My introduction to Northern Soul started back in 1975 (before the internet and mobile phones) when I was 15 years old and in my final year at school. A friend asked me to go with her to an all-nighter at the world-famous Wigan Casino. My parents were strict, I knew they wouldn’t allow this if I asked them, so I didn’t tell them. Instead, I told them I was going for a sleep-over at my friends’ house, her mother knew we were going albeit she wasn’t aware that my parents didn’t know.