Northern soul
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Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England and the Midlands in the early 1970s. It developed from the British mod scene, based on a particular style of Black American
The clenched fist logo came to represent the Northern soul movement in the 1970s.
The site of the Twisted Wheel, in 2013
Commemorative plaque on the site of The Golden Torch
Tommy Hunt appearing at a Wigan Casino reunion event in 2002
Mod (subculture)
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Mod, from the word modernist, is a subculture that began in the late 1950s London and spread throughout Great Britain, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries. It continues today
Northern soul
…Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England and the Midlands in the early 1970s. It developed from the British mod scene, based on a particular style of Black American soul music with a heavy beat and fast tempo (100 bpm and above). The Northern soul movement generally…
Two mid-1960s mods on a customised Lambretta scooter
Quadrophenia exhibit at the Cotswold Motor Museum in Bourton-on-the-Water in 2007
Small Faces in 1965
Carnaby Street in "Swinging London" c. 1966