Mess 620 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 On 6/25/2023 at 10:23 PM, LizzieM said: @Mess we’ve just got back from Lilliput this afternoon! We rarely go into Bournemouth, (although we were at Castlepoint on Friday) as we’ve got plenty of beach over our end. If we go over to Bournemouth beach I’ll look out for the slush machine! Watching Elton at Glastonbury now, with another B & C! Bournemouth beach and promenade starts to get very crowded when the sun comes out. We have small place in Southbourne which is much more relaxed. We're currently renovating a house very close to Castlepoint. It's quite a project which will keep us occupied for several months. Boscombe seafront is not bad but Boscombe itself is quite grubby. Its heyday was early in the 20th century when they built some wonderful houses but the shopping centre leaves a lot to be desired. We've not explored the posh bits of Poole too much yet but love the ferry over to Studland and Swanage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 74 years ago this very day, my parents were on their honeymoon in Southbourne having married at St Peter's Church in Old Radford on 25 June 1949. My mother thought Southbourne was lovely and I have several photos of them taken during their stay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,477 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 Home Ales from the other side. Mansfield Road is across the top of the photo, with Coronation Buildings clearly visible (and still there today). The road along the bottom is Nottingham Road leading into Arnold. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,180 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 I’ve always admired Coronation buildings in Daybrook, opposite the old Home Brewery offices. Another nearby listed building, of similar vintage, is the Vale Hotel on the corner of Thackeray’s Lane. That’s also built in the art deco style and was designed by Cecil Hewitt the Nottingham architect. That was my local when we lived in Woodthorpe. I’ve not been inside in years but the interior was done out in spectacular art deco style. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,514 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 The Coronation Buildings houses a varied selection of businesses, a Pine Shop, a picture-framing shop which we’ve used occasionally and also ‘The Abdication’ micro-pub. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,180 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 I often pass as I remember it from my childhood. I’ll stop and have a closer look next time. I’ll also pop into the Vale hotel to see if the interior is as I remember it. Sadly the Roxy Cinema is there no longer. Many happy times spent there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marrowman 34 Posted June 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 The Vale Hotel is on the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors (CAMRA). To quote from the entry - In the Vale and the Test Match Hotel, Nottinghamshire has two of the best art deco pub interiors in the country. The pub retains features such as the rounded projections on either end and its original metal windows. Also surviving is much of the sleek art deco interior. Pride of place goes to the central parts. Here there is a lovely glazed entrance lobby and, left of this, a wonderful smoke room with original wall panelling, counter and bar back, and roundels bearing the Home Brewery initials; all this could be at home on a trans-Atlantic liner. Wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,180 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 The last time I was in there was when I was doing the audit at the Daybrook Laundry and I lunched in there a few times around 1964. As I recollect the laundry buildings and offices also had an art deco look about them. The company secretary at the laundry was called Albert Brown, not the Albert Brown though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,019 Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Here is an old Homes Ales sign from a closed Off Licence , how many of you had to go to one to collect drinks for your parents , no ID required in those days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,422 Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 I've told the tale before. I carried an enamel jug to the beer-off for grandad's beer. It was a corner shop with a hand pulled beer pump. I was 5 yrs. old and rewarded with the drink of beer from an egg cup... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Small beer? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,172 Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Or maybe a Light Ale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,477 Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Looking at old photos of Nottingham, those signs seemed to be on every street corner.....and many of them are still there, although they're now faded and weather-beaten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,086 Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 3 hours ago, Beekay said: Or maybe a Light Ale. IPA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,086 Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 When you look back at_______ Home Ales Shippstone's Kimberly Whitbread's Mansfield I am sure there are more? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,172 Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Think of Ind Coop M ! x 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,321 Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 5 hours ago, trogg said: how many of you had to go to one to collect drinks for your parents Not my parents, but my grandad. I was often sent to the off license in the village with a jug for his Shipstones bitter. Took a big glug once, never again. Had to get his Craven A untipped if he needed some too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,321 Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 2 hours ago, mary1947 said: I am sure there are more? There certainly are Mary Wards and Stones from Sheffield. Stones Bitter wasn't a bad drop Holes and Warwick and Richardson from Newark. I liked the odd pint of Holes Bitter in one of the pubs in my village. Somehow I don't think the next generation of drinkers will remember the myriad of craft breweries that are emerging with the same fondness of those mentioned here. Perhaps Castle Rock brewery may be developing that heritage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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