1978 continues in the same vein as the previous with white stompers like ‘Stop Girl’ dominating proceedings. However, come late 78, the seeds of a revival had begun. John Anderson discovered some of the scene’s greatest records and Richard Searling promoted these at the Casino. The famous Joe Matthews cover up ‘I Don’t Like To Lose’ saw people travelling miles just to hear that one record for the first time in ages. Suddenly it was as if someone had pulled the stopper out of the barrel and ‘newies’ appeared with alarming frequency, making the latter Casino period superb. The only downside being the introduction of many Modern Soul records, but I haven’t got them anyway…so I hope you enjoy the last chapter in the history of Wigan Casino, when it eventually closed at the end of 1981, the scene had seemingly nowhere to go – but almost 35 years later, we’re still here (Obvious respect goes out to all theCasino DJ’s, JV, Brian Rae, Pep, Keith, Alan, Russ, Gary, Pat, Sam, Kev etc)
