Clear editor. You've brought even more memories flooding back with the CB thing. Where have all those 1960s bands gone? 3738Google Scholar. 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. 8889Google Scholar. 26 Architectural Journal, 26 February 1930, pp. 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 ! Used to love it. There was a small area called 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. Coco Tang Bridlesmith Gate The Cabin The new dance halls of the late 1950s and early 1960s were typified by sumptuous, colourful interiors along coordinated, modern lines in the Contemporary style. I remember the Palais when the most popular performers were Johnny Gold & The Sovereigns and The Newtones. Can anyone remember Reg Guest Trio and Ian King Trio? If any body remembers me Mansfield, Blidworth, Rainworth areas ladies and gents Hello. Meanwhile, sitters out and balcony watchers (always a significant proportion of the dance-hall crowd) provided a constant background accompaniment with their gossip, horseplay and chatter.Footnote 95, Movement, another key sensory experience of the dance hall, was vital to the liberty and freedom it symbolised. Without this, dancing could be uncomfortable and tiring and particularly wearing on the knees and ankles. Heimann had been inspired by seeing such facilities on various tours of the US during the 1940s and 1950s.Footnote 84 Similarly, in Dundee dance halls in the 1950s, automated perfume machines could be found in the women's cloakrooms, which gave a spray of Yardley's Lily of the Valley when a coin was inserted.Footnote 85, Fig. View all Google Scholar citations 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. 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. I remember a ex boxer guy the used to get a skipping rope out on the upstairs dance floor. The music rises to a final chord, the drummer crashes on the cymbal [] There is a steady din of conversation.Footnote 92. Enjoyed other peoples recollections of the Palais, the place where I met my now wife Margaret & actually danced to musicians. Your first impression is of the red glow of the room red walls, predominantly red carpets, orange and red lights [] The room is crowded. Purpose-built dance halls had a confident street presence that was not always the case with conversions. The colourful and refined interior of Derby's Palais de Danse (Figs 14 and 15) demonstrates the level of glamour in leading dance halls. We married in February 1961 and emigrated to New Zealand in October 1962. He also remembered well-known drummer Harry Ovenall, who had flirted with fame with Leicester groups The Farinas and Family. It also had dedicated band rooms for the musicians. The two I remember most at both the Palais and Coleman's were the Malibus - Gee Baby (I Love You), and Johnny Ross and the Soul Explosions' version of I can't Help Myself - a 200mph belter. Then the Palais again, then Oceana, and currently Not only the dance music, but also people talking, laughing, whispering and of course dancing all created a unique soundscape. "Other vocal duties were carried out by bass guitarist Fran Black, who had played with the famous all-ladies Ivy Benson band. I remember the Jbirds and also my late husband Johnny Gold playing there. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter sent straight to your inbox. 56 The Builder, 14 November 1924, pp. A very popular and lively venue, especially when run (from 1991) by Nottingham blues legend Barry Middleton. During the Second World War it was requisitioned by the Army as a dining area for the troops stationed in the town. I remember Love on amountain top being a big spin too. The line-up of the orchestra had changed, also the name Carmen Sylva (for his orchestra) vanished. I boughtboth of them from Selectadisc but unfortunately they "disappeared" over the years. 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. Used to have aquick drink in the Horse & Jockey just across the road back in those days., as did many Palais-De-Dance fans. never missed a soul do there, from feb. 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. 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. The And heres a modern simulation of what the looked and sounded like in those days? 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 known as Greyfriars Hall and was opened by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Walter Wessen, on 8 October 1929. for this article. I really liked Tommy a lot. 86 MOA, Worktown (WC), 48/C, Shall We Dance?, 1938, p. 3. 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. We can't bring them day's back, but we won't forget em either. 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. 51 Details provided by Museum Services, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. 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. I love the Palais for giving me some of the best moments in my life. 72 Ibid. Originally named the Palais de Danse when it opened Powered by Invision Community. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). 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. Jaybirds most of all or Jaycats or Jail-Breakersor yes The Mansfields willey_dave@yahoo.de, I was with TYA and Ric January 11, 2019 in Osnabrck, Germany. 199204Google Scholar. 47071. 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. anyway back to Colemans, we would meet at the pub round the corner, turned into a amusment arcade. Performer: Wayne King and his Orch.Writer: Sid PhillipsFox Trot.Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. I had a great time at the Palais. Constructed in 195860 at a cost of 204,205, it was conceived as part of a new shopping precinct in the heart of the city (in part based on the Rows in Chester).Footnote 69 The location in a shopping precinct reflected the growing importance of consumerism in British social and economic life. Although dance halls were comparatively egalitarian spaces, this quality should not be overstated. I like all of the above - except, Cobblestone is shite! One record that always reminds me of the Palais on a Monday Night was Jackie Edwards - Feel So Bad, this was way back in the late 60's and early 70's. The main dance hall with a floor of 105 feet (32m) by 85 feet (26m) which accommodated 600 dancers. One of my mates actually hit it off with a young lady and did eventually marry her and still was, up to a couple of years ago. 99103, and Architectural Review (June 1961), pp. I still have that velvet bow tie locked away in a box of keepsakes and memories. He opened its first dance hall, Sherry's, in Brighton. Contensis.Framework.Web.JavaScriptManager. They may well haveappeared when they were called Ricky Storm and the Stormcats from 1962. 2,376 talking about this. 82 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1838, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Dance Floor (1961). At the bottom of the sheet it mentions INSIST ON A UNION BAND FOR YOUR DANCES! 44 Architectural Journal, 26 February 1930, pp. During the Second World War it was requisitioned New dances were formulated to accompany the new music and were deliberately designed for couples (most notably the foxtrot). I entered into a singing competition they use to run and I won. 36 Dancing World (AugustSeptember 1921), p. iv. I love the Palais for some of the most endearing and enduring friendships I have ever made. 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 ? Loved the Palais in the late 50s and early 60s. Luxe-modern, everyday glamour at the Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums), Equally impressive were the elaborate powder rooms, which included free-standing make-up stations decorated with pink candy-stripe wallpaper and topped with swags of white fabric (Fig. The floor was both one of the principal technical challenges for the architect of a dance hall and a principal attraction for customers. Bugger work on the Monday!! Just reading the 1957 Mansfield Gazateer for 1957 and noticed the page for the Musicians Union. The old Victoria Hall had been taken over by Mr and Mrs HG Roscoe in September 1929 and re-christened the Palais de Danse. Such features were not unique to Newcastle. 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. 74 Jones, Stephen G., Workers at Play: A Social and Economic History of Leisure 19181939 (London, 1986), p. 15Google Scholar. Last heard Gee Baby at Warwick Soul Club;I'd asked the DJ if he'd got it, and he said "not here", but went home to get it between sets, Took my Johnny Ross to the Night Owl in Brum last weekend for their 1st Anniversary, and after MUCH nagging they finally played it at 3:15 in the morning. As contemporaries noted, a principal function of the dance hall was to offer an escape. April 2009 in Zagreb, Kroatien und endete am 9. Nonetheless, a very wide range of classes used the Nottingham Palais. Dancing had a cross-class appeal and yet, by the mid-1920s, it was predominantly an activity of the working and lower-middle classes. 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. The way in which the space was used also differed according to class. Often went to the Monday night dance at the YMCA on Shakespeare street. 69 Architect and Building News, 19 July 1961, pp. Henry Holmes Dawson (18771964) seemingly worked with Thraves only on the palais, as he was in a London-based partnership with H.W. You think I get spare time after managing this lot? Just searched "The Spy" on Youtube. The seats were always taken as when someone got up one of the walkers would sit down. 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. Feature Flags: { Particularly common in the 1920s were conversions of former roller-skating rinks, which were ideal, given their large dimensions and height. 34750. Spotlights playfully danced around the crowded floor, too. Performers would dash across Humberstone Gate for interval drink, Enjoying our history and nostalgia stories? But my relationship with this venerable Nottingham landmark started much earlier in my life and carries much more emotional attachment than simply being a placed where we danced our youth away to great dollops of soulful tunes and partaking of a chicken in a basket meal if we saved enough pennies to purchase grub in the restaurant downstairs. top palias sounds well there's been quiet a few but here go's. Both moved on from the band around 1967 to have successful careers in business. 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. I love kids and old people - because children have not yet learned to lie - and old people have nothing to lie about. It subsequently changed its name in the 1990s to MGM and in 1999 became Ocean[7] a club mainly used by students. My first encounter with the Palais came about 1971. 