newcastle nsw au photos, city, port, valley : PALAIS ROYALE

Sunday, November 25, 2007

PALAIS ROYALE

The Palais Royale dance hall, 'the Pallay'', is slipping away and is drawing out fading memories from the townsfolk about the hey days (or nights) of dancing.
As well as dancing, large swinging screenlike fans hung from the ceiling and were kept in motion to 'cool it' in punkah wallah style.
Palais Royale in Paris can be seen on GMG's Blogtrotter: http://blogtrotta.blogspot.com Monday 19 November 2007.

1 comment:

Fliss and Mike Adventures said...: Oh my... every Tuesday night there was 'ladies night' where you would have the male strippers... hehehe... how come I remembered that one...; Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:22:00 pm

THE future.... restating the obvious at the time of the Copenhagen summit Dec 09

Outstanding films are made about natural history. We know much more about nature than ever before. Every aspect of habitat and biodiversity is demonstrated before us in stunning images.
Yet, it is perverse. Does this influence our reactions to nature? To the global community? Are we influenced towards conservation and towards lessening the pressures on the environment by significant change to our lifestyle. We are interdependent with nature. It is vital. What is the excuse for inaction, for instance, loss of species, for one, would be self-evident to believers and unbelievers of climate change alike.
Who will change the impact of their western lifestyle? It takes much more than doing away with plastic shopping bags!
Perhaps the glossy wildlife films about bounteous and rich, remote environments are really only a form of entertainment and escapism. The reality of our local communities and their stand offs with nature will never be related in our mind with the glamourous nature films nor seen as every bit as vital.
To rehash: Climate, conservation, economy, global warming and sustainability are not separate concerns. An organic approach makes the most sense, nay, is the only valid approach to a combination of challenges.