1021Google Scholar. No booze was sold there in there in those days, just coffees, tea and soft drinks in the wee Cafs: - Cupid's Bar 92 MOA, WC, 48/C, 1938, p. 1. 89 Dancing Times (October 1931), pp. 'Hanford and Richards' on, I think, Columber St is something I recall when learning to dance. 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.Footnote 19, The installation of dance floors required consideration of several crucial issues. Blackpool Locarno, one of Mecca's new multi-purpose entertainment venues, 1965 (Simon Mallett/public domain). History. 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. Its brutalist style brought dance provision into a new architectural era.Footnote 73, As a new building type, the dance hall was a symbol of social, cultural and political change. "useRatesEcommerce": false The club is used as a student night club for both of the universities in Nottingham. [2] It was designed by the Nottingham architectural practice of Evans, Clark and Woollatt for W. A. Walker at a cost of 30,000. One of the few times I trod on no one's toes! 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. 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. The popularity of dancing just after the First World War led to an initial rush by entrepreneurs and dancing masters to convert as many buildings as possible. 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. Just reading the 1957 Mansfield Gazateer for 1957 and noticed the page for the Musicians Union. 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. Your post is pure nostalgia. All About the SOUL. 13 Readers are invited to email the author at jjn4@st-andrews.ac.uk with details of any buildings remaining. 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). 58 See photographs of the interior at picturethepast.org.uk (accessed on 31 May 2018). And what about Lainie Hill "Time Marches On". The different colours combined with different dance moves, tempos and music to alter the mood of the dance floor. It was originally designed as a dance hall Nov 21, 2013 - This Pin was discovered by Keith Lenthall Wells. No Sunday shopping throngs back then, just a feeling of having the city to ourselves. 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. It was founded by Carl Heimann, who in 1927 created an offshoot of the parent firm Ye Mecca Cafs. My future wife, Sylvia Chesterman was from Alfreton and I was born in Mansfield many years ago! and The Builder, 9 September 1960, p. 471. 99103, and Architectural Review (June 1961), pp. Such a shame when the twist and other non partner dances took over. Brian Eno composed the soundscape. Excellent harmonies. 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. 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). 77 Smith, H. Llewellyn, ed., New Survey of London Life and Labour, vol. 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. Exterior and interior of the Hammersmith Palais (illustration from Dancing World, AugustSeptember 1921). It was really the Good Old days. Hi Bill dont live there myself now but all ways travel down twice a year for the day. Enid Coleman went ape and had the music. You went in one night and picked up a ticket for free entry for next night. 57 For a full discussion of the moral panic associated with dance halls, based on allegations of immorality, misbehaviour from youths and concerns about race, see Nott, Going to the Palais, passim. 7. "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", "Buildings in the Broadmarsh Area of Nottingham: An Architectural and Historical Investigation", "These are the Nottingham nightclubs you went to in the 80s and 90s", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocean,_Nottingham&oldid=1035028559, Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 30,000 (equivalent to 1,940,000 in 2021), This page was last edited on 23 July 2021, at 07:10. 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. The site became vacant when Nottingham Prison was demolished. My lass went a few times late seventies early eighties. February 8, 2011 in 60's Nottingham. Camping, fishing, travel, photography, boating, sailing, motorbikes. I love the Palais for giving me some of the best moments in my life. My mum and my dad separated when I was about 6 years old. The Palais de Danse, built by Midland Palais de Danse Limited, opened on the corner of King Edward Street, John Street and Convent Street (now Upper Parliament Street) on 24 April 1925. Then the Palais again, then Oceana, and currently Pryzm. 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 2,376 talking about this. From the 1920s to 1960, there were three main types of dance hall. I love kids and old people - because children have not yet learned to lie - and old people have nothing to lie about. Especially in new buildings, which were liable to 99104. 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. The third and final type of dance hall was built as part of a multi-purpose complex. 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. Keith also told me that Ric Lee is writing a book and once some legal wrangles are sorted it should be published under the title From head stocks to Woodstock. In the early 90s the Palais was briefly used as a rave club. 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. More Info Running Horse 202-204 Alfreton Road Conrads Chopins 509-511 Alfreton Road Skyy Bar 511a Alfreton Road Stork Club (2) Blueprint From the mid-1960s, Mecca began creating multi-purpose entertainment venues. Palais De Danse, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham Rotating dance floor at the Palais! I spent many happy hours at the Palais in my teens, late 1950s early 1960s . 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. 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 like all of the above - except, Cobblestone is shite! Such features were not unique to Newcastle. 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. 