DaveN 1,118 Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Discovering Britain have an article on their website about Nottingham Caves which includes details and a map http://www.discoveringbritain.org/activities/east-midlands/trails/nottingham.html 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 There are some excellent videos on YouTube of the caves around Nottingham. If you have an interest in the caves then they are well worth watching. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fogrider 179 Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 When I was at Central Fire Station in the late sixties, we had a key to a door in the corner of the yard which took us down steps to three levels of caves. Most had evidence of wartime air raid shelters. There was still Elsan type toilets . There was no ventilation, it must have stunk during air raids ! The Police had a firing range in one corner. I did my breathing apparatus training down there. Smoke not required, pitch black is an understatement ! Great days, pity the old place is to be pulled down. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 My Mother told me when the air- raid sirens sounded,they dashed to the caves/cellars in the H&H pub on Derby Rd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,417 Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 I worked for some years at 24 Low Pavement in Nottingham which was then the offices of Warren and Allen Solicitors. The building itself was a Georgian town house built by the Gawthern family. By the time I worked there, the interior had been divided up into offices but it was still a very interesting place as the original fireplaces and friezes were still in situ. Up in the Attics were the Old servants quarters which were used for storage of files and I did once go down into the cellars. From there, it was quite easy to see caves running off in all directions, some of which must have gone underneath Bridlesmith Gate and others up towards High Pavement. At the back of 24 Low Pavement, beyond the garden which still had, in my day, part of its original stone fountain, I believe there was some sort of cliff face and a sharp drop downwards in the land level. When I looked out of the window of my office, I could see at a much lower level, the car park at the back of the Broadmarsh Centre. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 Thought provoking when you think that where you sat in your office was the very first place in Nottingham where early settlers made their home. (And no I don't mean the stationery cupboard ) The ideal place for early settlement with the natural defenses provided by the sandstone cliffs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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