In A.D. 711, a group of North African Muslims led by the Berber general, Tariq ibn-Ziyad, captured the Iberian Peninsula ... By then, the idea of Moors had spread across Western Europe.

The Moors were Muslims who invaded Spain and part of France in 711 AD, in the very early days of Islam.

The Moors, opened in 1940 by Max Weihrauch of Worcester, became a respected entertainment spot after the war. Louis Armstrong was among the musicians to take the stage. The main room sat 350.