The Palais De Dance Nottingham, my big ( older ) Sis used to go there a lot in the mid 50s More Info Running Horse 202-204 Alfreton Road Conrads Chopins 509-511 Alfreton Road Skyy Bar 511a Alfreton Road Stork Club (2) Blueprint On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Each night of the week targeted a different audience. I love the Palais for giving me some of the best moments in my life. Average weekly money wages rose from 1 12s. 4145CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Yep, a lot of those records later released on Grapevine and Destiny, Lover - Delites, She Said Goodbye - Billy Hambric, "Palais Stomp" The Champion will always remind me of Notts. The final crucial design and technical challenge of the dance hall was the bandstand. Palais de Danse Nottingham c1925 www.picturethepast.org.uk Nottingham s Palais de Danse opened on the corner of King Edward Street, John Street and Convent Street notts palias my home town venue first went in 74 dj.s of the day were colin curtis , ian levine, dave evison a young johnathan woodliffe , john poole also and several other that slip my mind, must be an age thing. Ling, recognising that the removal of traffic might leave the precinct empty once the shops were closed, worked hard to keep the area alive by introducing new uses to the precinct. The Palais de Danse on Humberstone Gate, Leicester Many readers will remember The Ivor Kenney Sound, the resident band, during the 1960s and 70s, at Leicesters Palais de At one stage Mike Knight, the manager of the Palais for as long as I could remember shoved a microphone under my nose and asked me a few questions but I couldn't answer them, I was far too shy and embarrassed. Excellent he was too! Started my time on the scene in 78 at the Palais. Frontage of the Nottingham Palais, showing its illuminated globe, 1925 (Nottingham City Council and picturethepast.org.uk), The principal faade was a barely resolved hybrid of modernity and tradition typical of commercial architecture of the period, a bid to be seen as both democratic and respectable. Doesanyone remember the Mansfield and the Sons and Lovers playing there? The power of live music played in a relatively intimate space was such that people could literally feel the sound move through their bodies as it reverberated across the dance hall. Fantastic to go to an all nighter on the Saturday and straight to the Palais for another 12 hours of dancing on the Sunday, just cos we could. At one end of the social scale, it emerged from the ballrooms of large country houses, elaborate hotels, restaurants and private clubs frequented by the upper-middle and upper classes. Your previous content has been restored. By The Palais de Danse is Nottingham's most famous nightclub. Originally named the Palais de Danse when it opened in 1913 to 3 10s. Second, and equally important, the revolving bandstand added a highly theatrical air to the evening's proceedings, essential to create the kind of escapist atmosphere dance-hall managements were aiming for. 8889Google Scholar. Suprised not to have crossed paths again recently. Hot Legs are basically the band 10cc, comprising Eric Stewart, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley and Graham Gouldman. Fast forward to 1978. 2,376 talking about this. 32 See MOA, MDJ, 3/A, C.L. Your first impression is of the red glow of the room red walls, predominantly red carpets, orange and red lights [] The room is crowded. Bandstands became highly decorative. 30 The Rivoli, Brockley, and the Ritz, Manchester, are both recognised for their special interest as listed buildings. I love the Palais for taking me to a special place on a Monday night once a week and kicking the week off with a bang. I am friends with Ric Lee my friend and I have a Tribute Website to Ten Years After Ten-Years-After.com and Alvinlee.de I would like to hear stories about pre Ten Years After. 43956CrossRefGoogle Scholar. 11. Such changes were bringing society and culture into what John Baxendale has called the era of late modernity, in which established notions of national, class and gender identity were being challenged.Footnote 76, Dance halls opened up a whole new world of public pleasures, and thus public visibility, to the working class and to women. It was the first palais de danse [nb 1] to be built in Britain. You can post now and register later. 