Allerdyce from 1920.Footnote 54, Fig. I think nowadays its called The late lounge possibly. The aspirational nature of the building was further reflected in the various facilities provided. Nite Owl Leicester,dungeon And Beachcomber Nottingham. 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. The dcor was a patterned backcloth, reminiscent of bubbles of water, based on Roy Lichtenstein's painting Landscape with Boat. 6d., indicates that dance organisers and commercial dance halls were aiming at a working-class audience. 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. I emigrated to Australia in 1972 but have very fond memories of those times. You know that sign really should have been written "Through these doors pass some of the most beautiful SOULS in the world", heres a photo of some of the Palais staff circa 1974. As an employee we were not allowed to go there socially so it was off to Coleman's on our nights off or usually Sunday nights I think. The low cost, from 6d. Harry had an amazing drum kit, hand-painted with psychedelic designs. 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Dimmed lighting enhanced the power of the imagination, while coloured lights were used to create an ever-changing visual experience. I'm looking for photos of "The Jay Cats" - "The Jay Birds" - Early photos of Alvin Lee, Leo Lyons, Ric Lee, Dave Quickmire - Ten Years After..this also includes any and all photos of these bands and people for use on our websites. 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. 17. 79, 85. 89 Dancing Times (October 1931), pp. This article examines how the architecture of dance halls represented moments of optimism, escapism and modernity in British history in the period 191865. The Jubilee Hall, which was the Co-op, and the Corporation Hall. Then the Palais again, then Oceana, and currently Pryzm. 39 Dancing Times, March 1928, pp. Not very active now. 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. 79 Nottingham Evening Post, 11 April 1925, p. 3. During the Second World War it was requisitioned by the Army as a dining area for the troops stationed in the town. Fast forward to 1978. The Leeds Locarno also had an Americana food bar and Flamingo coffee bar, all indicative of a popular interest in travel and the exotic. Even got "Paper Lace" - Billy don't be a hero & The night Chicago died.What happened to them I wonder? .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 Leicester, Nottingham, Manchester and other major towns and cities, entrepreneurs cashed in on the popularity of dance. 15 See Godbolt, Jim, A History of Jazz in Britain, 191950 (London, 2005)Google Scholar. and Long Row, resided Plains Row Nottm. The Palais de Danse is Nottingham's most famous nightclub. 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. Palais De Danse, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham Rotating dance floor at the Palais! 1821Google Scholar. 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. It was originally designed as a dance hall Hi Bill dont live there myself now but all ways travel down twice a year for the day. Here's a few that I'm talking about (I could list loads). During the 1920s and 1930s, advertisements emphasised the luxurious nature of the dance-hall experience. After the war the building was restored to its former glory and together with its famous school of dancing, thrived for most of the next two decades until its eventual closure in 1967. 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. 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. The club is used as a student night club for both of the universities in Nottingham. Remnants of this approach to atmospherics could be seen in some dance halls as late as the 1950s and 1960s, despite the more functional Contemporary style taking its place. Originally named the Palais de Danse when it opened as a dance hall in 1925, it later became the popular nightclub Ritzy in the late 1980s. Not now but used to be, Cycling C.T.C.,Badminton,Judo and Karate,Holidays,Dancing modern at first then old time and sequence. Often went there for a couple of beers before going over the road to the Palais. 58 See photographs of the interior at picturethepast.org.uk (accessed on 31 May 2018). 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'. 1 Dundee Evening Telegraph, 7 January 1919, p. 7. Fantastic to go to an all nighter on the Saturday and straight to the Palais for another 12 hours of dancing on the Sunday, just cos we could. 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. The building opened as a palais de danse to replace Victoria Halls in Talbot Street. 84 The Stage, 10 August 1961, p. 5, and Nathan, P., ed., CLH says The Collected Observations, Instructions and Philosophies of C.L. Returned to the Palais when I finished working there and remember seeing Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers one night. First, it offered a practical solution to the problem of providing non-stop music. Others updated and altered their atmosphere regularly using such decorative schemes. I later appeared there as a performer myself. 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. At the bottom of the sheet it mentions INSIST ON A UNION BAND FOR YOUR DANCES! February 8, 2011 in 60's Nottingham. 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. My first encounter with the Palais came about 1971. Paste as plain text instead, They also advertised the fact. 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. The Its Stag Room offered men electric shavers, hair cream and free shoeshine. My future wife, Sylvia Chesterman was from Alfreton and I was born in Mansfield many years ago! The width and direction of floorboards also had to be given careful thought, with some experts arguing that a floor of secret-nailed, tongue-and-groove floorboards in narrow widths gave the best effect. Many of the Mecca dance halls became bingo halls. It had a small revolving circular dance floor. Happy days mate. What a pair of real gents they were and full of interesting recollections of their time with the band. These are well conjured in the description of a Bolton dance hall in 1938: Pausing to smooth your hair in the mirror, you go through the foyer, up more carpeted stairs. It was known as Greyfriars Hall and was opened by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Walter Wessen, on 8 October 1929. Dancing had a cross-class appeal and yet, by the mid-1920s, it was predominantly an activity of the working and lower-middle classes. Its Blackpool venue (Fig. Originally named the Palais de Danse when it opened as a dance hall in 1925, it later became the Ritzy in the late 1980s, then the Palais again, Oceana, and then Pryzm. Hot Legs are basically the band 10cc, comprising Eric Stewart, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley and Graham Gouldman. Discover (and save!) I do have a strong memory of seeing Jimmy James & The Vagabonds at The Palais. They changed their name ten years after they started. The upstairs bars were decorated in a glamorous modern members club style, with buttoned leather panels and copper downlighters on the walls. 