Article compiled from material currently held at the museum.The Thatcher's Arms,1905The Red Cow, 1929We have, unfortunately, no way of knowing the exact dates of the opening of Burton's pubs, and the best we can do is make use of the earliest references to them; these...
Pub and Clubs photo gallery
Above left: The Red Cow in 1912. Frederick William Dicks, the licensee, with his wife Edith and eldest son Edward John (Ted). In commercial directories for 1906, 1910 & 1914 Frederick was also described as town crier. Ted Dicks was a window cleaner in later life....
Opening of Britannia Club 1899
Article from Wellingborough News 21 April 1899Opening of Britannia Working Mens Club 1899The growth of clubs in the country of late years has been almost phenomenal, and nowhere outside the Metropolis has there been such an addition to the numbers as in this part of...