I worked at the Palais for many years. Personally, one of my fave records from the Palais dayers was Toni Basil's "Breakaway". Originally named the Palais de Danse when it opened See also Ward, Colin and Hardy, Dennis, Goodnight campers! It was commissioned in 1924 by the Midland Palais de Danse Company, formed by several local entrepreneurs. Acoustics, an architectural science still in its infancy, was also a consideration. View all Google Scholar citations 40 Modern Dance and Dancer (March 1938), p. 13, and Munro, Dancing Mad. "useRatesEcommerce": false Both moved on from the band around 1967 to have successful careers in business. They remained in residence until a Fire caused its demise and its closure in 1967.The format was Mondays General Dancing (with an Half Hour Jive Session to Records (later replaced by An Organist (Freddy Carlilse) Tuesdays I believe was Personal Tuition Wednesdays was STRICTLY BALLROOM DANCING mainly for those who were receiving Tution and those who were involved in the finer aspects of Ballroom Dancing with Tutors in attendance Thursdays I seem to think it was not open unless it again was put on one side for Dance Lessons Fridays was always available for Private Dances and Functions (tickets only) This was the Only Night there was a Bar Saturdays was Similar to Mondays ( If you attended On that night you were given a Token which allowed Two for the Price of one (providing one of each Sex) for the price of 2/6 In their early Career Adele And Freddie were very much involved in Old time dancing being not only Judges Nationally but they had invented several Dances and won many competions nationally most notably a dance called Lingering At times Championship Ballroom Dancers would do an Exhibition during the interval and on a few occaisions a variety act. Not just because it's quality but because of the crowds thunderous claps at the right times. It was owned by the Mecca Leisure Group. Keith Woodcock from Edgehill Grove M/W now lives in Sheringham after a very successful career in the music business. Absolutely love that record, viral or not! One of the first was introduced at Mecca's flagship hall, the Locarno in Streatham, south London, in 1931.Footnote 26 Its purpose was twofold. From the mid-1960s, dance halls were rapidly replaced by discos and nightclubs, or closed altogether. 86 MOA, Worktown (WC), 48/C, Shall We Dance?, 1938, p. 3. A few couples sit out talking [] Past them one can see heads sailing past serenely floating (the good dancers) or bobbing jerkily (beginners). 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. I used to go to the Palais twice a week, 1956/7. 2019. While the numbers of cinemas were tallied by a well-organised industry, there was no central collation of statistics regarding the dance-hall industry. It's the only time I've heard LOMT played at a dayer or nighter. The two I remember most at both the Palais and Coleman's were the Malibus - Gee Baby (I Love You), and Johnny Ross and the Soul Explosions' version of I can't Help Myself - a 200mph belter. Gail and Jackie Searcy, Dave and Kev Husbands, Pete and Chris Smith, Tommy Cragg, Andy Cannon, Colin Shipstone, Mick Hancock, Tony Allen, Martin Green, Curly, Podgy (Simon Hodgkinson??) Yet there was a tension between this liberation and constraint. I still have that velvet bow tie locked away in a box of keepsakes and memories. 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. He said: I dont recall a specific male vocalist, but keyboard player Ivor and lead guitarist Will did some singing. This article examines how the architecture of dance halls represented moments of optimism, escapism and modernity in British history in the period 191865. I was a regular for four years from 1976 so not quite the golden KTF period. Nottingham is the queen of the Midlands. The way in which the space was used also differed according to class. Constructed in 195860 at a cost of 204,205, it was conceived as part of a new shopping precinct in the heart of the city (in part based on the Rows in Chester).Footnote 69 The location in a shopping precinct reflected the growing importance of consumerism in British social and economic life. 45 Dancing Times (September 1929), p. 551. Now reside in Norwich,Mansfield visit to see family every 6/8weeks Ron Brown. I used the title as my "handle" when CB's were big only to find out that everyone thought I was a copper just not so. It was designed by Gillinson, Barnett & Partners and developed by Mecca at a cost of 2 million. It was the first palais de danse [nb 1] to be built in Britain. 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. I took Sharon by the hand, tapped Mark on the shoulder and told everyone we'd see them shortly and that was it, the 3 of us heading straight to the front doors, and in. The so-called dance craze spread rapidly. 21 September 2018. Anyone remember any of these bands? 16. 