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Gino n Pig Face, who are more yer age i reckon Kes were casino regulars, shame they aint on here, n i don't see much of em these days. but if i run into any of em i will ask em fer some input.

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Know Gino, but who the hell's Pig Face when he's at home? :confused:

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Ask me sat he was n happyrentice whom i used to whip along wi gino.:D

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OK, will do. Accy faces who I recall going to the Casino include Kev McCaffrey (who'd been a mod in the 60's) and Dave Taylor, big Man U fan.

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Where there a lot of 15 year olds at the Casino?

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I only went a couple of times n there was quite a few under 18s or so i thought, mind yeh i was always crap at ages.

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Didn't notice many. The two I've mentioned were well past 16 when they went to the Casino.

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Well the guy in my class who bragged about it was 14 - 15. 2 other people who claimed to attend were also same age who told me about their experiences in the early 80's. :rolleyes:

Did they sell alcohol at the Casino or was it just soft drinks?

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No, strictly soft drinks. You had to be a member to attend and membership was restricted to over-16's. Of course, there was no such thing as ID cards in those days. It was down to the bouncers to decide whether you were underage or not when you turned up on the night, so I suppose some young uns could've slipped through.

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That seems a bit strange not to have alcohol? Usually just having soft drinks indicates using amphetamines was given the nod and wink, and an accepted part of the clubs function. All night dancing needs all night artificial stimulation.

A girl I knew who told me about her experiences there said a lot of girls were in tears the morning after after taking speed all night, they also used barbiturates to come down off the amphetamines.

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Well they would say that, much easier n saying it was who i woke up next to?:D:D

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There were actually a lot of soft drinks only clubs back in the 60's. Accy Disco which was on the upper floor of the red brick building on the corner of Whalley Road and Broadway, for instance. There were many more across the country including the famous Twisted Wheel in Manchester and the Scene club in London. People went for the music, the "buzz" and because these were the places to be seen. If you wanted a drink, you nipped out to a nearby pub (in Accy Disco's case, the Broadway). Obviously amphetamine use did occur in many of these clubs, but there were plenty who just went to dance to soul records and enjoy the atmosphere.

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All the dance halls virtually were no drinks only soft, the exception being Accy Con club, but even there the bar was not part of the dance hall.

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Off licence, on corner Milnshaw lane & knowlmere St did good buisness.

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And all supped behind the garages, or so they tell me.:D