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. Worked in the downstairs bar. Then at quarter to two, a special moment. 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. Has data issue: true 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 Palais de Danse is Nottinghams most famous nightclub. Oh and I met Andy Cannon again at the last Blackhearts nighter last month after 30 years. 5. Camping, fishing, travel, photography, boating, sailing, motorbikes. Hintergrund. Your first impression is of the red glow of the room red walls, predominantly red carpets, orange and red lights [] The room is crowded. They were brilliant they were on more or less every three months and always went to see them. Mm, come to think of it I'm not sure that "is that you, that you baby" has any merit either. Chief among them was J. Sedgewick from Derby, who had been responsible for opening the Derby Palais in 1921, a conversion of the town's Corn Exchange.Footnote 52 These businessmen had seen how lucrative dance halls had become and aimed to open one of the finest outside London. BTW is M Raynor any relation to Beryl Raynor who I worked with at Ladybrook Primary School in 1961? It had a small revolving circular dance floor. Elvis Presley Fans Dance On A Traffic Island Outside The Palais De Danse Hall in Nottingham. Each night of the week targeted a different audience. Where have all those 1960s bands gone? Saw Gene Vincent, Rocking Berries, Barron Knights, Mike Berry there and many other bands, Sunday night was the best time. The new bandstand at the Ilford Palais in 1959 had a large painted backdrop depicting an Italianate garden, with fountains, cypress trees and urns, and three metal arches placed in front of it.Footnote 90 At the Leeds Locarno in 1964, two giant screens on either side of the bandstand projected similar images in full colour in order to evoke mood.Footnote 91 Ilford Palais even had a Tudor Room, with mock beams and accessories. The main dance hall with a floor of 105 feet (32m) by 85 feet (26m) which accommodated 600 dancers. no doubt. Later, in the 1950s, large numbers of redundant cinemas and theatres were converted into dance halls, as dancing outperformed both as a form of entertainment. A small group of young lads would gather in Gedling and make their way to the number 50 bus about 11am. The site had previously been a dairy farm, then a tram depot, and finally a roller-skating rink, and on conversion could accommodate about 2500 people in its double-height space.Footnote 35 In 1921, Dancing World magazine published an illustration of its broadly classical faade and vestibule, its size exaggerated by being drawn wildly out of scale (on the left in Fig. The aspirational nature of the building was further reflected in the various facilities provided. Many of the Musicians from the former Orch. 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. The Bomb (1997 ?) Postcard view of the entrance tower of the Locarno, Coventry, 1960 (author's private collection). Some great nights down there never to be forgotten! 47071. Rose was a female entrepreneur, who in partnership with her husband established and ran the Calton Dance Hall in Rochdale from the mid-1930s. 9 (London, 1935), pp. 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. Are nurses striking in Leicestershire this week? Celestial effects were common, with thousands of bulbs creating ceilings full of sparkling stars. Accordingly, owners invested heavily in their dance floors and updated, renovated or replaced them at regular intervals. up to 2s. Yes I was a little naive at 16-17. 72 Ibid. Feature Flags: { Hopefully see you sooner rather than later. We still have lots of friends in the Mansfield area. Used to have aquick drink in the Horse & Jockey just across the road back in those days., as did many Palais-De-Dance fans. It made over three times its original capital in the first twelve months and rapidly became known both nationally and internationally. Hot Legs are basically the band 10cc, comprising Eric Stewart, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley and Graham Gouldman. Many readers will remember The Ivor Kenney Sound, the resident band, during the 1960s and 70s, at Leicesters Palais de Danse. Any reccomends? 15 See Godbolt, Jim, A History of Jazz in Britain, 191950 (London, 2005)Google Scholar. dances at the Clinton Rooms on Thurland St.,.Saturday evenings were O.K but Wednesday nights were known as grab a Granny night. Bugger work on the Monday!! Facing the stairs is a lounge, with settees, wicker chairs, glass topped tables. The New Bristol Centre was perhaps the zenith of these multi-purpose buildings. they are all faves of mine too.i love the tunes from "The Palais", youve got great taste mate ! Hi Bill North yes remember Sons and Lovers 1969. By this time our small gathering of Gedling lads had certainly grown in size. The Palais de Danse, Nottingham. Then I received a call to join Val Doonicans backing band, the John Currie Quartet, full-time. 90 Ilford Pictorial and Guardian, 10 December 1959, p. 17. Harry had an amazing drum kit, hand-painted with psychedelic designs. Used to be a group around at that time called the "Jaybirds." It was the regular venue for the South Nottinghamshire Hunt Ball, the Robin Hood Ball, the local Conservative Party Ball and various large company dances, all of which attracted local dignitaries and leading businessmen. 13. 1934), personal communication, Dundee, 11 March 2011. 95 MOA, WC, 48/C, Observations of Saturday Night, 3 April 1937, pp. I've not seen Tommy for nigh on 30 odd years. 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. I still have that velvet bow tie locked away in a box of keepsakes and memories. 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 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. 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. 38 Parsonage, Catherine, The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 18801935 (Aldershot, Hampshire, 2005), p. 130Google Scholar. Fig. 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. There were often more men than women and you had to dance by yourself. There was a good crowd in and we had a really great night. 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. And of course by 1.30pm that queue was lost around the corner and the back of the building. 'Hanford and Richards' on, I think, Columber St is something I recall when learning to dance. 50 Lawrence, David, Always a Welcome: The Glove Compartment History of the Motorway Service Area (London, 1999), pp. 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). 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. There was a small area called "The Bali Hi". One of the few times I trod on no one's toes! Very special memories of the old place including the performers and of course themusic! The site became vacant when Nottingham Prison was demolished. 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. 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. 8. 63 The Builder, 24 September 1937, p. 544. We married in February 1961 and emigrated to New Zealand in October 1962. I used to go to the Palais twice a week, 1956/7. 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. The constraint of the crowded dance floor, for example, demanded a constant process of negotiation. 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. 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. 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). The band members were Keith Williams (guitar), Stuart Lane (guitar), Mick Hodgkinson (bass guitar & sax) and Ric Lee (drums). 45 Dancing Times (September 1929), p. 551. Even Sam played it at the Locarno on more than one occasion. Our own shrine to all things soul. 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. Especially in new buildings, which were liable to 78 Carl Heimann cited in Anon., Stepping Out (London, 1940), p. 54. I often wondered if other people would put the same records to the same venue (they were obviously played elsewhere at the time). However, this was a temporary structure, not a permanent dance hall. 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. 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