They also advertised the fact. Enhancing the escapism of the dance hall were the crucial sensory pleasures it provided. 34750, and University of Sussex, Mass Observation Archive [hereafter MOA], Music Dancing and Jazz [hereafter MDJ] 3/A, C.L. A few years later Ric Lee joined the well known rock band Ten years After and actually played at the world famous Woodstock festival. 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. Ling, recognising that the removal of traffic might leave the precinct empty once the shops were closed, worked hard to keep the area alive by introducing new uses to the precinct. Meanwhile, sitters out and balcony watchers (always a significant proportion of the dance-hall crowd) provided a constant background accompaniment with their gossip, horseplay and chatter.Footnote 95, Movement, another key sensory experience of the dance hall, was vital to the liberty and freedom it symbolised. Consumerism expanded, with home ownership among manual workers reaching 40 per cent by 1962.Footnote 80 The architecture of the dance hall reflected this further democratisation of pleasure, the new centrality of the working class to national life, and a new version of modernity. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). Seizing on the popularity of these venues among the growing numbers of working-class holidaymakers on the coast, entrepreneurs established dance halls up and down the country. Henry Holmes Dawson (18771964) seemingly worked with Thraves only on the palais, as he was in a London-based partnership with H.W. Allerdyce from 1920. Fig. 10. Frontage of the Nottingham Palais, showing its illuminated globe, 1925 (Nottingham City Council and picturethepast.org.uk) Even Sam played it at the Locarno on more than one occasion. It is possibly best remembered by club goers as the Ritzy and by clubbers across the Promotional literature for the Locarno, Stevenage, 1961 (Museum Services, Stevenage, Hertfordshire), Opened in April 1925, the Nottingham Palais de Danse typifies the purpose-built dance hall from the height of the dance craze in the mid-1920s. 99104. One of my mates actually hit it off with a young lady and did eventually marry her and still was, up to a couple of years ago. The site became vacant when Nottingham Prison was demolished. cheers John.It was a good pub the Horse and Jockey. Previously, a change of band involved halting the dancing while equipment, instruments and players were moved on and off the stage. Required fields are marked *, I consent to my name and e-mail address being stored along with this comment, and to the website editors communicating with me by e-mail about the comment if necessary. Went mad on the floor. 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. It was originally designed as a dance hall hasContentIssue true, CONVERSIONS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE DANCE HALL, DANCE HALLS AND THE MULTI-PURPOSE COMPLEX, Copyright The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain 2018. The Palais de Danse, Nottingham. Its emergence and popularity following the First World War reflected improvements in the social and economic well-being of the working and lower middle classes. Our first opportunity to assess the size of the queue and who we could spot. 2. I used to love the deserted streets. 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. anyway back to Colemans, we would meet at the pub round the corner, turned into a amusment arcade. 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. Virtually all the surveys of the period suggest the same. The History of the British Holiday Camp, A Broken Wave: The Rebuilding of England 19401980, Coventry: The Making of a Modern City 193973, Workers at Play: A Social and Economic History of Leisure 19181939, The Measurement of Consumers Expenditure and Behaviour in the United Kingdom, 19201938: Volume II, into another kind of life in which anything might happen Popular Music and Late Modernity, 19101930, CLH says The Collected Observations, Instructions and Philosophies of C.L. 60 Nottingham Evening Post, 9 February 1929, p. 5. st ives to me, has certain stand out records Eddie Reagan, billy prophet, susan coleman etc all wigan biggies im sure, but when you only ventured 'close go home' I suppose they evoke memories of certain venues ? Every one of those records to me are Casino tunes. 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. Promoting its opening night in 1925, for example, the Nottingham Palais drew attention to its luxurious lounges with settees and gold chairs, and its refinement in serving dainty teas.Footnote 79 Uniformed attendants, smart waiting staff and an attention to service all added to the creation of an atmosphere previously reserved for those in higher levels of society. You can post now and register later. A strange but belting instrumental. 