With the conclusion of Stir up's Brilliant Light Club in 1973, Wigan Club turned into the regular community and otherworldly home of Northern Soul. What it needed club-credit it more than made up for with sheer limit; at its level the club could play host to 2000 individuals with two employable dance-floors. Its' closest adversary was Blackpool Mecca, however this club just opened in typical hours and didn't have 'dusk 'til dawn affairs' as did the others.

Other than this space, the scene had fantastic acoustics to coordinate; a genuine theater du danse. With its lavish, side-situated overhangs and domed-roof, this tremendous royal residence of blurred style welcomed a culture where the moving came to be pretty much as significant as the music. This music obviously being involved dark, intriguing and strong tunes from the sub-standard soul-music scenes of Chicago and Detroit. It must be clearly, perky and quick. 18ClubMY

Given the effectiveness of the normal acoustics, DJs needed to strive to get the sounds right. Such was the commitment of the customer base; one terrible decision of tune - not quick/sufficiently uproarious - implied a fast getting free from the dance-floor. This put gigantic squeeze on the DJs, establishing an environment of furious contention and rivalry between them.

This strain to fulfill the steady requirement for such melodies, or 'stompers'(fast, noisy, playful) as they were nicknamed, made the novel vibe of the club. This feeling helped fuel, and was without a doubt fuelled by, the far and wide amphetamine culture that had developed from the UK Mod scene during the 1960s.