Ace Cafe Weedon Northants
 

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

http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/galler...bum=647&pos=27
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/galler...bum=647&pos=28

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...&ct=clnk&gl=uk

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.

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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

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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:

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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.

ace at weedon
 

regular stop off for swifts drivers in the 70' 80's , as on route to fords at daventry also WBS from London used it , used to be a bit of a dive but was done up mid 70's was always busy though , now all thats left is pile of rubble :(

It became part of the compass chain of cafes - Bobs cafe at stretton upon dunsmore just before the M45 was another ( now gone aswell )

I guess that most drivers take their breaks in the cab (larger than in the olden days) and have storage facilities (fridges) for food and drink. In addition, meal prices are probably higher nowadays (lower demand from truckers).