catz 10 Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Hello, I am a new member and am looking for a photo of the Colliers Arms in Cinderhill and some details of when it was last in use and when it was demolished. My Dad was asking about pubs in that area that are no longer there. We remember the recent ones that have demolished like the Barleycorn, Park Tavern and Red Lion and have found photo's of them but sadly not the Colliers Arms. Would be grateful if anyone has a photo of it or can point me in the right direction to view one. Thanks 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Welcome Katz I did upload a photo some time back, but I think it might be the wrong pit See here Cinderhill Colliery mid 1980's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catz 10 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Thank you, it looks like the road down to Cinderhill but it's a pity you can't see if there is the pub at the side. I've tried searching images of the pub but can't see any at all. There must be some around but just where to find them I don't know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,529 Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Catz, for the benefit of people like me who don't know, where exactly was the Colliers Arms? It might be possible to see it in the background of a photo of something else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catz 10 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Hi, The Colliers Arms stood at the side of Babbington Colliery on the A610 at Cinderhill. The pit closed in 1986 and the site is now the Phoenix Tram Station and also there is the Beefeater Millers Barn. Hope this helps you locate where it was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 1950s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,673 Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 There is a picture of the Colliers arms somewhere on this site but unfortunately it is a pic of the place after it burned down,(main building still there but the roof gone) I used to go there in the 70's/80's, also if you google (other search engines available) some of the clashes when the miners strike was on there is some film footage of the Colliers in the background when the mounted police charged the flying pickets from somewhere near the Broxtowe inn down towards Cinderhill island, hope this has been of some help Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catz 10 Posted February 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Thanks plantfit, I have tried searching for the footage you mention but no luck. I have tried many sites to find a photo of the Colliers but it seems as if there are not any out there, very annoying but will keep trying. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Colliers Arms Pub , Nottingham Road (A610) , Cinderhill , Bulwell - Demolished c1993 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Last time I frequented the Colliers was after the Hillsborough tragedy. The Guinness was brilliant that night. Bad books on getting home though !!!!! I was expected in around 6. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Colliers Arms Pub , Nottingham Road (A610) , Cinderhill , Bulwell 1968 - the pub can be seen behind the Shipstones sign with the Babbington Colliery on the left hand side 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keith Hambleton 14 Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 I have the photos of The Colliers Arms , Both before and after the closeing down.Sorry thats the only one. Hope that helps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 My Dad used to refer to this pub as the "Creepers". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Just down the road from the Colliers, Basford Hall Miners Welfare was known as Creepers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shaz58 21 Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Yes Creepers was Basford Hall miners welfare 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,794 Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 Collier's ? A real "Dive" in it's day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 Wasn't there a really old pub up there by the colliery? Maybe an older version of The Collier's? Â I seem to remember a small pub up there in the 50's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 The original Collier's Arms was a little higher up. It was demolished before the war. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,529 Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 Not an area I know but I had a vague memory this topic had appeared before. And Chulla even provided us with a photo to demonstrate the point.  https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/13300-lost-pubs-photos-on-post-website/?page=2#comment-320133  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ger 20 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 The first and last time I drank in this place was on New Year's Eve 1975 after leaving the Whitemoor. We were with Pete and Babs Sharpe who, as well as us, wondered what on this earth we were doing in the place. Glasses were being launched across the room, the landlord was in a state of panic and was about to have a breakdown by the look of him. We decided to go to Petes to enjoy the last of the evening and left them all to it. What a dive. One of those places that was better demolished than it was standing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 #13. Yer right. I remember now. "Creepers" was "Miners' Welfare". I don't know if mi Dad  ever drank in the "Colliers'". I know I dint. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 #20 Must be a yearly event? Good few years ago we where celebrating New Years Eve with friends in the old Broxtowe Inn over the road now the Nuthall, it kicked off on the second verse of Auld Langs Syne glasses, bottles. the windows went in, women screaming & crying, a few where playing football with a youths head, I have seen better pub fights, but this was up there.  Whats yours?    2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 Before the A610 Â 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 Great Guinness there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zico 0 Posted September 19, 2019 Report Share Posted September 19, 2019 As i remember the family that ran it for years were the Brown family, with Pete Brown being the Landlord, the had special drinking hours so the miners could have a pint when they came off shift. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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