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Dance Hall

Commercial Road c1960 Ref: W122075
Commercial Road c1960
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Just on the edge of the Commercial Road car park is the building on the left where I, and just about every other teenager that couldn't afford to go to London to socialise, spent our Monday nights.  I an remember paying 5/- to see Tom Jones just after he'd released 'Delilah'. The place was heaving and nobody could move. There was also a small bar in a cellar area where we drank Cherry B's. There was also a dance hall at the top of the Co-op where loads of headliners appeared. I can remember seeing 'Freddie and the Dreamers', 'Troggs', 'Dave Dee etc', 'Tremelos'.  It never cost us more the 5/-.  We knew how to live...

Written by Sheila Rice. To send Sheila Rice a private message, click here.

A memory of Woking in Surrey shared on Friday, 31st July 2009.

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RE: RE: Dance Hall

I believe I sent an email to you a while ago as I used to to go to the Atlanta at the same time as you, and I thought it would be interesting to keep in touch and write about our memories, which I thought were great times. Ann Tedder

Comment from Ann Tedder on Thursday, 18th March 2010.

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