5. up to 2s. Hostname: page-component-75cd96bb89-t9pvx Luxe-modern, everyday glamour at the Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums), Equally impressive were the elaborate powder rooms, which included free-standing make-up stations decorated with pink candy-stripe wallpaper and topped with swags of white fabric (Fig. Hanford and Richards was on Trinity Walk. Suzanne Gallo designed the costumesloose fitting white tops and pants. For example, in 1925 Liverpool had 152 places permanently licensed for dancing; in 1926 Newcastle-upon-Tyne had 99.Footnote 5 In 1935 Birmingham had 176 permanent dancing venues, and in 1937 Glasgow had 256.Footnote 6 These venues were not all purpose-built, however, and the range of buildings used was diverse. But my relationship with this venerable Nottingham landmark started much earlier in my life and carries much more emotional attachment than simply being a placed where we danced our youth away to great dollops of soulful tunes and partaking of a chicken in a basket meal if we saved enough pennies to purchase grub in the restaurant downstairs. The designs also included a health centre, squash courts, gym and rooftop gardens. Also, will accept photos of the venues where they played. Published online by Cambridge University Press: Memories from 1959 I met a tall good looking lady at the Palais de Dance in 1959 married her in 1961 and we headed to New Zealand in 1962. *. In November 1929, the Stage Guild held its annual ball at the palais, with guests including Prince Paul of Greece.Footnote 61 A generation earlier, such events would have been held exclusively in country houses, private clubs, grand assembly rooms or private ballrooms. I have a long and fond relationship with the old Notts Palais. I had a great time at the Palais. Because of my dad's work he would have access to us on Sundays so we only ever really got to see him once a week. It subsequently changed its name in the 1990s to MGM and in 1999 became Ocean[7] a club mainly used by students. st ives to me, has certain stand out records Eddie Reagan, billy prophet, susan coleman etc all wigan biggies im sure, but when you only ventured 'close go home' I suppose they evoke memories of certain venues ? There were often more men than women and you had to dance by yourself. 3. For this reason there are many records that for me, are Palais records. Hello Bill, Im not 100% sure but I think it very likely that the Mansfields did play the Palais at some stage or other. Some great tunes you put up there :-), hi martyn long time no see , i now live in huntingdon near st ives been down here for 9 years now occassionaly venture back to notts . Its Blackpool venue (Fig. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. 1896), whose interwar work also included the Casino Assembly Rooms in Stepney, east London, which contained a ballroom.Footnote 42 A notable survival, the Ritz dance hall built in Manchester in 1928, was an early work of the Manchester practice of Cruickshank and Seward.Footnote 43, Choosing well-established architects demonstrated the willingness of dance-hall businesses to make significant investments and helped attract publicity. Heimann (1938). Enhancing the escapism of the dance hall were the crucial sensory pleasures it provided. 86 MOA, Worktown (WC), 48/C, Shall We Dance?, 1938, p. 3. 4).Footnote 36 The interior design (on the right) was a chinoiserie fantasy employing the contemporary fashion for oriental motifs. 10) was high. As a result of these requirements, large public halls, transport sheds or former factory buildings such as mills proved popular for conversion.Footnote 24 The Hammersmith Palais emerged from a former tram depot, the Carlton in Rochdale (opened in 1934) was located in a disused mill, and the Bury Palais (which opened around the same time) brought back to life a disused railway engine shed.Footnote 25. 11 See Atwell, David, Cathedrals of the Movies (London, 1981)Google Scholar; Eyles, Allen, ABC: The First Name in Entertainment (London, 1993)Google Scholar; Gaumont British Cinemas (London, 1996)Google Scholar; The Granada Theatres (London, 1998)Google Scholar; Odeon Cinemas 1 (London, 2002)Google Scholar; Gray, Richard, Cinemas in Britain: One Hundred Years of Cinema Architecture (London, 2011)Google Scholar; Harwood, Elain, Picture Palaces (London, 1999)Google Scholar. I used the title as my "handle" when CB's were big only to find out that everyone thought I was a copper just not so. For more detail see Nott, Going to the Palais, chapter 1. 17).Footnote 83 The rococo-style mirrors had lights above with tasselled fabric lampshades, and sconces in between. 