Want to read more Leicestershire nostalgia? The dance hall was a symbol of social, cultural and political change. 60 Nottingham Evening Post, 9 February 1929, p. 5. It is an odd omission, as the architecture of pleasure has generated a growing body of scholarship. A waft of hot air, the rhythmic throb of the band, the hiss of feet on the ballroom floor assail you. Purpose-built dance halls had a confident street presence that was not always the case with conversions. Any reccomends? He also remembered well-known drummer Harry Ovenall, who had flirted with fame with Leicester groups The Farinas and Family. Three stylii were used to transfer this record. Dayglo socks were all the rage then but my parents did not approve of them. The architecture of dance halls reflected these modernising trends, as well as a democratisation of pleasure. 99103, and Architectural Review (June 1961), pp. Upload or insert images from URL. BTW is M Raynor any relation to Beryl Raynor who I worked with at Ladybrook Primary School in 1961? In November 1929, the Stage Guild held its annual ball at the palais, with guests including Prince Paul of Greece.Footnote 61 A generation earlier, such events would have been held exclusively in country houses, private clubs, grand assembly rooms or private ballrooms. Details Jan 13, 1998 The Palais de Danse is Nottingham's most famous nightclub. 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. 34750, and University of Sussex, Mass Observation Archive [hereafter MOA], Music Dancing and Jazz [hereafter MDJ] 3/A, C.L. For more detail see Nott, Going to the Palais, chapter 1. 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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. 2019. And another one on my list! In 1984, it was acquired by Barry Noble and adopted its former name Astoria.[6]. Yesterday's photo of the Palais de Dance reminded me that I have this booklet of the 25th anniversary of the Palais with some of its history. In 1997 it was given another makeover and re-appeared as a new night club. Highlighting the Craze for Dancing in London in 1919, one newspaper remarked: London has gone dancing mad [] dancing establishments in London are crowded morning, noon, and night with eager pupils [] whilst dancing halls are booked up for months ahead.Footnote 1 Newspapers outside London also reported the enormous popularity of dancing. 1) which, designed for mass audiences, reflected the increasing leisure time and money available to large sections of the working class. Although dance halls were comparatively egalitarian spaces, this quality should not be overstated. As contemporaries noted, a principal function of the dance hall was to offer an escape. I really liked Tommy a lot. The 10) was high. 2. 23. With a revolving bandstand, a second band could set up in the background while the first was still performing and be brought to the audience at the press of a switch. Absolutely love that record, viral or not! Great tune. 14. Chief among them was J. Sedgewick from Derby, who had been responsible for opening the Derby Palais in 1921, a conversion of the town's Corn Exchange.Footnote 52 These businessmen had seen how lucrative dance halls had become and aimed to open one of the finest outside London. Probably our most regular gig was the New Cross Inn, Sutton. The Locarno, Stevenage, which was completed the same year for a slightly more modest 150,000, was designed by Leonard Vincent, the chief architect of Stevenage Development Corporation. Even got "Paper Lace" - Billy don't be a hero & The night Chicago died.What happened to them I wonder? @ MAK - thanks for the kind words and no she was from Cotgrave :-), @ Steve Phillis- I remember you very well. It's the only time I've heard LOMT played at a dayer or nighter. The band members were Keith Williams (guitar), Stuart Lane (guitar), Mick Hodgkinson (bass guitar & sax) and Ric Lee (drums). One of the first to be installed in Britain was in the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool, in 1899.Footnote 21 Sprung floors made dancing less tiring and wearing, as they bounced gently with the movement of dancers, rather than resisting them. 76 Baxendale, John, into another kind of life in which anything might happen Popular Music and Late Modernity, 19101930, Popular Music, 14.2 (1995), pp. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Frank Hanford used to run it but Dorothy Richards I never saw. 24 Duncan, Andrew, Hammersmith's Palaces of Pleasure, Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group Newsletter, 12 (Spring 2005), p. 4Google Scholar. We married in February 1961 and emigrated to New Zealand in October 1962. Cliff Bennett is very much alive and well and performed in Nottingham's Old Market Square at the Nottingham Pulse festival last summer. Excellent he was too! 75962. [5], In 1957, the name was changed to the Sherwood Rooms. I used to love the deserted streets. 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. Would I be right in saying Pete Waterman put in an appearance or two? Fig. . He said: I dont recall a specific male vocalist, but keyboard player Ivor and lead guitarist Will did some singing. 