Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club

Forget the Buena Vista Social Club, and even the Cammell Laird Social Club (HMHB fans I see you !)the first ever social club I was exposed too was the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, a fictional club in northern England. A tribute to the working mens club circuit of northern England the Wheeltappers shows ran from 1974 through to about 1976.

On the whole the shows weren't that entertaining to a young lad of eight, but I do remember being bewildered by the microphone control of Kingston-Upon-Hull's MC Norman Collier. Fast forward to .35 seconds of this clip to see the legendary mic master in action. He's on for about two minutes, skip the rest of the clip, unless you really want to see Frank Ifield (not recommended).