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£100,000 Disco Blaze Probe
Hampshire police and Fire Brigade are investigating a fire which destroyed Andover’s Country Bumpkin disco club.
The giant blaze - which broke out only hours after nearly 300 youngsters had left the disco in the club – caused damage estimated at £100,000.
Continue reading | Comments (0) 24.03.2009. 21:53
Plans are now in hand for entertainment in a big way
An ambitious five-year plan to provide Andover with an entertainment complex is planned by Anton Promotions, the local firm which ran the country Bumpkin, recently destroyed by fire in the town.
Continue reading | Comments (0) 24.03.2009. 08:54
Bumpkin Owners Want New Site
“Blaze club will be rebuilt”
The owners of the burnt-out Country Bumpkin disco club in Andover are frantically searching for temporary premises.
The club in East Street was demolished in a blaze on Sunday. Damage is estimated at about £100,000.
Police and fire brigade are still investigating the cause of the biggest fire in Andover centre for 25 years.
The club – a popular spot with young people in the town – is owned by Mr. Patrick Langdown, an accountant, who is on holiday with his wife in Spain.
Continue reading | Comments (0) 24.03.2009. 07:37
Fears Grows Over New Disco Plan
“Colditz” type security precautions costing an estimated “£29,000 – with floodlights, fencing and closed circuit television – would have to be considered at a nearby Andover factory if plans to re-site Andover’s Country Bumpkin entertainment centre are approved.
Continue reading | Comments (0) 23.03.2009. 21:30
Put the Bumpkin on stilts says Lewis
Liberal councillor Craig Lewis has an unusual solution to the problem of where to site the new Country Bumpkin nightclub in Andover.
To startled members of the policy and resources committee he made the suggestion to put a new building in West Street car park on stilts.
The councillor says the area is devoid of housing, the stilts suggestion would mean that the few parking spaces would be lost and the area is easy to police.
“I am against Enham Arch site because there are complaints from residents and nearby businesses and fears about possible muggings and I object to the access on the roundabout which takes fast traffic from roads in all directions.
“The Country Bumpkin would be offered a prime site in the town. Maybe the cost of putting it on stilts would be prohibitive, then the building could be built direct on the car park and to make up for the parking spaces lost the old Bumpkin site could be used as a park”.
Officers will be investigating Cllr Lewis’s suggestion.
Comments (0) 18.03.2009. 20:59
This Story Starts at The End
Search is on for new club premises after fire tragedy.
The owners of Andover Country Bumpkin, which was tragically gutted by fire at the weekend, have already begun the search for a new home for the club.
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Mr Patrick Langdown, son of the owner who is presently holidaying in Spain, this week said,
Continue reading | Comments (0) 17.03.2008. 12:13
Last Waltz for the Country Bumpkin
"Twelve hours earlier they’d been dancing, laughing and drinking here"
The Country Bumpkin on Sunday Morning
Other towns had their Locarno Ballrooms, their Mecca Dance Halls – Andover prosaic to the last, had the drill Hall, otherwise the TA Centre, otherwise, possibly in a desperate effort to tart up the image, the oddly names Country Bumpkin.
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Continue reading | Comments (3) 17.03.2008. 11:41
Thank You Note
The notice left appeared in the Andover Advertiser the following week after the fire and its contents appears below
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Following the destruction by fire of our premises during the night of Saturday/Sunday, 8/9 October, the management regret to have to confirm the suspension of trading until further notice.
Our plans for the future will be given the fullest publicity as appropriate and as soon as possible.
We apologise to our customers, members of the public and our suppliers for any inconvenience caused and for the temporary loss of the facilities of Andover’s largest and most popular venue of entertainment.
Continue reading | Comments (0) 17.03.2008. 11:40
Article Of The Week
Hi to you all and welcome to the site
The following are a small selection of acts that have appeared in the past at TCB
10cc
One of the most popular bands that achieved their greatest commercial success during the 1970s.
Appearing at the Bumpkin on Friday 19th October 1973 very early in their road to success
Raving Rupert
With a place in The Guinness Book Of Records, Raving Rupert is, after all, the longest running tribute act in the world and he appeared at TCB on Friday 12th Sept 1975
Geno Washington
Geno Washington is the "Geno" of Dexys Midnight Runners' eponymous 1980 single and he appeared at TCB on Friday 18th Sept 1975
Radio 1 DJ Road Shows
Amazingly The Country Bumpkin had, over the years of its existence, some of the biggest names from the world of Radio, entertaining the crowds with their road shows.
Kid Jenson, Paul Burnett, Peter Powell, Simon Bates, Mike Reid, Steve Wright, Dave Lee Travis, Adrian Juste, Noel Edmonds just to name a few!