Before it became a popular bar wed also go to the Pomfret down in Cotton. The Valley Women's Movement A Herstorical Chronology 1968-1988 It was called Roland Holloway's Northamptonshire, Fifty Years of Photographs 19241974, published by Northamptonshire Libraries. It was closed in 2008 after being open for just 8 years. The website also use content and scripts from third parties that may use tracking technologies. Electric Pavillion, demolished 1920s Electric Pavillion, Gold Street (Image: Cinema Treasures) Little is known about this very early venture into cinema. Such a shame it just didnt stay open for longer. It remained empty for a few years and then became a boxing club and is currently (November 2019) a Romanian restaurant called the Moldova. Rothmans Football Yearbook 1976/77, p.270. Maybe the most missed venue on this list. It was a popular venue for local political meetings in its early days. I seem to recall once chairs and tables were turned the right way up everything carried on as though nothing had happened. By 1832 The White Hart Wine Vaults had appeared. Originating about 1100 as a walled town with a castle on the River Nene, Northampton was granted its first charter in 1189. The tradition went back years, the backdraft from the fire would cause the lit cigarette to be actually drawn and the head would indeed smoke on its own. Take a look back at amazing photos of a thriving Northampton town centre in the 1960s and 1970s. Pictures include an unbelievably busy Abington Street, rows and rows of independent throwback shops and more. They had 2 snooker tables down stairs and another bar down there with the skittles and darts. Great nights. As a kid we would jump the turnstiles at the Wantage Road end, the Steward always let kids in for free or always let us kids in for free. Taking the saw, he tried to concentrate and squint, the poor chap was so pissed he was probably seeing at least two saws. This place had previously been a nightclub called Fantasia. We had loads of lockins or harrys (harry afters) on Monday nights. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Pleasant Street Theatre Along with the Academy of Music, Pleasant Street Theatre exposed multitudes of Western Massachusetts folks to foreign films. 62 Friars Avenue NRA 30228 Kerr family, Marquesses of Lothian: family and estate papers. Northampton (England) 70s and 80s music scene I then found that my Uncle Benny & Aunty Glynis had a photo in their garden bar of the pub when it was called The Dallington Brook. Anyway I was asked to play on Sunday afternoons, while people ate wonderful Sunday dinners. Northampton (England) 70s and 80s music scene - Facebook He said: "The important lesson is planning should involve the people who live here.". Perhaps they were; but I am sure they also thought they were improving the place. Which saw the wonderful Emporium Arcade demolished along with many more buildings and old Northampton pubs. Follow this link to see the hand screen printed poster I did ! A council house in Sunnyside, I am not sure if the post office use the Sunnyside as a district name anymore but it is still the name of the local pub. "Executive," which appeared in his 1974 collection A Nip in the Air. Up This is a discussion group for the Northampton music scene in the 70s and 80s - the local bands and gigs and the bigger bands who came to town. To learn more, I thought my childhood was pretty ordinary. The grown-ups would take the court in the seating under the windows at the front and play a massive game of Bastard brag. river. It had other names too, some I remember are Sinatras, the short lived Hermans, which quickly changed to Macbeths, and it also became one The Cookie Club franchised venues. Tree Lined Main Street Northampton, MA . Me and some of my cousins would try and sneak a bottle of cider and can of lager from the kitchen and make snakebites in my cousins bedroom. Another of the pubs that I frequented as an adult. I have happy but it seems slightly misguided memories of this pub. Race, Class, and Sexual Harassment in the 1970s I remember my Dad and his brothers standing at the Hotel End, drinking pints from the County Tavern, I think there was a hatch that you were able to get pints from without leaving the County Ground. It gained popularity as part of the Mounts triangle, which consisted of The Vic (as it was rebranded), The Garibaldi and The Lamplighter. here) but no name at all to the northern tributary. I seem to recall once chairs and tables were turned the right way up everything carried on as though nothing had happened. In all, 15,655 new homes were built between 1970 and 1985. I grew up there in a council house during the 1970s. 1975-76 Northampton Town F.C. season - Wikipedia Among the Chronicle & Echo's most notable journalists were author Michael Green, who wrote The Art of Coarse Rugby, scriptwriter Alistair Foot, the Guardian's readers' editor Ian Mayes, chairman of the Sportswriters Association Barry Newcombe, former Boxing Board of Control general secretary John Morris, theatre historian Lou Warwick, and author and editor John Marquis (formerly of Reuters and Thomson Newspapers), whose books about the Sir Harry Oakes murder case and the Haitian tyrant Papa Doc have found an international audience. Indian officials wife distraught as his killer is freed. week not bad for a 14-year-old at the time, when working men supported families on less than 20 a week. We also visited the Spencer Working Mens Club which was not far from here. CASTOR (St. Keneburgha), a parish, in the union and soke of Peterborough, N. division of the county of Northampton, 4 miles (W.) from Peterborough.. Resources [edit | edit source] Find Neighboring Parishes [edit | edit source]. Anti-Vietnam war demonstration on Boston Common. A claim to fame is that snooker player Alex Hurricane Higgins used the Friendlies for his base when he played in the World Snooker Finals, played at the Derngate during the 1980s. Source:[citation needed], .