You Spin Me Right Round.

Northern Soul.Motown.Wigan Casino.Twisted Wheel.Talc powder. All this imagery that comes up when you mention the word and genre of music Northern Soul.

1960's England.  A scene that came around after the mod scene was born and would come to the world to be known as Northern Soul.
There are a few famous night clubs that have gone down in local and music folklore - Wigan Casino, The Twisted Wheel in Manchester and Blackpool Mecca.
The Twisted Wheel club is associated with the start of this music scene. During the time, all nighters where promoted, The club soon became known as the place to here the latest music in Soul,Jazz and Rythem and Blues. The music toned down a bit and because more associated with the fast paced soul music.
Twisted Wheel closed in 1971.

The music that was played in this club and what would come to define the scene is mid-tempo heavy beat soul.

The club which is famous in my home town, The Wigan Casino was open in 1973 and closed in 1981.
People came from hundreds of miles to strut there stuff on the dance floor and listen to the up beat heavy music that was played.
The club closed in 1981 however by that time it had left a legacy, Not just in the north but within the music industry itself.

Where this mecca of Northern Soul once stood, Is a shopping centre called the Grand Arcade.

I have drifted myself into Soul Music and have started to listen to it a lot more, Mainly play lists etc..However I find the music up beating and makes me smile.

What Are You Wearing Today?

Folk Rain Mac
Casialco tee
Uniqlo Selvedge
Vans Yacht Pump

Last Thing Purchased....

Folk rain mac with occasional hood, In a fetching Yellow, Comes with a navy "occasional" hood.
Managed to pick this up of a forum I am on for a decent price and the jacket is fantastic quality, Comes with a small "ticket" pocked and two nice deep cut pockets, On the inside its got a the occasional hood pocket, One of the nice little details of this is the fact that Folk is written in Brail on the buttons and the zip. Also comes with a peaked hood.

Nice functional jacket, Suits me fine.

Occasional hood

Chambray Shirt

essence of cool

A classic, Timeless and of course worn by quite possibly the coolest cat ever, Steve Mcqueen.

The chambray shirt is a staple in any wardrobe, and if you can pick up a quality piece of shirting, the look can be bang on.
I personally have a light grey shirt by the company tuktuk, And had it modified to the way I wanted, 1.5" collar and a top left breast pocket, everything to do with this shirt is pure quality, the fabric, the buttons and the locker loop on the shirt, Easily the best shirt in my wardrobe and one of my favourite labels in recent times, Anyway to continue with what this article is about, The Chambray Shirt.

The material that is used in Chambray, was used as early as the 1400's and was first used in cambric in France, and possibly named after the Baptiste of Chambrai the material itself is closely woven.

The shirt itself was what conned the term " blue collar" worker in the united states, the shirt itself when teamed with a pair of dark indigo jeans is known as "prison blues" in the United States.

another fact, is that the Chambray shirt is mentioned by the infamous artist, David Bowie - "You shall own a cambric shirt, You shall work your father's land, But now you shall play in the market square, Till you'll be a man".

Tuktuk Chambray Shirt 

Arsenal vs Wigan Athletic

15 years in charge at Arsenal...

15:00 At the Emirates stadium, London.

I wont be in attendance at this game since I can not afford to go and also we will more than likely get stuffed 4-0 however as we all know when following this team, there is always that glimmer of hope that we can come out and out play a "top" team.

We will need to put out the best team we can, And I know owd bob wont do it however play 4-4-2 and just give it all we can and maybe come away with a draw or even get a goal if luck is on our side? dont bow out and think we will lose 3 points - However all depends on how we turn up on the day.

Di-Santo is back and hopefully will make a return to the team.

Wigan League Form	Most Recent
Home	D	W	D	D	L	D
Away	L	L	L	D	W	D
Collated	D	W	D	L	D	D

Based on our form it doesnt look that good, However lets go out with some fight and show that we can still put two fingers up to the big teams and go all out for it.


Enjoy the game and cheer on the lads to 3 points.

Song: Will this mon be on fire after scoring 2 goals against Leeds?

La Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes

I came about this information a book called " Gentlemen of Bacongo" and various websites that went into description of this culture of some sorts, so here at red bricks and coal we thought we would share this information with you and our own opinion.

 from Le SAPE (  La Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes ) is a culture that has come out of The Congo Republic.

It, came around after the country was ruled by France, and the local's decided to have a bit of European Flair.
The people involved in this ( Known as sapeurs)  dress themselves up in tailor made suits, shoes and the occasional cigar.


The Sapeurs believe in motivated and cultivating the body & the mind, Here is a quote from the book which goes into in depth detail and has some stunning photographs - “We respect other people, we don’t like war, we like peace, and we have a moral code that is very Christian,” 


This cult, and the people that surround it have become cult icons in there home land and there towns.
What stands out for me in these pictures is how they clearly cut a striking image of upper class among the Poverty that surrounds them in there country and there continent, turning up in there best clothes amongst scenes of children starving and people living on the streets.

Twitter...

Posted this a while back - Redbricksandcoal is on the "micro-blogging" site Twitter, @redandcoal is the twitter page/feed for this website which includes tweets about new posts,genreal musings from the writer of this website, and of course the ongoings at Wigan Athletic Football Club.