87 Richards, Jeffrey, The Age of the Dream Palace: Cinema and Society in Britain, 19301939 (London, 1984), pp. The Palais de Danse is Nottinghams most famous nightclub. Dance Halls: Towards an Architectural and Spatial History, Going to the Palais: A Social and Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain, 19181960, Form Follows Fun: Modernism and Modernity in British Pleasure Architecture 19251940, Cinemas in Britain: One Hundred Years of Cinema Architecture, Glamorous Spaces: Public Ballrooms and Dance Halls, 18901950, A History of English Ballroom Dancing (19101945): The Story of the Development of the Modern English Style, The Re-making of a Popular Resort: Blackpool Tower and the Boom of the 1890s, Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group Newsletter, Dancing Mad: An Autobiographical Dancing Diary, The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 18801935, Always a Welcome: The Glove Compartment History of the Motorway Service Area, Space, Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture, 19451975, Directory of British Architects 18341914, Goodnight campers! Every one of those records to me are Casino tunes. The faade of the main dance hall was given a canopy edged in slate to match the surrounding buildings, while the rest consisted of red and grey dark-brick panels separated with recessed blind windows of brightly coloured glass mosaic, bordered above and below with fascias of Sicilian white marble.Footnote 71 The mosaic was the work of Fred Millett (192080), a mural artist with an extensive portfolio in both the public and private sectors, having worked on commissions for London County Council, Hertfordshire schools, the Post Office and National Westminster Bank.Footnote 72 The dance hall's internal illumination included strip lighting around the edge of the balcony and bandstand, interspersed with frequent use of sputnik-like spotlights in the contemporary style. Even Sam played it at the Locarno on more than one occasion. 21 See Walton, Blackpool Tower, pp. They also said they played the Palais regularly amongst many local and national venues. In the early 90s the Palais was briefly used as a rave club. Those in the mill towns of Lancashire, for example, attempted to recreate some of the splendour of the Blackpool ballrooms.Footnote 17 Entrepreneurs were also inspired by the cavernous dance halls that had emerged in the United States before the First World War such as the one in Pawtuxet, Rhode Island (Fig. It was that popular at weekends that traction put on late night buses to get us home to all the surrounding villages, This was quite a place, I remember wanting to go there with my brother. The dance programme would usually last for four hours, during which about fifty dances were played.Footnote 94 The bands were skilled at creating appealing programmes of music varied, popular, and of the moment. By 1935, Heimann had joined forces with Alan Fairley, a Scottish entrepreneur, and by 1939 they owned nearly a dozen dance halls and controlled over 300 dance bands playing in around 2000 establishments.Footnote 32, Fig. Keith Woodcock from Edgehill Grove M/W now lives in Sheringham after a very successful career in the music business. 79 Nottingham Evening Post, 11 April 1925, p. 3. Performer: Wayne King and his Orch.Writer: Sid PhillipsFox Trot.Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. The third and final type of dance hall was built as part of a multi-purpose complex. 98 For further detail on the decline of dance halls, see Nott, Going to the Palais, pp. 82 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1838, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Dance Floor (1961). I emigrated to Australia in 1972 but have very fond memories of those times. Just searched "The Spy" on Youtube. Lita Rosa, Dennis Lotus ans Dicky Valentine sang with the band. To keep his head above water he took on a job as a doorman at the Palais in his spare time, a job which he held from about 1968 to 1980ish. It had a small revolving circular dance floor. April 2009 in Zagreb, Kroatien und endete am 9. The band members were Keith Williams (guitar), Stuart Lane (guitar), Mick Hodgkinson (bass guitar & sax) and Ric Lee (drums). Previously, a change of band involved halting the dancing while equipment, instruments and players were moved on and off the stage. One of the main events of the year was the General Hospital Ball which transferred to this venue in 1929. Crewe's wooden framework, which served to define the dance floor and divide up the space, mimicked the architecture of a Chinese pagoda, with lacquered columns and ornamental fretwork. History. in 1938, by which time nearly 42 per cent of workers received paid holidays.Footnote 74 This gave rise to annual spending on leisure estimated at between 200 million and 250 million during the 1920s and 1930s.Footnote 75 The dance hall also arrived at the same time as mass democracy, following extensions to the franchise in 1918 and 1928 that finally gave every man and woman the right to vote. I worked at the Palais for many years. They changed their name ten years after they started. He opened its first dance hall, Sherry's, in Brighton. Our paths must have crossed