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. From the mid-1960s, Mecca began creating multi-purpose entertainment venues. [1], It reopened as the Astoria Ballroom after the Second World War on 29 March 1948. When we werent dancing there we were probably at the Cavendish. All About the SOUL. In the 1970s the main front was rebuilt. Three stylii were used to transfer this record. 85 Sandy Melville (b. 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. During the Second World War it was requisitioned Cannot remember Ted Heath playing at the Palais in MansfieldHe did perform at Welbeck Abbey in the summer of 1951. Enhancing the escapism of the dance hall were the crucial sensory pleasures it provided. Am in touch with Kev Husbands via Facebook. 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. Fig. 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 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. I played the Palais 7 times and here are the dates and the band, 29/04/1966 (Carl Pagan and the Heathens). The main dance hall with a floor of 105 feet (32 m) by 85 feet (26 m) which accommodated 600 dancers. , I still remember MK shouting from the steps and then whilst walking the queue checking us all out .. BIG and fond memories of the venue I cut my teeth in. 19 The Bruce Peter, for example, has examined a broad range of building types of the 1930s, from holiday camps, cinemas and greyhound stadiums to zoos and seaside pavilions.Footnote 10 Of such building types, cinemas have received by far the most attention.Footnote 11 Hilary French's examination of spaces for dancing concentrates more on ballrooms than dance halls.Footnote 12 Addressing the gap in the literature, this article provides the first overview of dance halls from an architectural and spatial history perspective, with the aim of assisting the preservation of historic dance-hall buildings in Britain.Footnote 13. Excellent he was too! The third and final type of dance hall was built as part of a multi-purpose complex. I used to walk up from Mansfield Woodhouse. I met my wife to be at the Palais in 1959. [5], In 1957, the name was changed to the Sherwood Rooms. Juni begann Beyonc den dritten Teil ihrer Tour in den USA und beendete diesen mit einem viertgigen Auftritt im Encore Las Vegas I remember a ex boxer guy the used to get a skipping rope out on the upstairs dance floor. Grayman45 16. The interior of the Nottingham Palais (Fig. Heimann (1938). Fig. Just searched "The Spy" on Youtube. Went to see Sons and Lovers at The Venue (Potters) at Rainworth last Saturday. 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 ? Facing the stairs is a lounge, with settees, wicker chairs, glass topped tables. 11. I often wondered if other people would put the same records to the same venue (they were obviously played elsewhere at the time). in 1938, by which time nearly 42 per cent of workers received paid holidays.Footnote 74 This gave rise to annual spending on leisure estimated at between 200 million and 250 million during the 1920s and 1930s.Footnote 75 The dance hall also arrived at the same time as mass democracy, following extensions to the franchise in 1918 and 1928 that finally gave every man and woman the right to vote. 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. 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. We were privileged to meet and talk at length with Stuart Lane and Keith Williams (both guitar players in the group). Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 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. I remember the Jbirds and also my late husband Johnny Gold playing there. Postcard view of the Chinese themed interior, Hammersmith Palais, 1921 (author's private collection). Ocean is a nightclub located on Greyfriar Gate in Nottingham, England. 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. Dance Halls in Nottingham Other Dance Halls in Nottingham LINK TO PALAIS DE DANCE SHERWOOD ROOMS ASTORIA Victoria Ballroom - became the Locarno St Anns Well Rd Local commentators believed that the building increased the city's status. Adrian, who now lives in Durham, joined Ivor following a summer season at Torquay. 21 September 2018. As the Nottingham Evening Post remarked on its opening: With the opening of its new Palais de Danse [] Nottingham falls in line with other progressive cities.Footnote 55 Although the building became renowned for its large illuminated globe, the original exterior design was surmounted by a large statue of the Greek muse of dance, Terpsichore, in a typical dancing pose.Footnote 56 Terpsichore did appear on the exterior as built, but in a series of poses across a large frieze of contrasting darker stone (seen just below the globe in Figure 10). Not just because it's quality but because of the crowds thunderous claps at the right times. know one of paper lace was later working as a joiner. A small group of young lads would gather in Gedling and make their way to the number 50 bus about 11am. Cliff Bennett is very much alive and well and performed in Nottingham's Old Market Square at the Nottingham Pulse festival last summer. Popular acts to appear at the Palais included Jimmy Crawford and the Ravens. 51 Details provided by Museum Services, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. 23 The Builder, 14 November 1924, p. 799. Keith replaced Ric Lee on drums after he moved on to greater fame and fortune. Finally Hockley was left behind and the Palais loomed into view in all her magnificence and glory. 