Graham 63 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Two pubs , one on Lambourne Drive, one on Trowell Road Wollaton next to the new Waitrose. I would like to know how many names changes each pub has had Lambourne Drive, Now The Wollaton . I can remember The Willoughby and The Glasshouse? Trowell Road The Kings Head (way way back) The Roebuck Now The Cavendish? Were there any others? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Try the Greenhouse the other pub you speak of deep cellar roebuck & Middletons Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 The admiral Rodney still got the same name LOL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Spent many an happy hour at the Admiral Rodney......my hubby's great gandparent's used to run the place in the mid 1800's when it was the Trading Post................The horses were changed there after long runs from the North, Midlands and the South of England..................My daughter had her first home in a cottage on Rectory Road next door.............Thought you might like to know that bit of useless information................ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Is the (I think) 'Rose Garden' pub still open in Wollaton? Some years ago it was run by an old Wm Crane school mate, John Beaumont. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 There was the Rose Grower, demolished a couple of years ago. It used to be on Sandringham Drive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Didn't Val from Nottstalgia run the rose grower ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 That must rank as one of the most boring pubs imagineable ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graham 63 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 The Rose Grower was named after roses grown on Lowes Nurseries. Roses were grown there because of the soil and the fall out from Stanton by Dale kept the blight off the roses. The site of this pub is now a care home. The information about the Admiral Rodney IS NOT useless . It is informative. The pub used to have large signs on the building saying Home Ales. If you carried on along the old road you came to the canal. Before the canal was built the pub there was The Kings Head also associated with horse driven coaches. I imagine miners used this public house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 The Balloon on Trowell Road became The Wollaton Arms before it was demolished to build (guess what?) houses. The Admiral Rodney is interesting. I remember 9 pin bowling in one of the out buildings. I think I also read somewhere of a reading room containing books. The pub once belonged to the Willoughby estates and was sold off during the grand auction during the 1920s to Mr Jackson who was the sitting tenant. His son was the tenant at Aspley Hall which was also sold in the same auction. In the 1960s we found it OK to drink there even though we were a trifle short of our 18th birthdays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Blondie all info is useful to someone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graham 63 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Its where I discovered that Dovecotes were for providing Doves to eat not just cause they looked pretty ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Radford Boy 26 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I remember going to the Admiral Rodney back in the early 60s. Sometimes used to go with my dad on Sundays. Also, the Balloon House. My uncle and auntie (Fred and Ida Shepherd) used to live in Trowell Avenue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Like Bilbraborn, we went to the Rodney as a crowd from school - well below 18. Fond memories of it, apart from my much loved jacket being stolen there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Re #7. I think Val's parents ran The Rose Grower, after leaving The Cocked Hat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 The Rose Grower was a strange anomaly because that patch of land had been empty for such a long time till they finally got permission to build that pub. I think Hardy Hanson had wanted to open a pub there ever since the estate had been planned, but there was lots of local opposition to it so it just remained a patch of open ground for years. It was also strange that there was a Co-Op opposite on the corner of Sandringham and Bankfield Drive. This apparently was put there because the Co-Op had previously had a mobile shop selling stuff on the newly-built estate. (I think at one point it became a Laskys hi fi store !). You're right about The Rose Grower being a boring pub. It was small and not very well frequented. I wasn't suprised to see it shut in 2008. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 As with so many estates planned in the 50's there was the inclination to include shops etc. Behind the shops on Sandringham Drive there was even land reserved for a petrol filling station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Duke 4 Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Interesting to learn that the Admiral Rodney was once called the Trading Post.Anyone know when it got it's present name? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 #18 It was certainly called that in my childhood. One of my father's favourite watering holes if my parents went out for the evening. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 #18 Admiral Rodney was described as Nelson's right hand man and was also a good friend of the owners of Wollaton Hall which may have something to do with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Duke 4 Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 I think you'll find that Admiral Rodney had finished his navel career before Nelson came on the scene. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,893 Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 We used to call in at the Admiral Rodney for a drink at the end of our evening horse ride . My bosses husband used to have the riding stables there . "The paddocks " then they moved to Cotgrave when there was I think redevelopement along that road. When they moved the horses we went on a 2 hour ride to deliver the horses in their new home. Great days and evenings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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