Blackpool Mecca

The Spirit of Morecambe Central Pier & The Carlton Rooms Revisited
Alhambra Live, Morecambe (UK)
The early 1980s. Northern Soul had gone underground again. Wigan Casino shut in 1981, Blackpool Mecca shut in 1982, and Rotherham Clifton Hall also shut in 1982. Fortunately for us in the North West, Morecambe Central Pier opened in 1983 (but there had been some Alldayers in the 70s). Wigan was latterly oldies Blackpool disco, […]

The Spirit of Morecambe Central Pier & The Carleton Revisited
Alhambra Live, Morecambe (UK)
The Spirit of Morecambe Central Pier & The Carleton Revisited! The early 1980s saw Northern Soul go underground once again. Wigan Casino closed its doors in 1981, Blackpool Mecca followed in 1982, and Rotherham’s Clifton Hall soon after. But in 1983, a new heartbeat emerged on the North West coast: Morecambe Central Pier. From alldayers […]