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. 92 MOA, WC, 48/C, 1938, p. 1. Mm, come to think of it I'm not sure that "is that you, that you baby" has any merit either. 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. Something went wrong, please try again later. Heimann (1938). .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. In Liverpool, for example, the Grafton Ballroom (opened in 1924) was designed by Alfred Ernest Shennan (18881959), whose output in the Merseyside area included cinemas, hotels, banks and office blocks in a signature Art Deco style, together with a synagogue distinct in its Swedish-inflected functionalism.Footnote 41 The architect commissioned to design the Palais de Danse in Croydon (also built in 1924) was Hume Victor Kerr (b. 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 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. I believe he was a big pusher of that particular tune. The site became vacant when Nottingham Prison was demolished. 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. Is the building still there in Mansfield and if so what is it used for now? Ladies Boudoir, Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums). Nottstalgia Nottingham Forums 21 See Walton, Blackpool Tower, pp. The architect commissioned to make the conversion was Bertie Crewe (d. 1937), one of the country's leading theatre architects, who had designed over a hundred theatres, music halls and cinemas throughout Britain, including the Piccadilly and Shaftesbury theatres in London and the Palace Theatre, Manchester.Footnote 34 Booker and Mitchell's decision to employ an architect of national standing was indicative of their determination to make an architectural statement as a way of enhancing the reputation of their new venture. Then I received a call to join Val Doonicans backing band, the John Currie Quartet, full-time. Used to love it. Enhancing the escapism of the dance hall were the crucial sensory pleasures it provided. Personally, one of my fave records from the Palais dayers was Toni Basil's "Beakaway". Why was I at the Palais in 1971? 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. 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Fig. 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. When we werent dancing there we were probably at the Cavendish. 82 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1838, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Dance Floor (1961). Always enjoyed it in there back in 1969. I met my wife to be at the Palais in 1959. 7. Still see Kempy and Gail on a regular basis. Seen you pop up on a few of Coop's images now and again. 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. 1934), personal communication, Dundee, 11 March 2011. Purpose-built dance halls had a confident street presence that was not always the case with conversions. One record that always reminds me of the Palais on a Monday Night was Jackie Edwards - Feel So Bad, this was way back in the late 60's and early 70's. 6). Each year from 1918 to 1965, between roughly 2000 and 3000 venues were licensed for regular dancing in Britain.Footnote 4 The number of venues in individual towns and cities could be correspondingly large. It was really the Good Old days. At Christmas? Happy days. A very popular and lively venue, especially when run (from 1991) by Nottingham blues legend Barry Middleton. 47071. One thing I noticed was a couple of ex chart Northern sounds that had been re-activated and played to a packed dance floor. Had some good nights at the old Palais as a teenager in the early sixties, probably the most memorable being the appearance/s of the then, Shane Fenton, (later to become Alvin Stardust), sadly no longer with us. Both moved on from the band around 1967 to have successful careers in business. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). Virtually all the surveys of the period suggest the same. Palais De Danse, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham Rotating dance floor at the Palais! Building began in the city's Frogmore Street in 1963 and was completed in 1966. 4).Footnote 36 The interior design (on the right) was a chinoiserie fantasy employing the contemporary fashion for oriental motifs. Often went to the Monday night dance at the YMCA on Shakespeare street. 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. 11. The same probably goes for Cobblestone. Even Sam played it at the Locarno on more than one occasion. They may well haveappeared when they were called Ricky Storm and the Stormcats from 1962. 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. The dances performed there were the height of fashion no outdated sequence dances or polkas for Hammersmith, but foxtrots, quicksteps and the modern waltz. 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. The palatial references of the architecture corresponded with the term adopted for the modern dance hall, palais de danse (literally palace of dance), which reflects the marketing strategy that made affordable luxury a key part of the attraction. 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