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In an era before arena shows, Status Quo, Marmalade and more would bring rock'n'roll to Wormelow, up the stairs, past the fountains of a beautiful countryside venue.

Edwin Starr, The Moody Blues, Lenny Henry and even the Radio 1 Roadshow with Steve Wright were visitors just off the A49, playing to thousands of revellers a night, attracting audiences all over.

Andrew Marston tells the story of the venue from the 1950s to today, alongside the voices of people who were there. Some of the memories have been voiced by 蜜芽传媒 journalists.

Drink driving laws eventually put a dampener on attendance levels, until Park Hall found a new lease of life in the 1980s, when its upstairs became a nightclub. The building was eventually abandoned and was gutted by a fire in 2004.

Hear what happened when our reporter visited the site of the Park Hall at time of publishing, to see how much of it still stands.