Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. I seem to recall once chairs and tables were turned the right way up everything carried on as though nothing had happened. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023. It is called Last Orders and the author is Dave Knibb. The Fox & Hounds was probably the closest pub to my house, that or the Sunnyside. Youll often hear the statement Did you know Bob Marley played the Silver Cornet but I have never met anyone who was actually there. "I just can't wait to be in Northampton!". about 6 inches to the mile. Eventually closing its doors around 2013. 6. The Silver Cornet, situated down the road from the Morris Man, was also visited by my family but I dont remember it being as often. The men only snug of the Friendlies became the green room and later where the DJ booth was moved to. Gold Street-Drapery junction, Northampton town centre, October 10, 1968. Youd go down the jitty that led round the back, knock the window, and be let in that way through the kitchen. With no indigenous coal supply, local industrialists relied principally upon natural resources for industrial processing, particularly wind and water. I can remember this as being a very smokey pub as a kid. It must have been around the late 70s early 80s when we drank there. Picture of the first Woolworths store in Gold Street, Northampton, Marks & Spencer in Gold Street, Northampton, in 1929, Boots new department store on corner of Gold Street and Drapery, Northampton town centre, September 12, 1959, Gold Street-Drapery junction, Northampton town centre, October 10, 1968. Its been through many modernisations in the past 10 years. One of the last remaining smaller bars left in Northampton, that had licensing hours to suit the Market Traders. A huge club where my Uncle would do a meat raffle on a Sunday lunchtime. By 1984 the population had mushroomed to 163,000. March 13th. So sang Linda Jardim in "60 miles by road or rail," the promotional track that helped attract thousands of people to make their new home in "Middle England". [1] The Keep was built along with the Kingsthorpe shopping arcade in 1973, opening its doors in 1974. Life in the town 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. So on a Sunday morning, wed get the bus into tayn and walk down Bridge Street to Far Cotton. He said: "Within four hours of coming to Northampton we had a house and a job.". 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. Returning to the town At least one member of my extended family can be found in here most Saturday afternoons. On this page you will find places from my childhood and youth. 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. Northampton began to morph into the place we have now. The Rifle Drum, known simply to us as the Drum, has been around since the 17th Century, and according to Dave Knibbs book it had a name change to the Crown for a while. Whalen's Office Supply Before the digital age took over everything, people needed paper, pens, ink, folders and the like. 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. Bob said: Taken mainly in Abington Street in the late 60s or early 70s when Northampton was a busy, thriving town, with two Woolworths, a Marks and Spencer, British Home Stores, Littlewoods, Adnitts, C&A, The Co-op and Emporium Arcades. 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. Plus the neighbors on our terraced avenue would . The FireFly in Dallington (also known as the Red Earl). That fine old Northampton. Northampton 1970s Archives - Paul Hillery On internal evidence, I would date it as 1959-60. in 1978, I could hardly find I remember it as being like one of those bar fights you would see in an old western film. . Note that this map awards the name "River Nene" to the northern tributary coming down through Kingsthorpe. The really dramatic changes took place mostly in the 1970s, though, when I was living elsewhere. It was published daily from Monday-Saturday until 26 May 2012 at a price of 0.48. They had 2 snooker tables down stairs and another bar down there with the skittles and darts. How many people saw their first Fellini or Bergman film there? That part of the club was eventually closed off, as the Fire Department said it was a hazard and didnt have a working fire escape. thumbnail here. Okay, so the Overstone Arms was located on the Overstone Road near the town centre and was surrounded by shoe factories in a previous life. 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. The town of Northampton I grew up in 1945-1963 was completely transformed in the 1960s and 1970s. The landlord at the time was called John, and a family friend, and Northampton fac,e Paul Little worked the bar some nights. recall, didn't do much business. In 1971, Northampton was home to 130,000 people. 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. Many people have forgotten the venues full correct title and it is often remembered simply as the Fanciers. John Dickie was elected as a Labour councillor to Northampton Borough Council in 1974. 