Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 I hadn't noticed that before, Den ! I've looked back at my original and it definitely was taken in the morning, so the clock was wrong when the photo was taken. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Road-marking going on at the time, possibly changing the road layout as you took the photo CliffTon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Went for an IQ test and interview to join the RAF near Halfords. Was the pub Blueberry's then? Think my Dad had a snap of Cassius Clay outside Vic Hotel.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 2 hours ago, LizzieM said: Road-marking going on at the time, possibly changing the road layout as you took the photo CliffTon. .....although it's changed again since then, because these days all traffic coming down Mansfield Road has to turn right into Shakespeare Street to go the complicated way round. 1 hour ago, iandawson said: Was the pub Blueberry's then? No, but I remember it when it was Blueberry's. I went in that place quite often in the late 70s - mid 80s. In 1978 it was still The Regent; became Blueberry's around 81 or 82; became Ledger's around 85 - 86; and I've lost track of its names and never been in it since those days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Victoria House, looks a little tired in the photo, do recall Price Waterhouse being in there...they floated a company that went bust i worked for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 As regards,The Mansfield Arms-started out under that name from 1894- 1973,it then became The Regent,this lasted until 1983. Traded under the name Blueberry's from 1983-1988-renamed Ledgers then for a time it was Bensons,and now Keogh's. My mates Dad ran it..Leonard, Irish fella..he went onto run The Wilberforce..which had a strange spirits law. Ivor Thirst..neon was on the gable end of Mansfield Arms. When Lynda La Plante's Widows was on the box there was a search in the TV series for dead criminal Harry's ledgers containing info on ' jobs' Got off the 18 one morning some bright spark had sprayed HARRYS in front of Ledgers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 If you view the link our Michael Booth put up in post .1 little old me is in photo .6..this picture made the front page of The Evening Journal in 1967. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Doing an Irish Jig? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 More like ... oooh, I'm right burstin'.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 You are awful..but i like you! If you look carefully the shadow of the Stationmaster.. next to that is my late Dads shadow.. He took a snap from the other side. Gee is the fella that took the snap. Remember the day so well..half an hour previously I had my hand under a rubber flap of a Roneo Copier.. and photocopied my handprint... 1967.. done in the Design Centre ( Sandfield House ). Then we tore down to Arkwright St to catch more mayhem...my Brother and i are on some published photos there also. I always feel pangs of sadness when i walk around that area( Mum/Dad etc..). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 22 hours ago, iandawson said: If you view the link our Michael Booth put up in post .1 little old me is in photo .6..this picture made the front page of The Evening Journal in 1967. For anyone who can't be bothered to go back to the top....... The building you can see through the open doors is the Golden Key, the Shipstones pub next door to the Moulin Rouge. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Thanks Cliff..spent the 6 weeks holiday in that Cinema. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 ^^^ You dirty bogger Moulin Rouge indeed, strange I don't ......................remember seeing you there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Right here's one for Hippo or Fly and TBI..in about 1966..I would have been 5!!..a group came to the Moulin Rouge called The Cavemen?.. dressed in fur over beat type suits..as a kid i was terrified.. the screaming was so loud. The owner was divorced and her Son..Gary was a mate..he was a bit lonely..we saw Batman..15 times.."Shark Repellant" in his cape!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 You weren't watching them French films then Ian? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 I didn't even know it was a place for mucky movies..it was the Little Cinie Club on Broad St or The Classic in my day! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Crept in to the Moulin Rouge one Saturday when future hubbs came to Notts in 1965, thought we were going to see a detty filum. It turned out to be a documentary on VD!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Filmed on Glasshouse st Carni? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 That WAS dirty Carni. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 We stayed and watched it all the way through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 This last weekend when I was in Nottingham with some of our family, we went to the Victoria Centre as I wanted to show our grandchildren the water clock. My son had already told his little lad (our 6 year old grandson) that the water made the clock work, but when we got to it, the little lad immediately noticed that the stream of water was missing the 'paddles?' on the wheel that was turning. He decided that it must therefore be an electric clock and not a water clock ..... "out of the mouths of babes". He still threw a coin in the water and made a wish which he later said was that "Father Christmas will tell daddy some winning lottery numbers!" 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 #73 I had no idea the Emmet water fountain was still there. I remember walking through the Victoria centre on an almost daily basis many years ago and the clock was always playing that irritating piece by a Scarlatti or one of their contemporaries! Just realised the music was written by Rameau! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 That's how bad it was then Jill !! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 I'd forgotten the tune. I've only seen the clock once and that was when I filmed it on 8mm. That was silent film back then in 1974. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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