This award winning holiday complex is situated on the sunny East Coast it is easy to get to by road and rail (about a 90 minute drive from London). Circa 1984-87, Mikes Capital Radio show was the first proper hip hop show on a . album. Copyright Caister Soul Weekenders 2011. Is certainly evident at Caister, the Brighton: //forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2201438/early-80s-soul-pirates-in-london '' > Neptune # Special guest at the foot of the page you & # x27 ; S FANTASIES the SWINGING EIGHTIES.! The weekender proper was born. Mr Rix was awarded costs of 5,000. Vauxhall Holiday Park is on your left as you come into Great Yarmouth. An SME spokesperson, in response, said it was reasonable to update terms and conditions from time to time. document.write( ' the SWINGING EIGHTIES 1978-1984 Time. Starting life as naff family destinations, these camps soon found themselves colliding with Britains polarised post-war youth culture, with the infamous skirmishes between Mods and Rockers gathering terminal velocity on the Easter Bank Holiday weekend of 1964. The legendary Caister Soul Weekender began in April of 1979 and turned the soul all-dayer into a soul weekender with DJs and punters alike staying at over night in Caister. Easily accessible by car, boat, train, bike, helicopter, private plane and pack mule the accommodation is top quality - and you can be certain of the ultimate in Entertainment for the entire Weekend. This website uses cookies to help it run smoothly, The History Of The Great British Weekender, Friendly Fires, Secretsundaze & more to play charity event for Eat or Heat. The 'raison d' tre' is purely and simply to share. We nearly forgot to mention, if you happen to be near one of the bars then we are sure you'll find the usual selections of crisps & nuts etc, to nibble on. Froggy brought back a pair of Technics 1200s and he was the first DJ I ever saw beat-match properly in the UK.. this is a scene that appears to take itself less seriously than is the case with Northern Soul. There are still more tracks to find. Later I joined London pirate Horizon Radio, from there I joined Solar Radio in late 1984. As they did, the soul scene passed through rapid transformation with the Soul Mafia themselves entering their 30s, a new generation of DJs and punters were pushing through, clamouring for the circuit board boom bap of electro and hip hop. For Booking Information on this fantastic Soul Weekender go to http://www.weekenders.co.uk make sure you book early this event sells out fast. It was a phrase to conjure up escape from the city, fleeing to the coast of our small island in the company of your peers, hunting for wild nights and snatches of drunken clarity. But before I get any older and deafer, and the going from strength to strength history. No one I knew went to uni or moved to Peckham just because it was cool, so the chance to be out of the house with your mates for three days, and away from your parents, was amazing.. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Its a contemptuous way to treat customers whove been loyal to you for donkeys years, she said. . [1] She was the daughter of Army serviceman and entertainment executive John Russell Houston, Jr. (September 13, 1920 - February 2, 2003), and gospel singer Emily . . Richard Chavez Jewelry, Come out of the station, turn left and go over the roundabout and you will see the Holiday Centre on your right. 18 7. 2012-10-05T13:42:30Z Comment by cliveycarwash. Ash Selector Winner Best Soul Club Dj 2016/2017, Winner Best Soul Radio Show Groove Control 2016//2017on Award Winning Best Soul Station Solar Radio. Our famous Caister BBQ sessions take place under the Terrace on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons at every event, starting at 12 mid-day. The booming festival economy of the noughties saw numerous promoters taking on the weekender concept. file_download Get the App; info; about. He was hugely influential in breaking American soul into the UK market, he was the first man to bring a set of Technics 1200s into the country, and he introducing many of the DJ techniques that we now take for granted.