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). Highlighting the Craze for Dancing in London in 1919, one newspaper remarked: London has gone dancing mad [] dancing establishments in London are crowded morning, noon, and night with eager pupils [] whilst dancing halls are booked up for months ahead.Footnote 1 Newspapers outside London also reported the enormous popularity of dancing. Palais de Danse Nottingham c1925 www.picturethepast.org.uk Nottingham s Palais de Danse opened on the corner of King Edward Street, John Street and Convent Street 44 Architectural Journal, 26 February 1930, pp. The same probably goes for Cobblestone. Often went there for a couple of beers before going over the road to the Palais. Dayglo socks were all the rage then but my parents did not approve of them. 12), opened in 1965, included a Locarno, a bowling alley (run by Mecca's onetime rival Top Rank), an additional modern music dance floor (the Highland Room), several bars, snooker halls and even a gym.Footnote 68, Fig. My lass went a few times late seventies early eighties. Lots of similarities for me, meet at the Man in Space at Hiltop, jump on the bus from Ripley to Nottingham, mooch down Parliment street I think and into the queue. Hi Bill and John. From the mid-1960s, dance halls were rapidly replaced by discos and nightclubs, or closed altogether. The Palais De Dance with Jack O'Boyle. Even got "Paper Lace" - Billy don't be a hero & The night Chicago died.What happened to them I wonder? Used to be a group around at that time called the "Jaybirds." At the bottom of the sheet it mentions INSIST ON A UNION BAND FOR YOUR DANCES! 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. I was a regular for four years from 1976 so not quite the golden KTF period. Used to go to colemans at the weekend, upstairs i think, we would just walk round and round and round, crazy. Happy days. Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon. 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.Footnote 19, The installation of dance floors required consideration of several crucial issues. Palais De Danse, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham Rotating dance floor at the Palais! The Locarno, Coventry, was designed by the city architect and planning officer Arthur Ling (191395), together with Mecca's in-house architects Kett and Neve. Adrian recalled during his time with Ivor the band also included Joe and Fred on saxophones and Bill on the trumpet. The third and final type of dance hall was built as part of a multi-purpose complex. Some dance halls themed their whole decoration, with the aim of creating a specific atmosphere. While the numbers of cinemas were tallied by a well-organised industry, there was no central collation of statistics regarding the dance-hall industry. 199204. hawarden, 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. Heimann (1938). 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. 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. Many of the Mecca dance halls became bingo halls. 71 Architect and Building News, 19 July 1961, pp. DM3a. Bandstand at the Mayfair, Newcastle, opened in 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums), As tastes changed, dance halls took over the venues of other, declining leisure pursuits. At Christmas? Average weekly money wages rose from 1 12s. 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. It was founded by Carl Heimann, who in 1927 created an offshoot of the parent firm Ye Mecca Cafs. Fig. Such changes were bringing society and culture into what John Baxendale has called the era of late modernity, in which established notions of national, class and gender identity were being challenged.Footnote 76, Dance halls opened up a whole new world of public pleasures, and thus public visibility, to the working class and to women. 52 Nottingham Evening Post, 10 September 1924, p. 5. And heres a modern simulation of what the looked and sounded like in those days? 60 Nottingham Evening Post, 9 February 1929, p. 5. We worked and lived in Wellington until 1992 when we moved to the Wairarapa Region and celebratedour 54th wedding anniversary this year! 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. Beginning as a practical necessity of separating the musicians from the dancers, the bandstand developed into a distinctive architectural feature. "Their organist was Graham Elliott, who I used to practise jazz with during the daytime in the large, empty Palais hall.. "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", "Buildings in the Broadmarsh Area of Nottingham: An Architectural and Historical Investigation", "These are the Nottingham nightclubs you went to in the 80s and 90s", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocean,_Nottingham&oldid=1035028559, Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 30,000 (equivalent to 1,940,000 in 2021), This page was last edited on 23 July 2021, at 07:10. Interior of the Nottingham Palais, 1925 (Nottingham City Council and picturethepast.org.uk). I seem to remember the TED HEATH ORCHESTRA AND SYD LAWRENCE AND HIS ORCHESTRA playing at the Palais during the Sixties but I may be Wrong . A combination of changing musical and dance styles (recorded music replaced live, solo dances replaced couples), altered social mores (women no longer waited to be asked to dance as in the dance-hall days) and a greater range of alternative things on which to spend money (cars, holidays and housing) led to the end of the dance hall as a distinct social, cultural and architectural space.Footnote 98. "T, 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. . Nottstalgia Nottingham Forums I do have a strong memory of seeing Jimmy James & The Vagabonds at The Palais. Despite Crewe's talents, the overall design of the dance hall was clearly compromised as a conversion and its former uses as a tram depot and a rink (Fig. The building which housed the Horse and jockey Is still there, the stained glasswork above the door also I believe still in situ. 