Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 At the meet-up today, there was a mention of Truman's Vaults (before I was old enough to go in pubs) which used to be on Beastmarket Hill. The question was - exactly where on Beastmarket Hill. This was it on the far right. Today's equivalent looks like this. The Burton building on the corner has survived. So Truman's disappeared under the hideous Lloyds Bank building. And the building which is now "The Bank" is not quite as old as it looks. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 Maybe not, CT, but neither does it look as though it's been made out of Lego by a 3 year old! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 That being C B & W H Truman, I wonder if any of that family were anything to do with C H Truman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Drinking and driving in the same family ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Why not? (Then) Removed from sill tread plate of the original MAL 182E 1967 Rover 2000TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 #1. As I was telling Cliff Ton yesterday in the Ludd: Have mentioned this before. When the building in the lower picture was built, replacing the Fifty Shilling Tailors (didn't they move down Wheeler gate, and the King's Restaurant move to Yates'?), someone wrote to the Evening Post complaining that Nottingham didn't want old-fashioned architecture like that. When you see what was later built next door I bet he was pleased. I heard that the Guinness sign, seen in top picture, before the war was a more complicated affair - an animated neon display. Apparently, it featured a cricket match with the ball being hit and fielded. I was told that it stopped the traffic as motorists pulled up to watch it. Ref the picture of Truman's showroom (which has had I don't know how many occupants since), just look at that lovely misty evening, which many of us remember as being a regular experience when we were young. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 From a different angle.......what happened to all that open space in the foreground? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 That man in the foreground - is he from the Ministry of Funny Walks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Presumably the picture at #7 is early 50's showing the result of bomb damage at the corner of Friar Lane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 I think it was known as Trumans long bar, not the friendliest pub in town. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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