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. I was 9 years old and it was Christmas. I remember the music being so loud, it would have been the early seventies, Many happy memories of the palais,Ted Heath did not play there,but the place for big bands was Festival Hall Kirkby, Many big bands played there admission 3/6d to 5 shillings.Ted Heath I paid 7/6d a very lot of money in those days. Restrictions were enforced by dancing skills, or lack thereof, and the etiquette and rules laid down by the venue; and not least the pressure felt under the ever-watchful eyes of the masters of ceremonies, dance-hall staff, friends, peers, even mothers and fathers.Footnote 97. The dance hall was a symbol of social, cultural and political change. Fast forward to 1978. Managed to replace Johnny Ross recently, but the Malibus still elude me. Meanwhile, sitters out and balcony watchers (always a significant proportion of the dance-hall crowd) provided a constant background accompaniment with their gossip, horseplay and chatter.Footnote 95, Movement, another key sensory experience of the dance hall, was vital to the liberty and freedom it symbolised. The Palais de Danse is Nottingham's most famous nightclub. 58 See photographs of the interior at picturethepast.org.uk (accessed on 31 May 2018). Harry had an amazing drum kit, hand-painted with psychedelic designs. It provides the first overview of dance halls from an architectural and spatial history perspective. Your link has been automatically embedded. The band members were Keith Williams (guitar), Stuart Lane (guitar), Mick Hodgkinson (bass guitar & sax) and Ric Lee (drums). Its emergence and popularity following the First World War reflected improvements in the social and economic well-being of the working and lower-middle classes. 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. 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 My son carries Freddies name (Fitzgerald) and my daughter is named (Adele). The final crucial design and technical challenge of the dance hall was the bandstand. 23 The Builder, 14 November 1924, p. 799. Enid Coleman went ape and had the music. Wendy Northern Soul Cinema Theatre Vaudeville Theatres Auditorium Courtesy Opera House An Article from arthurlloyd.co.uk. The main dance hall with a floor of 105 feet (32 m) by 85 feet (26 m) which accommodated 600 dancers. 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. The Palais De Dance Nottingham, my big ( older ) Sis used to go there a lot in the mid 50s They used to have a Friday night dance with a better ratio of girls to guys. Haven't heard it in ages, probably since the Palais!! What a pair of real gents they were and full of interesting recollections of their time with the band. Big bands who played at the Palais included Joe Loss. Only the coming of war halted the project. The buildings that enabled this new aspect of social life transported patrons into luxurious, glamorous dream worlds of escape, and fulfilled a wide range of important social functions. I seem to remember the TED HEATH ORCHESTRA AND SYD LAWRENCE AND HIS ORCHESTRA playing at the Palais during the Sixties but I may be Wrong . The designs also included a health centre, squash courts, gym and rooftop gardens. Our own shrine to all things soul. no doubt. Then of course later as we got a bit older there was "Grab a Granny" on a Wednesday Night (Over 21's), boy I have some wonderful memories of the Palais. But most of all I love the Palais because I got see my dad. 85 Sandy Melville (b. 13754CrossRefGoogle Scholar. 30 The Rivoli, Brockley, and the Ritz, Manchester, are both recognised for their special interest as listed buildings. anyway back to Colemans, we would meet at the pub round the corner, turned into a amusment arcade. In the early Fifties the management and running of the Palais fell to Adele Roscoe and Freddie Fitzgerald (her Husband and Dancing Partner for many years It Virtually became the place to go Dancing Etc The first change they made was to bring in the Hardy Smith Orchestra Which after a Few years were replaced by Art Lester from Nottingham. 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. 2. 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. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). In Leicester, Nottingham, Manchester and other major towns and cities, entrepreneurs cashed in on the popularity of dance. 7), designed by Clement Stretton and George Nott and opened in 1926, drew particular praise from The Builder for its elegant arcaded faade with neoclassical swag decoration.Footnote 47 The Astoria Palais de Danse in Bolton (Fig. Suprised not to have crossed paths again recently. 32 See MOA, MDJ, 3/A, C.L. 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. 4145CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Nottingham, Family, Performer: Wayne King and his Orch.Writer: Sid PhillipsFox Trot.Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. I do need to take in an East Anglian event. Probably our most regular gig was the New Cross Inn, Sutton. On Sunday 25th March 2018 I was at a surprise birthday party for my cousin, Keith Woodcock. I used to work part time evenings in the bar at the Palais during the 1960s. Why was I at the Palais in 1971? 