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1950s & 60s Dancehalls/Ballrooms

Do you remember the Ritz, Mecca, Palace, dance halls and ballrooms? Where you could go in the afternoons to date some girls. They used to call these "Afternoon Tea Dances" a great source of dating. Of course they have all morphed into money grabbing Bingo!


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Kazzaj
18th Aug 2016 22:50:42
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Lol a bit before my time but that was the age of romance for sure when a man and a woman danced together properly as a couple. Not like today throwing themselves around and shaking their bottoms at the screen! Hehe
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Alan247
7th Aug 2016 15:07:52
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Streatham Locarno, most saturday nights, or The Pontiac Club, Putney
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victor meldrew
13th May 2016 20:14:00 (Last activity: 7th Aug 2016 15:05:47)
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Lyons corner houses with their pretty waitresses. Coop divi,Mayfair,lip tons,sainsbury's with sawdust on the floor, broken biscuits and steam trains,go carts made from old Pram wheels and orage boxes, I could go on and on.Those were the days.
Response from Alan247 made on 7th Aug 2016 15:05:47
The waitresses were called Nippies, they were always nipping around
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Riversiderouge
15th Jan 2016 15:21:52
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I remember well the Winter Gardens in Banbury in the sixties. It was used for all kinds of things back then. Indoor Bowls, Roller Skating, Boxing, Wrestling (Mick McManus/Jackie Pallo etc) but on a Saturday Night it was Rock n Roll heaven. Sadly now demolished but not forgotten as it has a facebook page where geriatric mods and rockers share their memories.
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