www.ten-years-after.com and www.alvinlee.de. In an era of full employment and job security, real wages rose by 20 per cent between 1951 and 1959. Especially in new buildings, which were liable to Guest malc gibbons, November 8, 2008, Soul Source - A Soul music magazine 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. Despite the nod to classical tradition in much of its external architecture, the Hammersmith Palais embraced modernity in its role as an important venue for the introduction of jazz to Britain. Postcard view of aristocratic mural paintings in the vestibule of the Palais de Danse, Derby, 1923 (author's private collection). Part of a vastly expanded leisure industry whose growth was reliant on the greater availability of time and money, the dance hall depended on the spending power of the masses. anyway back to Colemans, we would meet at the pub round the corner, turned into a amusment arcade. Like you said they where playing at other venues so it really does come down to where you heard them as to where you get the memories, Outsiders, JC Messina, Kelly St Claire , Gerri Thomas, Harry Betts, John Hendley, Barnaby Bye, Frankie Crocker, Three Degrees (Contact), The Apollas , Billy Purcell, Bobby Diamond, KIki Dee, + lots more, all massive records at T'palais .. love em or hate em, they were a part of the scene in those days, still very vivid to this day, Ian. When we werent dancing there we were probably at the Cavendish. Exterior of the Leicester Palais, a purpose-built dance hall, 1926 (author's private collection), Fig. Experiments with multi-purpose entertainment venues had been taking place since the 1920s and 1930s and were particularly common in plans for the redevelopment of seaside resorts; hence proposals for the new Hove Pier and Amusement Centre in 1932 included a dance hall as its centrepiece.Footnote 62 Dance halls in holiday camps were also common by the 1930s, one example being at Gorleston-on-Sea in Norfolk, opened in 1937.Footnote 63 One of the first designs for a modern entertainment centre away from the coast was the Arcadium Amusement Centre proposed for the heart of London's West End, a prototype modern shopping mall and leisure centre.Footnote 64 Designed in 1934 by the architects Elcock and Sutcliffe (subsequently best known for the Daily Telegraph building on Fleet Street), it was to include three dance floors, a pool with surrounding accommodation for 600 bathers, an arcade of shops, restaurants, a quick lunch bar, brasserie and grill capable of catering for 1200 at one time. Camping, fishing, travel, photography, boating, sailing, motorbikes. As contemporaries noted, a principal function of the dance hall was to offer an escape. The music rises to a final chord, the drummer crashes on the cymbal [] There is a steady din of conversation.Footnote 92. One record that stands out for me at the Palais is Lester Tipton, this won't change. 61 Nottingham Evening Post, 9 November 1929, p. 6. The liberation of movement offered by the new social dances of the early twentieth century was central to their terrific popularity. Often went there for a couple of beers before going over the road to the Palais. 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 designs also included a health centre, squash courts, gym and rooftop gardens. 4 For a full discussion of the dance-hall industry, see Nott, James, Going to the Palais: A Social and Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain, 19181960 (Oxford, 2015)CrossRefGoogle Scholar, chapters 13. Dayglo socks were all the rage then but my parents did not approve of them. The Palais de Danse, Nottingham. 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. It began with new musical styles: ragtime, then jazz. 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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. 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. Crewe's wooden framework, which served to define the dance floor and divide up the space, mimicked the architecture of a Chinese pagoda, with lacquered columns and ornamental fretwork. I entered into a singing competition they use to run and I won. We also played the Festival Hall, Kirkby as well as many pubs and clubs in the area. Rose was a female entrepreneur, who in partnership with her husband established and ran the Calton Dance Hall in Rochdale from the mid-1930s. Jewellers began using palladium in 1939 as a platinum alternative when creating white gold. The floor was both one of the principal technical challenges for the architect of a dance hall and a principal attraction for customers. 8 Rowntree, Benjamin Seebohm and Lavers, George, English Life and Leisure: A Social Study (London, 1951), p. 279Google Scholar, and Daily Mail, 17 October 1956, p. 8. 