10. More Info Running Horse 202-204 Alfreton Road Conrads Chopins 509-511 Alfreton Road Skyy Bar 511a Alfreton Road Stork Club (2) Blueprint 4. Acoustics, an architectural science still in its infancy, was also a consideration. It made over three times its original capital in the first twelve months and rapidly became known both nationally and internationally. The music rises to a final chord, the drummer crashes on the cymbal [] There is a steady din of conversation.Footnote 92. 26 Architectural Journal, 26 February 1930, pp. There were dance halls constructed in buildings converted from other uses, purpose-built dance halls, and dance halls in multi-purpose entertainment buildings. However, this was a temporary structure, not a permanent dance hall. Heimann (1938). In a music career spanning more than 54 years, Adrian has worked with many of the best known names and musicians in showbusiness. 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. 5. for this article. 64 The Builder, 14 December 1934, p. 1035. Can anyone remember Reg Guest Trio and Ian King Trio? Used to go to colemans at the weekend, upstairs i think, we would just walk round and round and round, crazy. Appearing as Twos Company the next date was 05/11/1967. Enjoyed other peoples recollections of the Palais, the place where I met my now wife Margaret & actually danced to musicians. 1 Dundee Evening Telegraph, 7 January 1919, p. 7. 38 Parsonage, Catherine, The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 18801935 (Aldershot, Hampshire, 2005), p. 130Google Scholar. And heres a modern simulation of what the looked and sounded like in those days? 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. 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. It was founded by Carl Heimann, who in 1927 created an offshoot of the parent firm Ye Mecca Cafs. 9 (London, 1935), pp. In the 1920s, borrowing from US cinema designs, atmospherics was widely used to create escapism in the dance hall.Footnote 87 This design trend was about bringing the outside inside, with interiors made to resemble Spanish patios or Italian villa gardens (as seen in the Spanish Hall at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, and the Italianate lake backdrop on the main stage in the Tower Ballroom). 13).Footnote 70 The sense of theatricality was enhanced by the entrance to the main dance hall being reached via a glass-sided covered air bridge, two stories above ground level, which linked the tower with the main building above the shops. The Chinese theme reached a climax at the centre of the dance floor, where a model mountain was created, complete with replica village and fountain. 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. "At the time, Val was the top entertainment personality in the UK and my first concert with him, straight from the Palais, was at the London Palladium, starting a 16-week gig there.. dances at the Clinton Rooms on Thurland St.,.Saturday evenings were O.K but Wednesday nights were known as grab a Granny night. You went in one night and picked up a ticket for free entry for next night. 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. Probably our most regular gig was the New Cross Inn, Sutton. 9298. Patrons of different classes were often segregated by temporal and spatial means. 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. By I remember the Palais when the most popular performers were Johnny Gold & The Sovereigns and The Newtones. 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. The so-called dance craze spread rapidly. In the 1920s, the class profile of the Nottingham Palais varied from day to day, as private functions closed the hall to the general public and attracted a more specialised, usually middle-class audience. Average weekly money wages rose from 1 12s. I know Curly is around and about, just not bumped into each other yet but I'm sure we will soon. 3 Paul Holt, Daily Express, 16 November 1938, p. 16, and Economist, 14 February 1953, p. 401. 84 The Stage, 10 August 1961, p. 5, and Nathan, P., ed., CLH says The Collected Observations, Instructions and Philosophies of C.L. If I remember Monday Night was for a younger crowd and we were always trying to get in the Bali Hi downstairs. Nov 21, 2013 - This Pin was discovered by Keith Lenthall Wells. Although dance halls were comparatively egalitarian spaces, this quality should not be overstated. 95 MOA, WC, 48/C, Observations of Saturday Night, 3 April 1937, pp. He added: And then running back just in time to change into awful, long brocade jackets and start the change over with Mike Millers trio and us simultaneously playing The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt aboard the revolving stage. Alongside this was the growth of a highly commercialised leisure industry, which contributed to a new popular culture dominated by transatlantic trends. It was designed by Gillinson, Barnett & Partners and developed by Mecca at a cost of 2 million. 