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. I do need to take in an East Anglian event. "Their organist was Graham Elliott, who I used to practise jazz with during the daytime in the large, empty Palais hall.. It was really the Good Old days. The Palais de Danse is Nottinghams most famous nightclub. I don't actually remember it being played. Most ballrooms included balconies around the main dance floor where patrons could promenade and watch the proceedings below, while allowing the considerable airflow required for what could be a strenuous activity. 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. It was owned by the Mecca Leisure Group. 99103, and Architectural Review (June 1961), pp. Very special memories of the old place including the performers and of course themusic! Then at quarter to two, a special moment. It was soon appreciated that boards should be laid in the direction of travel of the dancers as they progressed around the dance floor in a circular fashion. Our own shrine to all things soul. 92 MOA, WC, 48/C, 1938, p. 1. 75 Stone, Richard and Rowe, D.A., The Measurement of Consumers Expenditure and Behaviour in the United Kingdom, 19201938: Volume II (Cambridge, 1966)Google Scholar. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. They changed their name ten years after they started. History. Every one of those records to me are Casino tunes. 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. In addition to its core working- and lower-middle-class patronage, it was used by upper classes from the region, and much further afield, at its various events. We reverted back to the name Our Young. Interests! During the 1920s and 1930s, advertisements emphasised the luxurious nature of the dance-hall experience. 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. 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. Sure I remember the manager winding us up, walking along the queue saying if our shoes not polished were not getting in ;-) First place I met Shippo, remember Kempy, Tommy Cragg and Kevin Husbands too, no one would forget Curley of course. This multi-class audience for dance halls, and the democratisation it represented, was reflected in their design and even their names. no doubt. Often went there for a couple of beers before going over the road to the Palais. 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. I remember a ex boxer guy the used to get a skipping rope out on the upstairs dance floor. I like all of the above - except, Cobblestone is shite! Many of the Mecca dance halls became bingo halls. Guys From Uncle "The Spy". The History of the British Holiday Camp (London, 1986)Google Scholar. Yet there was a tension between this liberation and constraint. It was emmotional. The old Victoria Hall had been taken over by Mr and Mrs HG Roscoe in September 1929 and re-christened the Palais de Danse. My first encounter with the Palais came about 1971. 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. Exterior and interior of the Hammersmith Palais (illustration from Dancing World, AugustSeptember 1921). I've ended up over in Stockport. Appearing as Twos Company the next date was 05/11/1967. From the 1920s to 1960, there were three main types of dance hall. Then we would amble up through Hockley. History. 59 The Builder, 14 November 1924, pp. 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. 10. Affordable luxury was a key part of their attraction. At the Locarno, Bradford, 35,000 Italian-made light bulbs were used on its blue painted ceiling which, when lit on their own, gave the impression of a starlit sky at night.Footnote 93, Along with these visual delights, the dance hall would immerse its patrons into an intense, vibrating world of sound. Adrian recalled during his time with Ivor the band also included Joe and Fred on saxophones and Bill on the trumpet. The swish of taffeta as couples progressed around the dance floor, the warm melodic sounds of a saxophone, the chatter of friends and partners, the sparkle of mirror balls, spotlights, multi-coloured lightbeams, and the faint whiff of Lily of the Valley or Midnight in Paris. Paste as plain text instead, Elvis Presley Fans Dance On A Traffic Island Outside The Palais De Danse Hall in Nottingham. 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. 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. During the Second World War it was requisitioned You can post now and register later. Learnt to jive there! There was a good crowd in and we had a really great night. 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. 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. } Facing the stairs is a lounge, with settees, wicker chairs, glass topped tables. Common locations were town halls, assembly rooms and church halls, but public dances were also held frequently in swimming baths, department stores, political clubs, hotels and restaurants. Doesanyone remember the Mansfield and the Sons and Lovers playing there?
