We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Happy days. The upstairs bars were decorated in a glamorous modern members club style, with buttoned leather panels and copper downlighters on the walls. 56 The Builder, 14 November 1924, pp. 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. Discover (and save!) Not now but used to be, Cycling C.T.C.,Badminton,Judo and Karate,Holidays,Dancing modern at first then old time and sequence. 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. It was originally designed as a dance hall and billiard saloon. The main dance hall with a floor of 105 feet (32m) by 85 feet (26m) which accommodated 600 dancers. I was a regular for four years from 1976 so not quite the golden KTF period. Appearing as Twos Company the next date was 05/11/1967. Fig. This multi-class audience for dance halls, and the democratisation it represented, was reflected in their design and even their names. 72 Ibid. 34 Kimber, Jane, Danse to the Music of Time, Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group Newsletter, 19 (Autumn 2008), p. 7Google Scholar. The two I remember most at both the Palais and Coleman's were the Malibus - Gee Baby (I Love You), and Johnny Ross and the Soul Explosions' version of I can't Help Myself - a 200mph belter. Acoustics, an architectural science still in its infancy, was also a consideration. Every aspect of their design was carefully considered by entrepreneurs who were often at the forefront of the newly emerging leisure industry. 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. 69 Architect and Building News, 19 July 1961, pp. 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. 19 The 42 The Builder, 8 March 1929, pp. We have two adult sons and weve all visited Mansfield on several occasions. Hale, Matthew By 54 Brodie, Antonia, ed., Directory of British Architects 18341914, 2 vols (2001), II, p. 809Google Scholar, and Nottingham Civic Society, Draft List of Local Heritage Assets of the City of Nottingham, 9 December 2013. The final crucial design and technical challenge of the dance hall was the bandstand. 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. More Info Running Horse 202-204 Alfreton Road Conrads Chopins 509-511 Alfreton Road Skyy Bar 511a Alfreton Road Stork Club (2) Blueprint His encore was 'Now is the Time' which he reprised. In 1997 it was given another makeover and re-appeared as a new night club. Excellent harmonies. We used to go to most of the Nottingham ballrooms,The Palais, The Queens , The Elizabethan Rooms, The Sherwood Rooms Etc. Coco Tang Bridlesmith Gate The Cabin 'Hanford and Richards' on, I think, Columber St is something I recall when learning to dance. Guest malc gibbons, November 8, 2008, Soul Source - A Soul music magazine 16 See Walton, John K., The Re-making of a Popular Resort: Blackpool Tower and the Boom of the 1890s, Local Historian, 24 (1994), pp. 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. 70 Jeremy, and Gould, Caroline, Coventry: The Making of a Modern City 193973 (Swindon, 2016), pp. Juni begann Beyonc den dritten Teil ihrer Tour in den USA und beendete diesen mit einem viertgigen Auftritt im Encore Las Vegas .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. I have 100's of sixties music on my iPod and listen to those memories as I drive around on the tractor. Each night of the week targeted a different audience. The aspirational nature of the building was further reflected in the various facilities provided. they are all faves of mine too.i love the tunes from "The Palais", youve got great taste mate ! The movement was inspired by Cunninghams childhood game of skimming stones over a pond. 30 The Rivoli, Brockley, and the Ritz, Manchester, are both recognised for their special interest as listed buildings. Keith Woodcock from Edgehill Grove M/W now lives in Sheringham after a very successful career in the music business. Local commentators believed that the building increased the city's status. 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. 13 Readers are invited to email the author at jjn4@st-andrews.ac.uk with details of any buildings remaining. It had a small revolving circular dance floor. Big bands who played at the Palais included Joe Loss. 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. Now in those days doormen weren't the breed they are today. Such features were not unique to Newcastle. Probably our most regular gig was the New Cross Inn, Sutton. 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. Often went to the Monday night dance at the YMCA on Shakespeare street. Without this, dancing could be uncomfortable and tiring and particularly wearing on the knees and ankles. And of course by 1.30pm that queue was lost around the corner and the back of the building. 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. 