58 See photographs of the interior at picturethepast.org.uk (accessed on 31 May 2018). I remember the music being so loud, it would have been the early seventies, Many happy memories of the palais,Ted Heath did not play there,but the place for big bands was Festival Hall Kirkby, Many big bands played there admission 3/6d to 5 shillings.Ted Heath I paid 7/6d a very lot of money in those days. Even got "Paper Lace" - Billy don't be a hero & The night Chicago died.What happened to them I wonder? It subsequently changed its name in the 1990s to MGM and in 1999 became Ocean[7] a club mainly used by students. From the mid-1960s, dance halls were rapidly replaced by discos and nightclubs, or closed altogether. Such spaces increasingly became formalised as publicans and entrepreneurs saw the potential profits to be gained by opening separate dancing rooms and halls in urban areas. We are both still alive and live in a rural area of the Wairarapa 90 minutes drive north of Wellington. Much of my Northern Soul early life centered around the Palais All Dayers, mid to late seventies. 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. It had a small revolving circular dance floor. 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. The Tottenham Palais, which opened in 1925, was converted from a roller-skating rink built in 1910.Footnote 28 Sometimes the two businesses operated side by side, as in the Cricklewood dance hall and skating rink, northwest London, in the 1920s (Fig. 5 Liverpool Record Office, 347/JUS/1/5, Register of Licenses for Music, Singing and Dancing 191926, and Newcastle, Tyne and Wear Archives [hereafter TWA], Newcastle Magistrates Court Collection, MG.Nc 7/4, Licensing Minutes 191735. } Just searched "The Spy" on Youtube. In fact anything outdoors ! Seen you pop up on a few of Coop's images now and again. And my late father was one of the doormen at the time. 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 your own Pins on Pinterest 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. By Mecca was particularly forward-looking and worked hard with local planners to ensure that its dance halls were at the heart of Britain's new town and city centres, the Locarno, Coventry, discussed below, being a significant example.Footnote 67 Similar shopping-centre dance halls were opened by Mecca in Portsmouth and Basildon (where it was also called the Locarno), and Birmingham (the Mayfair). It was commissioned in 1924 by the Midland Palais de Danse Company, formed by several local entrepreneurs. The Palais De Dance Nottingham, my big ( older ) Sis used to go there a lot in the mid 50s The Crystal Palace, a few yards to the right on the corner of Parliament St.was The Corner Pin and lower down Clumber St. was the (Red) Lion, Co;emans was on a tiny sidestreet called Maypole Yard. 15 See Godbolt, Jim, A History of Jazz in Britain, 191950 (London, 2005)Google Scholar. She had a dance studio at Bridlesmith Gate Nottm. Anyone with any memories? Many of the businesses behind these dance halls were local consortiums made up of investors with other interests in the entertainment industry. At Christmas? know one of paper lace was later working as a joiner. 7), designed by Clement Stretton and George Nott and opened in 1926, drew particular praise from The Builder for its elegant arcaded faade with neoclassical swag decoration.Footnote 47 The Astoria Palais de Danse in Bolton (Fig. I dont have an exact date for this but it would be about March/April 1968. 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. 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. We used to go to "grab a granny night" on Thursday nights and a nod to Mick always got my mate and I in for free. 32 See MOA, MDJ, 3/A, C.L. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. From the mid-1920s to the mid-1960s, the dance hall occupied a pivotal place in the culture of working- and lower-middle-class communities in Britain. Also, will accept photos of the venues where they played. and The Builder, 9 September 1960, p. 471. Good post mate. 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. "Other vocal duties were carried out by bass guitarist Fran Black, who had played with the famous all-ladies Ivy Benson band. 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. Adrian, who now lives in Durham, joined Ivor following a summer season at Torquay. 