The band members were Keith Williams (guitar), Stuart Lane (guitar), Mick Hodgkinson (bass guitar & sax) and Ric Lee (drums). Wright, Catherine The new bandstand at the Ilford Palais in 1959 had a large painted backdrop depicting an Italianate garden, with fountains, cypress trees and urns, and three metal arches placed in front of it.Footnote 90 At the Leeds Locarno in 1964, two giant screens on either side of the bandstand projected similar images in full colour in order to evoke mood.Footnote 91 Ilford Palais even had a Tudor Room, with mock beams and accessories. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. I often close my eyes, have a little memory flutter and can still smell the Brut as if it was yesterday. The Palais de Danse, built by Midland Palais de Danse Limited, opened on the corner of King Edward Street, John Street and Convent Street (now Upper Parliament Street) on 24 April 1925. In its first nine months, it hosted the Original Dixieland Jazz Band on tour from the United States and, subsequently, other visiting American bands, notably Sidney Bechet in 1920.Footnote 38 It also attracted many of the best dance bands in Britain. It was in the underground ballroom at the Welbeck Abbey. It's the only time I've heard LOMT played at a dayer or nighter. In 1960, the Mecca group announced plans to invest 3 million in the industry over three years, and by 1966 it had forty-four dance halls compared to just twelve in 1951.Footnote 48 In 1961 alone, Mecca opened new purpose-built dance halls in Bradford, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hull, Basildon, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Ashton-under-Lyne and Coventry.Footnote 49 The Locarno, Bradford, which opened in September 1961, cost 550,000. Virtually all the surveys of the period suggest the same. 21 September 2018. 78 Carl Heimann cited in Anon., Stepping Out (London, 1940), p. 54. I worked at The Sherwood Rooms part time for a while, firstly as a Bingo checker then as a ballroom assistant, just standing around in evening dress being helpful a really cushy job. never missed a soul do there, from feb 78, until 83 (then the bank hol sunday nights , late 90's). Excellent harmonies. Fig. The Jubilee Hall, which was the Co-op, and the Corporation Hall. Local commentators believed that the building increased the city's status. The seats were always taken as when someone got up one of the walkers would sit down. As a result of these requirements, large public halls, transport sheds or former factory buildings such as mills proved popular for conversion.Footnote 24 The Hammersmith Palais emerged from a former tram depot, the Carlton in Rochdale (opened in 1934) was located in a disused mill, and the Bury Palais (which opened around the same time) brought back to life a disused railway engine shed.Footnote 25. The Chinese theme reached a climax at the centre of the dance floor, where a model mountain was created, complete with replica village and fountain. Palais De Danse, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham Rotating dance floor at the Palais! Our first opportunity to assess the size of the queue and who we could spot. They used to have a Friday night dance with a better ratio of girls to guys. The company installed floors in dance halls throughout the country, including the Grafton, Adelphi and Reece's ballrooms in Liverpool and, by the late 1930s, had installed over 400 sprung dance floors.Footnote 22 In the Valtor system, rows of light steel girders were laid under the floor, each divided into short lengths coupled together by special spring fitments. Guys From Uncle "The Spy". Expert opinion eventually settled on Canadian maple as the best timber for dance floors because, although expensive, it was found to be particularly hardwearing, making it ideal for the high demands that dancers would place on it. A few years later Ric Lee joined the well known rock band Ten years After and actually played at the world famous Woodstock festival. Dance Halls in Nottingham Other Dance Halls in Nottingham LINK TO PALAIS DE DANCE SHERWOOD ROOMS ASTORIA Victoria Ballroom - became the Locarno St Anns Well Rd 99103, and Architectural Review (June 1961), pp. Your email address will not be published. 2), is a good example from the dance hall's final era.Footnote 27 The tiered stage was decorated with a diamond pattern inlaid in metal against black, while the stage surround was constructed from wooden batons finished with shiny copper banding decorated with stylised stars. Horse and Jockey, is it still there? I have 100's of sixties music on my iPod and listen to those memories as I drive around on the tractor. 