Drogo
12-14-2013, 01:38 AM
OK I have been busy and unable to get to this thread. Unless I was really deaf and my memory is totally gone the Pier was a BIG dance hall. I was under the impression it was the same building as the Bowling Alley where I spent alot of time by the way. As I said my Mother and Father went there alot. From the stories I remember there were lots of Big Bands and Mom sometimes got up and sang with them. I think the height of the Pier was long before the height of the Brant Inn. It is an unfair assumption to just take it for granted that the Brant Inn would get the entertainment.
From Wikipedia (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Boulevard_(Hamilton,_Ontario)
In 1903 a Mr. H.Knapman formed the Canadian Amusement Company and opened up an Amusement park, (1903-1978), on Burlington Beach, which today is known as Hamilton Beach. It featured boats, boathouses, swings & slides, snack bars and a fun house named the "Crazy House". Shortly thereafter carrousels and a ferris wheel were added and by the 1950s a small roller coaster and pony rides were included in the parks' inventory.[4] Roller skaters and dancers whirled across open-air, wooden dance floor. The dance floor became the foundation for the Pier Ballroom. Sunday-evening talent contests were popular and famous artists - Ozzie Nelson, the Clooney Sisters and Duke Ellington played there. In 1978 the City of Hamilton did not renew the Canal Amusement Park lease. One by one, the rides and attractions were sold.
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scotto
12-14-2013, 04:32 PM
So Paul Wilson has it wrong, there were not two different places, it was the same building?"
And here is the final word.
"Another big changeover is the new pier which for so many years was a popular dance hall, then for a short period used for bingo games and now will soon open as a modern 10-alley bowling establishment."
http://hamiltonbeachcommunity.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-2230.html
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Drogo
12-14-2013, 01:38 AM
OK I have been busy and unable to get to this thread. Unless I was really deaf and my memory is totally gone the Pier was a BIG dance hall. I was under the impression it was the same building as the Bowling Alley where I spent alot of time by the way. As I said my Mother and Father went there alot. From the stories I remember there were lots of Big Bands and Mom sometimes got up and sang with them. I think the height of the Pier was long before the height of the Brant Inn. It is an unfair assumption to just take it for granted that the Brant Inn would get the entertainment.
From Wikipedia (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Boulevard_(Hamilton,_Ontario)
In 1903 a Mr. H.Knapman formed the Canadian Amusement Company and opened up an Amusement park, (1903-1978), on Burlington Beach, which today is known as Hamilton Beach. It featured boats, boathouses, swings & slides, snack bars and a fun house named the "Crazy House". Shortly thereafter carrousels and a ferris wheel were added and by the 1950s a small roller coaster and pony rides were included in the parks' inventory.[4] Roller skaters and dancers whirled across open-air, wooden dance floor. The dance floor became the foundation for the Pier Ballroom. Sunday-evening talent contests were popular and famous artists - Ozzie Nelson, the Clooney Sisters and Duke Ellington played there. In 1978 the City of Hamilton did not renew the Canal Amusement Park lease. One by one, the rides and attractions were sold.
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scotto
12-14-2013, 04:32 PM
So Paul Wilson has it wrong, there were not two different places, it was the same building?"
And here is the final word.
"Another big changeover is the new pier which for so many years was a popular dance hall, then for a short period used for bingo games and now will soon open as a modern 10-alley bowling establishment."
http://hamiltonbeachcommunity.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-2230.html
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