Whatever happened to......?

[Jill Sparrow 10,307]

My uncle held his wedding reception there in 1970. Second marriage. Lasted three weeks! Obviously not a propitious venue.

[Marrowman 34]

3 hours ago, The Pianoman said:

It is now Iceland. I think the only pub left now between the end of Radford Road/Gregory Boulevard to Cinder Hill roundabout is the Whitemoor. Newcastle Arms 'may' be coming back to life.

The Nags Head at Bobbers Mill is still going strong. The Park Tavern, Red Lion and Barleycorn all closed donkeys years ago. I used to go in the Red Lion, which was opposite the Park Tavern, on Sunday dinner times after playing Sunday league football. Our home ground was Melbourne Park. 

[Beekay 5,152]

Talking of hostelries, I were scrounging about on Streetview, for want of something better to do and I noticed that my old local back In the early 60s, "The Midland" hotel at the end of Kennington Road, opposite the late Players bond warehouses, is now a Chinese takeaway/restaurant. When did that happen? Is nowt sacred anymore. Would be a night in there, darts, dominoes etc., then two doors up to the chippie. Another one, over the bridge to the "White Horse", corner Faraday Road, (chip shop next door but one). Is that still a pub?

Methinks I've been away too long.

[Jill Sparrow 10,307]

It all changes when you're not looking, Beekay. I mean, look what's happened to The Manning School! Yippee!!!!

[katyjay 5,091]

I vaguely remember the Park Tavern being built unless memory is wrong (it has been known!) I seem to remember the building of the new one, then they knocked down the old one and that space became the car park. This could have been early 50's

[Jill Sparrow 10,307]

Difficult to say how old it was from looking at it. Anywhere from 30s to 50s, perhaps. 

[Alpha 176]

I too remember the Red Lion on Nuthall road very well, having spent many happy hours there around 1962-65. A very nice lounge where the Roy the landlord's daughter's would descend the staircase and grace the young bloods with their presence. There also were visits to the Park Tavern opposite where a friend of mine Mick Wright, on occasions, served behind the bar.  

Happy times.

 

[plantfit 7,599]

Anyone heard from peveril peril (Terry) and radford red (Nick) lately?

 

Rog

[nonnaB 4,895]

On 7/10/2023 at 7:14 PM, Jill Sparrow said:

A bit confusing two hostelries with the same name. Both in Basford.

Jill you think 2 pubs with the same name is confusing. We have 2 street names named the same in a village of 3.000  One is street and the other Road, invariably parcels get mixed up. I have to put on addresses “ Strada valle  NOT Via valle. I think sometimes corriere are too lazy to drive out of the village centre to us in the “ sticks”

[Jill Sparrow 10,307]

Has anyone heard from Ann Swaby? She hasn't visited since January. Hope there is nothing amiss.

[Jill Sparrow 10,307]

I was thinking recently about Stewart's the garden shop on George Street in Nottingham. It was there for decades. Just like walking into another era, going in there. Very rarely did they not have what was wanted. They also had a resident black cat who was not terribly friendly but who would follow you round the shop.

 

Stewart's has gone, probably long ago. The shop premises are still there but the olde worlde interior and earthy smell of seeds, bulbs and plants will have vanished into history. 

[Cliff Ton 10,468]

I think the former Stewart's shop is now Peggy's Skylight, which is a Jazz Club/Bar/Restaurant. I haven't been in the place but I know people who have.

 

These photos show that the interior may not have been totally trashed as much as some other places.   https://rb.gy/87qe96

[plantfit 7,599]

I used to get all my gardening stuff from Stewarts back in the 1970's/80's, great staff who always gave me great advice, I remember all those little draws that had seeds and bulbs in them and the garden tools (although way out of my price range) were a joy to hold, just goes to show that by spending that bit more on quality tools does pay you back, I still have my long handled rake and hoe that I clean after every use and I wipe boiled linseed oil on the shafts every season end

 

Rog

[philmayfield 6,141]

There was a similar shop on Churchgate in Newark. It’s now gone but I think it was called Brunnings. The stock was kept in wooden drawers behind the counter and the staff wore brown warehouse coats. Another delight was Maltby’s, the agricultural merchants, based between the Wharf and Northgate. It was a rambling shop where you could buy everything for farm and garden. They moved to the industrial estate on Brunel Drive but went out of business some years ago. There is a country store on Maltkiln Lane, Mole Country Stores. I was in there yesterday but it’s bright, modern and soulless. Even the cattle market in Newark has closed. That was a fascinating place on market day. I once went with a farmer friend who was also the chairman of the local council. He knew everybody. There was a bar and the favourite farmers’ tipple was Scotch. I couldn’t believe how much they could put away! It was interesting to see them tucking a fiver into the top pocket of those who had bought their stock at the auction. It’s known as ‘luck money’ apparently. This same farmer bought a tup (a mating ram) from Melton Market. When he opened the trailer back at the farm there was no tup to be seen. He drove all the way back to Melton but couldn’t find it grazing on the roadside!

[LizzieM 9,510]

About 30 years ago we nearly bought a house that had a room fitted out with those narrow drawers used for seeds etc.  it was a lovely house built in the Queen Anne Revival style for the Head Gardener of Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire.  We decided that the property was too big for us and Mentmore, being a hamlet, was too small for this ‘city girl’ 

Mentmore Towers is almost an exact copy of Wollaton Hall, but built about 300 years later for the Rothschilds.  

[Oztalgian 3,298]

14 hours ago, philmayfield said:

It’s now gone but I think it was called Brunnings.

We have a Brunnings here in OZ. It is an Melbourne based national garden supplies company and has been in business for 169 years. It was started by George and Charles Brunning who arrived in Melbourne in 1852. I wonder if there is any connection?

[LizzieM 9,510]

Talking of Alberts, I wonder how our dear Albert Smith is doing, such a lovely man (and his wife Barbara) still enjoying his tea dances and wine club and an authority on the railways.   He used to get into town for the meet-ups but the last time he attended was at the Lime Kiln before Covid.  If you’re reading this Albert, we miss you.

[Brew 5,420]

And an excellent writer too...

[trogg 2,016]

If Albert reads this the offer of a lift to meetups is still open to you, we all would love to see you again,

[Cliff Ton 10,468]

Albert hasn't logged in since January 2023, but hopefully he will be back at some point.

 

I have an email address for him, so I'll drop a line and see if anything happens.

[katyjay 5,091]

Albert's last posting on FB was April last year.

[LizzieM 9,510]

23 hours ago, Brew said:

And an excellent writer too...

Absolutely @Brew he lent me his Biography a few years ago, wonderfully written and so very interesting.  Lovely man.

[Cliff Ton 10,468]

I also read his autobiography several years ago when he used to come to the evening meet-ups at the Roebuck.

 

I was expecting a few sheets of A4; it was almost a Dickens-length book which took several days to read. It would be nice to think it had been preserved and available for other people to see.

[Cliff Ton 10,468]

On 3/5/2024 at 9:01 AM, Cliff Ton said:

I have an email address for him, so I'll drop a line and see if anything happens.

 

Last Tuesday I sent a message to the email address which Albert used to register on NS.

 

A week later I haven't yet had any response.

[LizzieM 9,510]

Bit ominous but hopefully he and Barbara are away on a wine tour with a daily afternoon tea dance.