95 MOA, WC, 48/C, Observations of Saturday Night, 3 April 1937, pp. BTW is M Raynor any relation to Beryl Raynor who I worked with at Ladybrook Primary School in 1961? Its Stag Room offered men electric shavers, hair cream and free shoeshine. 3). Should be a fantastic read so look out for it. Juni 2009 in London, Grobritannien.Am 21. 40 Modern Dance and Dancer (March 1938), p. 13, and Munro, Dancing Mad. The co-director of the Mecca chain Carl Heimann claimed that, unlike the theatre or music hall with their separate entrances and seating arrangements, dance halls were a place where class distinctions disappeared: In the dance hall there is no differentiation between the patrons they are all on the same floor level, all pay the same price of admission; there is no class distinction whatsoever; complete freedom of speech for all and sundry.Footnote 78. On 14/05/2012 at 23:07, Grayman45 said: On 26/05/2012 at 20:35, MartynJJ said: also a Big Rob Smith spin during those days was. Display as a link instead, The origins of public dancing may be traced to the Victorian era and to the proliferation of new municipal halls, assembly rooms and church halls symbols of the spirit of philanthropy and of civic pride given legislative power by the Local Government Act of 1888. in 1913 to 3 10s. 75962. One thing I noticed was a couple of ex chart Northern sounds that had been re-activated and played to a packed dance floor. Originally named the Palais de Danse when it opened as a dance hall in 1925, it later became the popular nightclub Ritzy in the late 1980s. Only the coming of war halted the project. Above the columns was a frieze of painted glass panels depicting Chinese scenes, and brightly coloured silk lanterns were hung around and across the dance floor. Your first impression is of the red glow of the room red walls, predominantly red carpets, orange and red lights [] The room is crowded. Ballroom, rock N Roll you name it. There was a small area called "The Bali Hi". The power of live music played in a relatively intimate space was such that people could literally feel the sound move through their bodies as it reverberated across the dance hall. Started in 78/9 I guess. Started my time on the scene in 78 at the Palais. 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. Happy days. Nite Owl Leicester,dungeon And Beachcomber Nottingham. Anyone with any memories? Throughout the interwar period, leading dance bands were resident in elite nightspots: for example, Roy Fox at the Monseigneur Restaurant; Ambrose and his Orchestra at the Mayfair Hotel; and both Jack Hylton and the Savoy Orpheans at the Savoy Hotel.Footnote 15 These well-known dance venues (increasingly popularised by live outdoor broadcasts on the new BBC and by newspaper reports) offered inspiration for public dance halls of more diverse working-class origins. 43956CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Hanford and Richards was on Trinity Walk. Still see Kempy and Gail on a regular basis. A combination of changing musical and dance styles (recorded music replaced live, solo dances replaced couples), altered social mores (women no longer waited to be asked to dance as in the dance-hall days) and a greater range of alternative things on which to spend money (cars, holidays and housing) led to the end of the dance hall as a distinct social, cultural and architectural space.Footnote 98. The Palais De Dance with Jack O'Boyle. For example, the New Survey of London Life and Labour, conducted in 1928, found that, To-day dancing as an active recreation appeals to many people of all classes [] The dance-halls are within the range of nearly everybody's purse, and typists, shop assistants and factory girls rub shoulders in them [] People drop into a palais after the day's work or on Saturday evenings as casually as they go to a cinema.Footnote 77. One record that always reminds me of the Palais on a Monday Night was Jackie Edwards - Feel So Bad, this was way back in the late 60's and early 70's. Met my late wife there in 1963. "Their organist was Graham Elliott, who I used to practise jazz with during the daytime in the large, empty Palais hall.. 13. Promoting its opening night in 1925, for example, the Nottingham Palais drew attention to its luxurious lounges with settees and gold chairs, and its refinement in serving dainty teas.Footnote 79 Uniformed attendants, smart waiting staff and an attention to service all added to the creation of an atmosphere previously reserved for those in higher levels