Copyright Paul Hillery 2021 All Rights Reserved, The Theme may use cookies to enhance your experience while using my website. This one in Greenfield in 1939 looks just the same as any you'd see today. Picture special - 59 photos of May Day celebrations from towns and villages across north Northamptonshire from the 1970s to the 2000s. According to Dave Knibbs book Last Orders (. ) Where youll find an article in the Chron. I remember the shoe factory my Nan used to work in was nearby and my Uncle Richard, or Dick as he was known, lived on Thomas Street, just up from the Vocal. The Globe Bookstore Situated where Newbury Comix now does business, the Globe was a treasure trove of great books. I operated a Perhaps they were; but I am sure they also thought they were improving the place. I seem to recall once chairs and tables were turned the right way up everything carried on as though nothing had happened. The scene in 2021: As explained in the previous post, the Mount Tom Railroad was a nearly mile-long funicular railway that brought visitors up to the Summit House at the top of Mount Tom. It was published daily from Monday-Saturday until 26 May 2012 at a price of 0.48. He still does mail-order business out of Easthampton's Eastworks building. I used to DJ here on a Saturday night with my mate Dixy, Uncle Seltzers Kosmik Surgery spun plastic discs of joy for many lock-ins. Gregg Cave also booked wonderful folk gigs at this venue too, and The Northampton Folk Club would also meet here for a sing song. I have happy but it seems slightly misguided memories of this pub. 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! Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Regional ABCs: Part-free strategy hits MEN sales", "295-year-old Northampton newspaper, once named as ninth oldest in the world, closed by Johnston Press", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northampton_Chronicle_%26_Echo&oldid=1151409652, This page was last edited on 23 April 2023, at 21:47. The Surprising History of Streaking (Yes, the Naked Kind) - Runner's World 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. See my other project Northampton Dreaming. Flickr/majunznk. The boys' school 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. Is climate change killing Australian wine? Dancing to Motown round and round in a circle ? January. I have the vaguest of memories of being in there one Saturday when a big barroom brawl happened. Another of the company's characters was the photographer Roland Holloway, who worked on the Chronicle, Mercury and Independent for half a century. Browse our selection of vintage, retro and nostalgic black and white photographs of Northampton. date the transformation from the 1960 demolition of the Peacock Hotel, an old (17th century) coaching inn on the east The map carries no date. Wednesday - Sunday. I will hopefully remember more as time goes by and before my memory, like those pubs, goes for good. I seem to recall once chairs and tables were turned the right way up everything carried on as though nothing had happened. Gold Street is home to some beautiful buildings, Weve had a look through our archives to bring these great photos of Gold Street over the decades. I was also in there with my mate Cama, when I somehow wound someone chap up in the queue and a fight started, I spent most of the fight trying to retrieve Cams glasses that had been knocked off, when things settled down I emerged from under a table holding his unbroken glasses. A huge club where my Uncle would do a meat raffle on a Sunday lunchtime. It had plainly been built fast and cheap.) Taking the saw, he tried to concentrate and squint, the poor chap was so pissed he was probably seeing at least two saws. about 6 inches to the mile. Some of these pubs had been around for years and others newly built during the modernization that took place during the late 1960s and 1970s. You need to sign in to create a shareable link. The Old Country Store As children, my old man, Henry Bill Hillery who passed away 28th of June 2020, and his 8 brothers and 5 sisters would live around the corner, in a terraced council house on Merthyr Road, just yards from where the pub would stand. Read about our approach to external linking. One dead and seven injured in Cornwall nightclub knife attack, Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England, Additional flight to evacuate Britons from Sudan today, MasterChef Australia judge Jock Zonfrillo found dead aged 46, Ryanair cancels 220 flights over May 1 bank holiday due to strikes, Hardcore coronation fans already camped outside Buckingham Palace. The Fish Man wore an outfit a bit like a milkman and carried with him and a wicker basket full of little trays containing, prawns, cockles, whelks, crab sticks, and kippers for the morning. Great nights. 1785 the pub was selling rums, brandies and wines. It must have been around the late 70s early 80s when we drank there. With no indigenous coal supply, local industrialists relied principally upon natural resources for industrial processing, particularly wind and water. This place had previously been a nightclub called Fantasia. Much of what was done seemed pointless. The Regent also had a karaoke in the upstairs bar which wasnt very big. The County reminds me of going to the cobblers. ". Up 10 talking about this. Its been through many modernisations in the past 10 years. It was also known as The Regent, I had my first taste of hearing acid house at this venue. It was especially great to have such a store right downtown on Main Street, but it was still good when it moved to the shops on Service Center Road down off Pleasant Street. To learn more, I thought my childhood was pretty ordinary. USS Boston (CAG 1) is in the background. Any way back to Great Russell Street. But by the late 1960s and into the 1970s, this old shoe tayn with so many beautiful and distinctive buildings was changing. . Not many people my age would venture in but being as I would also use the Drum me and my mate Cama would drop in for a bottle of beer. The Heavy Crates vinyl junkies get togethers, especially the one where the building across the road caught fire and no one could leave the pub. one. Sunnyside was up the hill and great for stumbling home and the Fox & Hounds was down the hill and on my out towards Kingsthorpe front. I have lovely memories of this place. 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. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. It was a very local establishment, but as a kid drinking in Kingsthorpe it would be part of the pub run we would do. When I first starting drinking I liked going into the Overstone Arms, especially if I was on a date the booths were perfect for a liaison and quiet cosy. I adored DJing there every Sunday afternoon, playing a 4 hour set and drinking wine while reading the Sunday papers. Blue Note Guitars Nestled in a basement just down the street from the Iron Horse, this shop got plenty of traffic from touring musicians. I wasnt a fan of Cinderellas but did enjoy the Under 18s night on a Tuesday around my 13th birthday. Video, The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure, Banana artwork in Seoul museum eaten by visitor, NFL player's daughter, aged two, drowns in pool, Ding becomes China's first male world chess champion, Indian 'killer' elephant relocated to tiger reserve, Explosion derails train in Russian border region, Trevelyan relative 'would consider' famine payment. I remember this place having a stream at the bottom of the car park where me and my cousins would mess around after jumping the wall at the bottom of the car park. I wasnt old enough to drink. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. They would get you to the door and then throw you down the steps onto the concrete below. Narrow your search with advanced settings, such as Years (from/to), Fulltext, Publisher, Cat-and-mouse chase with China in hotly contested sea, Explore in 3D: The dazzling crown that makes a king. If you want to see the images without the waffle follow this link. Northampton, Sideways Hardingstone, Down National World Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. In a terraced house on Merthyr Road. Main Street Northampton, MA . So on a Sunday morning, wed get the bus into tayn and walk down Bridge Street to Far Cotton. Award winning creative based out of Northampton, UK. Two went on to become editors: Lou Warwick of the Northampton Town and County Independent, John Marquis of the Packet Newspapers group in Cornwall and The Tribune (a morning newspaper) in the Bahamas. I remember being taken there as a kid and the garden being really long, much longer than it looks now on maps. That was in the Easter school vacation, 1960. (Lankester & Wells was a bottling company.) He said: "The important lesson is planning should involve the people who live here.". The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies - Rich Jones,phil collins,pink single-fud,nathan bundy and many many more as there was about 12 in the band. I have memories of a couple of tug of war battles that took place over the mill, this was before the new bridge was put in. As children, my old man, and his 8 brothers and 5 sisters would live around the corner from where the pub stood. My Nan, Violet Hall, worked behind the bar in The Welcome, and my Uncle Dick used to drink there. We had loads of lockins or harrys (harry afters) on Monday nights. I grew up there in a council house during the 1970s. You may spot some familiar placesand perhaps some unfortunately familiar haircuts. Very fond memories of putting on the band Torn Sail, they brought a Hammond organ and their own PA and it sounded fantastic, which for The Lamplighter made a real change. the pub started life in the 1700s calling itself The Roebuck. The Mountain Goat This wound is still a little raw, as this Main Street destination shop just closed in 2013. Dave Nilsen: 0412501: 149k: A cake is presented to President John F. Kennedy aboard the USS Northampton, 13 April 1962. I cant remember much about this place except my family used to drink in there and it often crops up in conversation. I always thought he was an old landlord but it seems Dave Knibb dug up proof he was the manager of the Shipman wholesale business and lived on the premises. But happy memories. Billing, Northamptonshire - Wikipedia 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. Brilliant old photos of Northampton's Market Square and Newlands date On the bar would be a proper spread of pork pie, dripping sandwiches, jellied eels, black pudding, scratchings, chicken thighs, ham, and all good healthy pub grub. Northampton (England) 70s and 80s music scene