poohbear 1,360 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Here's a tit bit for you...nearly opposite the bottom of Hanley Street is Poynton Street...still there, but just a jitty through warehouses now. It's named after Widow Poynton who was a scold and suffered treatment in the towns ducking stool for being a gossip.A strange way to become famous and have a street named after you...she must have had a helluva gob. Uploaded with ImageShack.us 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neil 2 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 I think discussed b4, but isnt the premises on the right an Electric substation? Yes my Dad worked in the office there. When my mum took me shopping in the Co-op we would shout to Him and He looked out of the window and waved to us. Magic time as I didn't see a lot of Him due to the shifts he worked.At weekends worked with his brother for Jacklin (?) removals.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 We've drifted from Talbot Street onto Hanley Street, and a lot of people seem to remember the electricity place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 We drift a lot on this forum, as one memory leads to another. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Title of thread is Talbot Street...we're just taking a walk and remembering bits and pieces we remember of the area. All too often threads are of the popular places like The Square,Goose Fair,Trent Bridge.....when there are a million other memories of buildings,roads, and people long gone.And rarely written about. The Lambert Factory on Talbot Street....easily recognisable to any Nottingham folk.Built in 1856,a striking looking building that nowadays would be a square box with windows. Now converted to offices...the whole front facade collapsed into the street in the nineties.Planning refused a demolition application and made the builders reconstruct back to the original...except the curved corner which is new. This part originally was a roller skating rink in the 1870s.(See my pic on post #47 as it was) The collapse was due to interior support walls being removed weakening the outside structure (mmmmm! yeah right!) I happened to be up in that clock tower a few hours before it collapsed and commented to my mate on the state of the sandstone blocks, which were severely weathered many held together with steel pins...it didn't look good to me but then I'm no builder/architect...The shock to see it collapsed in the street a few hours after my visit left me in a cold sweat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 I remember it well Poohbear. Glad they made then reconstruct it. Its one of todays finest nottingham buildings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Talking of Talbot Street & Lambert's factory, my missus (when she was a young lass ) in 1964, noticed a fire in that factory on her way to "Brownies" one night. Her & her cousin ran up to Canning Circus & saw a Copper& told him what they had seen. Here's the clip from the Nottm Evening Post a few days later. My Missus on the left BTW. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 95 Talbot Street getting ready for demolition this morning will soon be looking like this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Enid Blyton should be proud - all inspired by a box of Noddy bricks ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 The electricity board place on Talbot street was our base when I first worked for them in 1966. I don't think any power generation was done there at that time. A large chunk of it was a garage where EMEB vehicles were repaired and serviced. The part near Hanley street was a stores and offices. Behind that a workshop where cookers and other appliances were serviced and reconditioned. Also a meter shop back there. We all moved out to Bilboro by 1967. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 I recall when the Wollaton St was a very good Chinese buffet restaurant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 The building at the junction of Talbot street and Wollaton street is being demolished. It used to be a Chinese restaurant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 This one? I think it's been mentioned somewhere before, but I can't find it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Wasn't it a Japanese restaurant ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Yes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 I think it's been several restaurants of various nationalities over the years, but apparently it was originally built in 1902 as a Livery Stables. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 I don't think it as ever been a Chinese Restaurant. Back in the 70's it was a hardware store, can't remember the name at the moment. It also became Ben Bowers Restaurant back in the 70/80's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 #68. If that is true, CT, then bet it was for the horses that pulled the trams up Derby Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 I don't think it as ever been a Chinese Restaurant. Back in the 70's it was a hardware store, can't remember the name at the moment. It also became Ben Bowers Restaurant back in the 70/80's Not Ben Bowers. That was on the next junction across towards Derby Road. That building is currently empty. Two very similar looking buildings almost side by side. https://goo.gl/maps/qZbRJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Is it in Netherfield? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Wasn't it a Japanese restaurant ? ....and called Ocean City II ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 As usual Cliff Ton you are correct, it is on the other corner as you said. Good job you are around. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 I have just looked at the planning application, 77 student apartments. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 It was deffo a japanese restaurant before the Chinese......can't think of the name but the owner was Japanese married to an English girl and they had another restaurant in Lenton ...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 #68. If that is true, CT, then bet it was for the horses that pulled the trams up Derby Road. Cock horses. Which isn't being rude. If it was their stables, this is nearby, half way up Derby Road outside the Hand and Heart. And look at the advert on the front of the tram. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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