10. And heres a modern simulation of what the looked and sounded like in those days? The Tottenham Palais, which opened in 1925, was converted from a roller-skating rink built in 1910.Footnote 28 Sometimes the two businesses operated side by side, as in the Cricklewood dance hall and skating rink, northwest London, in the 1920s (Fig. I featured on a few backing vocals too until someone actually heard me!. Considerable sections of the rest of this article are also informed by interviews conducted by the author between June 2009 and September 2014 in Liverpool, Glasgow, Dundee and Crewe. I bought myself a pair and used to change my socks in the toilet when I got there and again on the way home! Such spaces increasingly became formalised as publicans and entrepreneurs saw the potential profits to be gained by opening separate dancing rooms and halls in urban areas. There were three bars, one off the dance floor and another two upstairs (itself indicative of a less paternalistic attitude to dance halls up to this point, magistrates had insisted they remain dry). my memory is going what was the pubs name? Mm, come to think of it I'm not sure that "is that you, that you baby" has any merit either. Brian Eno composed the soundscape. There were also fancy steelwork stools, and the floor was covered by a large floral carpet. I love kids and old people - because children have not yet learned to lie - and old people have nothing to lie about. Upload or insert images from URL. The floor consisted of light grey marble-effect tiles, interspersed with a starburst design, and the walls were clad in alternate wood laminate and fabric panels, with black leatherette quilted panels, which adding a feeling of softness and luxury to the scheme. For this reason there are many records that for me, are Palais records. At no time before had so many people danced so regularly and attracted so much contemporary interest and debate. Adrian, who now lives in Durham, joined Ivor following a summer season at Torquay. Again all tunes that for me mate are Station road memories. Many readers will remember The Ivor Kenney Sound, the resident band, during the 1960s and 70s, at Leicesters Palais de Danse. 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. Seizing on the popularity of these venues among the growing numbers of working-class holidaymakers on the coast, entrepreneurs established dance halls up and down the country. During the Second World War it was requisitioned Some great tunes you put up there :-), hi martyn long time no see , i now live in huntingdon near st ives been down here for 9 years now occassionaly venture back to notts . Guest malc gibbons, November 8, 2008, Soul Source - A Soul music magazine 7. In an era of full employment and job security, real wages rose by 20 per cent between 1951 and 1959. 79, 85. Total loading time: 0.984 Sign up for our free weekly newsletter sent straight to your inbox. 98 For further detail on the decline of dance halls, see Nott, Going to the Palais, pp. As contemporaries noted, a principal function of the dance hall was to offer an escape. The Locarno, Coventry, was designed by the city architect and planning officer Arthur Ling (191395), together with Mecca's in-house architects Kett and Neve. Very special memories of the old place including the performers and of course themusic! His encore was 'Now is the Time' which he reprised. We still have lots of friends in the Mansfield area. The liberation of movement offered by the new social dances of the early twentieth century was central to their terrific popularity. joining Art. and Long Row, resided Plains Row Nottm. Frank Hanford used to run it but Dorothy Richards I never saw. 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. 22 Morton, Francis Junior, and Co, Sprung Floors for Dancing (London, c. 1925), p. 2Google Scholar. It is an odd omission, as the architecture of pleasure has generated a growing body of scholarship. Adshead and completed in 1903, and the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, constructed in 1935 to the design of Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff. Used to have aquick drink in the Horse & Jockey just across the road back in those days., as did many Palais-De-Dance fans. 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. Although dance halls were comparatively egalitarian spaces, this quality should not be overstated. As an employee we were not allowed to go there socially so it was off to Coleman's on our nights off or usually Sunday nights I think. 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. Juni 2009 in London, Grobritannien.Am 21. Juni begann Beyonc den dritten Teil ihrer Tour in den USA und beendete diesen mit einem viertgigen Auftritt im Encore Las Vegas Not very active now. I remember the Jbirds and also my late husband Johnny Gold playing there. Colemans was our first outing at the gentle age of 15-16 to actually mix and dance (if you were brave enough) with the opposite sex, I never was, so we used to do the circuit around and around, checking out the talent and dreaming ! The crowd walked round the outside of the dancefloor. 