79 Nottingham Evening Post, 11 April 1925, p. 3. What happened to them? 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. 14. 86 MOA, Worktown (WC), 48/C, Shall We Dance?, 1938, p. 3. Pryzm Nottingham is a chain nightclub located on Upper Parliament Street in Nottingham, England. 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 The Nottingham House of Correction on St Johns Street is now the modern day junction of Glasshouse Street and King Edward Street where the club sits. It was owned by the Mecca Leisure Group. 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. Hi Bill and John. 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. Exact figures for the numbers of dance halls built are hard to come by. Dancing had been enjoyed socially long before the twentieth century, but after the First World War people fell in love with it as never before. Palladium is one of six metals belonging to the platinum family, and it has a melting point of 2831 degrees Fahrenheit. From the mid-1960s, Mecca began creating multi-purpose entertainment venues. Alternative Dance, Alternative/Indie Rock, Edmund de Waal: 2010s - 2020s Heimann (1938). 96 See Nott, J., Contesting Popular Dancing and Dance Music During the 1920s, Cultural and Social History, 10.3 (2013), pp. Munro, Malcolm, Dancing Mad: An Autobiographical Dancing Diary (Liverpool, n.d.), p. 181Google Scholar. We moved down to Kent in the late 80s. except they were a three piece, there's been talk here of "The night chicago died" listen to this, http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=3+little+bears+jimi+hendrix&aq=6&oq=3+little+bears ! It had a small revolving circular dance floor. 90 Ilford Pictorial and Guardian, 10 December 1959, p. 17. 99104. 75 Stone, Richard and Rowe, D.A., The Measurement of Consumers Expenditure and Behaviour in the United Kingdom, 19201938: Volume II (Cambridge, 1966)Google Scholar. 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. 4142Google Scholar, 108. He opened its first dance hall, Sherry's, in Brighton. It began with new musical styles: ragtime, then jazz. The 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). It was founded by Carl Heimann, who in 1927 created an offshoot of the parent firm Ye Mecca Cafs. Just searched "The Spy" on Youtube. I have a long and fond relationship with the old Notts Palais. 79, 85. There were also fancy steelwork stools, and the floor was covered by a large floral carpet. hawarden, 70 Jeremy, and Gould, Caroline, Coventry: The Making of a Modern City 193973 (Swindon, 2016), pp. I used to love the deserted streets. 5). Hintergrund. Hi Bill North yes remember Sons and Lovers 1969. We had to pack up dancing in our mid seventies due to both having arthnritis we really missed it after all those 50 odd years of dancing. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Nottingham, Family,
, 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. Enid Coleman went ape and had the music. 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. In 1984, it was acquired by Barry Noble and adopted its former name Astoria.[6]. 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. 4. Worked in the downstairs bar. The final crucial design and technical challenge of the dance hall was the bandstand. Finally got the Malibus. 33 Liverpool dance-hall owner Malcolm Munro suggests that the first palais de danse in Britain was opened in Liverpool in 1913. I still have that velvet bow tie locked away in a box of keepsakes and memories. In an era of full employment and job security, real wages rose by 20 per cent between 1951 and 1959. 29 Crewe Chronicle, 11 November 1961, p. 6. A dance hall and several pubs would guarantee its use after the shops had closed for the day. One thing I noticed was a couple of ex chart Northern sounds that had been re-activated and played to a packed dance floor. 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. Doesanyone remember the Mansfield and the Sons and Lovers playing there? 12 French, Hilary, Glamorous Spaces: Public Ballrooms and Dance Halls, 18901950, Interiors, 6.1 (2015), pp. Hostname: page-component-75cd96bb89-t9pvx 10 Peter, Bruce, Form Follows Fun: Modernism and Modernity in British Pleasure Architecture 19251940 (London, 2007)Google Scholar. 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. The outside is distinguished by the large ornate globe above the entrance and in the early days, music was often broadcast on the radio from the venue. Early dance halls featured a simple stage or raised dais to accommodate the band, but experiments were soon under way. 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. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. E.g Love On A Mountain Top (with some solid clapping) and Everything's Gonna Be Alright. It was designed by Gillinson, Barnett & Partners and developed by Mecca at a cost of 2 million. We married in February 1961 and emigrated to New Zealand in October 1962. Popular acts to appear at the Palais included Jimmy Crawford and the Ravens. 