freckles 196 Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 When standing on market street about 3/4s of the way up (face the theatre) on your right is a sandstone coloured building with balconys on a upper floor and at the bottom are some railings painted white now over the years its been pubs of some sort or other but what was it originally ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 I may be wrong but I seem to recall that, for a while, this was known as The Black Boy, after the original Black Boy Hotel (which site was later occupied by the Littlewoods store) was demolished. It has been a lot of other things too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 This one you mean freckles ? https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.954525,-1.1512906,3a,75y,58.18h,114.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sURKvwN1G6XPOLTg2CybNKQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DURKvwN1G6XPOLTg2CybNKQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D84.373688%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 Jill is correct The one on Market St is mentioned in this thread which also talks about the original Black Boy. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9082 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freckles 196 Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 Had a look through the thread ,some wonderful pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 I can only just remember the original Black Boy Hotel. Guy Gibson and his cronies often spent their evenings there on trips to Nottingham from RAF Scampton and other Lincolnshire bases in the 1940s. It was said to be rat infested but, come on, what self-respecting rat would be seen dead in the concrete box that replaced it? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freckles 196 Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 The Black Boy Inn was a gentlemans club during the first world war. Shall be doing some more googling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 1898...The Nottingham And County Constitutional Club...built 1897 http://www.nottingham21.co.uk/build_constitutional_club_1.htm 1902. Nottinghamshire. Nottingham. Clubs, "Nottingham & County Constitutional Club, 26 Market street.—About 1,100 members. Subscription, £2 2s. per annum. [Committee] ... Secretary, E. Gordon Sackett, Low pavement;..." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 Talking of the original Black Boy- John Mills mentions it to a polish officer in the Colditz film. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 The first part of an extensive article on the completion of the Constitutional Club , Market Street 10th Dec 1898 in the E.P. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7525/28044011565_f19415f0d3_b.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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