59 The Builder, 14 November 1924, pp. 509-511 Alfreton Road Skyy Bar 511a Alfreton Road Stork Club (2) Blueprint Club Bluecote Street The Junction Bottle Lane Arriba (1) Nick Palmer Paul McKenzie 45 Bridlesmith Gate Le Gourmet The Hippo Alex Smith Pat Petal Petal Mr Millers Nick Palmer Camelot Howard Cooper The Hippo (1993 ?) Went mad on the floor. 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. 81 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1859, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Ticket Hall (1961). The line-up of the orchestra had changed, also the name Carmen Sylva (for his orchestra) vanished. On their first trip into Nottingham he and a group of other airmen enquired where the action was. 91 Yorkshire Evening Post, 21 July 1964, p. 7. Something went wrong, please try again later. 42 The Builder, 8 March 1929, pp. The largest entertainment venue in Europe at the time, it included an ABC cinema with over 800 seats, a Locarno ballroom, a Silver Blades ice-skating rink, a casino and several licensed bars, all served by a large multi-storey car park. The Leicester Palais (Fig. The movement was inspired by Cunninghams childhood game of skimming stones over a pond. If any body remembers me Mansfield, Blidworth, Rainworth areas ladies and gents Hello. 6 City of Birmingham Archives, PS/B 4/1/1/4, Nineteenth Annual Report of the Public Entertainments Committee of Justices (1936), and Glasgow City Archives [hereafter GCA], E 7/4/1, Registers of Music Halls etc, 193452. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 9) featured a Canadian maple dance floor, a revolving bandstand, elegant boudoirs for ladies and stag rooms for gentlemen, a club room with lounge and bars, refreshment bars and buffets, stepped balconies with tables, an open-air dancing terrace, and a starry ceiling over the dance floor incorporating hundreds of tiny coloured lights.Footnote 51, Fig. Horse and Jockey, is it still there? Funny how you both mention Love On A Mountain Top. never missed a soul do there, from feb. From the mid-1920s until the mid-1960s, the dance hall occupied a pivotal place in the culture of working- and lower-middle-class communities in Britain. 33 Liverpool dance-hall owner Malcolm Munro suggests that the first palais de danse in Britain was opened in Liverpool in 1913. The building opened as a palais de danse to replace Victoria Halls in Talbot Street. Such a shame when the twist and other non partner dances took over. in 1938, by which time nearly 42 per cent of workers received paid holidays.Footnote 74 This gave rise to annual spending on leisure estimated at between 200 million and 250 million during the 1920s and 1930s.Footnote 75 The dance hall also arrived at the same time as mass democracy, following extensions to the franchise in 1918 and 1928 that finally gave every man and woman the right to vote. Jaybirds most of all or Jaycats or Jail-Breakersor yes The Mansfields willey_dave@yahoo.de, I was with TYA and Ric January 11, 2019 in Osnabrck, Germany. There was a good crowd in and we had a really great night. It is possibly best remembered by club goers as the Ritzy and by clubbers across the Happy (but strange) days! Postcard view of Cricklewood Dance Hall and Skating Rink, 1920s (author's private collection), The entrepreneurs behind Britain's first palais de danse, Booker and Mitchell, attracted an impressive 30,000 investment from shareholders, including the margarine manufacturer Sidney Van de Burgh.Footnote 33 The Hammersmith Palais was an instant success. The entire floor thus rested on steel springs, with no dead point anywhere. *. However, because dance halls had to be granted music and dancing licences, renewed annually, it is possible to get some sense of their numbers from records held by local licensing authorities, together with other estimates. Adrian Tilbrook was drummer for The Ivor Kenney Sound at Leicester's Palais de Danse in 1968-69, Mike Miller in the days when he used to perform at the Palais de Danse in Leicester's Humberstone Gate, A recent photo of drummer Adrian Tilbrook who played with The Ivor Kenney Sound at Leicester's Palais de Danse in 1968-69. Hanford and Richards was on Trinity Walk. The dcor was a patterned backcloth, reminiscent of bubbles of water, based on Roy Lichtenstein's painting Landscape with Boat. I started going in spring 1980. No other public space offered the chance to display such a wide range of movement for so many people. In common with many entertainment venues, dance halls were sealed off from the outside world and seldom had windows. 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. Paste as plain text instead, He also remembered well-known drummer Harry Ovenall, who had flirted with fame with Leicester groups The Farinas and Family. 