Hi Kursaal, thankyou for your contribution on this thread to your 'namesake'!
Yes indeed I do remember the staff canteen situated toward the north-west corner of the large southern coach park which itself was situated parallel to Beresford Road.
I even worked in the kitchen for a very short period. Only two things I remember about the place:
1. Hot 'sweaty' pies with soft pastry and mashy peas (edible though), and 2. They had a wierd potato 'peeling' machine which didn't really peel as much as rub the skin off the potatoes by using plenty of water and some revolving mill-stones which may have been a little wasteful to the 'body' of the spud but sure left 'em round!
Earlier in this thread I may have mis-named the "aquatic 'Tunnel of love'". On reflection I think it was actually just called 'The caves', maybe you can confirm this?
Yes I remember the Strauss brothers too, one was called Nat but the other one's name escapes me, do you remember it?
Certainly one was always seen with a cigar in his face and both were usually to be found milling around the northern end of the aisle where the large circular area was. I believe they had control of several slot-machine 'islands' there.
Maybe you also recall a father and son pair who ran a few of the game stalls, at least one of which was called Joe Brown?
One of the greatest Kursaal characters was of course Tornado Smith, the senior rider (and actual owner I believe) of The wall of death. The ultimate showman who never missed an opportunity to 'perform' even if it was only riding around the grounds of the Kursaal on his penny-farthing bicycle which one often witnessed.
And those "lovely young ladies that we meet [saw] during the long and busy summers" you mentioned sometimes came as a mixed blessing:
Many's the time a post or a wall brought me back to reality while being unable to take my eyes off them.