Fig. 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. never missed a soul do there, from feb 78, until 83 (then the bank hol sunday nights , late 90's). 99103, and Architectural Review (June 1961), pp. The music rises to a final chord, the drummer crashes on the cymbal [] There is a steady din of conversation.Footnote 92. The development of seaside holiday resorts, with their numerous amusement facilities, also provided the physical spaces and business experience necessary for the emergence of the dance hall. Why was I at the Palais in 1971? 40 Modern Dance and Dancer (March 1938), p. 13, and Munro, Dancing Mad. Others updated and altered their atmosphere regularly using such decorative schemes. 51 Details provided by Museum Services, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. It was a six-day week playing for ballroom dancing. By Started my time on the scene in 78 at the Palais. Finally got the Malibus. www.ten-years-after.com and www.alvinlee.de. 52 Nottingham Evening Post, 10 September 1924, p. 5. He also remembered well-known drummer Harry Ovenall, who had flirted with fame with Leicester groups The Farinas and Family. Heimann, Joint Chairman, Mecca Ltd (London, 1963), p. 23Google Scholar. I have a long and fond relationship with the old Notts Palais. 22 Morton, Francis Junior, and Co, Sprung Floors for Dancing (London, c. 1925), p. 2Google Scholar. 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 architecture of dance halls reflected these modernising trends, as well as a democratisation of pleasure. Memories from 1959 I met a tall good looking lady at the Palais de Dance in 1959 married her in 1961 and we headed to New Zealand in 1962. The constraint of the crowded dance floor, for example, demanded a constant process of negotiation. 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. Little did I know at the time that this place would become my second home, the place where I would hone my skills on Space Invaders when Soul Sam took to the decks (I admit I was far too young to really appreciate Mr Barnfather in those days). 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. Dance halls provided an architecture of optimism, hope and modernity, and their style and function represented a democratisation of pleasure and the emergence of a more liberal social and political culture in Britain. I could say, after the Wirrina in Peterborough where I was living at the time, I really "cut my teeth" at the Palais all dayer's and never missed one. Lita Rosa, Dennis Lotus ans Dicky Valentine sang with the band. 3. 73 Bristol Archives, Planning Department, 62/00864/P_U, 1962. Your first impression is of the red glow of the room red walls, predominantly red carpets, orange and red lights [] The room is crowded. Raymond, Graham 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. The Palais was an enormous dance hall, capacity probably 3000, oblong in shape, with a surrounding balcony, where we would sit, eye up the talent, spot someone you fancied and make a beeline downstairs to get them up to dance. That was the famous and now legendary sign located above the entrance to the Nottingham Palais de Danse one of the many traditional dance hall venues owned by the Mecca Leisure group. 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. The building opened as a palais de danse to replace Victoria Halls in Talbot Street. 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 I do need to take in an East Anglian event. 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). Something went wrong, please try again later. He said: I dont recall a specific male vocalist, but keyboard player Ivor and lead guitarist Will did some singing. Nostalgia, and heaps of great memories for me. The warmth and thrill of dancing cheek to cheek, waist to waist, as desire and passion ebbed and flowed at three beats to the bar, and bodies clasped together while moving gracefully, ungracefully, freed from their workaday sitting and standing, now gliding, gyrating, swaying, bending and shaking together and apart. Enid Coleman went ape and had the music. Many of the businesses behind these dance halls were local consortiums made up of investors with other interests in the entertainment industry. Up at the front of the queue there was my dad, resplendent in his suit and bow tie, hair neatly combed looking every inch the Dapper Dan and ladies man giving me a wave to come forward. Ballroom, rock N Roll you name it. The low cost, from 6d. The democratisation of pleasure that dance halls represented is nowhere better illustrated than in the varied social profile of the Hammersmith Palais's customers. 'Hanford and Richards' on, I think, Columber St is something I recall when learning to dance. And another one on my list! The final date was the 4 musicians backing Heinz (formerly bass player with The Tornados). 