So many fondly-remembered Northampton pubs have shut their doors over the years but are still in the memories of their customers.
These photos - researched by Dave Knibb, the Northampton author of 'Last Orders: A History and Directory of Northampton Pubs' - show some of the Northampton's old stomping grounds.
Do you remember stopping for a drink in any of them?
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Do you remember stopping for a drink in any of them?
10. The Kingsley Arms in Oliver Street
Dave said: "The Kingsley Arms isn’t mentioned in any directory or in any newspaper I’ve seen, but thanks to my old friend Graham Moseley (see Acknowledgments), it has become a well known place on the history site circuit. The Kingsley Estate was built by the Freehold Land Society in the 1870’s. In 1890, a John Garrett was listed as a beer retailer in Oliver Street but with no number so we can assume that this was the Kingsley Arms. The part of its life as the Kingsley Arms seems to have revolved around Henry Reeve, who was a Corn Merchant as well as a beer retailer. His son died during the First World War and 65 Oliver Street was given as his address, and another son, another Henry, built up the corn Merchant business, eventually moving to Walgrave. When his estate was sold at auction, it included 11 houses in Oliver Street and four in Milton Street, so although things got bigger and better, Kingsley was still in the family’s hearts."