92 MOA, WC, 48/C, 1938, p. 1. hawarden, Adrian, who now lives in Durham, joined Ivor following a summer season at Torquay. I had a great time at the Palais. Elaborate neon lighting at the Hammersmith Palais, early 1960s, As the dance craze of the 1920s expanded, purpose-built dance halls proliferated. Then the Palais again, then Oceana, and currently Pryzm. 78 Carl Heimann cited in Anon., Stepping Out (London, 1940), p. 54. 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. Allerdyce from 1920.Footnote 54, Fig. They changed their name to the Mansfields in 1964. Mrz 2009 in Edmonton, Kanada.Der europische Teil der I Am Tour begann am 26. Our paths must have crossed mate another name from your list I remember Martin Green not seen him for years, Andy Cannon what a starr,yes Tom's living in Clifton now last time I saw him he seemed quite well, funny thing you mentioned about Chris & Forest one time he'd just got back from Anfield me & Tom Cragg dragged him too Stafford for a nighter great days. 7 We should be careful to exclude from this definition dancing schools and other places where the main purpose was to teach dancing, with public dances put on as a secondary attraction. Nice post Martin I still see Tommy Cragg from time to time the last time I saw Pete Smith was at a Stafford Top of the world allnighter early 80's must look him up see how he's doing I see his brother Chris from time ot time,saw Curly yesterday he don't change mate. 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 ?) The club is used as a student night club for both of the universities in Nottingham. Want to read more Leicestershire nostalgia? I used to walk up from Mansfield Woodhouse. top palias sounds well there's been quiet a few but here go's. Fig. See also Ward, Colin and Hardy, Dennis, Goodnight campers! Happy (but strange) days! @ MAK - thanks for the kind words and no she was from Cotgrave :-), @ Steve Phillis- I remember you very well. Virtually all the surveys of the period suggest the same. There was a good crowd in and we had a really great night. Sequence dances, where everyone performed the same steps, gave way to dances formulated specifically for couples, which involved much greater physical contact between partners the Bunny Hug and the Grizzly Bear, for example, required dancers to embrace. I spent many happy hours at the Palais in my teens, late 1950s early 1960s . Cliff Bennett is very much alive and well and performed in Nottingham's Old Market Square at the Nottingham Pulse festival last summer. 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. It was originally designed as a dance hall Fig. Second, and equally important, the revolving bandstand added a highly theatrical air to the evening's proceedings, essential to create the kind of escapist atmosphere dance-hall managements were aiming for. Your email address will not be published. By this point, Mecca also employed its own group of in-house architects for interiors, Kett and Neve, perhaps best known as the designers of one of the first motorway service stations, Trowell services on the M1 (also for Mecca).Footnote 50 The Stevenage Locarno (Fig. There were also fancy steelwork stools, and the floor was covered by a large floral carpet. Regular contributor, Michael Clarke, caught up with Adrian Tilbrook, who was the bands drummer at the Humberstone Gate Mecca dance hall in 1968-69. except they were a three piece, there's been talk here of "The night chicago died" listen to this, http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=3+little+bears+jimi+hendrix&aq=6&oq=3+little+bears ! AUGUST 22, 1977: Mourning fans of the late Elvis Presley, dance on a traffic island outside the Palais de Danse hall in Nottingham where the convention of the dead stars official British fan club was held. The Music Hall and Theatre 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. I remember the Palais when the most popular performers were Johnny Gold & The Sovereigns and The Newtones. Particularly common in the 1920s were conversions of former roller-skating rinks, which were ideal, given their large dimensions and height. 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). They used to have a Friday night dance with a better ratio of girls to guys. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. One of the few times I trod on no one's toes! 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 width and direction of floorboards also had to be given careful thought, with some experts arguing that a floor of secret-nailed, tongue-and-groove floorboards in narrow widths gave the best effect. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Then at quarter to two, a special moment. Spotlights playfully danced around the crowded floor, too. 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. Nottstalgia Nottingham Forums Probably our most regular gig was the New Cross Inn, Sutton. Hopefully see you sooner rather than later. 