The Fleet Country Club started hosting nights of live music in ’58. It went by ‘Baroque Rock Club’ for a while, and we know that T. T. Transmission, The Love Attack, Midnight Circus (c’77), Out of Order (c’78), Straightshooter supported by Zenith, Natural Gass, and Sweet Life all played this venue.
Certainly, when it was owned by John Woodhouse and managed by Clive Mobey, Gambler and Turbo also appeared at the venue booked by rock promotor Mervin George. A few years later, if you went on Wednesday to ‘Alternative Night’ you were almost guaranteed to hear Wall of Voodoo’s “Mexican Radio“; “Drac’s Back” by Red Lipstique, and the Kramer / Whitney penned “Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens“.
On 14 March ’84 Black Easter appeared at the club, supporting Little Skeletons, but only played one song before having the power turned off. The next month, on 11 April, Dark Paradise performed. In the Spring of ’84, certainly on 24 April, you would catch Controls playing live as the resident band for ‘Alternative Night.’
Gallery:
David Reading talks to promotor Mervin George about The Tumbledown Dick and Fleet Country Club in this clipping from 9th March 1979 issue of Farnborough News.
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I used to visit the Club on a Thursday in the 80s,rock night.There were uv lights around the bar and if you had dandruff it was painfully obvious.Looked forward to the Agincourt next evening.Good times.
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Yeah me too!
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John Woodhouse is my birth father before adoption, lost touch many moons ago. Does anyone here know if John is still alive? I’ve kinda followed in some of his footsteps as promote musicians and am currently putting on a Easter Production.
I loved Fleet CountryClub wonderful venue. My first ever trip to Agincourt was on 16th Birthday on 16th August. Every time I hear tainted love it transports me back.💜💜💜
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Hi, John was my boyfriend in the days when he had a little black car with a beer barrow on the top. He was my Brothers mate. He was a great dancer we would go to the clock house Farnborough. Eventually he left to see someone else. Can’t think of her name. He often was seen at Dave Keans Rackstraws. Red lion. Then I used to go over to country club with my sister on a Saturday night often hearing songs now rembering great times. I came on here as I was thinking same thing is he still alive. And was surprised he had a daughter. I hope you found out if he’s still with us. Good luck Micheline xx
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