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. Ladies Boudoir, Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums). Celestial effects were common, with thousands of bulbs creating ceilings full of sparkling stars. The crowd walked round the outside of the dancefloor. 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 reported intention was to create an exotic escape-world that lent itself to an immersive experience for its patrons.Footnote 37, Fig. Saw Gene Vincent, Rocking Berries, Barron Knights, Mike Berry there and many other bands, Sunday night was the best time. 43956CrossRefGoogle Scholar. The precious metal is now periodically used in dental golds and other dental metals. You've brought even more memories flooding back with the CB thing. Grayman45 Experiments with multi-purpose entertainment venues had been taking place since the 1920s and 1930s and were particularly common in plans for the redevelopment of seaside resorts; hence proposals for the new Hove Pier and Amusement Centre in 1932 included a dance hall as its centrepiece.Footnote 62 Dance halls in holiday camps were also common by the 1930s, one example being at Gorleston-on-Sea in Norfolk, opened in 1937.Footnote 63 One of the first designs for a modern entertainment centre away from the coast was the Arcadium Amusement Centre proposed for the heart of London's West End, a prototype modern shopping mall and leisure centre.Footnote 64 Designed in 1934 by the architects Elcock and Sutcliffe (subsequently best known for the Daily Telegraph building on Fleet Street), it was to include three dance floors, a pool with surrounding accommodation for 600 bathers, an arcade of shops, restaurants, a quick lunch bar, brasserie and grill capable of catering for 1200 at one time. 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. It was originally designed as a dance hall dances at the Clinton Rooms on Thurland St.,.Saturday evenings were O.K but Wednesday nights were known as grab a Granny night. It subsequently changed its name in the 1990s to MGM and in 1999 became Ocean[7] a club mainly used by students. Not now but used to be, Cycling C.T.C.,Badminton,Judo and Karate,Holidays,Dancing modern at first then old time and sequence. 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. As a result of these requirements, large public halls, transport sheds or former factory buildings such as mills proved popular for conversion.Footnote 24 The Hammersmith Palais emerged from a former tram depot, the Carlton in Rochdale (opened in 1934) was located in a disused mill, and the Bury Palais (which opened around the same time) brought back to life a disused railway engine shed.Footnote 25. 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. joining Art. It made over three times its original capital in the first twelve months and rapidly became known both nationally and internationally. The colourful and refined interior of Derby's Palais de Danse (Figs 14 and 15) demonstrates the level of glamour in leading dance halls. 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. The Jubilee Hall, which was the Co-op, and the Corporation Hall. 9. Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon. the next time im up that way will be for andy riley's 50 atb steve. 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. The band members were Keith Williams (guitar), Stuart Lane (guitar), Mick Hodgkinson (bass guitar & sax) and Ric Lee (drums). Upload or insert images from URL. It was really the Good Old days. 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. Fig. 44 Architectural Journal, 26 February 1930, pp. 77 Smith, H. Llewellyn, ed., New Survey of London Life and Labour, vol. 85 Sandy Melville (b. It was the first palais de danse [nb 1] to be built in Britain. As contemporaries noted, a principal function of the dance hall was to offer an escape. 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. I have a long and fond relationship with the old Notts Palais. "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. There were often more men than women and you had to dance by yourself. BTW is M Raynor any relation to Beryl Raynor who I worked with at Ladybrook Primary School in 1961? Interior of the Nottingham Palais, 1925 (Nottingham City Council and picturethepast.org.uk). 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. Someone (it might have been a policeman) said the Palais was a good bet - adding Enjoyed other peoples recollections of the Palais, the place where I met my now wife Margaret & actually danced to musicians. 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. Three stylii were used to transfer this record. In 1997 it was given another makeover and re-appeared as a new night club. A very popular and lively venue, especially when run (from 1991) by Nottingham blues legend Barry Middleton. Facing the stairs is a lounge, with settees, wicker chairs, glass topped tables. 34 Kimber, Jane, Danse to the Music of Time, Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group Newsletter, 19 (Autumn 2008), p. 7Google Scholar. 