Tamworth Bands History : 1973
01/07/73
Kwil
Kingsbury Working Mens Club
Tamworth Herald – 06/07/73
Every Monday night at Kettlebrook Working Mens Club
Disco Night
360degrees of Soul
DJ Keith Lord
07/07/73
Kwil
Austrey Sports Club
Chicken Barbecue
Elms Farm
08/07/73
Sean Cannon
Unicorn Folk Club
14/07/73
Tamworth Round Table
Indoor Chicken Barbecue
Harley Quinne
Lonkhills Farm
Tamworth Herald – 13/07/73
Local D.J. Graham Wroe and his fiancé Miss S. Ball attended the North Warwick Combined Cadet Division of Warwickshire St. John Ambulance on Tuesday to present £100, the profits of the season’s disco’s under the name of ‘OZ Club 73’.
The discotheque’s which were held in the Polesworth Memorial Hall during the winter and spring have been a most successful venture in many respects.
The idea was originated by the younger generation, who also did the work of organising and running the club and dances with a minimum of help and supervision.
14/07/73
Destiny
Hurley Working Mens Club
15/07/73
Jester
Hurley Working Mens Club
Tamworth Herald – 20/07/73
20/07/73
Ginty
Plus DJ – Kippa
Assembly Rooms
(Dazy Mae presents)
Tamworth Herald – 20/07/73
Well over 1,000 people converge on Lonkhills Farm at Thorpe on Saturday night for Tamworth Round Table’s “pop” barbecue.
They danced to two groups – one of them – Harley Quinne, recently figured in the Top 20 chart – in a barn decorated with coloured lights.
And they helped the Table to achieve a $450 profit for charity.
The money will be divided between the Table’s charity fund and Thorpe church restoration appeal.
“We’re delighted with the success of the event”, said chairman Mr. John Sturdy, “It was certainly a record attendance”.
One of the features of the event was a tombola stall with prizes donated by Tamworth traders.
28/07/73
Disco Derby
Ultra Star, Kippa Grahame, Hi-Andra
Assembly Rooms
04/08/73
The Hy-Kells
Polesworth Working Mens Club
10/08/73
The Ricky T Road Show
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
10/08/73
The Hy-Kells
Glascote Working Mens Club
12/08/73
Dustin Fog
Glascote Working Mens Club
14/08/73
Chris Foster
Prince of Wales Folk Club
15/08/73
The Jay-Kays
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club
Tamworth Herald –17/08/73
Tiffanys, Coalville
19/08/73
Kwil
Amington Liberal Club
Tamworth Herald – 24/08/73
Before the court were 15 members of the club management committee, each one summoned on six counts of selling beer without a justice’s licence to new members. Each was fined a total of £18 with £2 costs.
25/08/73
Pentad
Tamworth Progressive Club
27/08/73
The Hy-Kells
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
27/08/73
The Jay-Kays
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club
28/08/73
The Hy-Kells
Tamworth Progressive Club
28/08/73
Johnny Slade
Penalty Spot Disco
01/09/73
Austrey Field Day
Kwil plus DJ
01/09/73
Money Spider
Polesworth Working Mens Club
02/09/73
The Hy-Kells
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club
07/09/73
The Hy-Kells
Polesworth Working Mens Club
09/09/73
Terra Firma
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
09/09/73
Barrie Roberts
Unicorn Folk Club
14/09/73
Barry John Disco
Amington Band Room
Admission: 15p
Tamworth Herald – 14/09/73
Palace – Carry on Abroad
15/09/73
Kwil
Wood End Working Mens Club
15/09/73
Terra Firma
Atherstone Miners Welfare Club
15/09/73
The Hy-Kells
Kingsbury Working Mens Club
16/09/73
Chris Foster
Unicorn Folk Club
16/09/73
The Hy-Kells
Amington Liberal Club
Tamworth Herald – 21/09/73
A glimpse at the schedule of events in the arts this month reveals that the season has begun writes Maggie Alexander.
The possibility of an established arts centre in the town grows steadily more a reality in the minds of all who are concerned to see the promotion of cultural activities in Tamworth.
After nearly a decade of tentative enquiries and plan-submissions, all of which have been abandoned, the latest scheme to convert the Baptist Church appears to be receiving approval.
“Give us a building with sufficient space to work in, and we will build it up”, said a Little Theatre spokesman. “We don’t need the finished product if funds are short”.
The basic essential is a building in which clubs and societies can meet together without hindrance, and by close association, further their mutual interests.
Should the council give their official go-ahead to the Baptist Church plans this month, they could be providing the basis for a real artistic growth.
It is easy to point the finger of scorn at a public lack of interest in the arts. It is much more difficult to take art to the public and involve them.
There are listed in Tamworth Central Library, 14 clubs and societies described as “arts” organisations; 20 as “general” organisations; 7 related to “hobbies”; 11 related to “old people”; 19 “social” organisations and 39 “youth” organisations.
Of these clubs, seventeen come under the financial umbrella of the Arts Advisory Council.
It is the aptitude of each member of the town. It is his creative ability – however narrowly defined – that has to be aroused and nourished. Artistic creativity is a means to personal freedom.
People who may never have seen the inside of a theatre or listened to a symphony. The people of the borough who flock to the bingo halls and betting shops. They also join societies and rush to swell the numbers of the clubs in Tamworth.
It is these clubs that the Arts Advisory Council must look to as it is among these people that an arts centre must find its work.
22/09/73
Disco
Assembly Rooms
23/09/73
The Crusade
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
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