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 ). The Palais de Danse on Humberstone Gate, Leicester Many readers will remember The Ivor Kenney Sound, the resident band, during the 1960s and 70s, at Leicesters Palais de 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. The Hammersmith Palais de Danse, in its last years simply named Hammersmith Palais, was a dance hall and entertainment venue in Hammersmith, London, England that operated from 1919 until 2007. We have two adult sons and weve all visited Mansfield on several occasions. Oh and I met Andy Cannon again at the last Blackhearts nighter last month after 30 years. Because of my dad's work he would have access to us on Sundays so we only ever really got to see him once a week. It had a small revolving circular dance floor. And heres a modern simulation of what the looked and sounded like in those days? and Heimann (1938). Ladies Boudoir, Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums). I often wondered if other people would put the same records to the same venue (they were obviously played elsewhere at the time). The Palais de Danse on Humberstone Gate, Leicester. Some dance halls themed their whole decoration, with the aim of creating a specific atmosphere. 2 Cheltenham Chronicle, 18 December 1920, p. 8. The designs also included a health centre, squash courts, gym and rooftop gardens. Saw Gene Vincent, Rocking Berries, Barron Knights, Mike Berry there and many other bands, Sunday night was the best time. The movement was inspired by Cunninghams childhood game of skimming stones over a pond. They also said they played the Palais regularly amongst many local and national venues. The dance hall was a symbol of social, cultural and political change. 10. 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When we werent dancing there we were probably at the Cavendish. The same probably goes for Cobblestone. There were dance halls constructed in buildings converted from other uses, purpose-built dance halls, and dance halls in multi-purpose entertainment buildings. 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. Details Jan 13, 1998 met my girlfriend of the time Sue Elliott daughter of Gerry Elliott ex sheriff of Nottingham and overman down Gedling pit, nearly crapped myself when I started working there and saw him. 65 Cinema-going declined in the mid-1920s during the first wave of interest in dancing. Went mad on the floor. It was commissioned in 1924 by the Midland Palais de Danse Company, formed by several local entrepreneurs. 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. 36 Dancing World (AugustSeptember 1921), p. iv. 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. 1. 13. Dayglo socks were all the rage then but my parents did not approve of them. History. Fig. 55 Nottingham Evening Post, 25 April 1925, p. 5. 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. Nothing of the brutish thug looks which so typifies the modern day equivalent. You can post now and register later. Palladium is one of six metals belonging to the platinum family, and it has a melting point of 2831 degrees Fahrenheit. A small group of young lads would gather in Gedling and make their way to the number 50 bus about 11am. Hostname: page-component-75cd96bb89-t9pvx 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. We can't bring them day's back, but we won't forget em either. it's like any venue from 40 years ago, big records were nationwide, after being 'broke' at one. Artists from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. Hi to all interested in The Mansfields of the early and mid 60s. 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. He opened its first dance hall, Sherry's, in Brighton. E.g Love On A Mountain Top (with some solid clapping) and Everything's Gonna Be Alright. 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. Fig. She had a dance studio at Bridlesmith Gate Nottm. 74 Jones, Stephen G., Workers at Play: A Social and Economic History of Leisure 19181939 (London, 1986), p. 15Google Scholar. It was the first palais de danse [nb 1] to be built in Britain. I used to go to Hanford & Richards mid forties early fifties. Any reccomends? Can anyone remember Reg Guest Trio and Ian King Trio? Clear editor. The main dance hall with a floor of 105 feet (32m) by 85 feet (26m) which accommodated 600 dancers. 9 (London, 1935), pp. The Palais de Danse, Nottingham. It is an odd omission, as the architecture of pleasure has generated a growing body of scholarship. During the Second World War it was requisitioned by the Army as a dining area for the troops stationed in the town. 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. At no time before had so many people danced so regularly and attracted so much contemporary interest and debate. top palias sounds well there's been quiet a few but here go's. The Palais de Danse is Nottingham's most famous nightclub. We married in February 1961 and emigrated to New Zealand in October 1962. 26 Architectural Journal, 26 February 1930, pp. in 1913 to 3 10s. 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. Facing the stairs is a lounge, with settees, wicker chairs, glass topped tables. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). 44 Architectural Journal, 26 February 1930, pp. Something went wrong, please try again later. I didn't even recognise them until Jarv sayed hello to them. 