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The lighting comprised a series of large exotic lamps in translucent glass, decorated with a mixture of Art Deco and oriental patterns to resemble stylised Chinese lanterns, supplemented by the dramatic use of changing coloured spotlights focused on the dance-floor fountain. We moved down to Kent in the late 80s. For this reason there are many records that for me, are Palais records. For more detail see Nott, Going to the Palais, chapter 1. The upstairs bars were decorated in a glamorous modern members club style, with buttoned leather panels and copper downlighters on the walls. Now reside in Norwich,Mansfield visit to see family every 6/8weeks Ron Brown. While the numbers of cinemas were tallied by a well-organised industry, there was no central collation of statistics regarding the dance-hall industry. Further interest was added by the use of modern decorative geometric cornice work on the ceiling, and a series of pink, burgundy and gold downlighters.Footnote 81 Inside the main hall, the large sprung dance floor was surrounded on all sides by a seating area with burgundy carpet and tables laid with crisp white linen.Footnote 82 The room's pastel colour scheme of pinks, pale green and gold detailing was at once feminine and luxurious. Fig. 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. anyway back to Colemans, we would meet at the pub round the corner, turned into a amusment arcade. Postcard view of aristocratic mural paintings in the vestibule of the Palais de Danse, Derby, 1923 (author's private collection). and 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 One thing I noticed was a couple of ex chart Northern sounds that had been re-activated and played to a packed dance floor. Hi Bill dont live there myself now but all ways travel down twice a year for the day. If any body remembers me Mansfield, Blidworth, Rainworth areas ladies and gents Hello. } Hi Bill North yes remember Sons and Lovers 1969. 40 Modern Dance and Dancer (March 1938), p. 13, and Munro, Dancing Mad. my memory is going what was the pubs name? Beginning as a practical necessity of separating the musicians from the dancers, the bandstand developed into a distinctive architectural feature. Brian Eno composed the soundscape. Between 1914 and 1938, the average working week fell from 54 to 48 hours. Returned to the Palais when I finished working there and remember seeing Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers one night. Frontage of the Nottingham Palais, showing its illuminated globe, 1925 (Nottingham City Council and picturethepast.org.uk), The principal faade was a barely resolved hybrid of modernity and tradition typical of commercial architecture of the period, a bid to be seen as both democratic and respectable. 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. Keith Woodcock from Edgehill Grove M/W now lives in Sheringham after a very successful career in the music business. 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. I have 100's of sixties music on my iPod and listen to those memories as I drive around on the tractor. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. By I emigrated to Australia in 1972 but have very fond memories of those times. 67 See Roma Fairley, Come Dancing Miss World (London, 1966), and more generally Esher, Lionel, A Broken Wave: The Rebuilding of England 19401980 (London, 1981)Google Scholar. In its first nine months, it hosted the Original Dixieland Jazz Band on tour from the United States and, subsequently, other visiting American bands, notably Sidney Bechet in 1920.Footnote 38 It also attracted many of the best dance bands in Britain. 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. From the mid-1960s, Mecca began creating multi-purpose entertainment venues. I really liked Tommy a lot. Palais De Danse, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham Rotating dance floor at the Palais! I worked at The Sherwood Rooms part time for a while, firstly as a Bingo checker then as a ballroom assistant, just standing around in evening dress being helpful a really cushy job. When we got there we would amble down from King Street to Broadmarsh where I would meet with my soul gal back then (Sharon Dring if anyone remembers). 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. It also had dedicated band rooms for the musicians. 6). 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. Learnt to jive there! 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. 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. 74 Jones, Stephen G., Workers at Play: A Social and Economic History of Leisure 19181939 (London, 1986), p. 15Google Scholar. 39 Dancing Times, March 1928, pp. 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. Dance halls were constructed as dream worlds where working-class men and women could be transported from the reality of their lives by vibrant colour and human interaction, liberating movement and rich, emotive music, sounds and smells. The dance programme would usually last for four hours, during which about fifty dances were played.Footnote 94 The bands were skilled at creating appealing programmes of music varied, popular, and of the moment. 58 See photographs of the interior at picturethepast.org.uk (accessed on 31 May 2018). Fig. The Leeds Locarno also had an Americana food bar and Flamingo coffee bar, all indicative of a popular interest in travel and the exotic. 