Fact #194783
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Operation of The Tower Ice Rink And Ballroom in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, is taken over by the Parks Department of Birmingham Corporation, who will spend over £20,000 renovating the ballroom. However, attendance will fall to fewer than 180 guests (well under the ballroom's 1500 capacity), and the Corporation will lose £18,000 in 1961 alone.