of society. I do have a strong memory of seeing Jimmy James & The Vagabonds at The Palais. Exterior and interior of the Hammersmith Palais (illustration from Dancing World, AugustSeptember 1921). We had to pack up dancing in our mid seventies due to both having arthnritis we really missed it after all those 50 odd years of dancing. A small group of young lads would gather in Gedling and make their way to the number 50 bus about 11am. Clear editor. It was the first palais de danse [nb 1] to be built in Britain. It was known as Greyfriars Hall and was opened by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Walter Wessen, on 8 October 1929. We used to go to "grab a granny night" on Thursday nights and a nod to Mick always got my mate and I in for free. New dances were formulated to accompany the new music and were deliberately designed for couples (most notably the foxtrot). It was just like being in the Palais in 69 again except for the white hair ( on me as well as some of the band ). Are nurses striking in Leicestershire this week? Not only the dance music, but also people talking, laughing, whispering and of course dancing all created a unique soundscape. Heimann had been inspired by seeing such facilities on various tours of the US during the 1940s and 1950s.Footnote 84 Similarly, in Dundee dance halls in the 1950s, automated perfume machines could be found in the women's cloakrooms, which gave a spray of Yardley's Lily of the Valley when a coin was inserted.Footnote 85, Fig. The Music Hall and Theatre had some great nights in the pub, very small, tables to the left, bar to the right just enough room to walk through. met my girlfriend of the time Sue Elliott daughter of Gerry Elliott ex sheriff of Nottingham and overman down Gedling pit, nearly crapped myself when I started working there and saw him. Chinese motifs were repeated throughout the dance hall, particularly in the trelliswork and painted panels that replicated oriental paper screens, backlit to enhance the artwork's colours and effects. Last saw Pete and Chris about 8 years ago coming out from Forest. Has data issue: true Naturally he played his big hits such as 'I'll go where the music takes me' but we also got 'This heart of mine' and a favourite of mine from school days 'A man like you'. 14. 6465Google Scholar. The principal place of public indoor amusement in Nottingham is undoubtedly the new Palais de Danse. Easily accessible from all parts, this splendid building in Weldon stone in the Classic style forms a worthy addition to the many fine public buildings of the City. After the war the building was restored to its former glory and together with its famous school of dancing, thrived for most of the next two decades until its eventual closure in 1967. The Tower Ballroom in Blackpool, redesigned by Frank Matcham and opened in 1899, was a particularly noteworthy example.Footnote 16 Dancing was also increasingly accommodated as part of the provision of seaside pavilions, including examples as disparate as Ramsgate's Royal Victoria Pavilion, designed by S.D. The club is used as a student night club for both of the universities in Nottingham. The development of seaside holiday resorts, with their numerous amusement facilities, also provided the physical spaces and business experience necessary for the emergence of the dance hall. If any body remembers me Mansfield, Blidworth, Rainworth areas ladies and gents Hello. I heard he had some problems after dropping off the scene. I had a great time at the Palais. It was that popular at weekends that traction put on late night buses to get us home to all the surrounding villages, This was quite a place, I remember wanting to go there with my brother. Not now but used to be, Cycling C.T.C.,Badminton,Judo and Karate,Holidays,Dancing modern at first then old time and sequence. 70 Jeremy, and Gould, Caroline, Coventry: The Making of a Modern City 193973 (Swindon, 2016), pp. Like music halls, public dance facilities for the lower classes often began as spontaneous get-togethers in public houses and other public places, where singing and common instruments provided music to dance to. Some were dance teachers such as Robert Hindmarsh, who opened a string of dance halls in the northeast of England, and Malcolm Munro, who operated in Liverpool but many had little previous experience of this emerging part of the industry.Footnote 40 Architects with established local practices were usually chosen to design the new buildings. Had some good nights at the old Palais as a teenager in the early sixties, probably the most memorable being the appearance/s of the then, Shane Fenton, (later to become Alvin Stardust), sadly no longer with us. I believe he was a big pusher of that particular tune. From the mid-1960s, dance halls were rapidly replaced by discos and nightclubs, or closed altogether. and The Builder, 9 September 1960, p. 471. 