Basingstoke, Market Place And Town Hall c.1955
Photo ref:
B31026
More about this scene
George Formby made a film here in 1944. Cars are parked by the town hall; it was home to the Galaxy Club from 1964 to 1966, and Screaming Lord Sutch and his Raving Savages, Lulu, and John Mayall's Blues Breakers featuring Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie all performed here. Fleetwood and McVie formed Fleetwood Mac. When the Spencer Davies Group performed here, tickets cost 7s 6d. Other performers were the Troggs from Andover and David Bowie. The Town Hall is now the Willis Museum. The Market Place is pedestrianised, and there is a market on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Lloyds Bank is still on the far left. The road with no entry signs (right) is Wote Street, home to the Haymarket Theatre.
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