15. 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 Dance Nottingham, my big ( older ) Sis used to go there a lot in the mid 50s 9 (London, 1935), pp. Anyone remember any of these bands? 35 Duncan, Hammersmith's Palaces of Pleasure, p. 4. Mike Knight is second from the right and my dad is the chap wearing the party hat, 22nd April 2012 "Notts Palais Crew" by Souled On Soul, on Flickr, And here's a very rare image of the Palais I found after a lot of searching t'internet, nottingham palais by world of andrew woodyatt, on Flickr. The liberation of movement offered by the new social dances of the early twentieth century was central to their terrific popularity. The designs also included a health centre, squash courts, gym and rooftop gardens. I still have that velvet bow tie locked away in a box of keepsakes and memories. 21 September 2018. The precious metal is now periodically used in dental golds and other dental metals. 53 The Builder, 14 November 1924, p. 759. Personally, one of my fave records from the Palais dayers was Toni Basil's "Breakaway". 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 was commissioned in 1924 by the Midland Palais de Danse Company, formed by several local entrepreneurs. For each dance, different coloured lights would be lowered blue for a waltz, red for a foxtrot, and so on. The crowd walked round the outside of the dancefloor. Started in 78/9 I guess. Grayman45 But most of all I love the Palais because I got see my dad. Very special memories of the old place including the performers and of course themusic! I had a great time at the Palais. 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. We can't bring them day's back, but we won't forget em either. Normally we were restricted to the sandwiches and coka cola we could cram into our Adidas sports bags. Wendy Northern Soul Cinema Theatre Vaudeville Theatres Auditorium Courtesy Opera House An Article from arthurlloyd.co.uk. Love reading this kind of thread, thanks! A few couples sit out talking [] Past them one can see heads sailing past serenely floating (the good dancers) or bobbing jerkily (beginners). They may well haveappeared when they were called Ricky Storm and the Stormcats from 1962. Display as a link instead, Will be playing both (plus some Syvie Vartan) at True Blue at the Albany Club in Coventry on 16/12/16. Off we went into town. 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. Camping, fishing, travel, photography, boating, sailing, motorbikes. 14. 70 Jeremy, and Gould, Caroline, Coventry: The Making of a Modern City 193973 (Swindon, 2016), pp. Enhancing the escapism of the dance hall were the crucial sensory pleasures it provided. Details Jan 13, 1998 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. joining Art. Just searched "The Spy" on Youtube. 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. One of the few times I trod on no one's toes! In 1984, it was acquired by Barry Noble and adopted its former name Astoria.[6]. Well it was a Christmas party being held for all the children of the staff who worked at the Palais. I've ended up over in Stockport. 8889Google Scholar. In October 1930, the Birmingham Palais de Danse was refurbished in Japanese style, and the following year Maxime's Dance Club in Edinburgh was entirely redecorated using herbaceous landscape scenes, Riviera painting and floodlighting principles.Footnote 89. Postcard view of the interior of the dance hall at Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, 1911 (author's private collection). 16). There was a small area called It was just like being in the Palais in 69 again except for the white hair ( on me as well as some of the band ). At the time, Harry was drummer with the Palaiss resident trio, The Mike Miller Set, led by singer/guitarist Mike Hester, said Adrian. 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. A strange but belting instrumental. 11) was characterised by the eclectic deployment of neoclassical, Art Deco, oriental and even Pre-Raphaelite motifs.Footnote 58 At the centre of the dance floor was an illuminated fountain, which could rise to 12ft, surrounded by plants. 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. The way in which the space was used also differed according to class. By this point, Mecca also employed its own group of in-house architects for interiors, Kett and Neve, perhaps best known as the designers of one of the first motorway service stations, Trowell services on the M1 (also for Mecca).Footnote 50 The Stevenage Locarno (Fig. It subsequently changed its name in the 1990s to MGM and in 1999 became Ocean[7] a club mainly used by students. 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. 17. your own Pins on Pinterest We are both still alive and live in a rural area of the Wairarapa 90 minutes drive north of Wellington. 