21 See Walton, Blackpool Tower, pp. Wollaston offered several anonymous offers for anyone who could isolate palladium, so the elements discovery was credited to Richard Chenevix in 1803. Regular contributor, Michael Clarke, caught up with Adrian Tilbrook, who was the bands drummer at the Humberstone Gate Mecca dance hall in 1968-69. More common in the interwar period and actually constructed were fusions between dance halls and cinemas, largely led by cinema owners afraid of dancing's threat to their business.Footnote 65 Manchester was particularly well served by these so-called super cinemas. Got P**d off with meeting Paper Lace.our chargehand 'slothead' at bell fruit was the drummers dadso they were always being pushed on us. We also played the Festival Hall, Kirkby as well as many pubs and clubs in the area. Cannot remember Ted Heath playing at the Palais in MansfieldHe did perform at Welbeck Abbey in the summer of 1951. If any body remembers me Mansfield, Blidworth, Rainworth areas ladies and gents Hello. Special thanks to Dr Julian Holder whose sterling work in editing improved this piece immeasurably. See also Harwood, Elain, Space, Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture, 19451975 (London, 2015), p. 317Google Scholar. Sons and Lovers were a great local Ruddington band, dont think they are playing anymore but anyone that remembers them, good film on You Tube, Sons and Lovers live at the Festival Inn, Trowell, doing I got rhythm with original members, great watch. 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. my memory is going what was the pubs name? 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. 27 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1833/d, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Stage (1961). 6465Google Scholar. He said: I dont recall a specific male vocalist, but keyboard player Ivor and lead guitarist Will did some singing. 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. Fig. People of different classes did attend the Nottingham Palais, but they did not necessarily mix. April 2009 in Zagreb, Kroatien und endete am 9. The very name adopted by the modern dance hall, palais de danse, emphasises this ambition. But most of all I love the Palais because I got see my dad. We still have lots of friends in the Mansfield area. The final date was the 4 musicians backing Heinz (formerly bass player with The Tornados). I heard he had some problems after dropping off the scene. On their first trip into Nottingham he and a group of other airmen enquired where the action was. I boughtboth of them from Selectadisc but unfortunately they "disappeared" over the years. I have some pieces written by Adela and also by Victor Sylvester at her home. 5). 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. Suzanne Gallo designed the costumesloose fitting white tops and pants. 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. My lass went a few times late seventies early eighties. then Mapperley Hall Drive, finally Tudor Court, Watson Avenue, where she died, a lovely lady we got on so very well as I did with Freddie, she was close friends of Dorothy Hinton who resided adj, also in the music trade, ran the Eight Bells. 10) was high. Started my time on the scene in 78 at the Palais. 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. Worked in the downstairs bar. 1934), personal communication, Dundee, 11 March 2011. 1821Google Scholar. 199204Google Scholar. I used to work part time evenings in the bar at the Palais during the 1960s. BTW is M Raynor any relation to Beryl Raynor who I worked with at Ladybrook Primary School in 1961? 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. The larger of the two, the Majestic, was decorated to represent a mosque, with prayer mats hanging from the walls and a star-painted ceiling.Footnote 88 The exoticism continued in the names of the lounges the Alcazar Lounge and the Baghdad Lounge. During the late 1980s the Palais de Danse reinvented itself as a popular nightclub venue. Despite the nod to classical tradition in much of its external architecture, the Hammersmith Palais embraced modernity in its role as an important venue for the introduction of jazz to Britain. According to a Mass Observation report on Bolton's dance halls in 1938, The conclusion arrived at is that the dance hall forms a social centre which serves to insulate the individual from the unpleasant realities of everyday life. 2019. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Excellent harmonies. Fig. This crowd was going to get bigger as the day progressed. Your link has been automatically embedded. 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. Not just because it's quality but because of the crowds thunderous claps at the right times. 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 You think I get spare time after managing this lot? It was the Mansfields who were the band during the competition. The Palais de Danse is Nottinghams most famous nightclub. Again all tunes that for me mate are Station road memories. All three of them had great memories of their times with the band with Stuart telling me that as my cousin was only 14 when they invited him to join, they had to persuade my aunt and uncle to let him join up and that they as worldly-wise 18 year olds would look after him! Nottingham is the queen of the Midlands. 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". 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