In 1903, Mr Cadman opened the doors of the original Cadmans Dance School in King Street, Stretford, Manchester, and was only the second dance school to be established in Manchester after Finnigans Dance School on Queen’s Road in Cheetham Hill. Mr Cadman ran the dance school with the assistance of his daughter, Peggy. The school had mainly private and class teaching in the downstairs studios and held social dances in the upstairs ballroom. Following a successful run of the studio, Mr Cadman decided to move on to another chapter and put the school up for sale. The sale of Cadmans Dance School was taken on By Vic Ladkin, who bought Cadmans Dance School from Mr Cadman himself. Mr Ladkin continued to run Cadmans Dance School under the name of its originator act the same premises. However redevelopment plans proposed for the area, the building which Cadmans Dance School was within was to be demolished for redevelopment. Following this unfortunate news, Cadmans Dance School had to be relocated, which prompted a move to its current location at the Stanway Buildings on Ashfield Road in Sale as Cadmans Dance Centre.
