ChrisB 150 Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Anyone know what year The Britannia Inn, which was opposite the bottom end of Huntingdon St. Bus Station disappeared? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 my graddad clemets worked at turners tannery as a leather dresser i think the 1920s flu outbreak Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Anyone know what year The Britannia Inn, which was opposite the bottom end of Huntingdon St. Bus Station disappeared? According to the Lost Pubs Project, the Brittana Hotel or Inn at Beck St and Huntingdon St closed in 2000. http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/nottinghamshire/nottingham.html And, according to PTP, it was demolished in 2003.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Re the Britannia, saw some mates of mine in a band there December 1999, remember it well as had heart bypass less than 6 weeks before but still managed the "spirit in the sky dance" the pub was then known to be closing down, and did so shortly after, think once christmas was over Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 sorry that sould have said he died i think in 1920s flu outbreak Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Britannia was the first "eating out" date I took Mrs C in 1966, a couple of years before she became Mrs C. Couldn't afford the expensive menu, and in any event was a bit wary of what "steak" would be like, so it was soup, gammon and ice-cream all washed down with a glass of Spanish red. 7/6d a head and really enjoyed it !! Apres dinner, put her on the 84 Trent back to Sutton; very handy was Britannia for the bus station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 wasent britania a bernie in the sixties Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Yes Babs, very popular as all Berni's were in Nottingham, Berni's were considered 'The' place to take girls on a date, I heavily invested in this mode of courtship, probably why I'm 'rotund' now..................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Went passed the Greyhound in Arnold today, all tinned up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Went passed the Greyhound in Arnold today, all tinned up. . Lots of luvverly land to build three storey rabbit hutches on....Lovely Jubbly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 yes noticed it last week when i went to my sisters she told me a bit back it was clossing down for good as they had been having a lot of trouble there and the police were trying to get its liecence revoked perminantly. looks like they did it . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Went past there a couple of days ago but I didn't notice. Not long ago since they spent some money smartening up the outside (well giving it a coat of paint!) Wonder if the car wash gang have moved off from the car park then, they've been there for years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 have not seen them the last few times i have been by when i went by yesterday just a few teenages in the beer garden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Not quite closing down but.......for the last few months the Borlase at Canning Circus hasn't bothered opening on a Sunday evening. I was there on a Sunday evening earlier in the year and there was literally no-one in apart from one person behind the bar. Don't know how they are doing during the rest of the week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 A care home was built on the site of The Maid Marian in Arnold last year. The same Care Home company that built on the site of the demolished Golden Ball (?) by Bulwell Golf Course. However I can't see the Greyhound site being ideal for a care home, in the middle of Arnold right by the traffic lights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 The Grey Goose on Arnold Road Gedling has been demolished, now a care home is being built on that site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Two pints a coffee please! the bentinck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Looks quite nice with a lick of paint. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philby 21 Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 hey red, i know what your "i apologise in advance" tagline is for now! whats that place like inside? i would assume its gone from a traditional victorian pub layout, with a lot of original features to the much favoured by imaginationless architects "ikea and beige"! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 When that was a pub and I was much younger I saw 'Scarrot' shove his head through one of those windows and shout "Come on you Reds" trying to start a fight with the footy fans in there. What the divvot didn't think was the fact that it was May and the season was over ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philby 21 Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 went past the old general today, noticed there was one of those chutes coming out of a window into a skip, looks like the place may be being stripped out. is it a listed building? i can't see it being fully demolished myself, but you never know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 they been in it a couple of weeks doing something but the cute only been there a couple of days not heard whats happening to it though.probly another food outlet of some kind thats wats happening to a lot of the pubs around here or some kiind of religious buildings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 The old general has planning for 3 shops with 4 flats above, so another pub that wont reopen. I dont think there is many pubs left on Radford road now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Very sensible...just what Radford needs...more shops. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 hey red, i know what your "i apologise in advance" tagline is for now! Wow! It was announced today that Starbucks was converting Nottingham Castle in to their largest UK outlet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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