Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Accidentally came across another sign which is incomplete What's noticeable about it, is that it's up an alleyway called Packer's Place, close to a second-hand book shop which has been mentioned here more than once. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 There was a Dog & Gun Inn on Mansfield Rd .certainly in the late 1880s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Dog & Gun 207, Mansfield Road. That's the closed shop to the right of Packers Place Wright's directory of Nottingham 1898/99 Was still a public house in 1925 But in 1928 it was: Culverthorpe Dairy Farms. (Kelly's directory) And before renumbering number 145, Mansfield Road. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 So I unwittingly discovered a reminder of an old pub which I never knew existed. That seems to make it the building to the right of the white sign. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Around 1950 there were 360 + pubs in the city area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Shame someone "modernised" the windows ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 I can go back as 1832 with my directories and the number of pubs/beer houses that have come and gone is quite staggering. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 I'd love to explore the cellars of the shops that side of Mansfield Road...many must have access or bricked up entrances to the many caves that existed when it was just sandhills. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 There were many dug out there and on Derby Road even before the sand mines...the land was gradually levelled and filled over the years. Picture titled 'Foot of Gallows Hill' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Nottingham caves. http://nottinghamcavessurvey.org.uk/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Came across this one whilst browsing PTP.. and it's gone about twenty years later.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kendaldrac 40 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Link to my photo album of ghost advertising signs throughout Nottingham and beyond using Google Earth to see what remains of the ghost advertising signs mentioned on this forum and ones i have been told about. There are also a couple of my own photos of the Pickford Warehouse from Nottingham Castle and the recent discovery of the former pub advert on Mansfield Road. https://plus.google.com/photos/105294923244958439791/albums/6122137357096812913 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Picture The Past have the full version. And in case anyone had missed it, we also have a thread on the subject. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8769&hl=jeffs#entry139046 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coffers77 34 Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Hi All Walking down Wollaton Street earlier this week only to discover two Ghost Signs sat on top of each other within the same building. Both relate to past businesses who I think formally traded out of Derby Road so this was rear signage. Not vintage examples but interesting nevertheless. Sorry about the quality of pics, only had a phone camera to work with and had to navigate the busy traffic to get a fix on the subjects. I remember Whistle and Flute Outfitters they were certainly trading up until the 80's and possibly later. Halls DIY I am less certain about and the signage here is very basic maybe done by the owner themselves. Were these pre the Homebase\Focus\B&Q age? Any recollections of these enterprises? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 I remember the name of Whistle and Flute, but not being a suit-wearer I can't remember where they were. The place appears on Streetview and you can zoom in on the text. https://goo.gl/maps/S7yP3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coffers77 34 Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 That is cool you can see the two signs together with that view. My W&F shot is near the green bins. I didn't notice either the separate signage for W&F on the wooden doors. Whistle and Flute I recall as being a stack them high and sell them cheap type operation, mainly if not all off the peg. Situated half way between Maid Marian Way and Canning Circus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 I think Halls moved to Alfreton Road & in time concentrated on home security etc. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.957638,-1.165194,3a,75y,0.5h,86.81t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSBssEcz8Fgyzkua6tBc82A!2e0?hl=en Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kendaldrac 40 Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Heres the Home Ales ghost sign on the back off the Unity office building across the road from the railway station i 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Was this a club? An elaborate bit of metalwork reading 'Stubbs' (the S is hidden by the CCTV camera), between 69 -71 Mansfield Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 A little bit of Googling turns up that 69A Mansfield Rd was occupied by the Stubbs family from the late Victorian age through to the early 1900s as various types of retailing operations from confectioners through cycle shop to electricians. Our archivists can no doubt consult their directories to check the relevant dates. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kendaldrac 40 Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Check out my recent blog post on the Stubbs Sign http://railwaymaniac.com/2015/03/the-stubbs-sign-on-mansfield-road/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 So what I thought might be the entrance to a 1980s nightclub, turns out to be a Victorian hardware shop. Not even close. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coffers77 34 Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 This excellent ghost sign and the associated research by railwaymaniac(Kendaldrac) came in on my twitter feed recently. A really top spot! C. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kendaldrac 40 Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Just to be completely obsessive about the site have found out that by 1950s it was a Cash Till saleroom another shop and trade you don't see around too often nowadays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted April 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 On the edge of old Wholesale market in Sneinton. The missing word will be something like 'Fruit' or 'Potato'. And a printers - H Butterworth on Lower Parliament Street, opposite the Palais. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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