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. And of course by 1.30pm that queue was lost around the corner and the back of the building. 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??) Happy times at the Palais remembered by Adrian included the regular interval dash across Humberstone Gate to the Pickwick pub (Old Black Lion and Skandals). 16). Part of a vastly expanded leisure industry whose growth was reliant on the greater availability of time and money, the dance hall depended on the spending power of the masses. 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. 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. } 10 Peter, Bruce, Form Follows Fun: Modernism and Modernity in British Pleasure Architecture 19251940 (London, 2007)Google Scholar. I remember Love on amountain top being a big spin too. 82 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1838, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Dance Floor (1961). A very popular and lively venue, especially when run (from 1991) by Nottingham blues legend Barry Middleton. I am friends with Ric Lee my friend and I have a Tribute Website to Ten Years After Ten-Years-After.com and Alvinlee.de I would like to hear stories about pre Ten Years After. Nottingham Palais paid more than laying a new dance oor, and in October the Hammersmith Palais spent on a maple oor.19 The installation of dance oors required consideration of several crucial issues. in 1913 to 3 10s. 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. People of different classes did attend the Nottingham Palais, but they did not necessarily mix. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 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. 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. Second, and equally important, the revolving bandstand added a highly theatrical air to the evening's proceedings, essential to create the kind of escapist atmosphere dance-hall managements were aiming for. Is the building still there in Mansfield and if so what is it used for now? 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. Juni 2009 in London, Grobritannien.Am 21. 2 Cheltenham Chronicle, 18 December 1920, p. 8. I know Curly is around and about, just not bumped into each other yet but I'm sure we will soon. 42 The Builder, 8 March 1929, pp. There were also fancy steelwork stools, and the floor was covered by a large floral carpet. Hot Legs are basically the band 10cc, comprising Eric Stewart, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley and Graham Gouldman. Hanford and Richards was on Trinity Walk. Hostname: page-component-75cd96bb89-t9pvx I wonder if anyone remembers us now after all these years ? This crowd was going to get bigger as the day progressed. My son carries Freddies name (Fitzgerald) and my daughter is named (Adele). 3 Paul Holt, Daily Express, 16 November 1938, p. 16, and Economist, 14 February 1953, p. 401. The building opened as a palais de danse to replace Victoria Halls in Talbot Street. I used to work part time evenings in the bar at the Palais during the 1960s. 4).Footnote 36 The interior design (on the right) was a chinoiserie fantasy employing the contemporary fashion for oriental motifs. The last I heard (Mind you this was mid 90's before my sojourn to lands foreign,) they were still going in one way shape or form . .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 used the title as my "handle" when CB's were big only to find out that everyone thought I was a copper just not so. The History of the British Holiday Camp (London, 1986)Google Scholar. 4. 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. [1], It reopened as the Astoria Ballroom after the Second World War on 29 March 1948. had a good atmosphere as well. 13 Readers are invited to email the author at jjn4@st-andrews.ac.uk with details of any buildings remaining. One record that stands out for me at the Palais is Lester Tipton, this won't change. 9 (London, 1935), pp. I thought "Statue" was great at the time, now it doesn't seem to have any soul at all. "The bouncers used to bet us we would miss the change over but, thankfully, we always made it back on stage in time. Hello Bill, Im not 100% sure but I think it very likely that the Mansfields did play the Palais at some stage or other. And for 15 minutes we had the whole of the Palais de Danse to ourselves. Acoustics, an architectural science still in its infancy, was also a consideration. 4 For a full discussion of the dance-hall industry, see Nott, James, Going to the Palais: A Social and Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain, 19181960 (Oxford, 2015)CrossRefGoogle Scholar, chapters 13. To keep his head above water he took on a job as a doorman at the Palais in his spare time, a job which he held from about 1968 to 1980ish. Postcard view of aristocratic mural paintings in the vestibule of the Palais de Danse, Derby, 1923 (author's private collection). 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). London, The National Archives, BT 31/24605/155007, Hammersmith Palais de Danse (191932). It was owned by the Mecca Leisure Group. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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 Good times. Not just because it's quality but because of the crowds thunderous claps at the right times. We moved down to Kent in the late 80s. In common with many entertainment venues, dance halls were sealed off from the outside world and seldom had windows. Off we went into town. Are nurses striking in Leicestershire this week? 