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The Cricketers Pub
On the corner of Clayton Street. The original building was erected around 1826 and was known as the Clayton Arms. Rebuilt around 1935, its name was changed to The Cricketers in 1966. A music venue from the late 1970s under the tenancy of Roy Stubs, it specialised in Jazz until the music booking was taken over in 1984 by music promoter Jim Driver. This brought in a more adventurous policy and the venue became an early springboard for acts such as The Pogues, T'Pau and The Smiths. Classic acts such as The Groundhogs, Geno Washington and Chicken Shack. The lease expired in 1990 and the venue was taken over by a variety of unsuccessful entrepreneurs, finally ending up as a Portuguese restaurant in 1994. It was been closed and boarded up ever since. '