Diana Winnard winner of the Gaumont Miss Bellaire competition with' Raymond' otherwise "Mr Teasy - Weasy" the Judge.
1961 Miss Personality Contest, Joyce Harvey receives a £5 prize from Tony, Assistant Manager, while the runners-up look on, Sue and Jean
The Teenage Show
The Teenage Show
A flyer promoting the 'Teenage Show' at the Gaumont
We are indebted to Mark Nicholson - Bradford Live Historian-who researched these dates and has kindly agreed to allow us to use his research on this website.
BIG BEAT NIGHTS AT THE GAUMONT BALLROOM
1960 Dal Stevens & The Four Dukes (Weds 23rd Nov)
The Ravers (Weds 30th Nov)
The Dingos (Weds 21st Dec)
The Ravers (Weds 28th Dec)
1961
Jo White & Her Bluenites, The Fabulous Drummer “Alan” (Weds 4th Jan)
Dal Stevens & The Four Dukes,
The Casa-Mians (Weds 11th Jan)
The Ravers, The Thunderbeats (Weds 18th Jan)
Jo White & Her Bluenites, The Tornadoes (Weds 25th Jan)
Jess Conrad, Jo White & Her Bluenites, The Ravers, The Tuxedos (Sun 29th Jan)
The Tuxedos, The Chessmen (Weds 1st Feb) Gene Vincent (backed by The Echos),
Chris Wayne (Sun 5th Feb)
The Dingos (Weds 8th Feb)
The Mel Clarke Four, The Toledos, Dal Stevens & The Four Dukes (Sun 12th Feb)
The Mel Clarke Four (Weds 15th Feb)
The Toledos, Kris Damian, The Tuxedos (Sun 19th Feb)
The Toledos, Kris Damian, The Mel Clarke Four (Weds 22nd Feb)
No listing available (Sun 26th Feb)
No listing available (Weds 1st March)
The Tuxedos (Sun 5th March) No listing available (Weds 8th March)
Dickie Pride (with The Lucky Strikes), Lee Walker & The Travellers (Sun 12th March)
Jo White & Her Bluenites (Weds 15th March)
No listing available (Sun 19th March)
The Dingos (Weds 22nd March)
The Concords (Sun 26th March)
The Tuxedos (Weds 29th March)
The Beatniks (Fri 31st March)
Ricky Valance, Screaming Lord Sutch, plus The Lucky Strikes and The Phantoms (Sun 2nd April)
The Toledos (Mon 3rd April)
The Ravers (Weds 5th April)
The Beatniks (Sun 9th April)
Chris Damian & The Toledos (Weds 12th April)
The Tuxedos (Sun 16th April) The Mel Clarke Four (Weds 19th April) Jo White & Her Bluenites (Sun 23rd April)
No listing available (Weds 26th April)
Gene Vincent & Sounds Incorporated (Sun 30th April)
The Concords (Weds 3rd May)
Mick & The Tornadoes (Sun 7th May)
The Beatniks (Weds 10th May)
The Checkers (Sun 14th May)
Jo White & Her Bluenites (Weds 17th May)
The Tuxedos (Sun 21st May)
The Toledos & Chris Damian (Mon 22nd May)
Bobby Day & The Starlights (Weds 24th May)
The Dingos (Sun 28th May)
The Ravers (Weds 31st May)
The Thunderbeats (Sun 4th June)
The Tomboys with Helen (Weds 7th June)
Sandra & The Mel Clarke Four (Sun 11th June)
The Ravers (Weds 14th June)
The Tuxedos (Sun 18th June)
The Tomboys with Helen (Weds 21st June)
The Ravers (Sun 25th June)
No listing available (Weds 28th June)
Gary Mills, Mick Berry & The Outlaws (Sun 2nd July)
Sandra & The Mel Clarke Four (Weds 5th July)
The Ravers (Sun 9th July)
Mick & The Tornadoes (Weds 12th July)
Vince Wayne & The Falcons (Sunday 16th July)
The Beatniks (Weds 19th July)