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. 6. By Finally got the Malibus. Happy (but strange) days! 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! Such features were not unique to Newcastle. Its Stag Room offered men electric shavers, hair cream and free shoeshine. In November 1929, the Stage Guild held its annual ball at the palais, with guests including Prince Paul of Greece.Footnote 61 A generation earlier, such events would have been held exclusively in country houses, private clubs, grand assembly rooms or private ballrooms. Heimann, Joint Chairman, Mecca Ltd, The Age of the Dream Palace: Cinema and Society in Britain, 19301939, Contesting Popular Dancing and Dance Music During the 1920s, Postcard view of the interior of the dance hall at Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, 1911 (author's private collection), Bandstand at the Mayfair, Newcastle, opened in 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums), Postcard view of Cricklewood Dance Hall and Skating Rink, 1920s (author's private collection), Exterior and interior of the Hammersmith Palais (illustration from, Postcard view of the Chinese themed interior, Hammersmith Palais, 1921 (author's private collection), Elaborate neon lighting at the Hammersmith Palais, early 1960s, Exterior of the Leicester Palais, a purpose-built dance hall, 1926 (author's private collection), Handsome corner entrance to the Astoria Palais de Danse, Bolton, 1928 (Bolton News/Newsquest Photos), Promotional literature for the Locarno, Stevenage, 1961 (Museum Services, Stevenage, Hertfordshire), Frontage of the Nottingham Palais, showing its illuminated globe, 1925 (Nottingham City Council and picturethepast.org.uk), Interior of the Nottingham Palais, 1925 (Nottingham City Council and picturethepast.org.uk), Blackpool Locarno, one of Mecca's new multi-purpose entertainment venues, 1965 (Simon Mallett/public domain), Postcard view of the entrance tower of the Locarno, Coventry, 1960 (author's private collection), Populist Palatial, postcard view of the rich, colourful interior of the Palais de Danse, Derby, 1923 (author's private collection), Postcard view of aristocratic mural paintings in the vestibule of the Palais de Danse, Derby, 1923 (author's private collection), Luxe-modern, everyday glamour at the Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums), Ladies Boudoir, Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums). I remember the Jbirds and also my late husband Johnny Gold playing there. I did like it when everyone shoved there arms up in the chorus! May 14, 2012 In Hopefully see you sooner rather than later. The floor was both one of the principal technical challenges for the architect of a dance hall and a principal attraction for customers. The largest entertainment venue in Europe at the time, it included an ABC cinema with over 800 seats, a Locarno ballroom, a Silver Blades ice-skating rink, a casino and several licensed bars, all served by a large multi-storey car park. Virtually all the surveys of the period suggest the same. If any body remembers me Mansfield, Blidworth, Rainworth areas ladies and gents Hello. Even Sam played it at the Locarno on more than one occasion. Its brutalist style brought dance provision into a new architectural era.Footnote 73, As a new building type, the dance hall was a symbol of social, cultural and political change. Paste as plain text instead, Worked in the downstairs bar. Happy days mate. 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. 69 Architect and Building News, 19 July 1961, pp. I bought myself a pair and used to change my socks in the toilet when I got there and again on the way home! It subsequently changed its name in the 1990s to MGM and in 1999 became Ocean[7] a club mainly used by students. 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. Nonetheless, a very wide range of classes used the Nottingham Palais. 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. It was known as Greyfriars Hall and was opened by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Walter Wessen, on 8 October 1929. On their first trip into Nottingham he and a group of other airmen enquired where the action was. 30 The Rivoli, Brockley, and the Ritz, Manchester, are both recognised for their special interest as listed buildings. 50 Lawrence, David, Always a Welcome: The Glove Compartment History of the Motorway Service Area (London, 1999), pp. The democratisation of pleasure that dance halls represented is nowhere better illustrated than in the varied social profile of the Hammersmith Palais's customers. 84345. Others updated and altered their atmosphere regularly using such decorative schemes. 66 Manchester, City Archives, M117/4/4/2, Registers of Music, Dancing and Rooms 190237. See also Harwood, Elain, Space, Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture, 19451975 (London, 2015), p. 317Google Scholar. Ocean is a nightclub located on Greyfriar Gate in Nottingham, England. Excellent he was too! However, this was a temporary structure, not a permanent dance hall. Each night of the week targeted a different audience. 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. This article examines how the architecture of dance halls represented moments of optimism, escapism and modernity in British history in the period 191865. my memory is going what was the pubs name? Crewe's wooden framework, which served to define the dance floor and divide up the space, mimicked the architecture of a Chinese pagoda, with lacquered columns and ornamental fretwork. Colemans was our first outing at the gentle age of 15-16 to actually mix and dance (if you were brave enough) with the opposite sex, I never was, so we used to do the circuit around and around, checking out the talent and dreaming ! 