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. 9298. Spotlights playfully danced around the crowded floor, too. 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. 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. Postcard view of the interior of the dance hall at Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, 1911 (author's private collection). The old Victoria Hall had been taken over by Mr and Mrs HG Roscoe in September 1929 and re-christened the Palais de Danse. Then at quarter to two, a special moment. 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). 91 Yorkshire Evening Post, 21 July 1964, p. 7. 22 Morton, Francis Junior, and Co, Sprung Floors for Dancing (London, c. 1925), p. 2Google Scholar. It was emmotional. I used to walk up from Mansfield Woodhouse. Discover (and save!) Nottstalgia Nottingham Forums The building which housed the Horse and jockey Is still there, the stained glasswork above the door also I believe still in situ. 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. 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. You cannot paste images directly. 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. 55 Nottingham Evening Post, 25 April 1925, p. 5. 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. Then I received a call to join Val Doonicans backing band, the John Currie Quartet, full-time. 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. Contensis.Framework.Web.JavaScriptManager. A waft of hot air, the rhythmic throb of the band, the hiss of feet on the ballroom floor assail you. The harmonies were as good as they used to be, they played a good selection of numbers from the 60s and 70s and everybody enjoyed themselves. 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. Yet there was a tension between this liberation and constraint. 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. Great memories of this place. 53 The Builder, 14 November 1924, p. 759. 38 Parsonage, Catherine, The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 18801935 (Aldershot, Hampshire, 2005), p. 130Google Scholar. By 1935, Heimann had joined forces with Alan Fairley, a Scottish entrepreneur, and by 1939 they owned nearly a dozen dance halls and controlled over 300 dance bands playing in around 2000 establishments.Footnote 32, Fig. See also Ward, Colin and Hardy, Dennis, Goodnight campers! never missed a soul do there, from feb 78, until 83 (then the bank hol sunday nights , late 90's). Used to go to colemans at the weekend, upstairs i think, we would just walk round and round and round, crazy. One of the main events of the year was the General Hospital Ball which transferred to this venue in 1929. The Tommy Allen Trio, Bill Buttery and his Band, Harry Theakstone and his Band andDownbeaters Group etc last contact was Ramsey Allcock who played for the Blue Ramblers in the early 50s and was a Teacher at Yorke St School, MW in the 50s. Such a shame when the twist and other non partner dances took over. Personally, one of my fave records from the Palais dayers was Toni Basil's "Beakaway". 81 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1859, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Ticket Hall (1961). 67 See Roma Fairley, Come Dancing Miss World (London, 1966), and more generally Esher, Lionel, A Broken Wave: The Rebuilding of England 19401980 (London, 1981)Google Scholar. had a good atmosphere as well. 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 ? There was a small area called "The Bali Hi". 71 Architect and Building News, 19 July 1961, pp. 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. 75962. 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. Also used to got to Roy & Mary Knight's on Cranbrook St. My wife and I with friends used to go to Enid Colman's. Smithford Way, on which the Locarno was located, was pedestrianised and multi-storey car parks were constructed close by. While the numbers of cinemas were tallied by a well-organised industry, there was no central collation of statistics regarding the dance-hall industry. Still see Kempy and Gail on a regular basis. 6 City of Birmingham Archives, PS/B 4/1/1/4, Nineteenth Annual Report of the Public Entertainments Committee of Justices (1936), and Glasgow City Archives [hereafter GCA], E 7/4/1, Registers of Music Halls etc, 193452. Not very active now. Henry Holmes Dawson (18771964) seemingly worked with Thraves only on the palais, as he was in a London-based partnership with H.W. 87 Richards, Jeffrey, The Age of the Dream Palace: Cinema and Society in Britain, 19301939 (London, 1984), pp. Sons and Lovers were a great local Ruddington band, dont think they are playing anymore but anyone that remembers them, good film on You Tube, Sons and Lovers live at the Festival Inn, Trowell, doing I got rhythm with original members, great watch. Good times. 