Trumpet
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Can't remember what the main dancefloor with the stage was called.Sounds like the Top of the Grot !!!
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Can't remember what the main dancefloor with the stage was called.Sounds like the Top of the Grot !!!
Upstairs in The Grot . (The Grot = Couture or whatever it's called now) . Used to have a glass wall which I quite often tried to walk though when p1ssedWhere were the Grasshopper then?
I remember Hot Chocolate performing on that stage one night ......had the music level set so loud that many bodies near to the speakers were passing out !Can't remember what the main dancefloor with the stage was called.
The "other little room" may have been the restaurant area. Did it run the width of The Grasshopper overlooking the main dancefloor?I remember Hot Chocolate performing on that stage one night ......had the music level set so loud that many bodies near to the speakers were passing out !
Me & my mates regular route....around the downstairs dancefloor.... then the raised up bit by the tables downstairs...then upstairs and around the balcony (where we watched Johnny Pickup joining in dancing aound the handbags)....then around the Grasshopper and another little room upstairs....then back downstairs via the balcony to start all again .
Yes, that's the one .The "other little room" may have been the restaurant area. Did it run the width of The Grasshopper overlooking the main dancefloor?
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1011192Should come good if the Google Earth image is anything to go by. It looks as if it was quite a big castle in its day. I was looking for the site of Chartley Manor where Mary Queen of Scots stayed for a while at Elizabeth's pleasure. There is a large manor to the west of it, but that's relatively modern I think, might be built on the same site though.
I had a moment of fame on that stage once Given free raffle tickets as we entered the 'Over 25's night' , I was dancing in the Grasshopper when my number was called out. Wasn't going to claim it incase I was found out for only being 18 ... Bouncers saw me looking at ticket and dragged me downstairs and onto the stage to claim my £100 voucher prize (Chose to spend it in Peter Richards clothes shop, so with sales on as well it kept me and my mate kitted out for months after )Can't remember what the main dancefloor with the stage was called.
Just remembered, it was the Manhattan Ballroom. Sounds grand but, oh the reality......Can't remember what the main dancefloor with the stage was called.
Aaaah yep, thanks for that @Trumpet . It was driving me mad trying to think of the name !Just remembered, it was the Manhattan Ballroom. Sounds grand but, oh the reality......