Hammersmith Palais - Shepherd's Bush Road, London, UK
N 51° 29.641 W 000° 13.444
30U E 692693 N 5708417
This Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group plaque indicates that the Hammersmith Palais existed here until 2007 from its opening, as an roller skating rink, in 1910.
Waymark Code: WMY2TP
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/09/2018
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The Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group circular plaque is worded:
Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group
Hammersmith Palais
opened as a roller skating rink
in 1910. Later it served as an ice rink
and, most famously, as a 'palais de
danse' with a capacity of 2,500. Dancing
continued all through the Second World
War despite the Blitz. From the 1960s
the Palais was increasingly used for
live concerts and club nights.
It finally closed
in 2007.
2014
Wikipedia has an article about Hammersmith Palais that, in part, tells us:
The Hammersmith Palais de Danse, in its last years simply named Hammersmith Palais, was a dance hall and entertainment venue in Hammersmith, London, England that operated from 1919 until 2007. It was the first palais de danse to be built in Britain. In 2009, it was named by the Brecon Jazz Festival as one of twelve venues which had made the most important contributions to jazz music in the United Kingdom.
The Palais occupied a large site on the A219 at 242 Shepherd's Bush Road, London W6, near the circular system under the A4 Hammersmith flyover. The area has two London Underground stations, a bus station, and the road network at Hammersmith Broadway.