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Mecca Leisure Group

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Mecca Leisure Group (also known as Mecca Leisure Ltd, Mecca Ltd, and Mecca Dance Ltd) was a British business that ran nightclubs, hotels, theme parks, bingo parlors and Hard Rock Cafes. [1]

42 relations: Amusement park, Basildon, Blackpool, Blackpool Mecca, Casino, Chairman, Chuck Berry, Coffeehouse, Come Dancing, Coventry, Dance hall, Disc jockey, England, Eric Morley, Evening Times, Ghost Town (Specials song), Glasgow, Hammersmith Palais, Hard Rock Cafe, Hotel, Jimmy Savile, Leeds, Liverpool, Liverpool Olympia, London, Lyceum Theatre, London, Mecca Dance Hall Tottenham, Miss World, My Ding-a-Ling, Nightclub, Ocean, Nottingham, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Pete Waterman, Plaza Cinema, Stockport, Privately held company, Public transport, Southampton, Stockport, The Rank Organisation, The Specials, United Kingdom.

Amusement park

An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes.

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Basildon

Basildon is the largest town in the borough of Basildon in the county of Essex, England.

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Blackpool

Blackpool is a seaside resort on the Lancashire coast in North West England.

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Blackpool Mecca

The Blackpool Mecca was a large entertainment venue on Central Drive in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, in North West England, first opened in 1965.

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Casino

A casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities.

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Chairman

The chairman (also chairperson, chairwoman or chair) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly.

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Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.

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Coffeehouse

A coffeehouse, coffee shop or café (sometimes spelt cafe) is an establishment which primarily serves hot coffee, related coffee beverages (café latte, cappuccino, espresso), tea, and other hot beverages.

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Come Dancing

Come Dancing was a British ballroom dancing competition show that ran on and off on the BBC from 1950 to 1998, becoming one of television's longest-running shows.

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Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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Dance hall

Dance hall in its general meaning is a hall for dancing.

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, often abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eric Morley

Eric Douglas Morley (26 September 1918 – 9 November 2000) was a British TV host and the founder of the Miss World pageant and Come Dancing TV programme.

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Evening Times

The Evening Times is an evening tabloid newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Ghost Town (Specials song)

"Ghost Town" is a song by the British 2 Tone band the Specials, released on 12 June 1981.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Hammersmith Palais

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.

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Hard Rock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe Inc. is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London.

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Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis.

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Jimmy Savile

Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile (31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English DJ, television and radio personality, dance hall manager, and charity fundraiser.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Liverpool Olympia

The Liverpool Olympia is a venue in Liverpool, England, situated on West Derby Road next to The Grafton Ballroom.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lyceum Theatre, London

The Lyceum Theatre (pronounced ly-CEE-um) is a 2,100-seat West End theatre located in the City of Westminster, on Wellington Street, just off the Strand.

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Mecca Dance Hall Tottenham

For 94 years, 415–419 High Road Tottenham, London, N17 was a North London entertainment venue.

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Miss World

Miss World is the oldest running international beauty pageant.

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My Ding-a-Ling

"My Ding-a-Ling" is a novelty song written and recorded by Dave Bartholomew.

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Nightclub

A nightclub, music club or club, is an entertainment venue and bar that usually operates late into the night.

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Ocean, Nottingham

Ocean is a nightclub located on Greyfriar Gate in Nottingham, England.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Pete Waterman

Peter Alan Waterman, OBE (born 15 January 1947) is an English record producer, songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast.

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Plaza Cinema, Stockport

The Plaza Super Cinema and Variety Theatre cinema in Stockport, England opened in 1932 and is now a Grade II* listed building.

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Privately held company

A privately held company, private company, or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock (shares) to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned and traded or exchanged privately.

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Public transport

Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, or mass transit) is transport of passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that charge a posted fee for each trip.

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Southampton

Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England.

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Stockport

Stockport is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester city centre, where the River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey.

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The Rank Organisation

The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937.

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The Specials

The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English 2 Tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca_Leisure_Group

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