Images Dated 30th October 2015

Windmill Theatre Owner Miss Sheila Van Dam watches as the curtain comes down over

Windmill Theatre Owner Miss Sheila Van Dam watches as the curtain comes down over the legs of the Windmill Girl Dancers for the last time today as the era of the famous Windmill Theatre London comes to a close. The Theatre which remained open throughout WWII - thus its slogan "We Never Close" is to become a cinema
31 October 1964 dance / dancing / party season / celebration / happy vintage news archive

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Commanders to appear in the Royal Command of Variety Performance are the young Canadian

Commanders to appear in the Royal Command of Variety Performance are the young Canadian dance team Blanche and Allan Lund, who made their name in the Canadian Navy revue "Meet The Navy" and appearing in "Picadilly Hayride".
Picture shows: Blanche, wearing a dress specially flown in from Canada by TransCanada airlines bought for her by her parents.
2 November 1946 dance / dancing / party season / celebration / happy vintage news archive

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The latest dancing craze to hit Londons dance halls, which is expected to take place

The latest dancing craze to hit London's dance halls, which is expected to take place alongside the "Lambeth walk" "Boomps-a-daisy", "Hokey-kokey" and such is the "Re-bob-bob" which was written by the two South Africans Carl and Roger Yale, dancers are expected to "bob up and down like a monkey on a stick, clap hands, twist, waggle hands at their ears, and re-bob-bob".
Picture Shows: Roger Gale with his wife Carol who helped work out some of the dance steps, do a spot of "hand waggling at their ears" while demonstrating the new "re-bob-bob" dance in London.
20 August 1947 dance / dancing / party season / celebration / happy 40s 1940s vintage news archive

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