13. No other public space offered the chance to display such a wide range of movement for so many people. Display as a link instead, Anyone with any memories? In common with many entertainment venues, dance halls were sealed off from the outside world and seldom had windows. This multi-class audience for dance halls, and the democratisation it represented, was reflected in their design and even their names. She had a dance studio at Bridlesmith Gate Nottm. The dances performed there were the height of fashion no outdated sequence dances or polkas for Hammersmith, but foxtrots, quicksteps and the modern waltz. The dance programme would usually last for four hours, during which about fifty dances were played.Footnote 94 The bands were skilled at creating appealing programmes of music varied, popular, and of the moment. Good post mate. I believe he was a big pusher of that particular tune. 1. 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. never missed a soul do there, from feb. Many readers will remember The Ivor Kenney Sound, the resident band, during the 1960s and 70s, at Leicesters Palais de Danse. Then the Palais again, then Oceana, and currently Pryzm. Dance halls were constructed as dream worlds where working-class men and women could be transported from the reality of their lives by vibrant colour and human interaction, liberating movement and rich, emotive music, sounds and smells. In planning terms, it also reflected the thinking behind the Buchanan report on Traffic in Towns of 1963, as the precinct was designed on the principle of separating pedestrians and cars. It was known as Greyfriars Hall and was opened by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Walter Wessen, on 8 October 1929. Dimmed lighting enhanced the power of the imagination, while coloured lights were used to create an ever-changing visual experience. A strange but belting instrumental. Big bands who played at the Palais included Joe Loss. 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. 4).Footnote 36 The interior design (on the right) was a chinoiserie fantasy employing the contemporary fashion for oriental motifs. and Fig. There were dance halls constructed in buildings converted from other uses, purpose-built dance halls, and dance halls in multi-purpose entertainment buildings. Used to be a group around at that time called the "Jaybirds." 14 Richardson, Philip, A History of English Ballroom Dancing (19101945): The Story of the Development of the Modern English Style (London, 1945), pp. Brian Eno composed the soundscape. People of different classes did attend the Nottingham Palais, but they did not necessarily mix. On their first trip into Nottingham he and a group of other airmen enquired where the action was. Much of my Northern Soul early life centered around the Palais All Dayers, mid to late seventies. You can post now and register later. 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. 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. Your email address will not be published. Probably our most regular gig was the New Cross Inn, Sutton. I wonder if anyone remembers us now after all these years ? 50 Lawrence, David, Always a Welcome: The Glove Compartment History of the Motorway Service Area (London, 1999), pp. "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. Returned to the Palais when I finished working there and remember seeing Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers one night. 92 MOA, WC, 48/C, 1938, p. 1. One of the first was introduced at Mecca's flagship hall, the Locarno in Streatham, south London, in 1931.Footnote 26 Its purpose was twofold. Private functions targeting the upper-middle and upper classes would be licensed to serve alcohol and food, would be granted extensions to go on for longer, and would often involve fancy dress or other special themes.Footnote 60 Public nights were never licensed (not until the 1960s) and would not usually involve fancy dress. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Populist Palatial, postcard view of the rich, colourful interior of the Palais de Danse, Derby, 1923 (author's private collection), Fig. Then the Palais again, then Oceana, and currently The architecture of dance halls reflected these modernising trends, as well as a democratisation of pleasure. 45 Dancing Times (September 1929), p. 551. Die I Am Tour von Beyonc begann am 26. 99103, and Architectural Review (June 1961), pp. 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. "useRatesEcommerce": false Among its clientele were actors, sportsmen, film stars and even royalty; patrons included the Prince of Wales (a keen dancer), the Duke of York (later George VI), Lady Diana Cooper, the actors Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, and the celebrated French boxer George Carpentier. We used to go to "grab a granny night" on Thursday nights and a nod to Mick always got my mate and I in for free. Scarce as hens teeth to find anything relating to the Jaybirds and Jay Cats. 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). Its Stag Room offered men electric shavers, hair cream and free shoeshine. 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. 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