Wigan Casino

Guardian Article

The final three records traditionally played at Wigan Casino's northern soul all-nighters were known as the Three Before Eight, and fittingly, for the closing notes of the night, all three were concerned with the passing of time. The sequence opened with Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend, followed with Long After Tonight Is All Over by Jimmy Radcliffe, and ended with I'm On My Way by Dean Parrish.

It's the Tobi Legend track I have always loved most. It is somehow undiluted by the schmaltz of Radcliffe's track, or the hey-ho-on-we-go of Parrish's number, and instead is simply a song about seeing the preciousness of life, about trying to live our lives better and brighter.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/oct/21/hail-hail-rock-n-roll

New Wigan Casino book to celebrate a special part of the famous venue

https://www.wigantoday.net/news/people/new-wigan-casino-book-to-celebrate-a-special-part-of-the-famous-venue-3428891

Does anyone recognise themselves?

A brief history of... Wigan Casino

https://www.theskinny.co.uk/clubs/interviews/a-brief-history-of-wigan-casino

Bit too young to remember (not often I can say that these days ) the heyday of Wigan Casino but I do remember them pulling it down in 1983, especially walking past the demolition site with my Dad and seeing this haunting image of the interior of the building being exposed with the grand piano sat defiantly staring out at the bulldozers from what little bit remained of the upper floor.


Presumably the piano was deemed too large to be removed or considered not worth saving at the time but what a prized relic it would be today if someone had!