4145CrossRefGoogle Scholar. It was commissioned in 1924 by the Midland Palais de Danse Company, formed by several local entrepreneurs. Then at quarter to two, a special moment. London, The National Archives, BT 31/24605/155007, Hammersmith Palais de Danse (191932). The hundreds of permanent dance halls in operation in Britain between 1918 and 1965 represented a significant expansion of the leisure industry in an age of growing mass entertainment. Palais De Danse, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham Rotating dance floor at the Palais! There were often more men than women and you had to dance by yourself. 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. Nottingham is the queen of the Midlands. The buildings that enabled this new aspect of social life transported patrons into luxurious, glamorous dream worlds of escape, and fulfilled a wide range of important social functions. 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. 1 Dundee Evening Telegraph, 7 January 1919, p. 7. 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. Others updated and altered their atmosphere regularly using such decorative schemes. 47071. Anyone with any memories? The third and final type of dance hall was built as part of a multi-purpose complex. [5], In 1957, the name was changed to the Sherwood Rooms. The floor consisted of light grey marble-effect tiles, interspersed with a starburst design, and the walls were clad in alternate wood laminate and fabric panels, with black leatherette quilted panels, which adding a feeling of softness and luxury to the scheme. Great tune. At the time, Harry was drummer with the Palaiss resident trio, The Mike Miller Set, led by singer/guitarist Mike Hester, said Adrian. 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. . 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. In Leicester, Nottingham, Manchester and other major towns and cities, entrepreneurs cashed in on the popularity of dance. I bought myself a pair and used to change my socks in the toilet when I got there and again on the way home! Not just because it's quality but because of the crowds thunderous claps at the right times. 1934), personal communication, Dundee, 11 March 2011. Naturally he played his big hits such as 'I'll go where the music takes me' but we also got 'This heart of mine' and a favourite of mine from school days 'A man like you'. During the Second World War it was requisitioned by the Army as a dining area for the troops stationed in the town. Used to have aquick drink in the Horse & Jockey just across the road back in those days., as did many Palais-De-Dance fans. Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon. First, it offered a practical solution to the problem of providing non-stop music. Mecca's Bali Hai cocktail bars, found in many of its dance halls at this time, were full-scale escapist fantasies. Adrian recalled during his time with Ivor the band also included Joe and Fred on saxophones and Bill on the trumpet. Jewellers began using palladium in 1939 as a platinum alternative when creating white gold. Adrian, who now lives in Durham, joined Ivor following a summer season at Torquay. 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. Wright, Catherine And for 15 minutes we had the whole of the Palais de Danse to ourselves. 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. In a music career spanning more than 54 years, Adrian has worked with many of the best known names and musicians in showbusiness. 53 The Builder, 14 November 1924, p. 759. Its Blackpool venue (Fig. 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??) Heimann, Joint Chairman, Mecca Ltd (London, 1963), p. 23Google Scholar. "Their organist was Graham Elliott, who I used to practise jazz with during the daytime in the large, empty Palais hall.. However, the backbone of the patronage was provided by the lower-middle and working classes more shop girls and factory workers than celebrities, and it was estimated that three million people had danced there by 1928.Footnote 39 Despite having begun as a conversion, the Hammersmith Palais continued as a dance hall well into the post-war era and was even given an elaborate new neon frontage in the early 1960s (Fig. Innovation led to a unique architectural feature the sprung dance floor. 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. Ladies Boudoir, Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums). It was designed by Gillinson, Barnett & Partners and developed by Mecca at a cost of 2 million. He also remembered well-known drummer Harry Ovenall, who had flirted with fame with Leicester groups The Farinas and Family. 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. 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. 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. Throughout the interwar period, leading dance bands were resident in elite nightspots: for example, Roy Fox at the Monseigneur Restaurant; Ambrose and his Orchestra at the Mayfair Hotel; and both Jack Hylton and the Savoy Orpheans at the Savoy Hotel.Footnote 15 These well-known dance venues (increasingly popularised by live outdoor broadcasts on the new BBC and by newspaper reports) offered inspiration for public dance halls of more diverse working-class origins. 