The Dakotas (Sun 23rd July)
The Ravers (Weds 26th July)
Mick & The Tornadoes (Sun 30th July)
The Teenbeats (Weds 2nd Aug)
Bobby Day & The Starlights (Sun 6th Aug)
The Tomboys with Helen (Weds 9th Aug)
The Tuxedos (Sun 13th Aug)
Vince Wayne & The Falcons (Weds 16th Aug)
The Dakotas (Sun 20th Aug)
The Avengers (Weds 23rd Aug)
Mick & The Tornadoes (Sun 27th Aug)
The Tuxedos (Mon 28th Aug)
Bobby Day & The Starlights (Weds 30th Aug)
The Beatniks (Sun 3rd Sept)
Mick & The Tornados (Mon 4th Sept)
The Thunderbirds (Weds 6th Sept)
The Avengers (Sun 10th Sept)
The Beatniks (Weds 13th Sept)
The Tuxedos (Sun 17th Sept)
The Avengers (Weds 20th Sept)
The Beatniks (Sun 24th Sept)
The Tuxedos (Weds 27th Sept)
Mick & The Tornadoes (Sun 1st Oct)
The Atlantics (Weds 4th Oct)
The Mel Clarke Four (Sun 8th Oct)
The Avengers (Weds 11th Oct)
Johnny Nelson & The Phantoms (Sun 15th Oct)
Rikki Barron plus The Lucky Strikes (Weds 18th Oct)
No listing available (Sun 22nd Oct)
“Dal, Della & Dadio present their MARATHON ROCK NIGHT, plus guest group” (Weds 25th Oct)
The Dakotas (Fri 27th Oct)
The Thunderbirds (Sun 29th Oct)
Robb Storme & The Whispers (Weds 1st Nov)
The Thunderbirds (Sun 5th Nov)
The Tuxedos (Weds 8th Nov)
The Thunderbeats (Sun 12th Nov)
The Mel Clarke Four (Weds 15th Nov)
The Crusaders, The Beat Squad (Sun 19th Nov)
Lee Walker & The Travellers (Weds 22nd Nov)
No listing available (Sun 26th Nov)
The Atlantics (Weds 29th Nov)
The Zephyrs (Sun 3rd Dec)
Stormsville Five (Weds 6th Dec)
The Sundowners (Sun 10th Dec) The Zephyrs (Weds 13th Dec)
FINAL BEAT NITE (sic)
The Tuxedos (Thurs 14th Dec)
1962 The Dingos (Sun 5th Jan)
The Tuxedos (Sun 12th Jan) FINAL SUNDAY CLUB
Regulars at the Gaumont might recall the night pop star Robb Storme turned up. He is pictured with young admirers when he was a guest at a ‘Drinka Pinta Milk Week’ rock 'n’ roll night in November 1961. Photo credit to Bradford Telegraph & Argus.
I can remember all their faces, but not their names.
Do you recognise any of them?
Robb Storme with the winners
MARK NICHOLSON
Mark Nicholson has been actively involved in getting the Odeon / Gaumont back in use. We owe him for his research into the groups and their dates at the Gaumont along with his production work on the 1991 Golden Years of Bradford Rock 'n' Roll launch video for this website. Mark has been able to help with names and dates for some of the various managers that came and went throughout the Gaumont's life and photographs from the dances and evenings held there.
Bringing the Beat Back to Bradford from Nov 5th, 2022 - 11th March 2023 shines a light on the building’s vibrant history as a cinema, dance hall, music venue, and bingo hall. The exhibition features stories from the community, artifacts and memorabilia, oral histories, and a mix of official and vernacular photographs.
Mark's book was published in Nov 2022 called
The People's Palace: The Story Of Bradford's New Vic
£10.00 + £4.00 pp
available from Mark directly or from the Impressions Gallery in Centenary Sq.