70 Jeremy, and Gould, Caroline, Coventry: The Making of a Modern City 193973 (Swindon, 2016), pp. Juni 2009 in London, Grobritannien.Am 21. Still see Kempy and Gail on a regular basis. The low cost, from 6d. Anyone remember any of these bands? Guys From Uncle "The Spy". Great tune. 61 Nottingham Evening Post, 9 November 1929, p. 6. In planning terms, it also reflected the thinking behind the Buchanan report on Traffic in Towns of 1963, as the precinct was designed on the principle of separating pedestrians and cars. The music rises to a final chord, the drummer crashes on the cymbal [] There is a steady din of conversation.Footnote 92. We married in February 1961 and emigrated to New Zealand in October 1962. 84345. 81 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1859, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Ticket Hall (1961). We used to go to most of the Nottingham ballrooms,The Palais, The Queens , The Elizabethan Rooms, The Sherwood Rooms Etc. Although dance halls were comparatively egalitarian spaces, this quality should not be overstated. also a Big Rob Smith spin during those days was Hank Diamond-Soul sauce, another was the Motown girlie spin: Hang on Bill-Little Lisa. It was in the underground ballroom at the Welbeck Abbey. We reverted back to the name Our Young. Your first impression is of the red glow of the room red walls, predominantly red carpets, orange and red lights [] The room is crowded. I like all of the above - except, Cobblestone is shite! 34 Kimber, Jane, Danse to the Music of Time, Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group Newsletter, 19 (Autumn 2008), p. 7Google Scholar. Am in touch with Kev Husbands via Facebook. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. .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. Henry Holmes Dawson (18771964) seemingly worked with Thraves only on the palais, as he was in a London-based partnership with H.W. It was commissioned in 1924 by the Midland Palais de Danse Company, formed by several local entrepreneurs. 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. 6d., indicates that dance organisers and commercial dance halls were aiming at a working-class audience. Finally got the Malibus. One record that stands out for me at the Palais is Lester Tipton, this won't change. In common with many entertainment venues, dance halls were sealed off from the outside world and seldom had windows. DM3a. Early dance halls featured a simple stage or raised dais to accommodate the band, but experiments were soon under way. Clear editor. Dayglo socks were all the rage then but my parents did not approve of them. The site became vacant when Nottingham Prison was demolished. Raymond, Graham Indeed, the first palais de danse in Britain, the Hammersmith Palais, was opened in 1919 by two American businessmen (Howard Booker and Frank Mitchell) who had seen these developments at first hand.Footnote 18, Fig. Music - Helping Handicapped People and people less fortunate than myself. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings. Such a shame when the twist and other non partner dances took over. top palias sounds well there's been quiet a few but here go's. Wright, Catherine Finally Hockley was left behind and the Palais loomed into view in all her magnificence and glory. 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. It was known as Greyfriars Hall and was opened by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Walter Wessen, on 8 October 1929. The site became vacant when Nottingham Prison was demolished. Palais de Dance The old Victoria Hall had been taken over by Mr and Mrs HG Roscoe in September 1929 and re-christened the Palais de Danse. The Leicester Palais (Fig. Then we would amble up through Hockley. It was originally designed as a dance hall 88 See Horace Richards, Dancing Throughout Britain, a series of six reports printed in Popular Music and Dancing Weekly, 22 November to 29 December 1934. 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. 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. 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. 12), opened in 1965, included a Locarno, a bowling alley (run by Mecca's onetime rival Top Rank), an additional modern music dance floor (the Highland Room), several bars, snooker halls and even a gym.Footnote 68, Fig. had some great nights in the pub, very small, tables to the left, bar to the right just enough room to walk through. Saw Gene Vincent, Rocking Berries, Barron Knights, Mike Berry there and many other bands, Sunday night was the best time. The final date was the 4 musicians backing Heinz (formerly bass player with The Tornados). 69 Architect and Building News, 19 July 1961, pp. Happy (but strange) days! 60 Nottingham Evening Post, 9 February 1929, p. 5. There was a small area called "The Bali Hi". 1021Google Scholar. 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. Hostname: page-component-75cd96bb89-t9pvx 2. 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, "Through these doors pass some of the most beautiful girls in the world". 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. 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.

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