[The Rose Grower]

Hiya SR

Well SR malc came from Broxtowe, brian who eventually ended up being my brother-in-law came from Strelley, and at that time i lived above my dads chip shop on Flamstead road Strelley, a few years later marrying my wife colleen and moving to L/Eaton then to bramcotehills, sandringham drive, from where we shipped ourselfs off to Australia for a year then came back and purchased a house on Bankfield drive, by the sound of things SR you maybe right about having a pint or two with the lads at that time as we were always in there, if you can remember Brian had a BSA Rocket 3 Malc had a Yamaha RD250 and i had a Suzuki Ram Air 250 we all did abit of production racing on them at that time, we all played in the darts team which at that time was run by Dave Pinney, i remember well my 18th birthday in there hahahah was well bladdered, my 21st was held there as well with same outcome....lol. This might help you remember Brian was a Joiner as was Malc i was and still am a Catering Engineer who for my sins opened my own buisness and am still doing it 37 yrs later, let me know if the penny is starting to drop yet.

Sold sign has now gone from the grower,but no other news as yet.

Baldrick....grand plan.

[The Rose Grower]

hiya bip

yes that would be the White Lion public house and restaurant(note restaurant), just where have the pubs gone when all the working bloke wants is to pop in for a pint and a cob, i dont want to stand at the side of someone whos sitting having a meal, gawd give me a bar anytime. !cheers!.

Baldrick...........i have a cunning plan sir. !cheers!

[The Rose Grower]

hiya rob237

oh my word a asian day centre at the end of me road gawd forbid, mosque, now then that would be funny early morning mad mullas swinging from a green dome with a half cresent on it, green taxi's parked all over, bless and they didnt want a pub here in the first place i know which i'd prefer, just somewhere i can prop me elbow after a hard day grafting (not behind a taxi steering wheel ..lol ) and have a pint of bitter.

baldrick. cheers, hic hic

[The Rose Grower]

hiya sussex

my wife and i have been going in the Grower more or less since it opened its doors many years ago, and it was a sad day when it shut a couple of months ago, but on the last night we gave it a cracking send off.....lol, the news to date is that the guy who brought it was going to turn it into a rest/nurseing home, but i'm told that its been refused even before it got to the local planning office, i've just past it and the sold board has now gone (it was there this morning ) so who knows what's to become of the ole place, if i find any more out i'll post it on here.

Gawd when i think back to the times in the early days when you had to be there by 7.0pm or you didnt get a seat in the bar,and darts nights it was always rammed, we used to turn up on our motorcycles Me, Malc, and Brian grab a bar stool and sit and play the bandit when it was a tanner a go, yes it was a sad day when it shut have to walk up the top house now its the only one thats anything like a pub around here.

anyway i'll keep you informed when i find out whats happening to the place.