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. Used to be a group around at that time called the "Jaybirds." Rob Smith was forever hammering it but it just sounded so good blasting through that sound system. I remember a young lady called Maggie who won with me, she was a great singer. The History of the British Holiday Camp (London, 1986)Google Scholar. The That was huge for a while at the Palais until it went, as we would term today "Viral". I'm looking for photos of "The Jay Cats" - "The Jay Birds" - Early photos of Alvin Lee, Leo Lyons, Ric Lee, Dave Quickmire - Ten Years After..this also includes any and all photos of these bands and people for use on our websites. Berlin II (1911 - 1914) According to the magazine The Artist, Vintilescu played till February 1, 1910 in the famous dance hall Palais de Danse in Berlin. The larger of the two, the Majestic, was decorated to represent a mosque, with prayer mats hanging from the walls and a star-painted ceiling.Footnote 88 The exoticism continued in the names of the lounges the Alcazar Lounge and the Baghdad Lounge. The dance floor, measuring 32 100ft, was overlooked by an equally impressive balcony and flanked by two orchestra stages (one on each of the long sides). History. I do have a strong memory of seeing Jimmy James & The Vagabonds at The Palais. Fantastic to go to an all nighter on the Saturday and straight to the Palais for another 12 hours of dancing on the Sunday, just cos we could. Nottingham Palais paid more than laying a new dance oor, and in October the Hammersmith Palais spent on a maple oor.19 The installation of dance oors required consideration of several crucial issues. Palais de Dance The old Victoria Hall had been taken over by Mr and Mrs HG Roscoe in September 1929 and re-christened the Palais de Danse. 2,376 talking about this. 31 Blackburn Times, 20 February 1959, p. 3. 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. Heimann (1938). Artists from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The dance floor was flanked, beneath the balcony, by two long areas of seating and tables, and a snack bar and lounge were located just off the main hall.Footnote 59 The decorative scheme in the hall included a central fresco of dancing maidens (possibly with reference to the city's local hero Robin Hood), which continued on the side walls. hawarden, Discover (and save!) The different colours combined with different dance moves, tempos and music to alter the mood of the dance floor. In October 1930, the Birmingham Palais de Danse was refurbished in Japanese style, and the following year Maxime's Dance Club in Edinburgh was entirely redecorated using herbaceous landscape scenes, Riviera painting and floodlighting principles.Footnote 89. More common in the interwar period and actually constructed were fusions between dance halls and cinemas, largely led by cinema owners afraid of dancing's threat to their business.Footnote 65 Manchester was particularly well served by these so-called super cinemas. Local commentators believed that the building increased the city's status. In fact anything outdoors ! I could say, after the Wirrina in Peterborough where I was living at the time, I really "cut my teeth" at the Palais all dayer's and never missed one. My hometown regular all dayer venue it's the place where the first Sunday in very month we would go and offer worship and praise to the great god Northern Soul. 39 Dancing Times, March 1928, pp. I have a long and fond relationship with the old Notts Palais. Heimann, Joint Chairman, Mecca Ltd, The Age of the Dream Palace: Cinema and Society in Britain, 19301939, Contesting Popular Dancing and Dance Music During the 1920s, Postcard view of the interior of the dance hall at Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, 1911 (author's private collection), Bandstand at the Mayfair, Newcastle, opened in 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums), Postcard view of Cricklewood Dance Hall and Skating Rink, 1920s (author's private collection), Exterior and interior of the Hammersmith Palais (illustration from, Postcard view of the Chinese themed interior, Hammersmith Palais, 1921 (author's private collection), Elaborate neon lighting at the Hammersmith Palais, early 1960s, Exterior of the Leicester Palais, a purpose-built dance hall, 1926 (author's private collection), Handsome corner entrance to the Astoria Palais de Danse, Bolton, 1928 (Bolton News/Newsquest Photos), Promotional literature for the Locarno, Stevenage, 1961 (Museum Services, Stevenage, Hertfordshire), Frontage of the Nottingham Palais, showing its illuminated globe, 1925 (Nottingham City Council and picturethepast.org.uk), Interior of the Nottingham Palais, 1925 (Nottingham City Council and picturethepast.org.uk), Blackpool Locarno, one of Mecca's new multi-purpose entertainment venues, 1965 (Simon Mallett/public domain), Postcard view of the entrance tower of the Locarno, Coventry, 1960 (author's private collection), Populist Palatial, postcard view of