The Gala was originally known as The Gala Ballroom, on St. Stephens Road in Norwich just outside the city walls. It had been a club and bar all through the 1960s and 70s when many well-known bands and cabaret cats had performed there. The Pete Douglas Combo (father of Nigel Digby of Canis Strange) often played there in the early to mid-1970s, and there was always a cabaret act. One night they backed an act that was two midget brothers. The Minitones. Very nice men, and quite a laugh in the changing room. The next time anyone heard of Kenny Baker, he was inside R2D2.