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1867 has always been special for Heart of the Shires.<\/strong> It had been referenced on the Heart of the Shires website prior to the current management team buying the site, in 2018.<\/p>\n

This was written by the then external marketing co – Ideal Marketing, who wrote \u201cWhen you walk around the bandstand, it doesn\u2019t take too much imagination to work out that the low roofed buildings that surround it were once stables. If you look for more clues you may notice a date of 1867 in the brickwork.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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This set of graphics produced for Heart of the Shires is dated 17th August, 2018 and an 1867 roundel can be seen on many of the individual panels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When we took over the marketing in 2018 were left perplexed when we discovered no 150th anniversary had taken place in 2017! Following the purchase of the site, a roundel design was introduced in June 2018, featuring a large 1867 and a slogan \u201cShopping heaven from 1867,\u201d<\/em> following this approval the roundel was used on a large number of online graphics (such as on the Heart of the Shires Facebook account and website) from 2018 until 2023 when other retailers were concerned that their graphic elements were advertising the new restaurant, rather than their own businesses and customers would be confused. So the roundel was dropped.<\/p>\n

The Uniqueness of 1867<\/strong>
\n1867. I am but a number. Excellent quality food, location and great service is a thing – but surely that is what every restaurant, by whatever name, seeks?<\/p>\n

\"1867<\/p>\n

Just like this one.<\/em> An eatery called 1867. It can be found at Tyne Theatre and Opera House<\/strong>, in Newcastle. We\u2019d hazzard a guess the Tyne Theatre and Opera House opened in 1867.<\/p>\n

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\nThe 1867 describes itself as \u201cthe perfect place to come for a daytime refreshment or a pre-show meal. It is also the home for the theatre\u2019s in-person box office sales.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh Canada – Oh Big on 1867.
\n<\/strong>1867 is a big thing in Canada, being the date – 1st July, 1867,<\/em> <\/strong>when \u201cCanada was created\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe\u00a0dominion of Canada is formally in existence, to the great\u00a0satisfaction\u00a0of the politicians who infest the provinces, if of nobody\u00a0else.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Richard Kreitner<\/div>\n
The British North America Act, which became the Constitution of the Canadian Confederation, passed Parliament in March 1867 and went into effect on 1st July, is now known as Canada Day<\/strong>.<\/div>\n
Consequently, 1867 has been a restaurant name from the mid-20th century for a chain of restaurants tailored for motorists and travellers. I guess they were similar to Little Chef\u2019s<\/em> in the UK. Here\u2019s a photo of an 1867 restaurant from Scarborough, Ontario from 1977.<\/div>\n
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…and just like The Little Chef<\/em>, it seems the 1867 restaurant chains are no more, so new one-off\u2019s are able to use the name. This 1867 (below) can be found on 262 Reid Street, Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, and very tasty it all looks too.<\/p>\n

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Talking Turkey,<\/em><\/strong> there\u2019s an 1867 in Turkey – although now known as T\u00fcrkiye<\/strong>. The 1867 there can be found in Adana, \u00c7ukurova, Karsl\u0131lar Mah., Adnan Menderes Blv., 75A.<\/p>\n

\"1867<\/p>\n

It looks rather good inside, (see below) with a huge space, great looking food and here some great 1867 branded glasses – the ones you drink from rather than seeing clearly.<\/p>\n

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So there we have it. We have literally travelled the world in a few minutes to see what is out there referencing 1867 – the year Heart of the Shires was built<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

…and to finish, back in June 2018, we put this little piece together:<\/p>\n

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1867 At the Heart of History<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\nHeart of the Shires was built in 1867. That\u2019s over 150 years ago, it\u2019s difficult to imagine what the world was like then. Amazing to think what hadn\u2019t happened or been invented.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obviously the whole of the 20th century hadn\u2019t happened, with a huge social reform to the modern standards of living we enjoy today however, in 1867, the lightbulb hadn\u2019t been invented (1879: Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison both patent a functional Incandescent light bulb), there were no cars (1886: Karl Benz invents the first petrol or gasoline powered automobile), no radio (1895: Guglielmo Marconi invents a system of wireless communication using radio waves), or telephones (1876: Alexander Graham Bell has a patent granted for the telephone).
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\nThe year of 1867 itself had several significant events, in the UK:<\/strong>
\nFebruary \u2013 the Society of Arts inaugurates the Blue plaque scheme, advanced by William Ewart, for erecting memorial tablets on London houses previously the homes of notable people, the first being at Lord Byron\u2019s birthplace, 24 Holles Street, off Cavendish Square.
\nMay \u2013 Laying of the foundation stone of the Royal Albert Hall by Queen Victoria
\nJuly \u2013 the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel demonstrates dynamite in a quarry in Redhill, Surrey having patented it in the U.K. on 7 May.
\nSeptember \u2013 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. are founded at the Adelphi Hotel in Sheffield. Wednesday is one of the oldest football clubs in the world of any code.
\nOctober \u2013 Thomas Barnardo opens his first shelter for homeless children, in Stepney.
\n6 November \u2013 National Society for Women\u2019s Suffrage, the first such national campaigning group, is formed by Lydia Becker.<\/p>\n

Worldwide too had these notable events:<\/strong>
\nFebruary \u2013 Johann Strauss waltz \u201cThe Blue Danube\u201d (An der sch\u00f6nen blauen Donau) is first performed, at a concert of the Vienna Men\u2019s Choral Association. Strauss adapts it into its popular purely orchestral version, for the International Exposition in Paris, later this year.
\nFebruary \u2013 The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
\nMarch \u2013 Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million from Alexander II of Russia.
\nAugust \u2013 The Canadian federal election of 1867, held from August 7 to September 20, was the first election for the new nation of Canada.
\nDecember \u2013 In a New York City theater, English author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.<\/p>\n

An impressive year \u2013 Queen Victoria had been on the throne for the past 30 years \u2013 and would continue to 1901. Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States. Johnson was vice president and became president following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (in 1865) \u2013 Remember that one for the pub quiz!<\/em><\/p>\n

Yet to happen was Custers Last Stand (Battle of the Little Bighorn) (1876), Rourkes Drift \u2013 Anglo-Zulu war (1879), Powered Flight (1903), even Coca Cola (1886).<\/p>\n

Plenty there to chew on \u2013 yet in 1867, you couldn\u2019t as Thomas Adams had yet to invent chewing gum, he would do that in 1870!<\/em><\/p>\n

Heart of the Shires – shopping heaven from 1867.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tea Room & Tea Room Too at Heart of the Shires<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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