The family of Bolton’s renowned disco twins has called for community support after one of the DJing duo suffered a sudden health crisis. David and Arthur have been spinning tunes around Bolton for over 50 years - known as Twins Revival Disco - having played their first gig on August 11, 1973, which was a 21st birthday party at The Market Hotel, Brackley Street, Farnworth. (Image: Martini archive) However, the pair’s family were struck by tragedy last week when Arthur, who lives in Astley Bridge , suffered a sudden stroke after two bleeds on the brain.
Arthur's nephew, Bernard Coughlan said: “It came out of nowhere, I had met my dad and uncle in the pub as normal when I noticed that Arthur was slurring his words. “He wasn’t making sense – we all noticed straight away. He didn’t know his own name and he didn’t know any of our kids’ names.
“We were worried about him and gave him aspirin, but he continued to struggle and so we called an ambulance.” (Image: Martini archive) Arthur and his family were transported to Royal Bolton Hospital. Bernard added: “I can’t praise the Northwest Ambulance Service enough; the ambulance was meant to arrive in four hours – instead it took six minutes.
“After a four hour wait in A&E, Arthur had his CAT scan, and it came back that they’d found a bleed on the braid. “My father, David, who is ten minutes older than his brother, is so upset and scared, it’s his twin and they’ve grown up together. They’ve spent ev.