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Date of photo: 2011	Picture source: T C
The Brecknock Arms was situated at 227 Camden Road. This pub was known as The Unicorn at time of closure in 2020.
Another music pub is under threat. The Unicorn in Camden Town closed at the beginning of the first lockdown. A planning application has now been submitted that seeks to extend the building, convert the upper floors into seven flats and repurpose the ground floor and basement to Use Class E for ‘flexible’ commercial use, most likely a supermarket. The area left for the pub/music venue will be smaller than the supermarket and you have to doubt its viability. CAMRA’s North London branch have submitted an objection.
London Drinker magazine, Feb/Mar 2023
I was in a band called Stone Free, changed to Evil Ways and changed again to Urchin. The original band Stone Free was made up of myself - John Hoye bass, Adrian Smith guitar and vocals and Dave Murray guitar. We used to rehears in my school hall, Cardinal Pole which was on Kenworthy Road E9. Adrian and Dave went on to be in Iron Maiden and still are today. When we were called Evil Ways and then Urchin we played regularly at The Brecknock - John Hoye on Bass, Adrian Smith guitar and vocals, Maurice Coyne guitar, Barry Tyler drums. Urchin did make a single and an album before Adrian Smith joined Dave Murray in Iron Maiden. I later left the band and joined a new band called Headlights.
John Hoye (July 2024)
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Headlights at The Brecknock Arms, 1978	Picture source: John Hoye
Headlights at The Brecknock Arms, 1978	Picture source: John Hoye
Picture source: John Hoye