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by Jerry » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:11 am
Don't fight, Angry and Delilah, you're both on the side of the lady's dignity.
Perhaps my faint recollections of Bailey's some ten years earlier than you, in the time of the great lizards, would be of interest.
Funnily enough, I remember the place as down at the Town Hall end. Did it move? In my day, it was fairly cramped, with a reddish floor. The clientele was rather genteel, and no alcohol. I was a bit shy and also found that I had no coordination at all - a lifelong sorrow. It was strictly ballroom, so I couldn't just writhe round my cycle-clips. Why do all women dance so effortlessly?
Stan Henry I remember as shortish; darkish wavy hair; port-wine shirt; tweedy jacket. Did he wear a bow-tie? Avril Elliot was his good-looking girl-friend then . I've come across an article and picture in the Shields Gazette archive with Stan and Avril showing off their swish 1950s flat.
Wasn't Baileys the largest chain of night-clubs in Europe at one time?
Anyway, thank you Meriel Spraggon for being nice to me!
By the way, do bear in mind that in those days, the hit parade was based on SALES OF SHEET MUSIC.
Jerry