Of course Russ Winstanley was the first spinner. They say things don't change and the Casino's atmosphere certainly doesn't. However the attendance has dropped somewhat and that makes the getting in very easy it took me about five minutes. The Casino still opens at 12.30, and there are still two doors open. In the old days it was tightly packed pushing for about an hour and murder. Most were wearing jeans, some straight, some zoots. This was to be borne out by the fact that in the Casino itself there were only about three people in baggies. Today however the soulies wear conventional clothes, just the same as you would see anywhere in the south. In the old days we would have seen about 50 folk board the train complete with baggie trousers, bags covered in patches etc. By the time we reached Warrington I realized that things ain't what they used to be.

Firstly we sussed MP Cyril Smith on the train scoffing sandwiches (is this the Liberals solution to the problem of the EEC food mountains I ask?). My first visit to Wigan for over a year (it costs over 25 on the train for us). Usual health warning - please remember I was very young when I wrote this, but I wonder how many cover up's can be uncovered from this article. We'd stopped going in 1978, and having heard one of Sam's spot's at Bedford, I decided to venture north once more recording the visit in Blackbeat. Here is a very old review of Wigan Casino I did.

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