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. My hometown regular all dayer venue it's the place where the first Sunday in very month we would go and offer worship and praise to the great god Northern Soul. Under new management, the Palais continued as a ballroom but was converted, after damage by vandals in 1973, into a bingo hall and used as such throughout the 70s and 80s. 84 The Stage, 10 August 1961, p. 5, and Nathan, P., ed., CLH says The Collected Observations, Instructions and Philosophies of C.L. [3], On 12 May 1940 three men were discovered inside the building by a police officer, and charged with breaking and entering[4] and stealing goods worth over 200 (equivalent to 11,600 in 2021). You went in one night and picked up a ticket for free entry for next night. Its Stag Room offered men electric shavers, hair cream and free shoeshine. 96 See Nott, J., Contesting Popular Dancing and Dance Music During the 1920s, Cultural and Social History, 10.3 (2013), pp. Virtually all the surveys of the period suggest the same. 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. 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 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. no doubt. 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. Pryzm Nottingham is a chain nightclub located on Upper Parliament Street in Nottingham, England. With a revolving bandstand, a second band could set up in the background while the first was still performing and be brought to the audience at the press of a switch. 42 The Builder, 8 March 1929, pp. Then we would amble up through Hockley. 98 For further detail on the decline of dance halls, see Nott, Going to the Palais, pp. 60 Nottingham Evening Post, 9 February 1929, p. 5. In Leicester, Nottingham, Manchester and other major towns and cities, entrepreneurs cashed in on the popularity of dance. 7. Great tune. Here's a few that I'm talking about (I could list loads). Happy days. Sequence dances, where everyone performed the same steps, gave way to dances formulated specifically for couples, which involved much greater physical contact between partners the Bunny Hug and the Grizzly Bear, for example, required dancers to embrace. "The bouncers used to bet us we would miss the change over but, thankfully, we always made it back on stage in time. Rob Smith was forever hammering it but it just sounded so good blasting through that sound system. 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. This crowd was going to get bigger as the day progressed. 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). Worked in the downstairs bar. Something went wrong, please try again later. I played the Palais 7 times and here are the dates and the band, 29/04/1966 (Carl Pagan and the Heathens). 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. Used to be a group around at that time called the "Jaybirds." I was a regular for four years from 1976 so not quite the golden KTF period. Rose was a female entrepreneur, who in partnership with her husband established and ran the Calton Dance Hall in Rochdale from the mid-1930s. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=3+little+bears+jimi+hendrix&aq=6&oq=3+little+bears. It was the Mansfields who were the band during the competition. I wonder if anyone remembers us now after all these years ? Keith also told me that Ric Lee is writing a book and once some legal wrangles are sorted it should be published under the title From head stocks to Woodstock. 3. What a pair of real gents they were and full of interesting recollections of their time with the band. Many of the Musicians from the former Orch. 33 Liverpool dance-hall owner Malcolm Munro suggests that the first palais de danse in Britain was opened in Liverpool in 1913. E.g Love On A Mountain Top (with some solid clapping) and Everything's Gonna Be Alright. It had a small revolving circular dance floor. 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. Beginning as a practical necessity of separating the musicians from the dancers, the bandstand developed into a distinctive architectural feature. For each dance, different coloured lights would be lowered blue for a waltz, red for a foxtrot, and so on. 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 often wondered if other people would put the same records to the same venue (they were obviously played elsewhere at the time). it's like any venue from 40 years ago, big records were nationwide, after being 'broke' at one. Grayman45 His encore was 'Now is the Time' which he reprised. During the late 1980s the Palais de Danse reinvented itself as a popular nightclub venue. 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. The so-called dance craze spread rapidly. Its Blackpool venue (Fig. There were often more men than women and you had to dance by yourself. 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 . Ling was also concerned to bring a more human scale to the redesign of Coventry, revising the use of large open spaces and grand vistas by the previous city planner, Donald Gibson. By I do need to take in an East Anglian event. It began with new musical styles: ragtime, then jazz. 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 ). Dancers were thrilled by the opportunity to let themselves go. For example, in 1925 Liverpool had 152 places permanently licensed for dancing; in 1926 Newcastle-upon-Tyne had 99.Footnote 5 In 1935 Birmingham had 176 permanent dancing venues, and in 1937 Glasgow had 256.Footnote 6 These venues were not all purpose-built, however, and the range of buildings used was diverse. The very name adopted by the modern dance hall, palais de danse, emphasises this ambition. Lita Rosa, Dennis Lotus ans Dicky Valentine sang with the band. Hintergrund. 