Ace Cafe Weedon Northants

[redd9]

Bit of a long shot, but has anyone got a photo of the Ace Cafe at Weedon Northants, when it was open, I worked there for best part of a Year and would love a picture of it.
John

[G-CPTN]

http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=647&pos=27
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=647&pos=28

[Western SMT]

No doubt you know what happened to it - if not see this and you are looking for the application number ending in 1358 (3rd one on 1st page)

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:t3POzNoKIoUJ:www.daventrydc.gov.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx%3FalId%3D9192+Ace+Cafe+Weedon+Nor thants&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

[redd9]

G-CPTN youre a star!
Western SMT yes I know what happened to the place, just a pity it went the way it did.
Many thanks to both of yu.

[wilfo098]

Hello folks, I dont think I remember it like the pictures so far posted.. I am sure it was larger than that. with big front windows and trees in front of that ..maybe I am wrong was it not on the northside of the A45? .I never went insidevery often always trying to get back to Maidstone before I ran out of hours with about 3.1/4 hours from home.. I think they might have had driver accomodation there and I seem to remember drivers overnighting going to the Duncow for evening refreshment.. I bet I have got it totally wrong...Regards Alan

[Dingbat]

looking at your red bus avatar.remember the bus /transport cafe on the A64. it burnt out a few year,s back ,but i think it,s now re-opened.:eek:

[robertdavey6]

If you mean the one on the left, going out of Leeds, before the A1, yes it's still there.

My expert can't remember if it's an early Olypian or a Daimler Fleetline.

[Dingbat]

cheer,s.never go that way now. seeing they opened the new stretch of the M 1 from wetherby to the 62.many moon,s ago,used to stop there on the way west.

[erfman]

Bit of a long shot, but has anyone got a photo of the Ace Cafe at Weedon Northants, when it was open, I worked there for best part of a Year and would love a picture of it.
John hi redd9, i've just joined the forum, i noticed your post regarding the ace cafe,i used to use the cafe on a regular night trunk.we used to change over with harris road services from chester, that was back in 1972/73. I've just had a look at the pic of the old cafe, that brought back some memories, all those years ago. when did you work there? :) erfman

[redd9]

I was there from 1984 to 85, mostly on nights.

[erfman]

hi redd9, thanks for responding, i guess you would have lived pretty local to have worked at the ace then. as soon as i saw the pic put up by G-CPTN (thanks to him) i recognized it straight off. Did it always stay as a cafe? one thing i find strange is the junction a5/45 weedon,i dont remember it being the way it is now when we used the cafe back then, they must have altered it quite a bit over the years. :) erfman

[robertdavey6]

Did it ever become part of the "sausage" chain? There were a few cafes, around Northampton(shire) that had sausage as part of their name. Flying Sausage and Sizzling Sausage were, I think, two. One of them was in Northampton proper. Somwhere near the Carlsberg brewery, I think.