mick2me 3,033 Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Where on Mansfield Rd? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Looking down towards the City...Bluecoat Street turn on the left? Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Still cant placece this? Looking toward the city I thought Bluecoat St was on the right? What are thye buildings? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Doesn't Bluecoat Street turn off Mansfield Road, cross Huntingdon Street and then become Woodborough Road? Multimap.com, here I come.......... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Back from Multimap....... Bluecoat Street is on both sides of Mansfield Road. The right turn is the short road leading to North Sherwood Street and the left turn is the even shorter road to the Huntingdon Street lights.... Main reservation over my guess is the seemingly empty stretches of land on the right hand side, but the slight left kink in the road as it approaches Parliament Street seems about right. I'm clueless over the buildings....certainly the huge one on the left looks to be of some importance. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
angi 3 Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Sorry but you've got it the wrong way round. It's taken looking UP Mansfield Rd from Milton St. Taken from outside what is now Jessops,to the left what is now Trinity Sq.The large building on the L is the Mechanics Hall and cinema to the front.,over the rd but can't be seen would be Vic station. Passed there on the R is that pub that no one could remember the name of the other week,also the brewery chimney in the background. Dont know when it was taken but i'd guess about the same time as the YMCA photo the other week as the street lamps look the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 I'm sure you are exactly right......well done. The empty area that bothered me is of course the recessed forecourt of Nottingham Vic! Nevertheless, I have maintained my hard earned reputation of diving in too quick, and getting it completely wrong. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 On the left used to be the church in Trinity Square, I thought I recognised the building that is the Mechanics Institute, but couldn't put a nmae to it. Been a long while now since the church was demolished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 When I moved to Nottingham in 1963 I remember the Mechanics Cinema opposite the Victoria Hotel. It had a double set of concrete ballistraded steps at the front. Must have been knocked down mid-late 60s? I can even remember a Disney movie I saw there? Pretty Bl00dy scary for a Disney movie! Walt Disney's 'Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow' or The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (1964) Patrick McGoohan .... Dr. Christopher Syn Also stars George Cole, Tony Britton and Michael Horden. Dr. Syn, a country priest leads a rebel band against the King's naval press gangs. Press gangs (impressment) roam the country side beating young men into submission or unconsciousness, usually at local inns and pubs, in order to enslave them in the Royal British Navy. Dr. Syn conceals his secret identity behind a sackcloth mask, and carries on activities ala Scarlet Pimpernel and Zorro from his parish base. LINKS... Dr. Syn, the Scarecrow - internationalhero.co.uk The Life and Times of the Rev. Doctor Christopher Syn, Parson, Smuggler, and Sometime Pirate - by Matthew Baugh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tutanic 8 Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 So that's what happened to number six... A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 If i had been on the internet before today i would have beaten angi to it, she's spot on, the chemney gives it away that's the original Nottingham Brewery meduk.....Anyway i'm of out now, going down for a quick one in the Charlton arms, sorry mick, but i will be in there until they chuck me out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
orcada 0 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Sorry but you've got it the wrong way round. It's taken looking UP Mansfield Rd from Milton St. Taken from outside what is now Jessops,to the left what is now Trinity Sq.The large building on the L is the Mechanics Hall and cinema to the front.,over the rd but can't be seen would be Vic station. Passed there on the R is that pub that no one could remember the name of the other week,also the brewery chimney in the background. Dont know when it was taken but i'd guess about the same time as the YMCA photo the other week as the street lamps look the same. 'Passed there on the R is that pub that no one could remember the name of the other week' would that pub have been The Roebuck, or am i thinking too far up the road? Orcada. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 'Passed there on the R is that pub that no one could remember the name of the other week'would that pub have been The Roebuck, or am i thinking too far up the road? Orcada. thairs no pub on Mansfield road that's named the Roebuck... Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 thairs no pub on Mansfield road that's named the Roebuck... Bip. Arh, but there used to be - I think it's now called the Bensons? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Was the pub called The Rose Of England Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Was the pub called The Rose Of England The Rose of England is now known as The Rose I beleive...it once was the Brewery tap to the Nottingham Brewery which unfortunatley isn't there anymore....Behind the Plough public house in Radford can be found the new Nottingham Brewery albeit a smaller outfit.... Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Bensons or whatever it's called now is opposite Shakespear St. Further up is the Yorker/Rose on the corner of Union St. Further up from that on the same side used to be a pub called the Roebuck, which is now demolished. Den Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Bensons or whatever it's called now is opposite Shakespear St. Further up is the Yorker/Rose on the corner of Union St.Further up from that on the same side used to be a pub called the Roebuck, which is now demolished. Den That’s very interesting den thanks........so the enigma of Bensons still remains? Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 'Passed there on the R is that pub that no one could remember the name of the other week'would that pub have been The Roebuck, or am i thinking too far up the road? Welcome Orcada, thank you for bumping this topic. The name Roebuck is familiar, Where exactly was it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 I think it used to stand where house of Fraser is now. It was run by a lesbanian woman called Max. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Went past the Yorker/ Rose yesterday evening to see it was up for sale Quote Link to post Share on other sites
orcada 0 Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Welcome Orcada, thank you for bumping this topic.The name Roebuck is familiar, Where exactly was it? Hi, It was called The Roebuck until 1981, The Old Moore's Tavern till 1985, The Empire until 1989 then renamed Bobby Brown's Cafe from 1989-95. It has since been demolished, rebuilt and is Shawes art shop and 'yuppy type' flats, right up to the corner of woodborough road corner. but as you looked at it from the front, the left wall would have been where the Wesleyan Chapel (many years before) would have been and the right wall joined onto York House. p.s. I don't think it has any relation to the Roebuck on St. James St. Nottm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ddyernz 0 Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 The side of Mechanics Hall and cinema (opposite was to become Trinity Square carpark) was the site of Nottingham's first ATM. The bank was NatWest (which I think had a branch in this building at the time). The ATM used to take your card and give you cash ... the card was then sent back to you in the mail. My Dad used this ATM in the early 70's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Welcome ddyernz, I have Nottingham friends not far from you in South Raumati. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 im sure you know of this site but if not, its very interesting www.nottingham21.co.uk . some cracking photos albeit onl a few years old but no doubt will soon be nostsalgia for us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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