Knowlemere Street dance

[littlepom]

Can anyone tell me is the dance place on Knowlemere Street still there, or do I have pipe dreams and fond memories.
Littlepom

[accyman]

no its now a storage room for an electronics company but it could have been a lot worse

plans were put forward to turn it into a mosque but the nice lady who bought the rosette company attatched to it also purchased the dance hall putting an end to the plans for a mosque

used to live 30 feet away from the place

used to go there as a kid for the kids disco lol

[MargaretR]

I went there for lessons in ballroom dancing on sunday afternoons.
The place always smelt strongly of cat pee.

[Barrie Yates]

Don't remember the smell of cat pee in the mid/late '50s and I spent a lot of time there, on Saturday nights - as one lady on here will remember:-)

[bondi38]

Hiya so did i them were the good old days John Taylor had it when i used to go do you remember him .

[Barrie Yates]

Come on Bondi, I was too interested in the girls too remember bloke's names :-):

[Barrie Yates]

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[MargaretR]

The cat pee smell was when a chap named Cliff (I think) ran it.

[Uncle Mick]

Originally Posted by bondi38

Hiya so did i them were the good old days John Taylor had it when i used to go do you remember him .

John still teaches dance and is an examiner and travels all over the world judging and he`s a thoroughly nice chap!

[Margaret Pilkington]

I used to try to go there, but my mother thought it was a den of iniquity, and threatened me with all kinds of disasters if it was found that I had visited.

All the 'bad' girls at my school used to go there on a Saturday Night....they made it sound very attractive.....but alas, I never made it there or to Joe Mort's either(another place mother warned me off).

[katex]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

The cat pee smell was when a chap named Cliff (I think) ran it.

Wasn't urine waste Margaret ... 'twas that bloody awful 'pilot' deodorant (not antiperspirant) .. hek, can't remember its name, was in a lilac container and supposed to smell of lavender/parma violets, but did smell of cat pee.

Funny, in a dance hall you had your favourite spot to stand ... mine was on the left hand wall as you walked in at that little paying window. The boys always seemed to stand diagonally to this ...

[ossy kid]

Great times Saturday nights late 50s. Don,t remember any bad smell though, probably because of the brilliantine?sp? Like a very smelly brylcreme.

[littlepom]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I used to try to go there, but my mother thought it was a den of iniquity, and threatened me with all kinds of disasters if it was found that I had visited.

All the 'bad' girls at my school used to go there on a Saturday Night....they made it sound very attractive.....but alas, I never made it there or to Joe Mort's either(another place mother warned me off).

Don't think we were "BAD" maybe a bit adventurous. My dad was the same about Joe Morts but still I sneaked out and went there. Of course he did know. But loved Knowlemere St with all my friends. I wonder how many are still around. 1955/56/57/58
Come on where are you all.
Littlepom

[Barrie Yates]

Originally Posted by littlepom

Don't think we were "BAD" maybe a bit adventurous. My dad was the same about Joe Morts but still I sneaked out and went there. Of course he did know. But loved Knowlemere St with all my friends. I wonder how many are still around. 1955/56/57/58
Come on where are you all.
Littlepom

You know where some are - one in parrticular :-)

[littlepom]

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

You know where some are - one in parrticular :-)

wonder who that could be.