Enigma. 1,533 Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 old school freind has posed this question regarding location of a restaurant somewhere near Maid Marian way / ibm building / parliament street when he was a kid. He thinks you got a lift up to it and could see all over Nottingham. Any ideas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,139 Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 The Albany restaurant and carvery possibly. Used to take the kids for Sunday lunch way back. Good value and extensive views. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,150 Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 Wasn't there an Albany hotel in that vicinity as well? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted April 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 thanks for the swift response philmayfield Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Enigma. said: old school freind has posed this question regarding location of a restaurant somewhere near Maid Marian way / ibm building / parliament street when he was a kid. He thinks you got a lift up to it and could see all over Nottingham. Any ideas? As an alternative....was there a restaurant in the old Co-Op building ? It would fit the same location description. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,150 Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 CT., Are you referring to the Elizabethan rooms at the top of the Co-op? I believe they had a couple of function rooms up there. ,( Had my wedding reception there). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted April 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 thanks for the suggestion Cliff Ton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Beekay said: CT., Are you referring to the Elizabethan rooms at the top of the Co-op? I believe they had a couple of function rooms up there. ,( Had my wedding reception there). I only mentioned the Co-op as a general suggestion because I couldn't remember if they had any kind of restaurant there at all. I'd forgotten about the Elizabethan Rooms which get several mentions in this old thread. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/12038-co-op-parliament-street/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Enigma. said: thanks for the suggestion Cliff Ton If your friend looks at the photo posted by Mess on November 1st 2012, there's a photo of the Elizabethan Rooms, which might help...... https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/12038-co-op-parliament-street/?page=3&tab=comments#comment-141145 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,082 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Not sure how long Royal Hotel has been built ( now has new name) but they had a restaurant on the top floor and you could see all over Nottingham. Not sure if restaurant is still there though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 In later years, The Elizabethan Rooms were reduced in area and became a self service cafeteria occupying the far end only. The rest of that floor was given over to a strange admixture of gardening equipment and records! I often visited the record department which had a good classical selection. I found many Glenn Gould box sets in there. I recall looking up at the balcony which, by that time seemed to be in use as a storage area for empty boxes and cardboard packing. Rather sad. It had certainly seen more splendid days. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 618 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 In my post from Nov 2012 I recount how my dad used to take the family for Saturday lunch in the early 60s. I too remember the decline of the restaurant and the balcony becoming cluttered with stored packaging. It was quite sad having enjoyed it so much as a 10 year old. I also remember taking my kids up there in the 70s when IIRC the toy dept was relocated and having a sneaky look behind the swing doors into the disused kitchens. BTW when I first got married in 1973 our reception was in a side room. I have a vague recollection my future father in law may even have got a huge ribbon of Co-Op stamps when he paid. Who remembers those dispensers by the tills where the cashier would press numbered buttons and the stamps would spew out? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 618 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 14 hours ago, Enigma. said: old school freind has posed this question regarding location of a restaurant somewhere near Maid Marian way / ibm building / parliament street when he was a kid. He thinks you got a lift up to it and could see all over Nottingham. Any ideas? I remember going to quite a posh restaurant in The Strathdon Hotel in the early 70s. I think you used a lift to access it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Yes there was, Mess. I went to a 21st birthday party there around 1974. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 I did too, Beekay! I remember having to go to the toilets in the corner, past the lifts, with my carnation buttonhole and hearing 2 young “ladies” say, “Look at ‘im! Y’ud think ‘e wer’ gooin’ to a bleddy weddin!” And I was - mine! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 had a response that it must have been the albany as he said you could see the market square this thread can now be locked as its served its purpose - thanks to the users for their help Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,150 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Well done AG!!! Must admit, I did feel a bit of a prat at the time. I remember the car coming down Wollaton st and then dropping us off at the back end of the Co-op and we had to walk down a walkway that led to Parliament st.,(no idea what this was called). I'm sure we went in a door half way down, through the store to a lift. It were like walking the gauntlet. You'd think with a name like King, I could cope and wave benevently. That were back in 1965. Edit. Just found it on Google maps, it is Parliament terrace, AG., and there is a door half way down. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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