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August 2023
Rock Around The Block at Mill Green Watermill
This exhibition explores over half a century of popular music in and around Hatfield from the 1930s through to the 1970s. Throughout the 20th Century the area grew as new businesses settled in the town and after the Second World War it was identified for expansion as one of a series of ‘new towns’. Alongside this growth came an expanding musical community ready to embrace the changing world of pop and rock music and dancing. We’ll explore how new venues sprung up to meet the needs of the community and how that community would also produce a range of talented…
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Rock Around The Block at Mill Green Watermill
This exhibition explores over half a century of popular music in and around Hatfield from the 1930s through to the 1970s. Throughout the 20th Century the area grew as new businesses settled in the town and after the Second World War it was identified for expansion as one of a series of ‘new towns’. Alongside this growth came an expanding musical community ready to embrace the changing world of pop and rock music and dancing. We’ll explore how new venues sprung up to meet the needs of the community and how that community would also produce a range of talented…
Find out more »Rock Around The Block at Mill Green Watermill
This exhibition explores over half a century of popular music in and around Hatfield from the 1930s through to the 1970s. Throughout the 20th Century the area grew as new businesses settled in the town and after the Second World War it was identified for expansion as one of a series of ‘new towns’. Alongside this growth came an expanding musical community ready to embrace the changing world of pop and rock music and dancing. We’ll explore how new venues sprung up to meet the needs of the community and how that community would also produce a range of talented…
Find out more »Rock Around The Block at Mill Green Watermill
This exhibition explores over half a century of popular music in and around Hatfield from the 1930s through to the 1970s. Throughout the 20th Century the area grew as new businesses settled in the town and after the Second World War it was identified for expansion as one of a series of ‘new towns’. Alongside this growth came an expanding musical community ready to embrace the changing world of pop and rock music and dancing. We’ll explore how new venues sprung up to meet the needs of the community and how that community would also produce a range of talented…
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Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh
It was 1977, the year of skin-tight polyester, the Queen’s Silver Jubilee and Saturday Night Fever. The Sex Pistols were storming up the charts, skateboarding was the latest craze and Angela Rippon danced with Morecambe & Wise. And at Hampstead Theatre in London, Mike Leigh and his cast were putting the finishing touches to Abigail’s Party, ferocious black comedy and landmark of twentieth century theatre. In her suburban living room, Beverly prepares for the arrival of her guests. She and husband Laurence will play host to neighbours Angela, Tony and Sue. As the alcohol flows and the ‘nibbles’ are handed…
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