BERKELEY SQUARE BALL LONDON 1980's UK

Westminster, London, England circa September 1981. Twisting the night away at the annual Berkeley Square Ball, London.
During the 1980's the annual charity Berkeley Square Ball was one of the many highlights of the English social summer season. The garden square in central London was transformed for one night of revelry and serious partying, by the would be, great and the good, but in fact frequented by local estate agents, Sloanes and Rahs and out of town moneyed wanta be's, who...
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Westminster, London, England circa September 1981. Twisting the night away at the annual Berkeley Square Ball, London.
During the 1980's the annual charity Berkeley Square Ball was one of the many highlights of the English social summer season. The garden square in central London was transformed for one night of revelry and serious partying, by the would be, great and the good, but in fact frequented by local estate agents, Sloanes and Rahs and out of town moneyed wanta be's, who were still dancing to Chubby Checkers 1961 smash hit, ‘Let’s Twist Again’ … like we did last summer.
The Berkeley Square Ball was dropped from the social calendar in the late 1980s
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