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. 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. I have a long and fond relationship with the old Notts Palais. People of different classes did attend the Nottingham Palais, but they did not necessarily mix. The colourful and refined interior of Derby's Palais de Danse (Figs 14 and 15) demonstrates the level of glamour in leading dance halls. Blackpool Locarno, one of Mecca's new multi-purpose entertainment venues, 1965 (Simon Mallett/public domain). Nonetheless, a very wide range of classes used the Nottingham Palais. It subsequently changed its name in the 1990s to MGM and in 1999 became Ocean[7] a club mainly used by students. The Palais De Dance with Jack O'Boyle. 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. Great memories of this place. 23. The site became vacant when Nottingham Prison was demolished. Lovely post Martyn , would Sharon be from Langley Mill by any chance ? 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. Every aspect of their design was carefully considered by entrepreneurs who were often at the forefront of the newly emerging leisure industry. They were brilliant they were on more or less every three months and always went to see them. your own Pins on Pinterest He achieved this by breaking up the shopping precinct's open space with an elevated circular caf, with the entrance to the dance hall a three-storey tower with an illuminated Locarno sign taking up the complete width of one side (Fig. Purpose-built dance halls had a confident street presence that was not always the case with conversions. Then of course later as we got a bit older there was "Grab a Granny" on a Wednesday Night (Over 21's), boy I have some wonderful memories of the Palais. Hopefully see you sooner rather than later. 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. Postcard view of the interior of the dance hall at Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, 1911 (author's private collection). 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. The Leicester Palais (Fig. I used to go to the Palais twice a week, 1956/7. 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. in 1913 to 3 10s. Keith Woodcock from Edgehill Grove M/W now lives in Sheringham after a very successful career in the music business. It was the Mansfields who were the band during the competition. The dance hall's emergence as a distinct social and architectural space was shaped by its varied roots in both the social world of the elite and the growing leisure industry of late nineteenth-century Britain. She had a dance studio at Bridlesmith Gate Nottm. 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. Hanford and Richards was on Trinity Walk. 63 The Builder, 24 September 1937, p. 544. And for 15 minutes we had the whole of the Palais de Danse to ourselves. I went by the nickname "Bonk" back then if that rings any bells. 17 Rose Blincoe, Rochdale, Lancashire, 1991 (personal communication). Suzanne Gallo designed the costumesloose fitting white tops and pants. I still remember MK shouting from the steps and then whilst walking the queue checking us all out .. BIG and fond memories of the venue I cut my teeth in. It was known as Greyfriars Hall and was opened by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Walter Wessen, on 8 October 1929. 70 Jeremy, and Gould, Caroline, Coventry: The Making of a Modern City 193973 (Swindon, 2016), pp. Very special memories of the old place including the performers and of course themusic! Subsidiary facilities included a large restaurant located off the main space and a caf surrounding the dance floor, together with a separate ice cream soda bar.Footnote 46. Conversions were common not only in the early days of dance-hall construction (around 191823), but also in its closing days (195560). Brian Eno composed the soundscape. Always enjoyed it in there back in 1969. Horse and Jockey, is it still there? If I remember Monday Night was for a younger crowd and we were always trying to get in the Bali Hi downstairs. There were often more men than women and you had to dance by yourself. Still see Kempy and Gail on a regular basis. The floor could be adjusted to provide varying degrees of springiness, and locked to prevent movement when not required for dancing.Footnote 23, The space above the dancers heads was just as important as that beneath their feet. Fig. Excellent harmonies. . "Other vocal duties were carried out by bass guitarist Fran Black, who had played with the famous all-ladies Ivy Benson band. for this article. Funny how you both mention Love On A Mountain Top. Hi Bill and John. 99103, and Architectural Review (June 1961), pp. 75962. "The bouncers used to bet us we would miss the change over but, thankfully, we always made it back on stage in time. Details Jan 13, 1998 I bought myself a pair and used to change my socks in the toilet when I got there and again on the way home! History. Originally named the Palais de Danse when it opened as a dance hall in 1925, it later became the popular nightclub Ritzy in the late 1980s. 65 Cinema-going declined in the mid-1920s during the first wave of interest in dancing. I love the Palais for introducing me to the first girl who would ever break my heart and putting me off rum for life. Interior of the Nottingham Palais, 1925 (Nottingham City Council and picturethepast.org.uk). 26 Architectural Journal, 26 February 1930, pp. 99104. Still doing cabaret. They changed their name to the Mansfields in 1964. Display as a link instead, We still have lots of friends in the Mansfield area. Then I received a call to join Val Doonicans backing band, the John Currie Quartet, full-time. In London, the Grafton Galleries, the Wharncliffe Rooms, the Portman Rooms, the Savoy Hotel and the Princess Galleries were popular locations for society dances before the First World War and served as models for the new building type.Footnote 14 Following the war, fashionable restaurants and hotels continued to expand their dancing facilities, as new dances from across the Atlantic captured the public imagination. 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. Again all tunes that for me mate are Station road memories. It was designed by Gillinson, Barnett & Partners and developed by Mecca at a cost of 2 million. 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