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- Fairfield_Halls abstract "Fairfield Halls is an arts, entertainment and conference centre in Croydon, London, England that opened in 1962. It contains a Concert Hall (1801 seats), the Ashcroft Theatre (named after local Peggy Ashcroft) (755 seats), the Arnhem Gallery which is a large flat space (Croydon is twinned with Arnhem) used for standing concerts (up to 400), banquets, parties, meetings and exhibitions and the Studio (capacity 120).The large Concert Hall is frequently used for BBC TV, radio and orchestral recordings. Many famous faces have appeared at the Fairfield Halls, including Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Genesis, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen, Morrissey, a-ha, Caravan, Traffic (who recorded a live album in the halls), Family (who recorded the first side of their album, Anyway in the halls), The Nice (who recorded their album, Five Bridges in the halls), Robert Cray, Status Quo, Chuck Berry, Kenny Rogers, Elkie Brooks, Peter Frampton, Wishbone Ash, Daniel O'Donnell, Shakin' Stevens, The Sinceros, Petula Clark, Hall & Oates, Free, James Last, Bucks Fizz, Judith Durham, McFly and Coolio. Delaney & Bonnie & Friends recorded their live album "On Tour with Eric Clapton" in the halls, with a band that also featured Jim Gordon, Carl Radle, Bobby Whitlock, Leon Russell, Dave Mason, and George Harrison. Rat Scabies and Captain Sensible of The Damned both worked as toilet cleaners at Fairfield Halls. Captain Sensible remarking that he was inspired to take music more seriously after witnessing a T.Rex concert there. Morecambe and Wise's appearance at the halls in 1973 was filmed, the only time that their live stage act was recorded.Fairfield Halls was also used for British professional wrestling for many years, with various cards having been featured on ITV's World of Sport in the 70s and 80s. Fairfield has also featured as a location in many films, TV productions and commercials.Although the venue is still one the major venues for professional music, plays, musicals, stand-up comedy and classical music, a significant proportion of Fairfield's programme is also for community events. It is frequently used by local schools as the venue for their annual choral concerts, as well as being regularly used by local music, opera, amateur dramatic and religious organisations. The Concert Hall also features a cinema with Croydon's largest cinema screen.The halls are built on the site of Croydon's historic 'Fair Field' (which hosted a well-known fair up until around 1860), and above disused railway cuttings which used to link the main London to Brighton railway to Croydon Central Station in what is now Queen's Gardens. Between 1930 and 1962 the land was home to both a car park and air raid shelters during the war.The venue was 50 years old in 2012 and an anniversary concert by The London Mozart Players was attended by HRH The Earl of Wessex. A special website was also launched to celebrate both the venue's history and to act as an ongoing archive. It contains 2000 digitised images accessed via text and keyword searches. This makes it one of the largest digitised venue archives in Europe.".
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