The Golden Torch, more commonly known as The Torch, was a mod nightclub in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, England. The club opened on January 30, 1965 with the headline act of Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas. Peter Stringfellow was among the many DJs to have had a residency there.
The building started as a church, then it became a roller skating rink, and in the 1940s, the Little Regent Cinema. The cinema was converted into a mod club by Christopher Burton, a contemporary of Ivor Abadi (founder of the Twisted Wheel club), and Russ Winstanley of Wigan Casino. In 1967, after a performance by visiting soul music artists Inez and Charlie Fox, the Golden Torch became a major soul venue with a similar clientele as the Twisted Wheel. After the closure of the Twisted Wheel in 1971, the Golden Torch became a new venue for Saturday northern soul all-nighters, holding its first on March 11, 1972.
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