Also if we are talking about a specific time. The flats were built the previous year. They were having a party the following Saturday. Place-names and the article. Most place names are with out the .
Some names take the , specially compound names and plural names.
He sat down in the comfortable, old leather armchair. Mum, there's a gorgeous-looking man at the door. She's quite a star. We waited for half an hour. We waited for a half hour.