Wigan Album
Wigan Court School of Dancing.
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Photo: Philip Gormley.
Item #: 28623
Did Tommy Moss run the dance school? And wasn't it over the top of The Ritz/ABC Cinema at one time?
yes irene, it was where you said. i went there in the early 60's, a guy named stan, can't remember his surname ran it when i went.
No Tommy Moss didn't run it. You are right about Stan, but I cannot remember his last name.One of the teachers name was Barbara.
Tommy Moss' school of dancing was behind the market square bus station, Hope St ? over the Savoy cafe.
got all my gold medals at the court.....excellent years!
Still got all my certificates, sad isn't it.
Although we did learn to dance at school - in the sixties it was considered 'square'!! Later on in the eighties and nineties I rediscovered sequence dancing and my favourite was the Square Tango. I remember Tom Moss's wife Bridie from my days at the ROF.
I went line-dancing many years ago with my friend and the class was run by Tommy and Bridie.
I was taught how to trip the light fantastic, at Gee's School of Dancing, in King Street, West. Then I enjoyed myself at the "Villa Marina", and the other three dance venues, on the I.O.M. A great time was had by all. Early, to mid fifties. Was never a class dancer.
I used to go to a tap dancing class in Wigan. It was held in the upstairs rooms of a building along the street from the Congregational Church & practically opposite the old bus station in the Market Sq. I knew it as The Moss School of Dancing.
Yes, that would have been Tom Moss, Helen. I believe he taught dancing along with his sister, Hilda.
Hi Irene, I have been line dancing now for 20 odd years and the very first session my friends and I went to was at St Theresa's in Upholland,the teacher was Tommy Moss and his wife Bridie, he was a hard taskmaster but an amazing dancer!He wouldn't let us sit down for a minute!!!
The guy named Stan, his last name was Ingram and was my grandad.
I learned.to dance there 1965_66 happy days
Remember Stan in the court school of dancing. Left hand side entrance under the ritz cinema Ticket office just through the door could see. casino club and bus stops through the windows
https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/album/photo.php?opt=6&id=32781&gallery=Stan+Ingram%2C+Court+School+of+Dancing&page=1
I've posted a photo of Stan Ingram and Barbara and dancing medal winners taken in the 60's
Used to love Saturday night's