jonab 1,644 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 It could well have been Parr's - that name does seem familiar in the back of my mind. As I mentioned earlier, I don't think there was any indication outside the building as to what went on there, it was just general 'jungle rumblings' at the time that they made Post Office relays and that Ericcsons was very big in Nottingham (Beeston, mainly) and in telephones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Great photo, CT. Those were the days. All gone downhill since! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 22 minutes ago, philmayfield said: Perhaps it didn’t have arched windows. Can’t see them on the old ‘photos. I seem to remember no change in the windows after the switch over to restaurant usage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,123 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 I've been twice. Once for funeral purposes and once to eat. Very good fish and chips. Mr. Haddock also had a branch in The Ossington building on Beastmarket Hill in Newark opposite the castle. The funeral was to do with an uncle. As I recollect I was the first to turn up at his house (I was 21 at the time) and then the funeral director arrived alone and I had to act as his assistant. I helped carry the body out to the van. All very strange! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 7 hours ago, jonab said: It could well have been Parr's - that name does seem familiar in the back of my mind. As I mentioned earlier, I don't think there was any indication outside the building as to what went on there, it was just general 'jungle rumblings' at the time that they made Post Office relays and that Ericcsons was very big in Nottingham (Beeston, mainly) and in telephones I think it may have been Pressac, they were in Stapleford and are now on Glaisdale Drive. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 7 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: Great photo, CT. Those were the days. All gone downhill since! That former Boots / Ben Bowers building hasn't yet gone downhill but it's going. After Ben Bowers closed, the building had a few other lives but none lasted long. It's been empty and gradually going derelict for several years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 When I was very young I used the Canning Circus Boots as the confirmation that I had arrived in Nottingham on the Trent bus from Hucknall (Trent No's 60/61). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fogrider 179 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Correct, up that lane behind the Cortina was Lambert Cottages. From some research I did into the Dakins fire, I read that Dakin and Stirling owned Lambert Cottages as well as that terrace on the left, after the Cort, 72 to 82 Talbot Street. They had applied in 1966 to demolish the lot, both those terraces as well as the storage building. That was to build a huge "modern" office type building. It was refused. Strange that in 1969 the major fire occurred !, still for sale at the time (Walker Walton and Hansons for sale board can be seen above the wall on that 'morning after the fire' photo.) And what's there now ? yep...……! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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