DJBrenton 738 Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 I worked at the Palais in the late 70's,mostly on the bar and once in a while dj'ing. My abiding memories of the house bands are 2-4-6-8- motorway and Float On. Other memorbale events were the European Elvis convention taking place a couple of weeks after he died. The Bali Hai was filled with middle aged guys in batwing costumes sobbing their hearts out. They had planned to show 'Love me tender' but realised that, as the only film Elvis died in, they'd have a riot on their hands so had to delay the film for an hour or so as a replacement film was sent from Germany I think. The other big event was the showmans booking after goose fair. They would keep putting £20 notes on the bra and you poured pints as fast as you could while they had a massive beer fight. The place would take a weeks worth of bar money on that one day. I also remembert how, on grab a granny night, all the women turned right into the ladies as soon as they arrived to soap their wedding rings off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Thanks Mick for that link . My brother sent me this this pic of another Palais house band in the 70s called Red Sun that I believe were an offshoot of the Mike Miller band , here pictured in the Bali Hi (?) . 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 As regards Mick Knight and djing. When the music upstairs came from the small lighting cubicle on the balcony, if no-one was dancing, he'd rush in, put 'Hi Ho Silver Lining' on and rush out again as the dance floor immediately filled. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Bumping this thread as its allied to the other Palais thread . When I was googling about the Mike Miller band , extracts from this book came up about a West Bridgford lad that was a success in the adult gay film industry in the USA . He was a dancer at the Palais He mentions the female dancer mentioned above and there is some other stuff of Nottingham people and places , (if you flick backwards and through the example pages) . WARNING : DOES CONTAIN CONTENT OF AN ADULT NATURE ! http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gWv7bOVPh9kC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&ots=1sFYj3P2el&dq=mike+miller,+nottingham+palais&output=html_text Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Karls Fable also did Hi Ho Silver lining to get the crowd going. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Tristram shandy including Andy and Keith, play the wilmot arms Borrowash one Sunday every month.....yesterday they were brilliant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Post #19 It was not a window he was cleaning, it was a big round fluorescent ball on top off the roof over the entrance, and it is still there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Palais in the mid 80s, including signs for "Bali Hai" above the entrance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 An old bus (I can't identify whose) on King Edward Street down the side of the Palais. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Crikey, that's a difficult one. A Maudsley maybe or a Bristol? Rear entrance too, quite unusual. I reckon Stephen Ford is the man for this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 I wonder if it might be a Gilford. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 I would say that it is East Midland (in the old colour scheme of chrome yellow, chocolate and cream, used until the mid 50s when they adopted all-over red - boring!). My guess is that it is a Leyland, from the days before the deep radiator was developed. Rear entrance single deckers weren't all that rare, and East Midland certainly had plenty of them over the years. What is more unusual is the outward opening swing door, which probably indicates that it's a coach, rather than a bus. Opening a sliding door as the bus came to a stop was fine, but you didn't want enthusiastic passengers (or conductors) throwing open a swing door, and clobbering unsuspecting folk on the pavement ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 StephenFord - do you think it IS a Leyland - the name on the radiator looks strange, almost lozenge-shaped. But I'm far from sure it's a Gilford - there were so many manufacturers in those days! I wonder if Cliff Ton can make out the registration on the original photo. Studying the photo - is that a roof rack towards the rear, with cases piled on it, or is it part of the building behind it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 It is a guess, and I could be totally wrong Merthyr. The radiator does look similar to a Gilford, but Gilfords apparently used Gruss-Springs (Don't ask - I'm not technical!) and these were always very obvious sticking out at the front. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 But not all Gilfords had Gruss Air Springs: http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?cat=221 Having said that, I'm not sure it quite looks like the Gilford lettering on the radiator either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Just seen a picture of 1929 Guy double decker in Derby on facebook East Midlands Transport Remembered. The radiator looks rather similar. I wonder if this was a Guy? (We'd better finish this private discussion soon, or they'll start throwing things at us!