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The Torrington Arms was situated at 4 Lodge Lane. This pub closed in 2014 and is now used as a coffee house. Amy Winehouse sang here in 2013 - see Youtube video.

'The Torrington’ as we used to call it was a Whitbread pub. There was an adjoining room - a part of the pub - where live music was regularly performed. I remember going to see Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets (always attended by hordes of rockers on their British motorbikes), and also Osibisa. There was a public bar, with a Yorkshire dart board, as I remember - no treble ring - and a lounge bar. The popular drink in those days (I’m talking the late 1960s and very early 1970s) was light and bitter. Much missed.

Michael Parnwell (January 2017)

This used to be the local of Chris White, of Zombies fame, Terry Quirk, famous for misspelling Odessey and Oracle, the Zombies L.P. and Colin Coke, not famous for anything! On Valentines Day 14th February 1969 it hosted a St. Valentines Day party in the big room where Rod Argent notably accompanied a black and white film with suitable music played on the piano. My wife and I had our wedding reception there on August 9th 1969. Terry and I painted a scene of angels and cherubs on the ceiling of the bar which caused Eric Morecambe much amusement. Sales of beer rocketed as drinkers raised their eyes to look at it.

Colin Coke (January 2019)

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Name Dates Comments Sean Yates 1966/1968 Bernd Feldmann 1974 During a stay in London (I líved in Hamburg at the time) I spent a great night there listening to Bob Downes Open Music Trio with Harry Miller-b and Denis Smith-dm. They performed Bob's compositions mostly in very long takes, like 17 minutes of "Walkin' Runnin' Man" - a fantastic concert...