mate another name from your list I remember Martin Green not seen him for years, Andy Cannon what a starr,yes Tom's living in Clifton now last time I saw him he seemed quite well, funny thing you mentioned about Chris & Forest one time he'd just got back from Anfield me & Tom Cragg dragged him too Stafford for a nighter great days. I featured on a few backing vocals too until someone actually heard me!. I gathered you had moved down south as it were. Gail and Jackie Searcy, Dave and Kev Husbands, Pete and Chris Smith, Tommy Cragg, Andy Cannon, Colin Shipstone, Mick Hancock, Tony Allen, Martin Green, Curly, Podgy (Simon Hodgkinson??) Heimann (1938). His encore was 'Now is the Time' which he reprised. Common locations were town halls, assembly rooms and church halls, but public dances were also held frequently in swimming baths, department stores, political clubs, hotels and restaurants. The movement was inspired by Cunninghams childhood game of skimming stones over a pond. Fig. 58 See photographs of the interior at picturethepast.org.uk (accessed on 31 May 2018). 11) was characterised by the eclectic deployment of neoclassical, Art Deco, oriental and even Pre-Raphaelite motifs.Footnote 58 At the centre of the dance floor was an illuminated fountain, which could rise to 12ft, surrounded by plants. I used to go to the Palais twice a week, 1956/7. Anyone remember any of these bands? 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. The strike action by RCN members is expected to lead to delays for planned operations at the trust affected, Investigation launched as man is injured after getting trapped between truck and trailer, He has been taken to hospital to be treated for his injuries, Revolution in Leicester to close two days a week amid rising costs, 'Inadequate' GP surgery's delays to cancer referrals and patient care slammed, One person waited seven months for "urgent" blood tests. However, this was a temporary structure, not a permanent dance hall. A combination of changing musical and dance styles (recorded music replaced live, solo dances replaced couples), altered social mores (women no longer waited to be asked to dance as in the dance-hall days) and a greater range of alternative things on which to spend money (cars, holidays and housing) led to the end of the dance hall as a distinct social, cultural and architectural space.Footnote 98. Seen you pop up on a few of Coop's images now and again. I remember Love on amountain top being a big spin too. A very popular and lively venue, especially when run (from 1991) by Nottingham blues legend Barry Middleton. hasContentIssue true, CONVERSIONS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE DANCE HALL, DANCE HALLS AND THE MULTI-PURPOSE COMPLEX, Copyright The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain 2018. In the 1970s the main front was rebuilt. Rob Smith was forever hammering it but it just sounded so good blasting through that sound system. The site became vacant when Nottingham Prison was demolished. Interior of the Nottingham Palais, 1925 (Nottingham City Council and picturethepast.org.uk). 54 Brodie, Antonia, ed., Directory of British Architects 18341914, 2 vols (2001), II, p. 809Google Scholar, and Nottingham Civic Society, Draft List of Local Heritage Assets of the City of Nottingham, 9 December 2013. London, The National Archives, BT 31/24605/155007, Hammersmith Palais de Danse (191932). 1. 50 Lawrence, David, Always a Welcome: The Glove Compartment History of the Motorway Service Area (London, 1999), pp. Funnily enough I did a small piece on the Palais for my SouledOn Soul Facebook page a few days ago A lot of emmotional connections with that place for reasons you'll see below, "Through these doors pass some of the most beautiful girls in the world". There was a small area called "The Bali Hi". 1821Google Scholar. 'Hanford and Richards' on, I think, Columber St is something I recall when learning to dance. The Locarno, Coventry, was designed by the city architect and planning officer Arthur Ling (191395), together with Mecca's in-house architects Kett and Neve. From the mid-1920s to the mid-1960s, the dance hall occupied a pivotal place in the culture of working- and lower-middle-class communities in Britain. I've not seen Tommy for nigh on 30 odd years. Is the building still there in Mansfield and if so what is it used for now? Artists from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. Among its clientele were actors, sportsmen, film stars and even royalty; patrons included the Prince of Wales (a keen dancer), the Duke of York (later George VI), Lady Diana Cooper, the actors Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, and the celebrated French boxer George Carpentier. Fig. They remained