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert smith 803 Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 Before you do Stephen here's my ha'porth, I'm no bus enthusiast but I think it's the bands transport with the 'emergency exit' door open while the instruments are unloaded, are the 'roadies' carrying a drum? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 I think that could be the explanation. Somebody's dance band playing at the Palais, and they use an old bus to transport the band and their gear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Can't agree with you Albert. The bus is right-hand drive, and usually pulls up at kerbs on the left side of the road. The door shown is the only one on that side, (no other door handles) so must be a rear-entry bus; which didn't matter if there was a conductor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Yes, probably not a particularly old bus when the photo was taken (must be some time in the 1930s), but perhaps it could have been in use by a dance band - if they really are boxes on a roof rack towards the rear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MansfieldMichael 9 Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Ay up me duck - new guy here. Used to play sax and sing in the Mike Miller Band at Nottingham Palais in the 70s. Our 2nd band there was Tristram Shandy - it still had the revolving floor in the Bali Hai then haha. Also worked at Banner Agency Nottingham, where we looked after Sons & Lovers, Clockwork Toys, Colours of Love, WhichWhat, Gingerbread, Rainbow Cottage, Jaffa Band et al. We also handled Mud, Sweet, Shakin' Stevens, and I "discovered" a group called the Elizabethans, playing in a Working Mens' Club in Leeds in the early 70s, who we signed up. They became Smokey, and we handed them over to Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, and the rest, as they say... What a fantastic site this is - so many memories have been revived here for me....I also ran the Thurland with my wife Maria in the 80s, Old Vic Music Hall in the Lace Market in the 90s, and then had 11 years as mine host at the Coach & Horses (Broach and Handbag) on Parliament Street. Just looking through the posts about old clubs and pubs on here brought back so many memories. At Banner, we used to book groups for the Dancing Slipper, Boat Club, Brit, and lots of other clubs. One time I booked the Rolling Stones for Nottingham Uni Rag Ball for £2000....then they cancelled out two weeks before the gig. I booked Roxy Music for £125 at the 76 Club Burton on Trent, also Suzie Quattro for £75 there....those were the days....we used to promote concerts too at Banner - Phil Smith had Hermans Hermits at the Elizabethan Rooms over the Co-op, and I put Uriah Heep and Shanana on at the Albert Hall in the 70s. I also played tenor sax with Edwin Starr in the 80s, with Rod Lee (Gino Washington, Amen Corner and others) and Bob Wilson (Wizzard, Humphrey Lyttleton and others) and we did a couple of tours with him, Kim Weston and Major Lance - all the Northern Soul venues....now happily retired in Sawley. Anyone remember me?? 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Hi Mick welcome ! Met you briefly once in the Thurland , on a rare trip to Nottingham when I went in with my brother Bob (who you mention above) . My wifes mum had worked in the Thurland for many years up until the 70s so it was a nostalgic trip for her . Trust you have seen some of the photos of the Palais bands posted in previous pages of this thread . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MansfieldMichael 9 Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 On 9/26/2012 at 10:20 AM, mick2me said: Wasnt Mick Knight DJ for a while before he became manager. Tony Rainbow would be there about 1969, when I saw Troggs and Love Affair Live. Mick Knight started off as light boy when he left school. He worked his way up, and became Mecca's top manager. He was also a brilliant DJ - you remember "Stars on 45"? Well, Knighty used to do a mix like that in his DJ spot, looong before the Stars on 45 came out. He had a great patter on the mic too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MansfieldMichael 9 Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 On 4/1/2011 at 11:19 PM, stiggymills said: Well I can remember introducing the Mike Miller Band. I was a DJ there in the late 70's. Mick Knight the manager, Edwin Starr was on one night. Great times. What was the other band that alternated with Tristrum Shandy. I remember playing records for only 15 mins whilst the guys changed the kit over. They were brilliant. I had to think hard to fill the floor without playing records the bands did live, Motown always worked. I remember running in one night at 7.30(opened at 80) with anew KC and the Sunshine band record only to find the band practising it, they played it and played it very well that night. I joined Mike Miller in May 1976 and stayed with him a few years, then went up to Bradford Locarno with "Flyer". The Yorkshire Ripper struck in the Locarno carpark, so we got closed down and I came back to Mike at the Palais in 1980. Tristram were still there then. We got moved to Leicester Palais and then the Towers in Birmningham, so I cannot remember who took over from us. Tristram were there for years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Is this Tristram Shandy ? If not who ? Comes up on a Google search for that name + Nottstalgia but can't see it on the actual thread on here called Pedigree of Pop . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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