Edinburgh Dance Halls

These are the Dance Halls that have been listed in the Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directories between 1931 (the first year that the PO Directory listed Dance Halls) and 1974 (the last year that the PO Directory was published.)

There would also have been Edinburgh Dance Halls in other years, and no doubt more in the period 1931-74 that were not listed in the Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directories.

Name

Address

1931

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

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43

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45

46

47

48

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60

61

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65

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67

68

69

70

71

72

73

1974

Blair

Main Street, Gilmerton

P

Central School of Ballroom Dancing

1 Drummond Street

P

Clan House

117 Grove Street

P

P

P

Dickson's Academies

Cathedral Hall, 47 Albany Street

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Dunedin Palais de Danse

10 Picardy Place

P

P

P

Edina School of Dancing

2 Nicolson Square

P

Eldorado Ball Room

1 Mill Lane, Leith

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Excelsior

40 Niddry Street

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Glendinning's

11 Pilrig Street

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Gordon's Forresters Halls

Lauriston Place

P

P

P

P

P

Grange Dance Club

1 Chalmers Crescent

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Happy Valley Ballroom

Craiglockhart

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Kosmos Dance Club

20 Swinton Row

P

P

P

Lido Dance Club
  THEN k Cockburn's Palace

30 Cockburn Street

P

k

Locano Garden Ballroom

Portobello

P

P

Marine Gardens

Portobello

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Maximes

Tollcross

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

New Cavendish
  THEN k Clouds Discotheque

West Tollcross

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

k

k

New Dunedin
  THEN Anchor Ballroom

Anchor Close, 243 High St

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

k

k

k

k

k

New Locano
   THEN k Paulina's Ballroom

Slateford Road

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

k

k

k

k

Palais de Danse
   THEN k Edinburgh Palais

Fountainbridge

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

Piershill Danse Hall

18 Piershill Place

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Plaza Ballroom

2-12 Falcon Ave
+ 145 Morningside Rd

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Plaza Ballroom

Morningside Rd

P

Royal Gymnasium Halls
   THEN k McDonald's

Fettes Row

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

Silver Slipper Ballroom

10-12 Springvalley Gardens

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Stewart's Academy
   THEN k Stewart's Dance  Hall

Abbeymount

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

Victoria Palais de Danse

83 Leith Street

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Wellington
   THEN k Traquair Room

West Tollcross

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

Windmill Ballroom

Canon Street, Canonmills

P

P

P

P

Name

Address

1931

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

61

62

63

64

65

66

67

68

69

70

71

72

73

1974

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