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. The Leicester Palais (Fig. The upstairs bars were decorated in a glamorous modern members club style, with buttoned leather panels and copper downlighters on the walls. 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. 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. Would I be right in saying Pete Waterman put in an appearance or two? 13. The entire floor thus rested on steel springs, with no dead point anywhere. In its first nine months, it hosted the Original Dixieland Jazz Band on tour from the United States and, subsequently, other visiting American bands, notably Sidney Bechet in 1920.Footnote 38 It also attracted many of the best dance bands in Britain. Fig. It also had dedicated band rooms for the musicians. The dance hall was a symbol of social, cultural and political change. Much of my Northern Soul early life centered around the Palais All Dayers, mid to late seventies. 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 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. Dimmed lighting enhanced the power of the imagination, while coloured lights were used to create an ever-changing visual experience. 24 Duncan, Andrew, Hammersmith's Palaces of Pleasure, Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group Newsletter, 12 (Spring 2005), p. 4Google Scholar. 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. It began with new musical styles: ragtime, then jazz. First, it offered a practical solution to the problem of providing non-stop music. There were dance halls constructed in buildings converted from other uses, purpose-built dance halls, and dance halls in multi-purpose entertainment buildings. The club is used as a student night club for both of the universities in Nottingham. 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. 36 Dancing World (AugustSeptember 1921), p. iv. In the Locarno, Bradford, also opened in 1961, the Ladies' Boudoir included 45 full-length mirrors and was decorated in a Georgian style. The company installed floors in dance halls throughout the country, including the Grafton, Adelphi and Reece's ballrooms in Liverpool and, by the late 1930s, had installed over 400 sprung dance floors.Footnote 22 In the Valtor system, rows of light steel girders were laid under the floor, each divided into short lengths coupled together by special spring fitments. I took Sharon by the hand, tapped Mark on the shoulder and told everyone we'd see them shortly and that was it, the 3 of us heading straight to the front doors, and in. Any reccomends? Most ballrooms included balconies around the main dance floor where patrons could promenade and watch the proceedings below, while allowing the considerable airflow required for what could be a strenuous activity. The Leeds Locarno also had an Americana food bar and Flamingo coffee bar, all indicative of a popular interest in travel and the exotic. 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. Your first impression is of the red glow of the room red walls, predominantly red carpets, orange and red lights [] The room is crowded. 35 Duncan, Hammersmith's Palaces of Pleasure, p. 4. A balcony was located at one end, with a caf and restaurant off the main space. 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. And what about Lainie Hill "Time Marches On". 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. Postcard view of the Chinese themed interior, Hammersmith Palais, 1921 (author's private collection). 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. You've brought even more memories flooding back with the CB thing. Some great tunes you put up there :-), hi martyn long time no see , i now live in huntingdon near st ives been down here for 9 years now occassionaly venture back to notts . By The Majestic dance hall in Crewe, for example, was opened in 1961 by the Rank Organisation (which had diversified into dancing as cinema-going declined) following its conversion from a Gaumont cinema in a building originally erected as a picture house in 1911.Footnote 29 One of the most famous conversions from cinema to dance hall was the Rivoli Ballroom, Brockley, south London, opened in 1959.Footnote 30 The Locarno, Blackburn, was converted by the Mecca group from the former Olympia cinema at a cost of 130,000 in 1959.Footnote 31 Mecca became the largest name in dance-hall ownership and was particularly influential in the development of the building type. They used to have a Friday night dance with a better ratio of girls to guys. Nottingham, Family, Funny how you both mention Love On A Mountain Top. One sprung dance-floor system that came to dominate from the 1920s onwards was the Valtor floor, developed by Francis Morton and Company of London. 1 Dundee Evening Telegraph, 7 January 1919, p. 7. Well it was a Christmas party being held for all the children of the staff who worked at the Palais. Only the coming of war halted the project. 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. Managed to replace Johnny Ross recently, but the Malibus still elude me. Not now but used to be, Cycling C.T.C.,Badminton,Judo and Karate,Holidays,Dancing modern at first then old time and sequence. Ballroom, rock N Roll you name it. Powered by Invision Community. 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. and Long Row, resided Plains Row Nottm. 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