'Hanford and Richards' on, I think, Columber St is something I recall when learning to dance. Not just because it's quality but because of the crowds thunderous claps at the right times. The final date was the 4 musicians backing Heinz (formerly bass player with The Tornados). } In the post-war period, following the shortages and restrictions of the so-called age of austerity, Britain emerged into a period of sustained and widespread prosperity. The constraint of the crowded dance floor, for example, demanded a constant process of negotiation. 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. 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 precious metal is now periodically used in dental golds and other dental metals. 42 The Builder, 8 March 1929, pp. Using a completely new set of body movements, the dances were also far freer and open to individual interpretation.Footnote 96 The dance hall offered an outlet for ways of moving and behaving that would not be possible or acceptable outside its walls. Fast forward to 1978. The entire floor thus rested on steel springs, with no dead point anywhere. I boughtboth of them from Selectadisc but unfortunately they "disappeared" over the years. I often wondered if other people would put the same records to the same venue (they were obviously played elsewhere at the time). Also known as Palais de Danse, The Palais Nov 16 1986 Level 42 at Palais, Nottingham, England Artist: Level 42 , Venue: Palais, Nottingham, England Edit setlist May 26 1986 The upstairs bars were decorated in a glamorous modern members club style, with buttoned leather panels and copper downlighters on the walls. 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. cheers John.It was a good pub the Horse and Jockey. Display as a link instead, Every one of those records to me are Casino tunes. Mm, come to think of it I'm not sure that "is that you, that you baby" has any merit either. Dancers were thrilled by the opportunity to let themselves go. One of the main events of the year was the General Hospital Ball which transferred to this venue in 1929. The History of the British Holiday Camp (London, 1986)Google Scholar. Many readers will remember The Ivor Kenney Sound, the resident band, during the 1960s and 70s, at Leicesters Palais de Danse. 1 Dundee Evening Telegraph, 7 January 1919, p. 7. 81 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1859, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Ticket Hall (1961). The low cost, from 6d. 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. A strange but belting instrumental. "At the time, Val was the top entertainment personality in the UK and my first concert with him, straight from the Palais, was at the London Palladium, starting a 16-week gig there.. We would always aim to get in the queue early and watch it build as worshipers from all over arrived. The site became vacant when Nottingham Prison was demolished. The dcor was a patterned backcloth, reminiscent of bubbles of water, based on Roy Lichtenstein's painting Landscape with Boat. Haven't heard it in ages, probably since the Palais!! It is possibly best remembered by club goers as the Ritzy and by clubbers across the Wendy Northern Soul Cinema Theatre Vaudeville Theatres Auditorium Courtesy Opera House An Article from arthurlloyd.co.uk. "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. They may well haveappeared when they were called Ricky Storm and the Stormcats from 1962. I went by the nickname "Bonk" back then if that rings any bells. it's like any venue from 40 years ago, big records were nationwide, after being 'broke' at one. We married in February 1961 and emigrated to New Zealand in October 1962. The harmonies were as good as they used to be, they played a good selection of numbers from the 60s and 70s and everybody enjoyed themselves. The aspirational nature of the building was further reflected in the various facilities provided. He added: And then running back just in time to change into awful, long brocade jackets and start the change over with Mike Millers trio and us simultaneously playing The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt aboard the revolving stage. History. Bugger work on the Monday!! 11 See Atwell, David, Cathedrals of the Movies (London, 1981)Google Scholar; Eyles, Allen, ABC: The First Name in Entertainment (London, 1993)Google Scholar; Gaumont British Cinemas (London, 1996)Google Scholar; The Granada Theatres (London, 1998)Google Scholar; Odeon Cinemas 1 (London, 2002)Google Scholar; Gray, Richard, Cinemas in Britain: One Hundred Years of Cinema Architecture (London, 2011)Google Scholar; Harwood, Elain, Picture Palaces (London, 1999)Google Scholar. Populist Palatial, postcard view of the rich, colourful interior of the Palais de Danse, Derby, 1923 (author's private collection), Fig. Die I Am Tour von Beyonc begann am 26. Yes I was a little naive at 16-17. From the mid-1960s, dance halls were rapidly replaced by discos and nightclubs, or closed altogether. Its Stag Room offered men electric shavers, hair cream and free shoeshine. Also used to got to Roy & Mary Knight's on Cranbrook St. My wife and I with friends used to go to Enid Colman's. He opened its first dance hall, Sherry's, in Brighton. Can anyone remember Reg Guest Trio and Ian King Trio? 