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Feb. 02, 1959 - Boy Stabbed In Dance Hall Brawl: 18-year old Alan Johnson, who was stabbed to death in a dance-hall brawl on Tuesday night, would have been alive today if he had not insisted on having one night out a week with'the boys'. For twelve months he spent all his evening with his girl friend, 17-year old Connie Mountier. Then, three weeks ago, she agreed to let him have Tuesday nights off. So Alan began going to the regular Tuesday night Rock'n Roll sessions at the Woodward Hall in Woodward-road, Barking. On his third visit, Alan-a boy who always kept out of trouble somehow got involved in a fight between warrying Teddy gangs. Stabbed three times in the chest and stomach, he fell dying to the strains of a rock number called Don't be Cruel and the horrified so seams of jive-crazy girls. photo shows. Last night's picture of the dance hall where Alan was stabbed
