100 Wigan Pier memories

[Jiglo]

Was it through eating icepops?

 

[Saysay]

Was it through eating icepops?

LMAO!! I hope not!

 

[CHARNO]

wackin off

Me wackin off on malcs bonnet and sayin wax on wax off you fat ****

 

[Dr Dek's Lad]

That guy with blonde hair falling over the balcony onto the dancefloor

Seeing that guy with blonde hair in a neck brace the week after E'd up

 

[Wezza]

my mate bonehead getting run over after jumping over the barrier
on to that mad road / motorway and screeeeeeeeming like a pig
and coming round in hospital .

that big black guy doorman i think who used to walk up and down the queue
picking people out and tipping their gear in the pier :| (who was he )

that big speaker on the dance floor you could get in and stand up in and shakkkkkkkkkkkkkke in .phones:

 

[curly]

trying to get on said speakers from top o balcony,
trainer falling on some poor birds yed!!!

 

[zippi]

79 For a small club in its prime it couldnt be beaten imho
80 Ian rudd was THE dj in there for me (shame hes not on here really)
81 The usual Honkins tomfoolery and professional que jumpers!
82 The car park in its infancy was as good as the club
83 My first visual *boilersuit* spot

There was a rumour of a massage parluor on the fire escape but cant confirm
zippi.

 

[zippi]

P.s
Its not p.k.a,its eclipse - this is eclipse.....ive been prodded to type

 

[zippi]

That guy with blonde hair falling over the balcony onto the dancefloor

Seeing that guy with blonde hair in a neck brace the week after E'd up

i remember that...and doctor derrick....

 

[DavyJam]

Loved the Pier, used to go between 90 & 92

Does anyone remember a tune they used to play which was a piano track but had lyrics from a Cathy Dennis song?

I used to love that tune, but never knew what it was called.

Maybe I was that f00ked I just imagined it lol

 

[Markz]

Loved the Pier, used to go between 90 & 92

Does anyone remember a tune they used to play which was a piano track but had lyrics from a Cathy Dennis song?

I used to love that tune, but never knew what it was called.

Maybe I was that f00ked I just imagined it lol

Might be Cathy Dennis Touch Me (All Night Long) (Percapella) was played a lot around that era.

 

[Wezza]

Loved the Pier, used to go between 90 & 92

Does anyone remember a tune they used to play which was a piano track but had lyrics from a Cathy Dennis song?

I used to love that tune, but never knew what it was called.

Maybe I was that f00ked I just imagined it lol

it may be bizarre inc's / playing with knives ( the climax )
thats got cathy dennis on it its a bootleg i think they played it at the zone
a lot .its on the nights of the turn turntable vol 12.
http://www.discogs.com/release/438168

 

[zippi]

Might be Cathy Dennis Touch Me (All Night Long) (Percapella) was played a lot around that era.

More likely to be bizzare inc- playin with knifes(climax mix)

 

[DavyJam]

More likely to be bizzare inc- playin with knifes(climax mix)

Oh yes, thats defo the one I was on about

Cathy never sounded so good lol

Cheers fellas.

 

[sozy]

Dj Malc Charles

Dj Malc Charles Wigan Pier DAD Nov 1991 by Sozy 72 | Free Listening on SoundCloud

Ripped this last night.Bought it at the pier Nov 91

 

[Stevie]

a pint and a chat

 

[U31]

Cal De Gorgio (sic on spelling his last name, not seen him for 17 years) and his bollocking me for drinking coffee..
"How the hell can you put anything that smells like that in your body"

 

[Byron wrexham]

so if i have to sit in tonight i'll do something constructive

1. malcolm charles thorpe aka fat malc aka malc t aka and my personal fave The Master Tee
2. Ian "Ruddy" Rudd
3. One of the above constantly breaking tracks while the other constantly stole them and played them for the next 2 years see pka - eclipse for evidence of this.
4. one of the above leaving after a dispute with terry over money and the worse of the two stayed.
4. a certain character off this board falling in the canal
5. the same character jumping in the canal after being dared by a big titted bird to do so. (and no i didn't get a shag)
6. phil and dave hongkins
7. the sign inside the entrance "no drugs in this establishment. cheers phil"
8. terry "the turtle" lennon
9. terry's quite amazing shirts
10. phil giving out ice lollys
11. phil getting on the mic at the end of the night and promising all nighters and stuff.
12. k klass pa 1200 in 800 lokced out
13. bassheads pa 1000 in 500 locked out
14. rozalla pa
15. the malc getting welly sacked rumours
16. terry getting the pier on panorama
17. every loon from wigan on there.
18. hilda woods. the stalwart of wigan nightlife from working the cash till at the wigan casino she moved to the pier. oversaw two generations of drug fuelled dancing wigan youths.
19. hilda woods dancing!!!
20. dreaming a dream nights
21. shortened to D.A.D
22. Those Car stickers. not as good as the legends ones but still good.
23. Those Queues, "fck me there queing over't bridge"
24. Saturdays were manc nights with mike e bloc on the decks.
25. The downstairs half moon seating area
26. That Pier smell. The only club in the world with that certain smell. I love that smell. it's a mix of stale vicks,tiger balm and sweat, sounds shit but smells ace.
27. Lee Turner taking over from Ruddy
28 Dave Charnley guesting on Fridays
29. Jumping the queues as you knew someone on the door and as you were walking through all you could hear was a chorus of "bastards,bastards"
30. Good E's
31. The night when the loon pulled a gun on the dancefloor and started waving it round at everyone.
32. Doing Laps of the place non stop.
33. Malcs odd mixes Lonnie Gordon into Beltram and Sam Cooke into Altern8. er.
34. The lunacy on the car park after it all
35. Mints Cafe Bar. 1.00 for a paper cup of vimto. cheers mints
36. Martin Brown on the door. very small lad
37. trev the porn star on the door smaller
38. Cam breakdancing in the middle of the upstairs bit(dear me)
39. Akinwale Arobieke after Cams ass in there.
40. It then went shit
41. Everyone buggering off to Legends the 05 or Hard Times
42 For those that kept on going the ensuing mayhem between Wigan and Salford, Wigan and Skem and Skem and Salford, Chuck the odd visit from Carlisle in the equation and er
43 It picking up a bit then going really,really rough
44. Dreaming a Dream changing it's name to Dream. That really was the end
45. Satisfy on Saturday with mike e bloc finishing for good
46. Mike E Bloc wanting to call his Ellustrious - Dance No More remix the Wigan Pier Remix but terry apparently wanted to much money for him to do it.
47. Pleasure starting on a saturday
48 It going good again for a bit
49. It went rough again
50. "Tall" Paul Newman coming a bit unstuck in the pier then telling lies to mixmag about what really happend.
51. As did Colin Favor. booed at end of set with loads of your shit calls.
52. Matt Bell playing there and him annoucing to the crowd "for everyone to get on the dancefloor now" the battle hardened 200 in there just looked at each other as if to say who is this dick?
53. A boltoner called paul rae residenting there and being a really good dj.
53. Malc upping sticks and hotfooting to canada amidst rumours of unpaid debts.
I'm bored of this now.
54. Welly getting fridays back after 7 years

Number 18 did she use to mop round u feet when having a piss old woman thought her name was Maggie I remember the djs asking people not go in when they got sacked or whatever