Most of my time in/near Nottingham was before I was old enough to drink but the Flying Horse and the George, which I remember well, were so much more than pubs.
The Flying Horse competed with the Black Boy (not mentioned up till now) for the honour of hosting the Test Teams. Both were originally Inns (the latter mentioned in my 18th century blog), which were hotels as well as bars.
When I returned to Nottingham in the early 70s the Flying Horse had become a place where everyone drinking there was under age and the noise was deafening.
The George was a nice place for Sunday lunch in the