The Glen was a favourite place for young people in the late 1950s and 1960s. Situated in a former quarry at the top of Black Boy Hill, the site included a dance hall with a milk and coffee bar in one building, and the over-18s' Glen Club, later the Tudor Social Club, in another.

Jan went dancing at the Glen in the late 1950s and early 1960s

'There was a glitter ball and the music was loud, but not so that it distorted the music - that would have been sacrilege! There were always lots of girls dancing with girls as the boys needed to have a few drinks before asking you to dance. By the last dance the boys would have made up their mind who they wanted to dance with - we called the slow dancing 'the creep' as it was really just a sort of shuffle.'

Dennis was a regular around the same time.

'One August a visiting band started to play Skin Deep, which mostly consisted of a complicated drum solo for about 3 minutes. As the band finished the number they got an enormous cheer ... We looked behind us and there was just a sea of faces. The band had stopped the dancing completely as everyone gathered round the stage, girls were sitting on boys' shoulders, and people were standing on the chairs and tables all down the dance floor. It was the only time I ever knew a band had brought the entire Glen to a standstill.'