Wow. Lump in throat time. Taped loads of nights but where the fook are they now? Cheers, Keep The Faith.
twister5960 1 year ago
blimy tony 80 quid was a months wages for me when i went to the casino,must say though i never went in the eighties.started going less and less after joe 90,footsie etc.,wether 70's or 80's the amosthere and feeling of belonging was allways there.
pete from hemel ktf
zantepete1 1 year ago
I taped quite a few at wigan and in Ms some great some good ,i had a twin tape JVC ghetto blaster ,it cost me £80 plus vat at 7.5 percent rate in 1980 that was a lot of money then,i also used PYE portable reel to reel tape recorder got some clear ones on that but hard to transfer to other media,i will put them on some time soon , ps i am on the Header poster,in the red v kneck T shirt ,that was the one and only commemerative poster Tonydam
tonydam 2 years ago
hi there .,wiganer1 here,,ill try and put some live stuff on here..got some real gems with all the atmosphere ,,inclkuding the bari track,,the rhino,,footsee at its peak,,and many others..spent a lifetime collecting them and are as important as my record collection,,wigan casino + then some..
wiganer12 2 years ago
correction ! try "wiganer1" on ebay for live tapes of casino
petegroover 3 years ago
yea spent few nites trying to tape stuff on some ol tape player , sat middle of balcony [alledgedly best position ] coke in hand,"dying "to dance, my tapes didnt sound all that,but good -ish listening after.! a very special place ,allways miss it , from one of the other petes from hemel ,try wigganer on ebay he's got loads of tapes of casino,wud love a wild 1 of mr ms at full throttle,ktf
petegroover 3 years ago
reminds me so much of the tapes i used to have,dangling my mike over the balcony to try and get that elusive rare sound to play at home.great memories.
pete from hemel ktf
zantepete 3 years ago
KTF
lindab6 3 years ago
Wigan will alway`s be my n/b 1,ktf.
djdeitch 4 years ago