in residence until a Fire caused its demise and its closure in 1967.The format was Mondays General Dancing (with an Half Hour Jive Session to Records (later replaced by An Organist (Freddy Carlilse) Tuesdays I believe was Personal Tuition Wednesdays was STRICTLY BALLROOM DANCING mainly for those who were receiving Tution and those who were involved in the finer aspects of Ballroom Dancing with Tutors in attendance Thursdays I seem to think it was not open unless it again was put on one side for Dance Lessons Fridays was always available for Private Dances and Functions (tickets only) This was the Only Night there was a Bar Saturdays was Similar to Mondays ( If you attended On that night you were given a Token which allowed Two for the Price of one (providing one of each Sex) for the price of 2/6 In their early Career Adele And Freddie were very much involved in Old time dancing being not only Judges Nationally but they had invented several Dances and won many competions nationally most notably a dance called Lingering At times Championship Ballroom Dancers would do an Exhibition during the interval and on a few occaisions a variety act. Bruce Peter, for example, has examined a broad range of building types of the 1930s, from holiday camps, cinemas and greyhound stadiums to zoos and seaside pavilions.Footnote 10 Of such building types, cinemas have received by far the most attention.Footnote 11 Hilary French's examination of spaces for dancing concentrates more on ballrooms than dance halls.Footnote 12 Addressing the gap in the literature, this article provides the first overview of dance halls from an architectural and spatial history perspective, with the aim of assisting the preservation of historic dance-hall buildings in Britain.Footnote 13. Under new management, the Palais continued as a ballroom but was converted, after damage by vandals in 1973, into a bingo hall and used as such throughout the 70s and 80s. Nottstalgia Nottingham Forums Between 1914 and 1938, the average working week fell from 54 to 48 hours. Haven't heard it in ages, probably since the Palais!! Probably our most regular gig was the New Cross Inn, Sutton. In Liverpool, for example, the Grafton Ballroom (opened in 1924) was designed by Alfred Ernest Shennan (18881959), whose output in the Merseyside area included cinemas, hotels, banks and office blocks in a signature Art Deco style, together with a synagogue distinct in its Swedish-inflected functionalism.Footnote 41 The architect commissioned to design the Palais de Danse in Croydon (also built in 1924) was Hume Victor Kerr (b. Palais De Danse, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham Rotating dance floor at the Palais! Last saw Pete and Chris about 8 years ago coming out from Forest. The line-up of the orchestra had changed, also the name Carmen Sylva (for his orchestra) vanished. 83 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1833/c, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Powder Room (1961). 7. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). The Palais De Dance with Jack O'Boyle. As with many other aspects of the dance-hall business, the Mecca group was at the forefront of developments, most notably introducing the revolving bandstand. During the 1920s and 1930s, advertisements emphasised the luxurious nature of the dance-hall experience. It was the Mansfields who were the band during the competition. Music - Helping Handicapped People and people less fortunate than myself. The building opened as a palais de danse to replace Victoria Halls in Talbot Street. Its emergence and popularity following the First World War reflected improvements in the social and economic well-being of the working and lower middle classes. Such features were not unique to Newcastle. 71 Architect and Building News, 19 July 1961, pp. Here's a few that I'm talking about (I could list loads). "Their organist was Graham Elliott, who I used to practise jazz with during the daytime in the large, empty Palais hall.. Pasted as rich text. The main dance hall with a floor of 105 feet (32m) by 85 feet (26m) which accommodated 600 dancers. Got P**d off with meeting Paper Lace.our chargehand 'slothead' at bell fruit was the drummers dadso they were always being pushed on us. Some dance halls themed their whole decoration, with the aim of creating a specific atmosphere. 