the rich, colourful interior of the Palais de Danse, Derby, 1923 (author's private collection), Postcard view of aristocratic mural paintings in the vestibule of the Palais de Danse, Derby, 1923 (author's private collection), Luxe-modern, everyday glamour at the Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums), Ladies Boudoir, Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums). Dancing had a cross-class appeal and yet, by the mid-1920s, it was predominantly an activity of the working and lower-middle classes. People of different classes did attend the Nottingham Palais, but they did not necessarily mix. 26 Architectural Journal, 26 February 1930, pp. These are well conjured in the description of a Bolton dance hall in 1938: Pausing to smooth your hair in the mirror, you go through the foyer, up more carpeted stairs. And of course by 1.30pm that queue was lost around the corner and the back of the building. Hopefully see you sooner rather than later. they are all faves of mine too.i love the tunes from "The Palais", youve got great taste mate ! I used to love the deserted streets. Camping, fishing, travel, photography, boating, sailing, motorbikes. Ling, recognising that the removal of traffic might leave the precinct empty once the shops were closed, worked hard to keep the area alive by introducing new uses to the precinct. Any reccomends? Often went to the Monday night dance at the YMCA on Shakespeare street. 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. 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. It was designed by the Nottingham architectural practice of Evans, Clark and Woollatt for W. A. Walker at a cost of 30,000. During the late 1980s the Palais de Danse reinvented itself as a popular nightclub venue. 3). Even Sam played it at the Locarno on more than one occasion. 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. Hi Bill and John. 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. 17. not the Lion. Must have enjoyed myself because I remember it so well. They may well haveappeared when they were called Ricky Storm and the Stormcats from 1962. Are nurses striking in Leicestershire this week? "The bouncers used to bet us we would miss the change over but, thankfully, we always made it back on stage in time. Nov 21, 2013 - This Pin was discovered by Keith Lenthall Wells. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=3+little+bears+jimi+hendrix&aq=6&oq=3+little+bears. 27 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1833/d, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Stage (1961). 34750, and University of Sussex, Mass Observation Archive [hereafter MOA], Music Dancing and Jazz [hereafter MDJ] 3/A, C.L. Happy times at the Palais remembered by Adrian included the regular interval dash across Humberstone Gate to the Pickwick pub (Old Black Lion and Skandals). Powered by Invision Community, Fly Fishing, Golf, Gardening, Reading, 1960s Music, Gilbert & Sullivan, Cricket, Notts County, Archery, Railways, Movies, Art, Travel. He once came to our house in Rainworth to see my brother and gave me a pair of his drumsticks, I wish I still had them. Frontage of the Nottingham Palais, showing its illuminated globe, 1925 (Nottingham City Council and picturethepast.org.uk), The principal faade was a barely resolved hybrid of modernity and tradition typical of commercial architecture of the period, a bid to be seen as both democratic and respectable. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 38 Parsonage, Catherine, The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 18801935 (Aldershot, Hampshire, 2005), p. 130Google Scholar. Wright, Catherine The dance programme would usually last for four hours, during which about fifty dances were played.Footnote 94 The bands were skilled at creating appealing programmes of music varied, popular, and of the moment. in 1913 to 3 10s. Performers would dash across Humberstone Gate for interval drink, Enjoying our history and nostalgia stories? Innovation led to a unique architectural feature the sprung dance floor. No Sunday shopping throngs back then, just a feeling of having the city to ourselves. The outside is distinguished by the large ornate globe above the entrance and in the early days, music was often broadcast on the radio from the venue. Under the soft lights and lulled by the sweet music he can sink into a dreamland of wishful desire.Footnote 86, The design of dance halls helped manufacture such dreams. I love the Palais for taking me to a special place on a Monday night once a week and kicking the week off with a bang. Went to see Sons and Lovers at The Venue (Potters) at Rainworth last Saturday. My name may be published alongside the comment on the website, but my e-mail address will not be published. From the mid-1960s, Mecca began creating multi-purpose entertainment venues. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Privacy Statement - opens in a new window, Community website is a hit in Mansfield and overseas, December 2005 - A Happy Event in Forest Town Welfare, The Hippodrome / Century / Granada Bingo - Midworth Street Mansfield. Details Jan 13, 1998 Palais De Danse, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham Rotating dance floor at the Palais! Promotional literature for the Locarno, Stevenage, 1961 (Museum Services, Stevenage, Hertfordshire), Opened in April 1925, the Nottingham Palais de Danse typifies the purpose-built dance hall from the height of the dance craze in the mid-1920s. Oh and I met Andy Cannon again at the last Blackhearts nighter last month after 30 years. It was emmotional. 16). 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. Hi Bill North yes remember Sons and Lovers 1969. Accordingly, owners invested heavily in their dance floors and updated, renovated or replaced them at regular intervals. Even got "Paper Lace" - Billy don't be a hero & The night Chicago died.What happened to them I wonder? Worked in the downstairs bar. See also Harwood, Elain, Space, Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture, 19451975 (London, 2015), p. 317Google Scholar. Coco Tang Bridlesmith Gate The Cabin 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. 96 See Nott, J., Contesting Popular Dancing and Dance Music During the 1920s, Cultural and Social History, 10.3 (2013), pp. Hintergrund. 50 Lawrence, David, Always a Welcome: The Glove Compartment History of the Motorway Service Area (London, 1999), pp. Beginning as a practical necessity of separating the musicians from the dancers, the bandstand developed into a distinctive architectural feature. Then the Palais again, then Oceana, and currently 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 ). When we werent dancing there we were probably at the Cavendish. Someone (it might have been a policeman) said the Palais was a good bet - adding The palatial references of the architecture corresponded with the term adopted for the modern dance hall, palais de danse (literally palace of dance), which reflects the marketing strategy that made affordable luxury a key part of the attraction. The building which housed the Horse and jockey Is still there, the stained glasswork above the door also I believe still in situ. During the 1920s and 1930s, advertisements emphasised the luxurious nature of the dance-hall experience. In September 1931, the Nottingham Palais paid more than 1000 laying a new dance floor, and in October 1933 the Hammersmith Palais spent 5000 on a maple floor. The New Bristol Centre was perhaps the zenith of these multi-purpose buildings. 35 Duncan, Hammersmith's Palaces of Pleasure, p. 4. I didn't even recognise them until Jarv sayed hello to them. One sprung dance-floor system that came to dominate from the 1920s onwards was the Valtor floor, developed by Francis Morton and Company of London. The one who lived down Colwick was still doing a solo turn in pubs and clubs, a couple of the others still toured as "Paper Lace" and did an absolutely brilliant version of "The Sabre Dance". Illustrating the grace and finesse of the art of classical dance, the frieze was likely a considered choice addressing the moral panic engendered in some parts of society by the perceived ugliness of modern social dances such as the Charleston and Black Bottom.Footnote 57. I really liked Tommy a lot. It was founded by Carl Heimann, who in 1927 created an offshoot of the parent firm Ye Mecca Cafs. 9298. 84 The Stage, 10 August 1961, p. 5, and Nathan, P., ed., CLH says The Collected Observations, Instructions and Philosophies of C.L. Adrian recalled during his time with Ivor the band also included Joe and Fred on saxophones and Bill on the trumpet. The aspirational nature of the building was further reflected in the various facilities provided. Many of the Mecca dance halls became bingo halls. Interests! I dont have an exact date for this but it would be about March/April 1968. Mecca's Bali Hai cocktail bars, found in many of its dance halls at this time, were full-scale escapist fantasies. 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. Such features were not unique to Newcastle. had some great nights in the pub, very small, tables to the left, bar to the right just enough room to walk through. up to 2s. I am friends with Ric Lee my friend and I have a Tribute Website to Ten Years After Ten-Years-After.com and Alvinlee.de I would like to hear stories about pre Ten Years After. 