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. Spotlights playfully danced around the crowded floor, too. Total loading time: 0.984 Someone (it might have been a policeman) said the Palais was a good bet - adding 14 Richardson, Philip, A History of English Ballroom Dancing (19101945): The Story of the Development of the Modern English Style (London, 1945), pp. 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. Between 1914 and 1938, the average working week fell from 54 to 48 hours. The very name adopted by the modern dance hall, palais de danse, emphasises this ambition. The dance floor, measuring 32 100ft, was overlooked by an equally impressive balcony and flanked by two orchestra stages (one on each of the long sides). 36 Dancing World (AugustSeptember 1921), p. iv. I love the Palais for giving me some of the best moments in my life. 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). 71 Architect and Building News, 19 July 1961, pp. my memory is going what was the pubs name? the next time im up that way will be for andy riley's 50 atb steve. My son carries Freddies name (Fitzgerald) and my daughter is named (Adele). April 2009 in Zagreb, Kroatien und endete am 9. Dance halls are also distinct from ballrooms, which were dance floors within buildings with other purposes and often not open to the general public for example, ballrooms in country houses. In the post-war period, following the shortages and restrictions of the so-called age of austerity, Britain emerged into a period of sustained and widespread prosperity. 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. 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. 9. At the Locarno, Bradford, 35,000 Italian-made light bulbs were used on its blue painted ceiling which, when lit on their own, gave the impression of a starlit sky at night.Footnote 93, Along with these visual delights, the dance hall would immerse its patrons into an intense, vibrating world of sound. 85 Sandy Melville (b. No Sunday shopping throngs back then, just a feeling of having the city to ourselves. 21 See Walton, Blackpool Tower, pp. 27 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1833/d, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Stage (1961). Palais De Danse, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham Rotating dance floor at the Palais! Suzanne Gallo designed the costumesloose fitting white tops and pants. 83 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1833/c, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Powder Room (1961). Regular contributor, Michael Clarke, caught up with Adrian Tilbrook, who was the bands drummer at the Humberstone Gate Mecca dance hall in 1968-69. I used to work part time evenings in the bar at the Palais during the 1960s. I bought myself a pair and used to change my socks in the toilet when I got there and again on the way home! As contemporaries noted, a principal function of the dance hall was to offer an escape. 13754CrossRefGoogle Scholar. 72 Ibid. You cannot paste images directly. The building with the globe is the former Palais De Danse, opened in 1925 as a dance hall and billiard saloon, in the late 1980s the We would always aim to get in the queue early and watch it build as worshipers from all over arrived. 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??) Berlin II (1911 - 1914) According to the magazine The Artist, Vintilescu played till February 1, 1910 in the famous dance hall Palais de Danse in Berlin. By this time our small gathering of Gedling lads had certainly grown in size. I really liked Tommy a lot. I remember Love on amountain top being a big spin too. Chinese motifs were repeated throughout the dance hall, particularly in the trelliswork and painted panels that replicated oriental paper screens, backlit to enhance the artwork's colours and effects. 3738Google Scholar. Popular acts to appear at the Palais included Jimmy Crawford and the Ravens. Originally named the Palais de Danse when it opened In 1997 it was given another makeover and re-appeared as a new night club. Then I received a call to join Val Doonicans backing band, the John Currie Quartet, full-time. Two bandstands, one at either end of the dance floor, allowed multiple bands to play for the dancers. There was a small area called "The Bali Hi". 11. 82 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1838, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Dance Floor (1961). Lovely post Martyn , would Sharon be from Langley Mill by any chance ? Hi Bill North yes remember Sons and Lovers 1969. dances at the Clinton Rooms on Thurland St.,.Saturday evenings were O.K but Wednesday nights were known as grab a Granny night. Fig. The architects were Thraves and Dawson.Footnote 53 Nottingham-based Alfred J. 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