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Dance Hall Days

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A few of the words

JITTERBUG
Brought to British dance floors by American GIs from around 1942, the jitterbug caused such a stir that some halls banned it outright — then quietly lifted the ban when the crowds demanded it back.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
LINDYHOP
Named in 1927 after Charles Lindbergh's celebrated transatlantic flight, the Lindy Hop was the athletic, improvisational ancestor of every fast swing dance that followed.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PALAIS
The Hammersmith Palais de Danse, which opened in 1919, became the most famous dance hall in Britain — its sprung floor and glittering lights the gold standard every local palais aspired to match.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CREPE
Wartime rationing made fabric precious, and many a dance dress was run up from whatever crepe could be found — dyed, re-cut and worn with pride on a Saturday night.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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1940s dance hall word search — free and large-print. Powder your nose, find your partner, and step back onto a wartime palais floor.

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On any given Friday in wartime Britain, the dance hall was the brightest place in a blacked-out town — a swirl of crepe dresses, Brylcreemed hair and a big band working through its paces on the bandstand. The jitterbug had crossed the Atlantic with American GIs, its energy scandalising some and thrilling everyone else, while the foxtrot and quickstep held their own at the more decorous end of the floor. For a few shillings and a pair of well-polished heels, an evening at the palais was escape, romance and community all at once.

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    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
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    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
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    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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