, I still remember MK shouting from the steps and then whilst walking the queue checking us all out .. BIG and fond memories of the venue I cut my teeth in. I wonder if anyone remembers us now after all these years ? Powered by Invision Community, Fly Fishing, Golf, Gardening, Reading, 1960s Music, Gilbert & Sullivan, Cricket, Notts County, Archery, Railways, Movies, Art, Travel. 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. In Leicester, Nottingham, Manchester and other major towns and cities, entrepreneurs cashed in on the popularity of dance. Best two sounds for me that will always be associated with that famous venueare Dena Barnes, If you ever walked out of my life and the brilliant dancer Chubby Checker, You just don't know. 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. 4142Google Scholar, 108. This article examines how the architecture of dance halls represented moments of optimism, escapism and modernity in British history in the period 191865. I remember a young lady called Maggie who won with me, she was a great singer. 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. 79, 85. 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 ). for this article. 6). Anyone remember any of these bands? Every aspect of their design was carefully considered by entrepreneurs who were often at the forefront of the newly emerging leisure industry. The Hammersmith Palais was essentially one large uninterrupted space, with the dance floor separated from tables and chairs around the edges. never missed a soul do there, from feb 78, until 83 (then the bank hol sunday nights , late 90's). 70 Jeremy, and Gould, Caroline, Coventry: The Making of a Modern City 193973 (Swindon, 2016), pp. Again all tunes that for me mate are Station road memories. In this article, a dance hall is defined as a building permanently licensed and open most days of the year to the general public, the main purpose of which was to cater for public dancing.Footnote 7 Under this definition, the number of permanent dance halls in Britain fluctuated between 400 and 500 from 1920 to 1960.Footnote 8, The dance hall's considerable importance in twentieth-century British society its role in the growing emancipation of women, in emerging race relations and in enriching working-class social and cultural life is only beginning to be fully recognised.Footnote 9 Although the dance hall became a significant feature in the modern urban landscape, architectural historians, too, have given the new building type very little attention. 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. 54 Brodie, Antonia, ed., Directory of British Architects 18341914, 2 vols (2001), II, p. 809Google Scholar, and Nottingham Civic Society, Draft List of Local Heritage Assets of the City of Nottingham, 9 December 2013. A strange but belting instrumental. Clear editor. My dad was always smartly dressed and I use to love watching him getting ready for work complete with his bow tie and liberal spraying of Cossack for Men hairspray (it was the early 70's ffs). There were also fancy steelwork stools, and the floor was covered by a large floral carpet. Fig. His encore was 'Now is the Time' which he reprised. Mick Knight was the Manager of the Palais, whose Mum used to be my Dinner Lady at Daybrook Junior School and they lived together on Edwin Street in Daybrook if I remember right. I love the Palais for some of the most endearing and enduring friendships I have ever made. 47071. April 2009 in Zagreb, Kroatien und endete am 9. Total loading time: 0.984 Regular contributor, Michael Clarke, caught up with Adrian Tilbrook, who was the bands drummer at the Humberstone Gate Mecca dance hall in 1968-69. 63 The Builder, 24 September 1937, p. 544. Also, will accept photos of the venues where they played. 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. He achieved this by breaking up the shopping precinct's open space with an elevated circular caf, with the entrance to the dance hall a three-storey tower with an illuminated Locarno sign taking up the complete width of one side (Fig. Personally, one of my fave records from the Palais dayers was Toni Basil's "Beakaway". Camping, fishing, travel, photography, boating, sailing, motorbikes. 36 Dancing World (AugustSeptember 1921), p. iv. 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. Celestial effects were common, with thousands of bulbs creating ceilings full of sparkling stars. 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. 96 See Nott, J., Contesting Popular Dancing and Dance Music During the 1920s, Cultural and Social History, 10.3 (2013), pp. 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. 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. The third and final type of dance hall was built as part of a multi-purpose complex. Fig. 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. London, The National Archives, BT 31/24605/155007, Hammersmith Palais de Danse (191932). 