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21 minutes ago, Cliff Ton said:
This shows what the place looked like in the 90s, before Starbucks moved in.
Thank you -this has to be the place referenced.
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I can see one very terrible photo online below the hotel where starbucks used to be. Not sure if this is what they are referring to though. I saw the reference today randomely and can't remember if it said bar or pub. https://www.inapub.co.uk/venues/the-bentinck-hotel/nottingham/ng23aj/24784
There wasn't anything else with a similar name?
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I saw a reference to a bar called 'The Bentinck' today in an old leaflet on pubs from 1970s Nottingham - I think it was 1974ish. Would this have been the one on Station Street which is now a Starbucks or were there others with the same name?
Does anyone remember it?
Niche question I know!
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On 5/18/2023 at 9:41 PM, DAVIDW said:
This was in the E.P. June 26th 1968 , so may be a clue to when it closed ?
The final proposal is that the Corporation should acquire the sites of six public houses from Shipstone's in exchange for three sites.
Public houses
The houses to be acquired are: the Barleycorn Inn Raleigh Street,the Foxhound inn Union Road,
the Coachmarkers" Arms, St. Ann's Well Road,
the Lincoln Arms, Canal Street,
the Freemen's Arms, Alfred Street Central,
and the New Town Inn, Northumberland Street.
The sites are at the junction of Trowell Road and Bridge Road, at the junction of Nottingham Road and Zulu Road, and within Phase Three of the St. Ann's Well redevelopment area.Amazing - this is really helpful. So it looks as if it would have gone then as part of phase 3 of the redevelopment. Its so weird to think all of these places were just knocked down and gone.
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On 5/19/2023 at 8:40 AM, Cliff Ton said:
It's also surprising that the Lost Pubs website doesn't even mention the New Town Inn at St Ann's.
https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/nottinghamshire/nottingham_ng3.html
...although it does mention the version at Bulwell.
I am surprised that it doesn't tbh. Its normally pretty good for stuff like that.
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There is so little on it - no one has a photo and there appears to be nothing in the newspaper archives either! Sometimes you can get a name or an event/advert in there. The St Ann's demolition page has a brief line to say what street it was on but nothing more.
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A conversation with someone led to a mention of this pub - the New Town Pub in St. Ann's
The landlady opened a gay bar upstairs in it! Does anyone know where it would have been or anything about it (even if its not lgbt+ or not!)
I would love to know when it opened/closed and what it was like during the 1960s whcih is when the upstairs would have been converted
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9 hours ago, denshaw said:
There was a pub further up Alfreton Road called the Generous Britton, they used to have a drag act called Angela Britvic. This could have been 80s.
Amazing! Did you ever go?
I've just done a search on this and found a lot of articles on Angela! Sounds like she raised a lot of money. I don't know if she is still alive though
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1 hour ago, Willow wilson said:
There was the Marquis (?) on peveril st. And the Albany on Birkin Ave, that had a big entertainment room and stage.
Interesting, I've noted both and I will ask him!
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5 hours ago, Cliff Ton said:
Could it have been some kind of club - rather than pub ?
Quite possibly. His memory is really really sharp but this was the only thing he couldn't recall!
2 hours ago, Cliff Ton said:Your friend is probably remembering something which was near Bentinck Road - not on it.
Around the 1950s-60s there were at least a dozen pubs within a few hundred yards of Bentinck Road. And you could double that number with a slightly wider area.
That is what I was thinking
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12 hours ago, Cliff Ton said:
I'm open to correction on this, but I don't think there have ever been any pubs on Bentinck Road; I'm not aware of any and there's nothing on old maps or anywhere else.
The closest is/was the Alma Inn on the corner of Bentinck/Alfreton Road.
Interesting. Is there anything in the surrounding streets maybe? He did say it wasn't the Alma
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This is a question for an older friend as we were discussing pubs on Bentinck Road in the 1960s (maybe even 1970s)
He used to go to one that he said had drag acts on and also, someone called Cassie on the piano.
Can people remember any pubs on the road around that time? I'd love to be able to jog his memory of which one it might be!
He said the drag act was by someone called Johnny Peach
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On 9/6/2018 at 7:11 AM, jonab said:
I remember that as The Roebuck - gay bar on the left, straight bar on the right. Only went in once - not because it was gay but because I didn't like the discrimination shown by bar staff (a somewhat oversize dyke):
"Are you in the right bar, duck?"
I didn't think it mattered that much, I went in for a pint, not a liaison.
Was this Maxine? Also, was she Irish?
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What number was The Sandpiper? It wasn't where Propaganda was?
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On 6/11/2018 at 7:05 AM, denshaw said:
Mayfair Chinese still going strong, I remember the Roebuck when Maxine ran it, she didn't take any prisoners.
I've heard so many stories about her! What was she like?
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2 minutes ago, Rob.L said:
To give you an idea of how it looked, these pictures by Steve Fisher captured the moment…These are mega - I cannot believe how claustrophic it feels though! I'm out of practise of packed out gigs post-Covid!!
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2 hours ago, MRS B said:
I can remember the Sandpiper in the early 70’s but don’t think they had punk bands then or not when I went anyway. It was just a club.
It looks like it changed around '76 or '77 into a punk venue. I can see adverts before that where it was just a caberat place
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4 minutes ago, Rob.L said:
They did go on to have some bands who went on to make it - The Damned, Simple Minds, Toyah, The Cure, etc.
Wow, I didn't realise they had The Cure! I never knew any of this until today when I found the poster for the Wayne County gig. I was trying to find out what happened to it post-1975 when it was being marketed as a caberat club for 'those who like the finer things in life' - I kid you not that was the tag line!
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Just now, Rob.L said:
Went a couple of times when it started having punk bands performing. Saw Siouxsie & the Banshees and Sham 69 there in 1978 (I think).
With all the idiots ignoring the music, “pogoing” and knocking into everyone, I soon realised it wasn’t for me!
That sounds amazing - by that I mean the music not the idiots! But I couldn't believe the list of bands I saw everyone from Wayne County to John Cooper Clark to Buzzcocks.
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I'm researching old pubs and came across the Sandpiper.
It appears to have had a change of management around '76 or '77 moving more into punk. Does anyone have any memories of it and was it known as a punk club?
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Does anyone remember The Bamboo Cafe?
It would have been on Mansfield Road before the Cemetary. I don't if its 60s or 70s. Curious if anyone has memories, dates or photos!
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21 minutes ago, philmayfield said:
The only nightclub I ever went to in Nottingham was the Parkside on Station St. As I remember it was rather upmarket. I’ve been to lots of nightclubs in Paris though!
What was it like? I've heard so many stories over the years!
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Does anyone know when Zhivagos closed?
I've been looking for answer for this for no other reason then I'm bored with a pint! But I'd love to know: when it closed? what it became after that? why it closed?
Thanks in advance if anyone can help!
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Does anyone have any memories of this place?
I've been trying to figure out the dates for it as well. I think someone told me it was originally opened by a guy who owned a sex shop called Delta Love somewhere in Nottingham. It would have been around 1987 I think.
Dates, memories and photos would be great if anyone remembers it!
Where Was This Establisment?
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I'm really curious as to wht Jimmy was like - his name has been mentioned a lot to me in relation to the venues he ran where gay people used to drink!