Hammersmith Palais

Hammersmith Palais: The Hammersmith Palais de Danse started off as a ballroom and went to being a more modern music venue. The bit about it being demolished and the wranglings between councillors and developers about what to do with it are hardly a reason to be cheerful. Equally a picture of the outside of the venue or the remaining wall are hardly reasons either. So here we have a nice cheery oil painting of some people dancing there in its early days. Possibly where Ian's parents met, the venue would have been a 'reason' for Ian in many ways, just the fact that it existed was one, a place where you can go and dance, be entertained is always a reason to be cheerful.