9 (London, 1935), pp. The interior of the Nottingham Palais (Fig. We also played the Festival Hall, Kirkby as well as many pubs and clubs in the area. 11. Suzanne Gallo designed the costumesloose fitting white tops and pants. 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. 2,376 talking about this. People of different classes did attend the Nottingham Palais, but they did not necessarily mix. We had a change of name (same line-up) to Our Young and played there 03/07/1966, 09/10/1966, 26/12/1966 and 21/01/1967. Conversions were common not only in the early days of dance-hall construction (around 191823), but also in its closing days (195560). 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. 11) was characterised by the eclectic deployment of neoclassical, Art Deco, oriental and even Pre-Raphaelite motifs.Footnote 58 At the centre of the dance floor was an illuminated fountain, which could rise to 12ft, surrounded by plants. 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 building which housed the Horse and jockey Is still there, the stained glasswork above the door also I believe still in situ. Happy days. Oh and I met Andy Cannon again at the last Blackhearts nighter last month after 30 years. 28 Allen, Carl, London Gig Venues (Stroud, 2016), pp. 8. Dance halls are also distinct from ballrooms, which were dance floors within buildings with other purposes and often not open to the general public for example, ballrooms in country houses. Local commentators believed that the building increased the city's status. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. I played the Palais 7 times and here are the dates and the band, 29/04/1966 (Carl Pagan and the Heathens). I believe he was a big pusher of that particular tune. 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. 66 Manchester, City Archives, M117/4/4/2, Registers of Music, Dancing and Rooms 190237. In fact anything outdoors ! In the Locarno, Bradford, also opened in 1961, the Ladies' Boudoir included 45 full-length mirrors and was decorated in a Georgian style. Originally named the Palais de Danse when it opened as a dance hall in 1925, it later became the Ritzy in the late 1980s, then the Palais again, Oceana, and then Pryzm. Allerdyce from 1920.Footnote 54, Fig. Much of my Northern Soul early life centered around the Palais All Dayers, mid to late seventies. Why was I at the Palais in 1971? 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. Happy days mate. I spent many happy hours at the Palais in my teens, late 1950s early 1960s . Hi Bill and John. On their first trip into Nottingham he and a group of other airmen enquired where the action was. We can't bring them day's back, but we won't forget em either. The type of timber was another major issue, as it had to be strong and durable, suitable for a high degree of polishing, but cost was also a concern. By The so-called dance craze spread rapidly. It also had dedicated band rooms for the musicians. 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. 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. Hale, Matthew 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). The building with the globe is the former Palais De Danse, opened in 1925 as a dance hall and billiard saloon, in the late 1980s the One of the few times I trod on no one's toes! 89 Dancing Times (October 1931), pp. 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. 82 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1838, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Dance Floor (1961). they are all faves of mine too.i love the tunes from "The Palais", youve got great taste mate ! Ladies Boudoir, Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums). 84 The Stage, 10 August 1961, p. 5, and Nathan, P., ed., CLH says The Collected Observations, Instructions and Philosophies of C.L. Exterior of the Leicester Palais, a purpose-built dance hall, 1926 (author's private collection), Fig. 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. .May not have played at the Palais but Im sure played in local pubs, I think both used to appear at the White Gates at Forest Town in the 60s /70s. Adrian, who now lives in Durham, joined Ivor following a summer season at Torquay. 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 . This crowd was going to get bigger as the day progressed. Alongside this was the growth of a highly commercialised leisure industry, which contributed to a new popular culture dominated by transatlantic trends. Nottstalgia Nottingham Forums Memories from 1959 I met a tall good looking lady at the Palais de Dance in 1959 married her in 1961 and we headed to New Zealand in 1962. Not only the dance music, but also people talking, laughing, whispering and of course dancing all created a unique soundscape. it's like any venue from 40 years ago, big records were nationwide, after being 'broke' at one.

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