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SLNSW Troc 1938

Get on your dancing shoes

Band playing at a Popular Dance night at the Trocadero in early 1938, by Ivan Ive, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (ON 388/Box 030/Item 121) Once the most glamorous dance hall in Sydney, the Trocadero on George Street hosted queens,…

Trocadero

The Trocadero: Sydney’s most glamorous dance hall

Radio station 2CH's children's Christmas party, Trocadero 1936, Credit: State Library of New South Wales (hood_20090 / Home and Away 30090) There’s been a lot of talk about Sydney’s night life lately so I thought I'd look at one of the city's most…