Contestants in a dance marathon mb-code 2490343 ' T Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863)

' T Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863) was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Royal Society in 1851

Southern Independent Television held a reception at the Nightingale restaurant in Berkeley Square this morning at which they showed a preview of their new series 'Ladybirds' in which 7 singers tell all about their lives to interviewers Shaw Taylor and Terence Carroll

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Contestants in a dance marathon mb-code 2490343 ' T Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863)Contestants in a dance marathon, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1930. The girl has fallen asleep. Dance marathons were popular competitions organised in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. Contestants attempted to continue dancing for as long as posible in order to win prizes. A 1935 book about the contests, They Shoot Horses Don't They?, written by Horace McCoy, who worked as a bouncer at dance marathons, was made into a successful Academy Award