Bruce Grove dance hall

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Permalink Reply by Ozbawn on September 2, 2021 at 21:55

We could go on the trolley bus!

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Permalink Reply by Jon C on September 3, 2021 at 0:50

It's apparently the "Power Praise and Deliverance Worship Centre" nowadays. Unfortunately.

https://goo.gl/maps/gDAM8kaoqpT8vUcQ8

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Permalink Reply by Jeremyb on September 3, 2021 at 7:51

I don't think that building was ever a dance hall. Its the Palace which was a theatre, then cinema, then bingo, now a religious centre.

I think the dance hall was at 113 Bruce Grove, opened in 1923, converted to a cinema ( Studio 5,6,7,8) in 1974 but is now the Regency banqueting and function suite. So you can still go dancing there but you'd probably have to be invited!

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Permalink Reply by Alyson on September 3, 2021 at 10:26

'Car park for 400 cars' - anyone guess where that might have been?

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Permalink Reply by Jeremyb on September 3, 2021 at 14:08

Looking at a satellite view there seems to be a large open area behind the building which was probably the car park?

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Permalink Reply by matt on September 3, 2021 at 12:57

Went to a Turkish wedding there a couple of years ago. Big space with dance floor upstairs basically :)

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Permalink Reply by K. E. Hubbard on September 5, 2021 at 20:44

Thank you for the answers.  I put out an enquiry about Hal Moss on a relevant Facebook site and ha a very full reply.  Apparently his was one of the bands playing Lyons Corner Houses around this time.   He also did a lot of theatre work including a stint in Clacton for the 1932 summer show.

The Tower Ballroom element refers to the Tower Ballroom in Birmingham where he was resident in 1933.

Thanks

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