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Lance Barrett
Lance Barrett
Managing partner of The Country Bumpkin is Councillor Lance Barrett, who, as proprietor of the Lance Barrett Agencies, has promoted entertainments in the Andover area for many years.
He was elected to Andover Borough Council as a Conservative member for Winton Ward in May 1969, and is this year’s deputy Mayor of the Borough.
Married with three children, he and his family live in Anton Road, Andover.
Co-partners of The Country Bumpkin are Mr James Stewart Monro, of Strathmore, London Road, Andover, who is a builder and garage proprietor in the town and the chairman of Andover Football Club, and Mr Patrick Langdown, of Keepers House Fox, Amport, an Andover accountant
Special thanks to the archives of Lisa Fittall for the above article
Comments (0) 24.03.2009. 08:27
New Andover Entertainment Centre Is Open
Saturday 30th October 1971
When the Country Bumpkin – Andover’s biggest and most comprehensive entertainment centre – opened its doors during the weekend, it not only meant that a long-left need in the area had been supplied, but it also represented the fulfilment of an ambition for the town’s Deputy –Mayor, Councillor Lance Barrett.
A raised sitting out area around the dance floor with individual party tables is a feature of the Country Bumpkin, Andover's latest and biggest entertainment centre. (Click here for larger photo)
Lance Barrett has had many years’ experience as an impresario, organising entertainments of various kinds in the Andover area, but he has always wanted a large-scale well-appointed centre of his own, from which to operate.
In the Country Bumpkin he feels he has found it.
With his partners, Mr James Munro and accountant Mr Patrick Langdown, councillor Barrett formed a new company last year with the intention of creating an entertainments “Mecca” for Andover
Continue reading | Comments (0) 10.03.2009. 08:31
New Ballroom for new Town
A big occasion for Andover – the opening of a new Ballroom and Entertainment Centre to be known as the “Country Bumpkin”
Back Row (left to right)
Len Canham (Avenue Artists), Patrick Langdown (Director), Lance Barrett (Director), Ada Unsworth (Slough Formation Team), Bill Martin (Compare), Barbara Orange, Wilfred Orange (Dance Director Butlins and News of the World), Ken Pickernell (Garrison Theatre Tidworth), Tony Pickernell (Bumpkin Club General Manager).
Front Row (left to right)
Jimmy Monroe (Director), Gerald Finch (Andover Mayor)
Continue reading | Comments (0) 04.09.2008. 08:30
Latest Entertainment spot opens its door
The Country Bumpkin has come to town – to provide Andover with its most ambitious entertainment centre.
The three directors of the Country Bumpkin,
Mr Patrick Langdown (second left), Mr James Monro (third left) and Cllr. Lance Barrett (fourth left) with manager Tony Pickernell (extreme right) and some of the guests.
Continue reading | Comments (0) 02.09.2008. 21:07
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!