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. The faade of the main dance hall was given a canopy edged in slate to match the surrounding buildings, while the rest consisted of red and grey dark-brick panels separated with recessed blind windows of brightly coloured glass mosaic, bordered above and below with fascias of Sicilian white marble.Footnote 71 The mosaic was the work of Fred Millett (192080), a mural artist with an extensive portfolio in both the public and private sectors, having worked on commissions for London County Council, Hertfordshire schools, the Post Office and National Westminster Bank.Footnote 72 The dance hall's internal illumination included strip lighting around the edge of the balcony and bandstand, interspersed with frequent use of sputnik-like spotlights in the contemporary style. lol anyway attende every palias dayer and all the niters that followed d.jed ther in the bali hi saturday nie session i used to run in the early 80''s we used to do that then get a taxi to stafford's top of the world awesome times used to attend with mick .h ,dennis lambert , shaun turner, dave taylor ,tony garnett, the brit crowd of the day plus the colemans regulars. Bandstands became highly decorative. Hello Bill, Im not 100% sure but I think it very likely that the Mansfields did play the Palais at some stage or other. 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. 84 The Stage, 10 August 1961, p. 5, and Nathan, P., ed., CLH says The Collected Observations, Instructions and Philosophies of C.L. You've Got To Love Your Baby - Millionaires, Funnily enough I did a small piece on the Palais for my SouledOn Soul Facebook page a few days ago A lot of emmotional connections with that place for reasons you'll see below Cliff Bennett is very much alive and well and performed in Nottingham's Old Market Square at the Nottingham Pulse festival last summer. Mrz 2009 in Edmonton, Kanada.Der europische Teil der I Am Tour begann am 26. Great memories of this place. Mike Knight is second from the right and my dad is the chap wearing the party hat, 22nd April 2012 "Notts Palais Crew" by Souled On Soul, on Flickr, And here's a very rare image of the Palais I found after a lot of searching t'internet, nottingham palais by world of andrew woodyatt, on Flickr. 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 . There was a good crowd in and we had a really great night. They were brilliant they were on more or less every three months and always went to see them. Want to read more Leicestershire nostalgia? Has data issue: true By this time our small gathering of Gedling lads had certainly grown in size. This phase ended in tears after police intervention. 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. The crowd walked round the outside of the dancefloor. There were often more men than women and you had to dance by yourself. Then the Palais again, then Oceana, and currently 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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 14. 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. 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. 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. 15 See Godbolt, Jim, A History of Jazz in Britain, 191950 (London, 2005)Google Scholar. 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. Hi John, yes great days, wonderful memories of our younger days. 79 Nottingham Evening Post, 11 April 1925, p. 3. 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. The Nottingham House of Correction on St Johns Street is now the modern day junction of Glasshouse Street and King Edward Street where the club sits. 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??) The Palais De Danse, Upper Parliament Street. During the late 1980s the Palais de Danse reinvented itself as a popular nightclub venue. The Majestic dance hall in Crewe, for example, was opened in 1961 by the Rank Organisation (which had diversified into dancing as cinema-going declined) following its conversion from a Gaumont cinema in a building originally erected as a picture house in 1911.Footnote 29 One of the most famous conversions from cinema to dance hall was the Rivoli Ballroom, Brockley, south London, opened in 1959.Footnote 30 The Locarno, Blackburn, was converted by the Mecca group from the former Olympia cinema at a cost of 130,000 in 1959.Footnote 31 Mecca became the largest name in dance-hall ownership and was particularly influential in the development of the building type. 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. 51 Details provided by Museum Services, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. 1821Google Scholar. 82 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1838, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Dance Floor (1961). This transformation in dance culture came about through a combination of increasing prosperity and greater leisure time for large parts of the population, a relaxation of social mores concerning dress and social interaction between men and women, and transatlantic cultural developments. 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. Its very interesting that people remember so much about the Palais, Ive a quantity of records of band stuff, payments for wages etc, and heard of the antics of many. Fast forward to 1978. Happy days. 40 Modern Dance and Dancer (March 1938), p. 13, and Munro, Dancing Mad. 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. Not now but used to be, Cycling C.T.C.,Badminton,Judo and Karate,Holidays,Dancing modern at first then old time and sequence. Building began in the city's Frogmore Street in 1963 and was completed in 1966. Yes Colemans was a big oblong room with seats round the outside. 1 Dundee Evening Telegraph, 7 January 1919, p. 7. Fig. Rob Smith was forever hammering it but it just sounded so good blasting through that sound system. 39 Dancing Times, March 1928, pp. Virtually all dance halls, right up to their decline in the 1960s, used live music, which would continue through the evening practically non-stop. Heimann, Joint Chairman, Mecca Ltd (London, 1963), p. 23Google Scholar. May 14, 2012 In I love the Palais for some of the most endearing and enduring friendships I have ever made. It was known as Greyfriars Hall and was opened by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Walter Wessen, on 8 October 1929. Performer: Wayne King and his Orch.Writer: Sid PhillipsFox Trot.Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. 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.

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