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. 24 Duncan, Andrew, Hammersmith's Palaces of Pleasure, Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group Newsletter, 12 (Spring 2005), p. 4Google Scholar. I was 9 years old and it was Christmas. 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. 28 Allen, Carl, London Gig Venues (Stroud, 2016), pp. This crowd was going to get bigger as the day progressed. My first encounter with the Palais came about 1971. I still have that velvet bow tie locked away in a box of keepsakes and memories. Many of the Musicians from the former Orch. Postcard view of the Chinese themed interior, Hammersmith Palais, 1921 (author's private collection). Normally we were restricted to the sandwiches and coka cola we could cram into our Adidas sports bags. 48 Daily Mirror, 12 February 1960, p. 23. 34750, and University of Sussex, Mass Observation Archive [hereafter MOA], Music Dancing and Jazz [hereafter MDJ] 3/A, C.L. In the early 90s the Palais was briefly used as a rave club. 3 Paul Holt, Daily Express, 16 November 1938, p. 16, and Economist, 14 February 1953, p. 401. 75962. Your previous content has been restored. Spotlights playfully danced around the crowded floor, too. By To see what we've already added, just go to google search and type in "Pre Ten Years After" that should get you to the exact page. 27 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1833/d, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Stage (1961). Two records I remember from there were, Love of the common people Nikki Thomas, The latter people would sit in the floor in front of each other sitting between the person behinds, legs, and rock backward and forward and side to side. I remember the Palais when the most popular performers were Johnny Gold & The Sovereigns and The Newtones. 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. The seats were always taken as when someone got up one of the walkers would sit down. It was soon appreciated that boards should be laid in the direction of travel of the dancers as they progressed around the dance floor in a circular fashion. For this reason there are many records that for me, are Palais records. and Yep, a lot of those records later released on Grapevine and Destiny, Lover - Delites, She Said Goodbye - Billy Hambric, "Palais Stomp" The Champion will always remind me of Notts. Fig. Architects enjoyed the possibilities such spaces provided. 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. Enhancing the escapism of the dance hall were the crucial sensory pleasures it provided. 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. 84345. 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. Must have enjoyed myself because I remember it so well. I remember the Jbirds and also my late husband Johnny Gold playing there. Used to be a group around at that time called the "Jaybirds." Will be playing both (plus some Syvie Vartan) at True Blue at the Albany Club in Coventry on 16/12/16. 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. Later on until a few year ago we were into sequence dancing and used to go to Bestwood Miners Welfare,, Calverton Miners Welfare, Gedling Miners Welfare and others. 98 For further detail on the decline of dance halls, see Nott, Going to the Palais, pp. I used to go to the Palais twice a week, 1956/7. 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. My name is real and feel free to contact me with any information. 65 Cinema-going declined in the mid-1920s during the first wave of interest in dancing. Average weekly earnings for industrial workers grew by 34 per cent between 1955 and 1960, and by 130 per cent between 1955 and 1969. 50 Lawrence, David, Always a Welcome: The Glove Compartment History of the Motorway Service Area (London, 1999), pp. In addition to its core working- and lower-middle-class patronage, it was used by upper classes from the region, and much further afield, at its various events. Much of my Northern Soul early life centered around the Palais All Dayers, mid to late seventies. 85 Sandy Melville (b. I went by the nickname "Bonk" back then if that rings any bells. 1896), whose interwar work also included the Casino Assembly Rooms in Stepney, east London, which contained a ballroom.Footnote 42 A notable survival, the Ritz dance hall built in Manchester in 1928, was an early work of the Manchester practice of Cruickshank and Seward.Footnote 43, Choosing well-established architects demonstrated the willingness of dance-hall businesses to make significant investments and helped attract publicity. So in 1971 I found myself in this wonderful exotic place called the Bali Hai with strange looking plastic trees, surrounded by sandwiches, cakes and jelly, listening to "Chirpy Cheep Cheep" by Middle Of The Road. 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