Dance halls in the 1950s - can you help me?
Watch this postHi there fellow silver surfers! I am making an appeal to those of you who are slightly more silver than I am!
I am writing a story and am looking for some information about what it was like to go to a dance hall in the 1950s. The actual year is 1953, but any descriptions people could share with me would be very useful.
1. What hours were they open?
2. What did you buy to eat/drink there?
3. How much did it cost to get in?
4. Did they have cloakrooms to leave your coat?
5. How much did you pay for drinks etc/leaving your coat?
Specific questions are (at the moment - though new ones crop up every half an hour of writing!)
Like I say, I keep coming up with new questions to ask, so any recollections would be gratefully received! Keep home, keep safe, keep well!
Fiona x
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I have just posted your request on our Facebook page, so you may get some answers from our community.
Do you have a Facebook account? If you do, we did a post back in April last year about dance halls and there may be some helpful comments for you to read here - https://www.facebook.com/SilverSurfers50/photos/a.425990670754996/2340744312612946/?type=3&theater
Best of luck with your reseach 🙂
Sally
soft drinks and crisps sometimes a biscuit no alcohol. cost anything between 2 shillings(ten pence)
upto 10shillings depending on the type of band and size of venue. 3d for crisps 6d for drinks for coats if posh dance hall (ballroom ) 6d /? sometimes a donation in a jar!!