DJ360 6,731 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 I could have this completely wrong, but wasn't the Turf Tavern (still open AFAIK) next to another pub? I always thought it was very unusual to have two pubs next to each other. We'd often go into the Turf for a 'quick one' on Saturdays if we were out shopping for clothes or records. Always seemed to be a lot of old blokes in there drinking Tenant's Gold Label. Does anyone recall? Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Langtry's South Sherwood Street formally The Peach Tree. The only pubs in Nottingham next door to each other although The Turf is actually on Parliament Street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 During the 60's it was a Shippo's pub I believe, and was normally one of our last ports of call on a Saturday night. I don't know whether it was just me, but the beer was some of the worst in Nottingham. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Langtry's South Sherwood Street formally The Peach Tree. The only pubs in Nottingham next door to each other although The Turf is actually on Parliament Street. The Salutation and the Royal Children? Now, of course, there are loads next door to each other as certain areas are wall to wall pubs/bars. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,470 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 During the 60's it was a Shippo's pub I believe, ...just creeping in to the frame. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Thanks Cliff, great pic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,470 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 And if anyone has had their memory jogged by the photo of Parliament Street in #5, there is a thread with lots of references to Capoccis. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7501 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Looking from the left towards the middle is the Don Juan coffee bar. Some great nights in there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 The Salutation and the Royal Children? Now, of course, there are loads next door to each other as certain areas are wall to wall pubs/bars. There is a road Castle Gate? between The Royal Children & The Salutation Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 The Salutation and the Royal Children? Now, of course, there are loads next door to each other as certain areas are wall to wall pubs/bars. Bars Not what I would consider a traditional public house Most of these "bars" I wouldn't be seen dead in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 There is a road Castle Gate? between The Royal Children & The Salutation No, the Sal and Royal Children are next to each other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,165 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Was'nt there a Pub behind the 'Turf Tavern' on Foreman st called 'News house' or similar name ?......anyway remember being in it when 'Celtic' won the European Cup in 1967,........it used to be frequented by by Post and Nottingham Guardian Reporters........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,470 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Re: the Salutation being next to the Royal Kids. I haven't been in either for many years so things may be different behind the frontage, but from the street there appear to be several buildings separating them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,165 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Think the buildings between are all part of the 'Salutation'........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,470 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 That's what I suspected. Re: the other one on Forman Street. The tiles are distinctive. Could it have been this place under an earlier name ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,165 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 no............think that was the Pub...........getting mixed up because of the clientel...........News house is on St.James street ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,470 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 News House was on St James Street. It now changes its name twice a year in an attempt to appeal to someone. There is another surviving News House, on Canal Street. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,165 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Aesthetically very uninviteing..............(spelling?).............lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 That's what I suspected. Re: the other one on Forman Street. The tiles are distinctive. Could it have been this place under an earlier name ? That's just the back of the Blue Bell, K which has an Upper Parliament Street address. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,165 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Thats it Stu.........ta mi-duck..........you'd have been too young to be in there in 67'.................lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 And, if memory serves me, the various News Houses were exactly that. they were the places where a newspaper would be read out for the public when it arrived form London. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 As I worked in that area (above Queen Street Post Office) in the 70s, lunchtimes were spent mainly in the Blue Bell, but occasionally in the Peach Tree, Turf Tavern, Parliament House (Shippos pub on the corner of Market St), Black Boy, or TitT On the day of the European Cup draw in 1978, I had a late start so heard the draw on the car radio. Went into the Blue Bell and shouted to my mates that Forest had been drawn against Liverpool. Chaos ensued as journos left their pints and cheese & onion cobs as they ran back to work! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 You can't really call The Blue Bell a pub nowadays. And the journalists, what's left of them at the Evening Post, are now mostly based in Birmingham. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Was'nt there a Pub behind the 'Turf Tavern' on Foreman st called 'News house' or similar name ?......anyway remember being in it when 'Celtic' won the European Cup in 1967,........it used to be frequented by by Post and Nottingham Guardian Reporters........ No public house listed as being on Forman Street in Kelly's Directory of 1950 In 1950 there were two News Houses 23 St Jame's Street 123 Canal Street Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 You can't really call The Blue Bell a pub nowadays. And the journalists, what's left of them at the Evening Post, are now mostly based in Birmingham. And by the look of it know very little about Nottingham Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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