99103, and Architectural Review (June 1961), pp. "Their organist was Graham Elliott, who I used to practise jazz with during the daytime in the large, empty Palais hall.. BTW is M Raynor any relation to Beryl Raynor who I worked with at Ladybrook Primary School in 1961? I remember Love on amountain top being a big spin too. By We reverted back to the name Our Young. Palais de Danse Nottingham c1925 www.picturethepast.org.uk Nottingham s Palais de Danse opened on the corner of King Edward Street, John Street and Convent Street 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. Now in those days doormen weren't the breed they are today. Fig. The warmth and thrill of dancing cheek to cheek, waist to waist, as desire and passion ebbed and flowed at three beats to the bar, and bodies clasped together while moving gracefully, ungracefully, freed from their workaday sitting and standing, now gliding, gyrating, swaying, bending and shaking together and apart. Still see Kempy and Gail on a regular basis. Exterior and interior of the Hammersmith Palais (illustration from Dancing World, AugustSeptember 1921). Ling was also concerned to bring a more human scale to the redesign of Coventry, revising the use of large open spaces and grand vistas by the previous city planner, Donald Gibson. 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The first requirement was sufficient uninterrupted space for a large dance floor. 13 Readers are invited to email the author at jjn4@st-andrews.ac.uk with details of any buildings remaining. 99103, and Architectural Review (June 1961), pp. There was a small area called The new dance halls of the late 1950s and early 1960s were typified by sumptuous, colourful interiors along coordinated, modern lines in the Contemporary style. Some dance halls themed their whole decoration, with the aim of creating a specific atmosphere. 17).Footnote 83 The rococo-style mirrors had lights above with tasselled fabric lampshades, and sconces in between. Nite Owl Leicester,dungeon And Beachcomber Nottingham. Originally called the Astoria Palais De Danse, it was opened on Friday, October 19th, 1928 on the site of an old timber hall at a cost of 35,000. I met my wife to be at the Palais in 1959. Not only the dance music, but also people talking, laughing, whispering and of course dancing all created a unique soundscape. Raymond, Graham Suzanne Gallo designed the costumesloose fitting white tops and pants. 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. Music - Helping Handicapped People and people less fortunate than myself. I don't actually remember it being played. Patrons of different classes were often segregated by temporal and spatial means. Hi Bill dont live there myself now but all ways travel down twice a year for the day. They changed their name to the Mansfields in 1964. 72 Ibid. [5], In 1957, the name was changed to the Sherwood Rooms. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 15. 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. Dance halls provided an architecture of optimism, hope and modernity, and their style and function represented a democratisation of pleasure and the emergence of a more liberal social and political culture in Britain. Yes Colemans was a big oblong room with seats round the outside. For each dance, different coloured lights would be lowered blue for a waltz, red for a foxtrot, and so on. When I was an apprentice in the mid 60's one of my fellow apprentices shocked everyone by resigning to go and work at the Palais, his name was Mick Knight and eventually became the manager ! Blackpool Locarno, one of Mecca's new multi-purpose entertainment venues, 1965 (Simon Mallett/public domain). Happy days mate. No money changed hands, a cheery grunt from Mike Knight and we made a beeline to the big green sofas right under the DJ box to the left of the stage. It had a small revolving circular dance floor. Spotlights playfully danced around the crowded floor, too. The site had previously been a dairy farm, then a tram depot, and finally a roller-skating rink, and on conversion could accommodate about 2500 people in its double-height space.Footnote 35 In 1921, Dancing World magazine published an illustration of its broadly classical faade and vestibule, its size exaggerated by being drawn wildly out of scale (on the left in Fig. It was the regular venue for the South Nottinghamshire Hunt Ball, the Robin Hood Ball, the local Conservative Party Ball and various large company dances, all of which attracted local dignitaries and leading businessmen. Our first opportunity to assess the size of the queue and who we could spot. Fig. However, the backbone of the patronage was provided by the lower-middle and working classes more shop girls and factory workers than celebrities, and it was estimated that three million people had danced there by 1928.Footnote 39 Despite having begun as a conversion, the Hammersmith Palais continued as a dance hall well into the post-war era and was even given an elaborate new neon frontage in the early 1960s (Fig. Used to love it. Lots of similarities for me, meet at the Man in Space at Hiltop, jump on the bus from Ripley to Nottingham, mooch down Parliment street I think and into the queue. It also had dedicated band rooms for the musicians. hasContentIssue true, CONVERSIONS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE DANCE HALL, DANCE HALLS AND THE MULTI-PURPOSE COMPLEX, Copyright The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain 2018. Allerdyce from 1920.Footnote 54, Fig. Would I be right in saying Pete Waterman put in an appearance or two? 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