Julian hughes 0 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Does anyone have any images of the canal which ran through the former Boots factory on The Island Site Sneinton? I have seen maps detailing its route at the Boots archive office but would like to view any images . Thanks Julian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,011 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Welcome to Nottstalgia. If you go here http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php and in the Search box type in various combinations of words such as Boots, Canal, Island you'll get the kind of thing you're asking about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 500 jobs @ Boots up the swany ............. that bleddy workplace parking levy for that scabby tram http://www.nottinghampost.com/500-boots-jobs-in-nottingham-to-go/story-29797034-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,782 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Just read in the NEP that Boots are looking for 500 voluntary redunduncies in Beeston. A large section of Boots was sold to foreign companies & I always suspected this would follow. Also I wonder if & how much the WPL had to do with this decision ? Before anyone jumps up & down please note that this is NOT a political discussion. http://www.nottinghampost.com/500-boots-jobs-in-nottingham-to-go/story-29797034-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 I went through Boots this morning, they are building a new access road next to the roundabout on Lilac grove, at the other end of the site Thane road end they are having a bridge built over the canal, they are supposed to be building a lot of houses on spare land. Possibly the whole site could be houses in the future. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,678 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 With these new computer systems (local authority) your boss knows how long it is since your mouse moved! It says something like..."has been away for 15 minutes". You also know how long it is since your boss's mouse moved! Equal opportunities! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nottarian 16 Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Yep, A lot of houses going to be built on the Boots site, More land sold off to the developers... just the start of it really,, Thane Road is going to run right round the back of the site - leading out on to the main road exit at Beeston end.. though Thane road is predictably not going to be able to take all the Vehicle traffic trying to cut through to Beeston from the flyover island that already gets congested when 3000 Boots employees try to leave work ,, but no one cares about that bit ... Also.. Sadly Boots is no longer Boots, tis just a name above the door of your local shop,, its now "Wallgreens" American through & through apparently... £100 million + has to be saved somehow,,,, so yes 700 job losses is just the start...... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 I worked at Island Street for quite a few years and Boots kept stock in the railway arches..up to the mid- eighties. The canal bit behind my Dpt was filled in and used as a carpark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 Lock up your Sons, Boots gals on the lash. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,281 Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 Brilliant old photo of Nottingham Victoria RR. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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