21 See Walton, Blackpool Tower, pp. Someone (it might have been a policeman) said the Palais was a good bet - adding Harry had an amazing drum kit, hand-painted with psychedelic designs. Affordable luxury was a key part of their attraction. View all Google Scholar citations Ultimately parquet blocks, which could be arranged in multiple directions, provided the best flooring for fixed dance floors.Footnote 20, Perhaps the most important consideration in the construction of dance floors was the ability of the surface to absorb and dissipate energy. for this article. Each year from 1918 to 1965, between roughly 2000 and 3000 venues were licensed for regular dancing in Britain.Footnote 4 The number of venues in individual towns and cities could be correspondingly large. History. On its growth in northern English towns in 1920, the Cheltenham Chronicle commented: Dancing, with the pictures and football, fill in all the non-working hours in our great manufacturing towns, and, as a consequence, dancing masters not only teach the young how to step, but provide handsome dancing halls for them.Footnote 2, By 1938 it was estimated that around 100 million admissions were made to dances every year, and the figure doubled by 1953.Footnote 3 The dancing halls that sprung up to cater for this unprecedented demand developed into unique social spaces and a distinctive new building type of the twentieth century. 5 Liverpool Record Office, 347/JUS/1/5, Register of Licenses for Music, Singing and Dancing 191926, and Newcastle, Tyne and Wear Archives [hereafter TWA], Newcastle Magistrates Court Collection, MG.Nc 7/4, Licensing Minutes 191735. A few couples sit out talking [] Past them one can see heads sailing past serenely floating (the good dancers) or bobbing jerkily (beginners). The architects were Thraves and Dawson.Footnote 53 Nottingham-based Alfred J. Thraves (18881953) became a prominent architect in the East Midlands area and designed several high-profile buildings in Nottingham, including the City Mission, although he originally made his name as a designer of chapels. 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. cheers John.It was a good pub the Horse and Jockey. Personally, one of my fave records from the Palais dayers was Toni Basil's "Beakaway". Rose was a female entrepreneur, who in partnership with her husband established and ran the Calton Dance Hall in Rochdale from the mid-1930s. I was drummer for a Kirkby based group called Roy Ravelle & The Gamblers. 80 Marwick, Arthur, British Society Since 1945 (London, 1990), p. 114Google Scholar. Pasted as rich text. Spotlights playfully danced around the crowded floor, too. Went to see Sons and Lovers at The Venue (Potters) at Rainworth last Saturday. 50 Lawrence, David, Always a Welcome: The Glove Compartment History of the Motorway Service Area (London, 1999), pp. In London, the Grafton Galleries, the Wharncliffe Rooms, the Portman Rooms, the Savoy Hotel and the Princess Galleries were popular locations for society dances before the First World War and served as models for the new building type.Footnote 14 Following the war, fashionable restaurants and hotels continued to expand their dancing facilities, as new dances from across the Atlantic captured the public imagination. Mm, come to think of it I'm not sure that "is that you, that you baby" has any merit either. When we got there we would amble down from King Street to Broadmarsh where I would meet with my soul gal back then (Sharon Dring if anyone remembers). Purpose-built dance halls had a confident street presence that was not always the case with conversions. Returned to the Palais when I finished working there and remember seeing Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers one night. They were brilliant they were on more or less every three months and always went to see them. Would I be right in saying Pete Waterman put in an appearance or two? Also, will accept photos of the venues where they played. Then the Palais again, then Oceana, and currently Pryzm. Any reccomends? "T, I don't know why but "Love On A Mountain Top" seemed to get something of a revival at both the Palais and the Locarno at the same time. 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. 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