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. On its growth in northern English towns in 1920, the Cheltenham Chronicle commented: Dancing, with the pictures and football, fill in all the non-working hours in our great manufacturing towns, and, as a consequence, dancing masters not only teach the young how to step, but provide handsome dancing halls for them.Footnote 2, By 1938 it was estimated that around 100 million admissions were made to dances every year, and the figure doubled by 1953.Footnote 3 The dancing halls that sprung up to cater for this unprecedented demand developed into unique social spaces and a distinctive new building type of the twentieth century. The band members were Keith Williams (guitar), Stuart Lane (guitar), Mick Hodgkinson (bass guitar & sax) and Ric Lee (drums). 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. Frank Hanford used to run it but Dorothy Richards I never saw. My name is real and feel free to contact me with any information. 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. Munro, Malcolm, Dancing Mad: An Autobiographical Dancing Diary (Liverpool, n.d.), p. 181Google Scholar. First, it offered a practical solution to the problem of providing non-stop music. @ MAK - thanks for the kind words and no she was from Cotgrave :-), @ Steve Phillis- I remember you very well. Must have enjoyed myself because I remember it so well. The dance hall, then, was part of the renegotiation of British life, culture and politics in the early twentieth century. Fig. 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. 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). 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. Ultimately parquet blocks, which could be arranged in multiple directions, provided the best flooring for fixed dance floors.Footnote 20, Perhaps the most important consideration in the construction of dance floors was the ability of the surface to absorb and dissipate energy. Mick Knight was the Manager of the Palais, whose Mum used to be my Dinner Lady at Daybrook Junior School and they lived together on Edwin Street in Daybrook if I remember right. Some were dance teachers such as Robert Hindmarsh, who opened a string of dance halls in the northeast of England, and Malcolm Munro, who operated in Liverpool but many had little previous experience of this emerging part of the industry.Footnote 40 Architects with established local practices were usually chosen to design the new buildings. . Exterior and interior of the Hammersmith Palais (illustration from Dancing World, AugustSeptember 1921). your own Pins on Pinterest I used to go to the Palais twice a week, 1956/7. I used to work part time evenings in the bar at the Palais during the 1960s. The Tower Ballroom in Blackpool, redesigned by Frank Matcham and opened in 1899, was a particularly noteworthy example.Footnote 16 Dancing was also increasingly accommodated as part of the provision of seaside pavilions, including examples as disparate as Ramsgate's Royal Victoria Pavilion, designed by S.D. It was the first palais de danse [nb 1] to be built in Britain. 3). Some great nights down there never to be forgotten! I used to go to Hanford & Richards mid forties early fifties. Total loading time: 0.984 50 Lawrence, David, Always a Welcome: The Glove Compartment History of the Motorway Service Area (London, 1999), pp. Ballroom, rock N Roll you name it. 88 See Horace Richards, Dancing Throughout Britain, a series of six reports printed in Popular Music and Dancing Weekly, 22 November to 29 December 1934. It was designed by the Nottingham architectural practice of Evans, Clark and Woollatt for W. A. Walker at a cost of 30,000. 79, 85. Last saw Pete and Chris about 8 years ago coming out from Forest. In London, the Grafton Galleries, the Wharncliffe Rooms, the Portman Rooms, the Savoy Hotel and the Princess Galleries were popular locations for society dances before the First World War and served as models for the new building type.Footnote 14 Following the war, fashionable restaurants and hotels continued to expand their dancing facilities, as new dances from across the Atlantic captured the public imagination. I dont live in the town. 31 Blackburn Times, 20 February 1959, p. 3. Such a shame when the twist and other non partner dances took over. The Jubilee Hall, which was the Co-op, and the Corporation Hall. There was a small area called "The Bali Hi". 5. 'Hanford and Richards' on, I think, Columber St is something I recall when learning to dance. Wollaston offered several anonymous offers for anyone who could isolate palladium, so the elements discovery was credited to Richard Chenevix in 1803. 1934), personal communication, Dundee, 11 March 2011. The reported intention was to create an exotic escape-world that lent itself to an immersive experience for its patrons.Footnote 37, Fig. 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. Worked in the downstairs bar. Went to see Sons and Lovers at The Venue (Potters) at Rainworth last Saturday. 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. 34 Kimber, Jane, Danse to the Music of Time, Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group Newsletter, 19 (Autumn 2008), p. 7Google Scholar. Adrian recalled during his time with Ivor the band also included Joe and Fred on saxophones and Bill on the trumpet. Funny how you both mention Love On A Mountain Top. Will be playing both (plus some Syvie Vartan) at True Blue at the Albany Club in Coventry on 16/12/16. 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. 22 Morton, Francis Junior, and Co, Sprung Floors for Dancing (London, c. 1925), p. 2Google Scholar. Display as a link instead,