{"id":2,"date":"2010-11-04T20:37:14","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T20:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meccadancehalls.kett.ch\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2011-02-11T20:04:44","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T20:04:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meccadancehalls.kett.ch\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"Tribute."},"content":{"rendered":"

In a couple of words…\u00a0Mr. Alan B. Fairley, partner with Carl Heimann in Mecca Ltd, passed away several years ago, I \u00a0realized a page has turned, and there is no tribute on his life, or any history on Mecca Leisure, on the internet, \u00a0and that its origin, \u00a0the name Ye Mecca<\/em>, \u00a0people may not realize \u00a0the impact Mecca Ltd. had on \u00a0the nightlife in the UK post second World War and whether the public really \u00a0knew very little about these two men who were the minds behind \u00a0Mecca Ltd, Heimann and Fairley made the spectacular growth of Mecca Ltd. across the country. Mecca Ltd became a household name : \u00a0to mention a few, its hotels, casinos, ice skating rinks, BBC television program “Come Dancing”…<\/p>\n

I was only able to find at the time a paragraph that was half-baked \u00a0to my opinion. It was too late to gather information \u00a0or personal accounts as all the movers and shakers, \u00a0the major part of them had passed away too. That’s the treason of time. Little is there left on the making of Mecca, its success, its battles too.<\/p>\n

So here I have compiled here my research on Mecca Ltd and wish all those who have worked \u00a0there between the 1950’s to the 1980’s are welcome to share their personal account on this establishment.<\/p>\n

Today Mecca is a landmark name for its Bingo Halls, Mecca Bingo\u00a9 all across the United Kingdom. It is very difficult to compile the history of a company who expanded so much like Mecca Leisure did, that’s why my facts and figures page is just still embryonic.<\/p>\n

….yet there is all what Mecca Ltd stood \u00a0for that is gently slipping away into oblivion ; the root motivation of Mr Alan Fairley was make dancing affordable for all, having a good time, socializing \u00a0all this kept, people off the streets, making it possible for all social ranks to mingle and enjoy music ! \u00a0Buildings they owned have disappeared, been transformed, converted… A huge gap in the history nightlife, it seems Mecca Ltd was at of what was the birth of \u00a0what we know today as dance halls that became night clubs.<\/p>\n

Mecca Ltd. gave to people glamour, everyday glamour, and got the whole nation to love dancing.<\/p>\n

This website wouldn’t be possible without the credits and sources \u00a0of :<\/p>\n

Roma Fairley : ” Come dancing” \u00a9 Roma Fairley \u00a01966 Newman Neame Ltd.<\/p>\n

B. D. Kett F.R.I.B.A. architect, Curzon Street, \u00a0Mayfair, \u00a0London<\/p>\n

Dance News, newspaper \u00a0December 3, 1959<\/p>\n

Silver Blades gala brochure 1962<\/p>\n

contact me :<\/p>\n

rachelle(at)knobl(dot)ch<\/p>\n

This website is in memory of my father Brian D. KETT F.R.I.B.A. ; (1927-1993)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a couple of words…\u00a0Mr. Alan B. Fairley, partner with Carl Heimann in Mecca Ltd, passed away several years ago, I \u00a0realized a page has turned, and there is no tribute on his life, or any history on Mecca Leisure, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meccadancehalls.kett.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meccadancehalls.kett.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meccadancehalls.kett.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meccadancehalls.kett.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meccadancehalls.kett.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/meccadancehalls.kett.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10,"href":"https:\/\/meccadancehalls.kett.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/10"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meccadancehalls.kett.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meccadancehalls.kett.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}