![]() ![]() Even got "Paper Lace" - Billy don't be a hero & The night Chicago died.What happened to them I wonder? I used to go to Hanford & Richards mid forties early fifties. As with many other aspects of the dance-hall business, the Mecca group was at the forefront of developments, most notably introducing the revolving bandstand. then Mapperley Hall Drive, finally Tudor Court, Watson Avenue, where she died, a lovely lady we got on so very well as I did with Freddie, she was close friends of Dorothy Hinton who resided adj, also in the music trade, ran the Eight Bells. A few couples sit out talking Past them one can see heads sailing past serenely floating (the good dancers) or bobbing jerkily (beginners). I entered into a singing competition they use to run and I won. ![]() It was a six-day week playing for ballroom dancing. Patrons of different classes were often segregated by temporal and spatial means. Am in touch with Kev Husbands via Facebook. Architects enjoyed the possibilities such spaces provided. 33 Liverpool dance-hall owner Malcolm Munro suggests that the first palais de danse in Britain was opened in Liverpool in 1913. I have a long and fond relationship with the old Notts Palais. In a music career spanning more than 54 years, Adrian has worked with many of the best known names and musicians in showbusiness. This ballroom dancing hall had an unusual dance floor created from oak and walnut mounted on 560 spiral springs, an area of 6309 superficial feet which could hold approximately 600 dancers. Celestial effects were common, with thousands of bulbs creating ceilings full of sparkling stars. Purpose-built dance halls had a confident street presence that was not always the case with conversions. Many of the businesses behind these dance halls were local consortiums made up of investors with other interests in the entertainment industry. Artists from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The so-called dance craze spread rapidly. Very interesting to read, I knew Freddie and Adela as uncle and aunt, great close friends, father Tug was on police duty with Gordon Ingham of the Forest Town undertakers, father met mum, and as they say its history, Adela married twice, Cyril Palmer visited Adela in her final weeks. 8), constructed at the expense of local businessman Thomas Bolton in 1928, is a striking example of how dance-hall frontages could make eye-catching statements on street corners. More Info Running Horse 202-204 Alfreton Road Conrads Chopins 509-511 Alfreton Road Skyy Bar 511a Alfreton Road Stork Club (2) Blueprint Still doing cabaret. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. There were dance halls constructed in buildings converted from other uses, purpose-built dance halls, and dance halls in multi-purpose entertainment buildings. ![]() Required fields are marked *, I consent to my name and e-mail address being stored along with this comment, and to the website editors communicating with me by e-mail about the comment if necessary. Private functions targeting the upper-middle and upper classes would be licensed to serve alcohol and food, would be granted extensions to go on for longer, and would often involve fancy dress or other special themes.Footnote 60 Public nights were never licensed (not until the 1960s) and would not usually involve fancy dress. Luxe-modern, everyday glamour at the Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums), Equally impressive were the elaborate powder rooms, which included free-standing make-up stations decorated with pink candy-stripe wallpaper and topped with swags of white fabric (Fig. The Palais de Danse is Nottingham's most famous nightclub. The Tommy Allen Trio, Bill Buttery and his Band, Harry Theakstone and his Band andDownbeaters Group etc last contact was Ramsey Allcock who played for the Blue Ramblers in the early 50s and was a Teacher at Yorke St School, MW in the 50s. Hostname: page-component-75cd96bb89-t9pvx Performer: Wayne King and his Orch.Writer: Sid PhillipsFox Trot.Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. Finally Hockley was left behind and the Palais loomed into view in all her magnificence and glory. ![]() You went in one night and picked up a ticket for free entry for next night. The lighting comprised a series of large exotic lamps in translucent glass, decorated with a mixture of Art Deco and oriental patterns to resemble stylised Chinese lanterns, supplemented by the dramatic use of changing coloured spotlights focused on the dance-floor fountain. You know that sign really should have been written "Through these doors pass some of the most beautiful SOULS in the world", heres a photo of some of the Palais staff circa 1974. In Leicester, Nottingham, Manchester and other major towns and cities, entrepreneurs cashed in on the popularity of dance. ![]()
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