DaveN 1,082 Report post Posted September 5, 2018 Aritcle from the Post https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/huge-sums-changed-hands-over-1972888 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 6,647 Report post Posted September 5, 2018 I thought the picture of the "Sewer works" on Thurland street was actully a cut and cover railway tunnel to the Victoria station Rog 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,082 Report post Posted September 5, 2018 I thought the same Rog when I saw the photo. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,461 Report post Posted September 5, 2018 I remember when the tracks from Victoria Station were visible just sub-street level between Clinton St E and Clinton St W where it seems Poundland is now. They must have crossed beneath Lincoln St and along Thurland St. The place that is now Wilko, next to the Dog & Partridge used to be a Sainsbury's - I remember the fancy "stonework" above hiding a car park - which it seems it does now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 8,069 Report post Posted September 5, 2018 I find these Nottingham Post articles are very interesting and thank you DaveN for posting the links. It’s nice to read historical facts relating to the photos, rather than personal anecdotes, even if some may be slightly incorrect. I think one of Nonna’s restaurants was on Thurland Street (not 100% sure as I wasn’t living in Nottingham when they were serving the best Italian food in the city) 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 5,926 Report post Posted September 5, 2018 I never knew that Byron literally left his heart in Greece! Not sure I'd want that to happen after my death - I'd prefer to donate it to someone who needed it, although at my age, it probably wouldn't be good enough for that! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,292 Report post Posted September 5, 2018 Me too Rog..love facts and a back story.It's a great shame more people don't post images ..fair play to you DaveN. I always thought the double Kerb system was due to that huge sewer system. I read that the Bank installed a new huge vault when these works took place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,272 Report post Posted September 5, 2018 Margie, no big deal; Tony Bennett left his in San Francisco and he's still giving concerts! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,292 Report post Posted September 7, 2018 Some Pelham snaps.1972, Boots and James Bell...won't be long when Boots vacate to Victoria Centre...no record booths up there! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,292 Report post Posted September 7, 2018 1950..Sunday Morning. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,292 Report post Posted September 7, 2018 1917 women window cleaners..working for The Suburban Window Cleaning Company (Glasshouse St?) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 8,069 Report post Posted September 8, 2018 Looks like side of Council House approaching Pelham St, that’s Boots on the corner. Can’t be 1917 though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 556 Report post Posted September 8, 2018 That building on the right, Lizzie, wasn't rebuilt when the council house was built. The new council house was joined into it. Street view shows the join on Smithy Row. There is a picture on picture the past showing Boots of High Street decorated for the 1911 coronation with pedestrians in Edwardian dress from the same standpoint as the above picture and that same building is there, only a lot cleaner, in 1911. Edit. I've linked a picture 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,292 Report post Posted September 8, 2018 The point of the photograph was to illustrate Women doing mens work..whilst Men were at the front. It is dated 1917.. i have several images of ladies driving trucks and buses..in Nottingham during WW1. Deffo 1917. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 556 Report post Posted September 8, 2018 1911 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 556 Report post Posted September 8, 2018 There's a story relating to this building on the corner of High street and Smithy row. The architectural style is different from the council house so one could assume different era and designer. And that's the case for the first 3 storeys. But the council house architects apparently had a plan incorporating an existing bank into the new council house/shops complex. There's an emblem over the door of 11 Smithy row which bears the date 1853. Directly above this on the new top storey cornice is another stone emblem which states NP Bank and above that a stone banner which declares 1927 which is when the council house was built. It's been a few different banks in its time. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,461 Report post Posted October 20, 2018 Just found this on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-nottinghamshire-45902996/inside-nottingham-s-secret-railway-tunnel 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 3,352 Report post Posted October 20, 2018 You're correct Lizzie it was called La Buca. It was next to the carpet shop . Can't remember the other side but between us and the carpet shop was a corridor that lead to the rear. This was about 1976 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 211 Report post Posted November 26 Anybody have any recollection of, if I recall correctly no 10 Pelham St. Became the original Cooke Club about 1991. I was always fascinated by the fireplace in there, & the fact it was a nightclub in general. I do recall it being formally known as the Pelham Club, way before my time.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 8,169 Report post Posted November 26 Was that the same place as this, which is now Tilt Bar, at 10 Pelham Street ? A door in the wall, next to the bank. https://www.tiltbar.co.uk/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 7,536 Report post Posted November 26 Is that Gray & Bull further down on the same side? They have been there for many decades. Must be a contender for one of the oldest establishments in the city. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 1,572 Report post Posted November 26 Yes it is, little sis.x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 3,459 Report post Posted November 26 Certainly Gray and Bull next to Santander Bank. Didn’t that used to be a fur coat shop? Swears and Wells perhaps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 8,169 Report post Posted November 26 I know Gray & Bull have been there a long time because I remember my parents and grandparents both went there. The first opticians I was ever aware of. 2 minutes ago, philmayfield said: Certainly Gray and Bull next to Santander Bank. Didn’t that used to be a fur coat shop? Swears and Wells perhaps. I'm not sure of the name, but I remember the fur shop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 3,459 Report post Posted November 26 The fur shop was over the road from Skinner and Rook, wine merchants and grocers. That subsequently became the mens’ outfitters, Horne Brothers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites