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Some of the usual locations for gigs in those times
Some are still around and some gone but not forgotten
The Belmont Inn
The single storey building on the right is the Shell Bar, which regularly had music with George & Phil Tippins, Danny Lee and occasionally Jet Harris (from The Shadows)
The Black Lion, Bridge Street
Brockhampton Court Hotel
Popular Hotel in the 60's and 70's for Dinner Dances
Closed down and converted into an Old Age/Nursing Home in the 1980's
Buzz Music
Widemarsh Street Hereford,
the 'in' place to go
The Crypt Recording Studio
Hereford's original recording studio, run by Norman Rose.
This was the entrance to the Church in Bridge Street, the recording studio entrance was through a door on the right hand side of the church and down into the crypt.
The Flamingo Ballroom (The Hostel)
The Graftonbury Hotel
The Green Dragon Hotel, Broad Street
The ballroom was used for Dinner Dances by many groups, with the resident Jimmy Blair band playing every Saturday night
The Greyfriars Hotel, Hereford
Hereford United Supporters Club
The original wooden club at the rear of the Meadow End
Hereford United Starlite Room
The replacement club in the Merton Meadow Car Park
Heins & Co Ltd
Hereford's original music shop in Broad Street
Established in 1830 eventually replaced by
Hereford Musical Instruments in the late 1950's
Hereford Musical Instruments
Broad Street, owned by John Hanne (Vagabonds)
who also owned the Sound Centre in Bridge Street
now a Framing Centre
The Horse & Groom, Eign Street
Regular venue for weekends including Sunday Lunchtimes
The Honey Pot Cafe, Bronllys
Originally called the Honey Pot Cavern back in the 60's.
Rod Williams recalls Mick Ralphs & Pete Watts playing here often as the Buddies, Rod's mate Viv Philips was their roadie
The Market Tavern
Originally known as the Newmarket
Gigs were in the long room on the left
Park Hall Wormelow
Originally built and run for many years by Amos Peel, a haulage contractor from Halifax, and his family
then latterly owned by Alan Pearson
The Pippin
The Plough, Whitecross Road
The Richmond Place Club formerly the Labour Club
The 1600 Club, Aubrey Street
The Three Counties Hotel
top of Aylestone Hill, shown here is the Russ Allan Band
The Ulla Bar (David Garrick Pub)
The Woodpecker Club
Bulmer's Cider Social Club on Whitecross Road
and the corner of Ryelands Street
A clever picture showing the old club overlaid with an
image of the new block of flats that were built on the site when the club was demolished
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