In these difficult times for the hospitality sector, the historic Queen's Head in Bridewell Street has been in the news recently, mostly due to the scaffold erected for repairs to the structure. However, in the sixties, when Spencer and Cath Armstrong ran the pub, it was really swinging!

Before the war, Spencer had played the alto and tenor saxophone with the then-famous Gerry Lee band from Attleborough, which entertained at the Lido, which later became the Norwood Rooms, then Mecca Leisure in Norwich. There, and at the Blakeney Hotel, they often supported some of the top bands of the day, such as Ambrose, Billy Cotton and Victor Sylvester. So Spencer formed the Queen's Head Quartet, which kept everyone entertained in his pub on a Saturday night.

Apart from the music, the pub boasted a strong darts team, which played in the Lacon's (brewery) League, but also won the Mercury Darts Competition and a strong table tennis club, which competed in the Wymondham and District League with distinction and included such players as Billy Filby, Peter Parke and young Charles Armstrong. Everything was "swinging" in the Queen's in the Sixties!