2-inch map The pub also had a music quiz but I cant remember the night it was on, but would go there with a mate of the ol man after a few beers in the Queens Park Working Mens Club. As a Bective lad (both Lower and Middle) I lived right on the edge of the permitted border to be allowed to say I was from Kingsthorpe. I seem to remember we used to go from The Duke Of York, to the Half Way House working our way back into Kingsthorpe. You can selectively provide your consent below to allow such third party embeds. I continued to go to the cobblers on my own during my teens and it was a great time to be a fan. But happy memories. With Graham Carr managing, and players like Peter Gleasure, Brian Mundee, Ian Benjamin, Richard Hill, Trevor Morley, and Graham Rambo Reed in the squad. Those demolitions and "redevelopments" made a lot of people angry at the time. A big car park and sat opposite Dallington brook. Dave Nilsen: 0412501: 149k: A cake is presented to President John F. Kennedy aboard the USS Northampton, 13 April 1962. Fifty years on, the BBC looks back at how the announcement changed the town. The landlord at the time was called John, and a family friend, and Northampton fac,e Paul Little worked the bar some nights. Green's book The Art of Coarse Acting was based on his experiences as an amateur actor at Northampton's amateur drama group the Masque Theatre. How Northampton's Gold Street has changed down the years Max and Di Lang moved to the newly-built Thorplands estate in 1972. There have always been talk that the property was haunted, some say by Harry Franklin who committed suicide there. It sparked a growth that continues today, with the 2012 census recording around 212,000 Northamptonians. A castle where parliament would sit. What they are missing is the vibe of the city during the early days of it becoming an entertainment hotspot in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Old maps of Northamptonshire 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 can also remember Uncle Colin taking me and my cousins, Darren and Simon, to the cricket at the County Ground. We also visited the Spencer Working Mens Club which was not far from here. Poet John Betjeman caught the mood of suspicion and disgruntled conservatism in his poem I first remember this building from the bus stop outside, what I mean is the number 36 bus from Kingsthorpe, on a Saturday morning to go and meet my Nan in Lawrences on St. Giles Street for a Towcester Cheesecake, before going to the market and Fish Market before coming back home. The Globe Bookstore Situated where Newbury Comix now does business, the Globe was a treasure trove of great books. He will take us into the 1970s with photographs to show the dramatic changes to our county town in that decade. Closed on holidays. All rights reserved (About Us). British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries FamilySearch 46 Bridge Street Northampton, Massachusetts 01060. info@historicnorthampton.org | 413-584-6011. Over the years I have put a few bands on at The Lamplighter and had some great nights playing records with Dixy, and joining Big Gary and Jon for their Broken Shackle. One of the company's most notable figures was L W Dickens, long-serving editor of The Mercury and Herald, in its heyday the 'bible' of Northamptonshire farmers. It was in 1767 that the new landlord changed its name to The White Hart. Eventually closing its doors around 2013. Northamptonians 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. Anyway I was asked to play on Sunday afternoons, while people ate wonderful Sunday dinners. Parish History [edit | edit source]. Northampton: A Town Through Time - YouTube Another of the pubs that I frequented as an adult. He was found in the cellar after cutting his own throat. Except one, my mate Jim who I worked with at Michael Jones. 3. 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. Race, Class, and Sexual Harassment in the 1970s I have a hazy memory of my family and their friends drinking in the Garibaldi. I tried to find images of The Firefly but all I found was part photographs and press cuttings in the Chron calling it notorious. I cant remember much about this place except my family used to drink in there and it often crops up in conversation. Life in the town The Valley Women's Movement A Herstorical Chronology 1968-1988 The Shipmans sits opposite The Drum on Drum Lane and also had an entrance on the Drapery. You sometimes hear people longing for the Northampton of old. My friend Lionel, one of Northamptons great characters, was the landlord at The Sportmans for a while, he also went on to manage the Duke Of York in Semilong for a bit, and the infamous Winchester Private Members Club in Grafton Street, a short lived place but etched into my brain for life. I have the vaguest of memories of being in there one Saturday when a big bar room brawl happened. Later it was called North Hamm tun, probably to distinguish it from Southampton. Established in 1968, NDC spent 205m building vast new housing estates. I remember it as being like one of those bar fights you would see in an old western film. NRA 30228 Kerr family, Marquesses of Lothian: family and estate papers. All these relatives meant I had this huge extended family and a great many of them would meet up, on the weekends, in the pubs and clubs around tayn. 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. I have very happy if not blurry memories of Tops. Old buildings were demolished and new ones built; grand malls and parking garages replaced familiar streets; huge road-building projects altered the town's topology. I wasnt from Semilong but had been introduced to the pub by my future brother-in-law who lived on Leslie Road. Gregg Cave also booked wonderful folk gigs at this venue too, and The Northampton Folk Club would also meet here for a sing song. The store's selection is now housed at the Forbes Library. Take a look back at amazing photos of a thriving Northampton town centre in the 1960s and 1970s. ), the number of floors and the height of the building, as well as construction materials (and thus risk of burning) and special fire hazards (chemicals, kilns, ovens) were documented in order to estimate premiums. The town of Northampton I grew up in 1945-1963 was completely transformed in the 1960s and 1970s. Long before the pubs opened all day, except for lock-ins, I remember we would end up at peoples houses and the drinking would continue. What was not torn down fell foul to mysterious fires, which Northampton seemed to have more than its fair share of. 15 Photos of Massachusetts Farms From The Past - OnlyInYourState These plans were made for most important towns and cities of the British Isles at the scales of 1:480 (1 inch to 40 feet), as well as many foreign towns at 1:600 (1 inch to 50 feet). I have put on a few bands at The Garibaldi over the years and have played records there on occasion too. My fortieth birthday bash was in there too, but I weirnt well and had to leave early. That was in the Easter school vacation, 1960. Great titles such as Peter Weir's "Picnic at Hanging Rock" or Reinhard Hauff's "Knife in the Head"that would never play multiplexeswere the norm there. But for more than two decades, it was a haven for folks looking for high-quality, reasonably priced outdoor clothing and shoes. If you want to see the images without the waffle follow this link. View Down Main Street Northampton, MA . The trolley Elizur Holyoke passing through a rock cut on the Mount Tom Railroad, around 1900-1910. We had loads of lockins or harrys (harry afters) on Monday nights. Springfield Women's Collective forms support groups and publishes Small Arms. 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. 1971. It is sandwiched between its neighboring buildings and might be the slimmest pub in tayn. Another lost pub from my childhood was The Morris Man in Kings Heath. My old man and all his brothers worked on the railway. Peacock Hotel, for example, was replaced by a hideous shed of a building that then stood empty for several years. 2. When I was a lad The Bull Hotel was still on the corner of Campbell Street and the Bird In The Hand (now called The Edge Of Town) was where my pap drank was close by. Brilliant old photos of Northampton's Market Square and Newlands date It is now some sort of bedsit place and looks a very sad sight. The British Library holds a comprehensive collection of fire insurance plans produced by the London-based firm Charles E. Goad Ltd. dating back to 1885. Anyway I was asked to play on Sunday afternoons, while people ate wonderful Sunday dinners. Did this woman die because her genitals were cut? It is odd to think back now but I had a gun pulled on me once in here, but thats another story. A glossy monthly, the Northampton Town and County Independent, edited by Bernard Holloway and the local author-editor Lou Warwick, was also published by the same company, which was once part of the United Newspapers group headed by Lord Barnetson. It is sandwiched between its neighboring buildings and might be the slimmest pub in tayn. "We used to look out from London Road at green fields, now you have to go three or four miles to get to them. Perhaps they were; but I am sure they also thought they were improving the place. probably for placement in local hotels. It's not hard to understand the demise of that sort of animal in today's world. This page is not available in other languages. Have a look down memory lane and see how many of these street scenes you remember. That part of the club was eventually closed off, as the Fire Department said it was a hazard and didnt have a working fire escape. 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. Yale Photogrammar/Russell Lee. One of the Chronicle's sister papers in those days was the Yorkshire Post.
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