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. 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). I know Curly is around and about, just not bumped into each other yet but I'm sure we will soon. Total loading time: 0.984 had a good atmosphere as well. Munro, Malcolm, Dancing Mad: An Autobiographical Dancing Diary (Liverpool, n.d.), p. 181Google Scholar. The floor could be adjusted to provide varying degrees of springiness, and locked to prevent movement when not required for dancing.Footnote 23, The space above the dancers heads was just as important as that beneath their feet. 18 The expression palais de danse was introduced by the owners to add an air of French sophistication and subsequently came into common usage in Britain. Anyone with any memories? 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 Jubilee Hall, which was the Co-op, and the Corporation Hall. Wollaston offered several anonymous offers for anyone who could isolate palladium, so the elements discovery was credited to Richard Chenevix in 1803. Palais De Danse , Lower Parliament Street , Nottingham 1969. And for 15 minutes we had the whole of the Palais de Danse to ourselves. Although dance halls were comparatively egalitarian spaces, this quality should not be overstated. I used to work part time evenings in the bar at the Palais during the 1960s. Went to see Sons and Lovers at The Venue (Potters) at Rainworth last Saturday. I think nowadays its called The late lounge possibly. I played the Palais 7 times and here are the dates and the band, 29/04/1966 (Carl Pagan and the Heathens). You've brought even more memories flooding back with the CB thing. 66 Manchester, City Archives, M117/4/4/2, Registers of Music, Dancing and Rooms 190237. However, this was a temporary structure, not a permanent dance hall. never missed a soul do there, from feb. 72 Ibid. 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. I started going in spring 1980. 199204. The last I heard (Mind you this was mid 90's before my sojourn to lands foreign,) they were still going in one way shape or form . Ocean is a nightclub located on Greyfriar Gate in Nottingham, England. People of different classes did attend the Nottingham Palais, but they did not necessarily mix. Handsome corner entrance to the Astoria Palais de Danse, Bolton, 1928 (Bolton News/Newsquest Photos), Although the construction of purpose-built dance halls declined from the 1930s, it did not end, and a second wave occurred in the late 1950s and early 1960s. I do need to take in an East Anglian event. My late father Tug organised one event, it was through this that I knew Uncle Fred and Aunt Adela, I heard of this from Adela and others. Your first impression is of the red glow of the room red walls, predominantly red carpets, orange and red lights [] The room is crowded. 1) which, designed for mass audiences, reflected the increasing leisure time and money available to large sections of the working class. Juni 2009 in London, Grobritannien.Am 21. Enid Coleman went ape and had the music. There was a small area called "The Bali Hi". Fig. Finally got the Malibus. Appearing as Twos Company the next date was 05/11/1967. During the Second World War it was requisitioned by the Army as a dining area for the troops stationed in the town. Two bandstands, one at either end of the dance floor, allowed multiple bands to play for the dancers. The way in which the space was used also differed according to class. Acoustics, an architectural science still in its infancy, was also a consideration. 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. and The Builder, 9 September 1960, p. 471. It also had dedicated band rooms for the musicians. Dance music was clearly a dominating feature. Managed to replace Johnny Ross recently, but the Malibus still elude me. If any body remembers me Mansfield, Blidworth, Rainworth areas ladies and gents Hello. I have a long and fond relationship with the old Notts Palais. 5). Even got "Paper Lace" - Billy don't be a hero & The night Chicago died.What happened to them I wonder? 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. 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. That was the famous and now legendary sign located above the entrance to the Nottingham Palais de Danse one of the many traditional dance hall venues owned by the Mecca Leisure group. And Richards ' on, i think nowadays its called the late lounge possibly science! 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