Cliff Ton
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I never realised Jane B was connected to the Birkins of Nottingham Lace.
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Posts about Doctors etc have gone to their own thread.
https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/24289-gps-appointments-and-service/
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20 hours ago, MelissaJKelly said:
The company I currently work for used to have a shop on Wheeler Gate (opposite Cafe Nero) and next to Sainsburys but had to give it up n 2018 as the footfall was non existent. There would usually be a homeless person sleeping in the doorway so not the best place to have a shop!
I took that photo on a Sunday morning around 10am. I had to manoeuvre my position to avoid the homeless in the doorways. You can see a cardboard box sticking out; that was one of their 'homes', but there were others.
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A row of shop units on Wheeler Gate have recently been renovated in an early 20th century style.
It looks impressive, but I wonder if they will ever be occupied and/or profitable.
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There's not much reason to go into the city centre now anyway. A large percentage of shop units are empty, and the area south of the Market Square down to Broad Marsh is virtually a ghost town.
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9 hours ago, Oztalgian said:
It looks like a soviet era industrial wasteland. What were the council thinking?
It lives up to its name of Slab Square to an extreme degree.
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Amazingly - but as is often the case with Nottstalgia - there's an old thread about the whale on the Forest.
https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/9574-nottingham-whale/?tab=comments#comment-116924
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1 hour ago, Jill Sparrow said:
The backdrop has probably changed a bit since then.
The backdrop on the top photo hasn't really changed...although there's no through traffic these days.
https://goo.gl/maps/CsC5b2mH3WR81CpY8
And the lower photo is still the same, but without green buses.
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A couple more from Jill S, taken by her father.
Spitfires in the Market Square in the 1970s.
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Autumn is on its way. Wild Blackberries are starting to change colour.
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Bunney's Bikes on Wilford Road.
https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/217-wilford-road/?page=3&tab=comments#comment-614350
With a silent E.
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A slightly better view of the Jack Brentnall shop.
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County Hotel has been mentioned several times.
After it had closed and awaiting demolition.
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2 hours ago, trogg said:
I had a Ford Zephyr as in the right hand corner of the photo. Mine was the 6 with a 2553cc engine,
I always think of them from the original series of Z Cars.
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A couple of Manning photos, via Jill S.
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Adding to Random Photos.
This just happened to be lying around.
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1 hour ago, Jill Sparrow said:
............., reasoned that if I couldn't see the camera, it couldn't see me!
Cats work on the same principle (as I'm sure you know).
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59 minutes ago, benjamin1945 said:
No Jill........never went in......my Park Tavern was the one on Southwark street/ Arnold road Old Basford.......not been in for many years now....Got lots of History there.......Dad born next door 1923...
Family gathering place for a sing song in the basket room...50s and 60s...Played football for them in the 60s and 70s...My local until i left for Peterborough in 75.....returned early 80s became my local again.....met up again with all my old Pals.......
It's still there and still operating as a pub. https://goo.gl/maps/i5Jgyh5XPaHj4cak6
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This is a 'Random Photo' contribution from Jill S, who will presumably explain what's actually happening here.
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It seems to be in the grounds of a Pallet Company. Streetview from last year shows the greenery has expanded.
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Definition of Woke depends on your political starting point.
Both sides use it to promote their own view and to denigrate the other side
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And to repeat what has been said many times previously.........
If you aren't interested in the Politics thread, and you don't like it, just scroll past it and move on to the next thing.
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29 minutes ago, loppylugs said:
Not sure what DDG is but I may try a different browser.
Currently using Firefox. I've always liked it.
Duck Duck Go, which you'd mentioned earlier.
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Nice one....and in only four days.
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Jane Birkin R.I.P
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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And this is the Birkin building in the Lace Market.....a recognisable landmark.
https://goo.gl/maps/roER65h3qKkB7SVS7