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}Win Six of the Best: when George ran riot for Manchester United 50 years 1970. Picture special - 59 photos of May Day celebrations from towns and villages across north Northamptonshire from the 1970s to the 2000s. I asked my parents and they said it probably did happen. I would see loads of bands play at the Soundhaus and even did DJ support there, it felt odd that two venues Id played and danced in as a kid, the Fanciers and Friendlies, were also the places I played and danced at as a young adult, even if my chosen vice was no longer cherry pop and a packet of scratchings. Max and Di Lang moved to the newly-built Thorplands estate in 1972. All this before going to Top Of The Town, hopefully getting off with a girl, and then hitting Up All Night for food and if money allowed we would cross the road to the taxi rank or walking the 3 miles home. Read about our approach to external linking. He will take us into the 1970s with photographs to show the dramatic changes to our county town in that decade. After the pool finished the curtains would be drawn and we carry on drinking till the early hours and then get a couple of hours kip and up for work Tuesday morning. Plus the neighbors on our terraced avenue would . 1971. Its still opening now but a lot more trendy than back then. Wednesday - Sunday. A castle where parliament would sit. Being railwaymen the Railway Tavern and the Pomfret Arms were locals. Last Orders states that Whitmy & Shipman were selling wine and brandy from the property in 1827. Street map Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/26/2023). Man Utd v Northampton 1970 FA Cup 5th Round (Full Highlights) I dont remember much of the cricket as I seem to recall we spent most of the matches under the seating collecting plastic pint glasses which we would take back to the bar for pennies. Pictures include an unbelievably busy Abington Street, rows and rows of independent throwback shops and more. More Local Journalism to Love Start today for 50% off Expires 4/30/23, George Lenker | Special to The Republican. How we came January. As children, my old man, and his 8 brothers and 5 sisters would live around the corner from where the pub stood. Not only did it have an unbelievable selection of great films, the staff, led by owner Dana Gentes, couldand wouldtalk films with customers for hours. ), The Keep, The White Horse (or Dirty Donkey, coined by my mate Cama), The Cock Hotel, down to the village and the King Billy, up the hill to the Adelaide, another walk up the hill, pausing so Big Kev could be sick, and then back in the Snooker Club for last orders. Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. Briar Hill, Camp Hill and East and West Hunsbury were built in the south. Dynamite Records With huge space in the basement of Thorne's Marketplace, Dynamite carried a wide inventory and was best known for great imports, especially odd prog rock and art rock titles, such as ones from Gong, The Art Bears, and Fred Frith. The shoe factory and his house were both eventually demolished, just another part of Northamptons modernization. His oldest brother would take the divvy there on a Friday night. It was in this new dystopian market tayn that myself and my many cousins would be dragged along, looking forward to afternoons of adventures, while the family moved from pub to pub and club to club, as venues shut down, lost favour, or someone was barred. Northampton The town Sideways Life in the town The boys' school 2-inch map -inch map This is a street map that belonged to my father. The staples of Northamptonshire's industry at the beginning of the 19th century were wool, lace, silk and shoemaking. The Duke Of York went through a renovation at some point after I stopped going, and became an open plan bar, I preferred the old style pub with the separate rooms. The British Library, London. The Fox & Hounds was probably the closest pub to my house, that or the Sunnyside. The back bar had soft furnishing and led out to the garden. I adored DJing there every Sunday afternoon, playing a 4 hour set and drinking wine while reading the Sunday papers. It is obviously targeted at visiting business and sales people. 12 noon - 5 pm. Im guessing we were around 10 years old. ". . Starting in the Fox & Hounds (before the refit, I loved this old pub as it was, with the skittle spit and sawdust bar at the front and the carpeted saloon in the back, we would then hit the Old Five Bells, The Snooker Club (this was the only place I could get served as a 17 year old, an old babysitter of mine worked behind the bar and thought I was a year older! etc. During the Me Decade, streaking expanded to become a "Me" activity, a way for a person to claim 15 minutes of fame. The poem is supposed to be spoken by a sharp young executive I remember the lovely shiny green tiles of this pub that still sticks in my mind even through the smokey haze of all the pubs back then. December. Main Street Records Ken Reid is a god to many local music types. Places We had loads of lockins or harrys (harry afters) on Monday nights. The County reminds me of going to the cobblers. It was part of Bill Davisons Purplehaus empire, which consisted of the Roadmenders, The End in Far Cotton, and the wonderful and but short lived Black Cat Jazz Bar, have a look a couple of posts down for more info on The Black Cat. Once Again We Are The Children Of The Sun | BBE, Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours Volume One | RE:WARM, Troubadourial transmissions from after sundown. . Insurance Plan of Northampton (1899): Key Plan 3 1 : 3600 This "key plan" indicates coverage of the Goad 1899 series of fire insurance maps of Northampton that were originally produced to aid insurance companies in assessing fire risks. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Northampton Chronicle and Echo, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. It was in 1767 that the new landlord changed its name to The White Hart.
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