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. All About the SOUL. In fact anything outdoors ! The one at the Mayfair in Newcastle, which opened in 1961 (Fig. 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. 27 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1833/d, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Stage (1961). We still have lots of friends in the Mansfield area. had some great nights in the pub, very small, tables to the left, bar to the right just enough room to walk through. I did like it when everyone shoved there arms up in the chorus! 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. 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). We had to pack up dancing in our mid seventies due to both having arthnritis we really missed it after all those 50 odd years of dancing. 99104. The building opened as a palais de danse to replace Victoria Halls in Talbot Street. The Locarno, Streatham, designed by Trehearne and Norman, Preston and Company, opened with much press interest in September 1929.Footnote 44 Advertised as England's Super Dance Hall, it cost 60,000, with 10,000 spent on the ventilation system alone.Footnote 45 Kerr's Palais de Danse in Croydon was similar in scale and ambition. 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. 30 The Rivoli, Brockley, and the Ritz, Manchester, are both recognised for their special interest as listed buildings. No Sunday shopping throngs back then, just a feeling of having the city to ourselves. Your first impression is of the red glow of the room red walls, predominantly red carpets, orange and red lights [] The room is crowded. Especially in new buildings, which were liable to 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. I have a long and fond relationship with the old Notts Palais. Finally got the Malibus. Bandstand at the Mayfair, Newcastle, opened in 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums), As tastes changed, dance halls took over the venues of other, declining leisure pursuits. The low cost, from 6d. The so-called dance craze spread rapidly. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). 4142Google Scholar, 108. I was 9 years old and it was Christmas. 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. Great tune. 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. Hot Legs are basically the band 10cc, comprising Eric Stewart, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley and Graham Gouldman. Enhancing the escapism of the dance hall were the crucial sensory pleasures it provided. Will be playing both (plus some Syvie Vartan) at True Blue at the Albany Club in Coventry on 16/12/16. 1) which, designed for mass audiences, reflected the increasing leisure time and money available to large sections of the working class. We are both still alive and live in a rural area of the Wairarapa 90 minutes drive north of Wellington. 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 12 French, Hilary, Glamorous Spaces: Public Ballrooms and Dance Halls, 18901950, Interiors, 6.1 (2015), pp. 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. Also, will accept photos of the venues where they played. Fig. I used to walk up from Mansfield Woodhouse. Contact, loveslure @gmail.com, Drinking, snooker, pool, birding, football (NOTTS COUNTY) bringing up my kids, fishing and photography especially Aviation, Motor racing, Karting, My Dogs, Guitar, Photography, Gunsmithing Jetski. Oh and I met Andy Cannon again at the last Blackhearts nighter last month after 30 years. It was really the Good Old days. At one stage Mike Knight, the manager of the Palais for as long as I could remember shoved a microphone under my nose and asked me a few questions but I couldn't answer them, I was far too shy and embarrassed. Originally named the Palais de Danse when it opened 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. 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 Expert opinion eventually settled on Canadian maple as the best timber for dance floors because, although expensive, it was found to be particularly hardwearing, making it ideal for the high demands that dancers would place on it. 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 final crucial design and technical challenge of the dance hall was the bandstand. I love the Palais for some of the most endearing and enduring friendships I have ever made. 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. 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 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. Nottingham is the queen of the Midlands. 89 Dancing Times (October 1931), pp. 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. 92 MOA, WC, 48/C, 1938, p. 1. 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. Especially in new buildings, which were liable to be damp on completion, room had to be left around the floor to allow the wood to swell. Now in those days doormen weren't the breed they are today. 47071. Then I received a call to join Val Doonicans backing band, the John Currie Quartet, full-time. You think I get spare time after managing this lot? I thought "Statue" was great at the time, now it doesn't seem to have any soul at all. Hi Bill dont live there myself now but all ways travel down twice a year for the day. New dances were formulated to accompany the new music and were deliberately designed for couples (most notably the foxtrot). 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. Powered by Invision Community, Fly Fishing, Golf, Gardening, Reading, 1960s Music, Gilbert & Sullivan, Cricket, Notts County, Archery, Railways, Movies, Art, Travel. If I remember Monday Night was for a younger crowd and we were always trying to get in the Bali Hi downstairs. Nite Owl Leicester,dungeon And Beachcomber Nottingham. Our first opportunity to assess the size of the queue and who we could spot. Three stylii were used to transfer this record. 12. Lita Rosa, Dennis Lotus ans Dicky Valentine sang with the band. The main dance hall with a floor of 105 feet (32m) by 85 feet (26m) which accommodated 600 dancers. The band members were Keith Williams (guitar), Stuart Lane (guitar), Mick Hodgkinson (bass guitar & sax) and Ric Lee (drums). This ballroom dancing hall had an unusual dance floor created from oak and walnut mounted on 560 spiral springs, an area of 6309 superficial feet which could hold approximately 600 dancers. It was founded by Carl Heimann, who in 1927 created an offshoot of the parent firm Ye Mecca Cafs. During the 1920s and 1930s, advertisements emphasised the luxurious nature of the dance-hall experience. It subsequently changed its name in the 1990s to MGM and in 1999 became Ocean[7] a club mainly used by students. Under new management, the Palais continued as a ballroom but was converted, after damage by vandals in 1973, into a bingo hall and used as such throughout the 70s and 80s. 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 . I still have that velvet bow tie locked away in a box of keepsakes and memories. 58 See photographs of the interior at picturethepast.org.uk (accessed on 31 May 2018). 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). Luxe-modern, everyday glamour at the Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums), Equally impressive were the elaborate powder rooms, which included free-standing make-up stations decorated with pink candy-stripe wallpaper and topped with swags of white fabric (Fig. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. The seats were always taken as when someone got up one of the walkers would sit down. 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. 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