Allnighters that ran in the 1960's and 70's lasted for gruelling lengths of time. Northern soul music is for dancing to in a very strenuous way. I did'nt make this up at all. Watch the video that verifies the validity of what I state as true. I had no control on the video content. People who attended allnighters will know the people talking as members of Wigan casino. I don't endorse breaking the law or many of the ways Amphetamines where gotten. But it was a major part of allnighters like Wigan casino, the Torch, and the Twisted wheel. I mention it as it is a reflection of the way it was at allnighters then. People can call me a liar or what they want to it happened so if you went to more allnighters at the time of Wigan casino than me. I don't mind at all a open discussion to clarify what I say as 100% true.














 There where numerous cocktails of illegal controlled drugs that gave people the stamina to dance from Friday night and   
 still be dancing at a alldayer Sunday night. I can state it as a fact there was a group of regular attendees every allnighter
that took place. It was what there life revolved around there devotion was get there by any way they could as soon as the climb up the steps to the dance floor was done. They started there mammoth session of dancing. It was far more than the human body could do to maintain such colossal demands on it's resources to keep going without any kind of rest after 3
 hours the build up of lactic acid in the muscle tissue would start to stiffen limbs.  A large number at Wigan casino, Cleethorpes, st Ives, and Ya
  

   The amphetamine abuse as always been inherited from the previous generations of clubs. I have very little or no time to listen to lame excuses that it never happened when it quite clearly did. It is denied by many that believe if you think it did not take place then your innocent of responsibility. However a number of young lives ended at Wigan casino. Nobody was to blame for it totally it was something that happened nobody in particular could be 100% responsible. That would be a ridicules  statement for any individual to make it was just teenagers doing a thing that felt good at the time. Who does things they feel would'nt meet with there parents approval when your a teenager everybody. Ok you get the assholes who live by there parents rules. Would'nt dream of getting smashed encase it would be bought up at the parents evening at the local compressive school. We all had them at school did more grassing than Fission's. Never had his hands down a girls knickers until his mother thought he was grown up.                                                                                      They where a pain in the ass at the school I went to if I had'nt gone they would of had nothing to talk about. I was that boy every parent dreaded seeing there daughters walking down the road with. But to be honest there are far worse than me in this world I just got caught far more often. My dad was the best dad in the world 6 feet 3 inches of muscle if you told tales on me he had a very bad habit of smacking your dad for it. Lived by a strict code of conduct it was only illegal if you got caught. You never grassed on anybody for anything he grew up in the mods era knew far more about allnighters than I ever imagined. He told me once my mother lost a lot of blood when giving birth to me had transfusions. later was given Purple hearts on prescription he often exchanged them for iron tablets. Gave me his Duromin  + chalkies every script he got cheap as well. If he did'nt like you that was it he never changed his mind knew quite a few of my friends from the northern soul scene.

te. Apparently where exempt from pain or any signs of fatigue but just carried on. In the early years the casino had a atmosphere and a feeling of excitement unequalled by anything else that you could feel. Last night
 of the proms, the cup final, Bing Crossby at the Albert hall. Did'nt even get close it was euphoric proportions you had
 to be there to know what the casino tingle waiting outside in Station road for the doors to open.                                                                                                                                              
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 Like I have already said the list of Amphetamines used is beyond my memory's capabilities. It was like a Mims guide to pharmaceutical's used by chemist shops. A large number of the substances taken where from a burglary at a chemist so very high grade the demands on the body did not really take much precedence. It was very much live for today don't worry about tomorrow it might never arrive. In a good many times your funeral was the next appointment you had on a loss of a young life the only thing guilty was unpredictable strength gear.                                              
It did'nt seem a thing to concern yourself about a lot. The night had just began and there was plenty of gear around so it's going to be a good night and Belle vue was on Sunday. Better get 20 red + browns so the Monday was a very low feeling exhaustion mixed with the hard days work was never a great feeling to bring you back to reality. A big factor was many where now dehydrated the casino was a cauldron in the summer months. People often did not have the fluid needed to replace what they lost through sweat. Dehydration was'nt a thing that sprang to mind after sweating pints of fluid out you need to replace it a pint of milk in the morning was'nt enough. The amount of sweat was massive such intense energy over hours the body needed to rehydrate to function normally. A major contributor to feeling ill with flu like symptom's was dehydration. People excited in the atmosphere that Wigan casino generated where hardly going to seek advice for feeling down the morning after.
   This was not something that started at Wigan casino. Every allnighter as been linked to amphetamine abuse the allnighter concept was a thing inherited from the mods at the Twisted wheel in the 1960's the venue still as a atmosphere of tradition it must of been a amazing to have been there in the mods days. I could only ever imagine the Twisted wheel full of mods. Smartly dressed the street full of scooters how good must of that felt in the 60's relaxed environment. It can't be put in a context that as any comparison to anything still holding events in 2010 the UK. As nothing left like ambition or wanting to be seen with envy by the rest of the world. Almost every person who reads the contents of this page will dismiss northern soul allnighters as law breaking yobs. Without trying to envisage the ways and why's behind it before they condemn the people of Wigan casino.                                                                                                                                        Instead of looking at the complete picture and intense passion of the time it happened. The only harm done to people was confined to the members there. Those harmed where by there own choice nobody was forced to take anything at Wigan casino. It was the intense expectations that was always there not to be the best but to be seen to be doing all of the things you did with 100% effort. Which is not as easy as readers think try running for 8 hours and still maintain a constant speed after 8 hours have gone. That was the reason for the widespread amphetamine use to constantly be giving 100% effort never less. That is what as changed in this once great nation now instead of putting a standard you want to reach. Good enough never trying to excel and be higher than anybody thought possible to reach is a thing no people aim for. Now all you'll get as a response to what was a concept people today are 1:unable to achieve in life 2: in 2010 cant understand it 3: through ignorance of it condemn it as juvenile law breaking louts.                                                                                                          In today's world simply as an easier alternative to using a bit of thought. The only comments that allnighters will get by people from another generation are negative or totally inaccurate. It is my own opinion of the people who always get there thoughts in the media as it's the crap they want to hear. So if you think it as any real value over 30 years after the place closed please inform me of it. Or do the sensible option and keep your misguided opinion to yourself as nobody likes a fool with a opinion. When I went to Wigan casino it was a regular event to find somebody on the train or gave you a lift on the motorway. Had never been to Wigan casino in there life but knew somebody who had which made them the UK's leading authority on northern soul allnighters. The rest of the journey was spent listening to a list of biased inaccurate lies. I got dropped of on the hard shoulder of the M6 a few times after saying that's bollocks.