39 Dancing Times, March 1928, pp. The popularity of dancing just after the First World War led to an initial rush by entrepreneurs and dancing masters to convert as many buildings as possible. I often wondered if other people would put the same records to the same venue (they were obviously played elsewhere at the time). First, it offered a practical solution to the problem of providing non-stop music. One of my mates actually hit it off with a young lady and did eventually marry her and still was, up to a couple of years ago. Originally called the Astoria Palais De Danse, it was opened on Friday, October 19th, 1928 on the site of an old timber hall at a cost of 35,000. Bandstand at the Mayfair, Newcastle, opened in 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums), As tastes changed, dance halls took over the venues of other, declining leisure pursuits. We used to go to "grab a granny night" on Thursday nights and a nod to Mick always got my mate and I in for free. The upstairs bars were decorated in a glamorous modern members club style, with buttoned leather panels and copper downlighters on the walls. However, the backbone of the patronage was provided by the lower-middle and working classes more shop girls and factory workers than celebrities, and it was estimated that three million people had danced there by 1928.Footnote 39 Despite having begun as a conversion, the Hammersmith Palais continued as a dance hall well into the post-war era and was even given an elaborate new neon frontage in the early 1960s (Fig. 15 See Godbolt, Jim, A History of Jazz in Britain, 191950 (London, 2005)Google Scholar. In Leicester, Nottingham, Manchester and other major towns and cities, entrepreneurs cashed in on the popularity of dance. We still have lots of friends in the Mansfield area. 16. 27 TWA, DT.Tur/4/AG1833/d, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle Stage (1961). The largest entertainment venue in Europe at the time, it included an ABC cinema with over 800 seats, a Locarno ballroom, a Silver Blades ice-skating rink, a casino and several licensed bars, all served by a large multi-storey car park. Mike Knight is second from the right and my dad is the chap wearing the party hat, 22nd April 2012 "Notts Palais Crew" by Souled On Soul, on Flickr, And here's a very rare image of the Palais I found after a lot of searching t'internet, nottingham palais by world of andrew woodyatt, on Flickr. Am in touch with Kev Husbands via Facebook. A small group of young lads would gather in Gedling and make their way to the number 50 bus about 11am. Private functions targeting the upper-middle and upper classes would be licensed to serve alcohol and food, would be granted extensions to go on for longer, and would often involve fancy dress or other special themes.Footnote 60 Public nights were never licensed (not until the 1960s) and would not usually involve fancy dress. Dance halls are also distinct from ballrooms, which were dance floors within buildings with other purposes and often not open to the general public for example, ballrooms in country houses. The buildings that enabled this new aspect of social life transported patrons into luxurious, glamorous dream worlds of escape, and fulfilled a wide range of important social functions. Love reading this kind of thread, thanks! You know that sign really should have been written "Through these doors pass some of the most beautiful SOULS in the world", heres a photo of some of the Palais staff circa 1974. Originally named the Palais de Danse when it opened as a dance hall in 1925, it later became the Ritzy in the late 1980s, then the Palais again, Oceana, and then Pryzm. Personally, one of my fave records from the Palais dayers was Toni Basil's "Beakaway". 48 Daily Mirror, 12 February 1960, p. 23. February 8, 2011 in 60's Nottingham. Nottingham is the queen of the Midlands. 63 The Builder, 24 September 1937, p. 544. Wendy Northern Soul Cinema Theatre Vaudeville Theatres Auditorium Courtesy Opera House An Article from arthurlloyd.co.uk. Ladies Boudoir, Mayfair dance hall, Newcastle, 1961 (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums). Brian Eno composed the soundscape. The club is used as a student night club for both of the universities in Nottingham. piropos con frutas para mujeres, why is foo fighters baker street not on spotify, harry ratchford bio, stephen ross first wife, loretta pollock amos lee, how to split running back carries in madden, patrick dempsey weight loss, angela moore actor, ben reed skegss age, robin l marmor, federal government years of service pins, which hand to wear pyrite bracelet, james steven hawke, drill team vs cheerleading, youssoufa moukoko joseph moukoko,
Umc Hospital Cafeteria Menu Lubbock, Job Fair Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center, How To Contact Dr Brent Roussin, What Does The Bennington Flag Mean Today, Margaritaville Bahamas Resort Day Pass, What Is Your Most Significant Learning From The Training, Jim James Railroad Alaska Death, How To Use Debug Mode In Sonic Cd Mobile, Foxy Eyes Thread Lift Before And After, Countess Of Chester Hospital Consultants,