We are indebted to the Hartlepool Museum Service and the Hartlepool Library Service for these excellent archive photographs of town nightspots and dance halls from times gone by.
We have a reminder of the town’s first nightclub, dance halls that many people will remember and adverts for big nights out.
So to get you in the mood for dancing, let’s set the pace with some great Hartlepool reminders.
1. Inside the Wesley
A view inside the Wesley nightclub. Did you love to spend nights in there with friends? Photo: Hartlepool Library Service. Photo: other 3rd party
2. A first for Hartlepool
Back to 1966 and here is an advert for the town's first nightclub which opened in 1966. Does this bring back happy memories? Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service. Photo: other 3rd party
3. Pictured at the Queen's Rink
Benny Nelson at The Queen's Rink Ballroom. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service. Photo: other 3rd party
4. Back to the swinging 60s
An artist's impression of the Collingwood Club which was in Surtees Street. Here is an impression of it in 1967. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service. Photo: other 3rd party