admin 21 Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Where was this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 That was the Hippodrome, later the Gaumont Cinema, on the junction of Wollaton Street and Goldsmith Street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted November 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Yes it Was, I can remember it as the Gaumont. And what an amazing place that was. I skipped college one day to see Woodstock there. Can you remember how steep the stalls were? Everyone had a great view. Even if the bod in front of you had a hat on. Yet another victim of the Architect Criminals of the time. What year would it have dissapeared? I had to cut the picture down as it would have been too easy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 You could sit in "The Gods" at the Gaumont: if you had a head for heights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted November 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Now theres another VICTIM, The County Hotel. The chinese I ued to use as well, another great loss, turned into a sewing machine shop! The name of the night club is on the tip of my tongue Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 The Gaumont was demolished in the late 1970s; I used to pass the site on my way to school. The only nightclubs I can think of are 1) Penelope's, on Wollaton Street; Madisons -built on the site of the Gaumont and The Heart of the Midlands on Talbot Street; though that was more of a cabaret venue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted November 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Yes, that was it Madisons, the 'in place' in the place of the Gaumont Penelope's, Was that upstairs in the new building on the opposite side of Wollaton Street. Later to become Arrabella's run by Alan & Margaret of Ariba Club (Bottle Lane) fame. Not to be confused with Isabella's, which was in the square next to the Masonic Hall nearby. Or Annabel's Which was on Victoria Street, downstairs next to the Tratoria. The Heart of the Midlands was a Cabaret type premises, which later turned into Rock City. Not that I am a Clubbing type of person you understand! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Madisons. I did some Christmas bar work there in the early 80s. I can still hear Hot Chocolate's "It Started With a Kiss". Very funny seeing Forest players getting blind drunk and chasing the talent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted November 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Did'nt one of the players come a cropper in Colwick after a visit to said establishment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Yes. Peter Shilton wrapped his Jag round a lamp post Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted November 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 I think he had more concerns than his Jag :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 And heres how it looks today (23/12/04) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 70s ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Thanks Nick Who's on at the Panto? Reg Varney? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 It's Robinson Crusoe but I can't make out any names lookks like REO and LYNN or Cynn and a Tony but thats it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Mr Google might know? G.Oogle gave me an Ebay listing ROBINSON CRUSOE THE ONE AND ONLY KEN DODD WITH LYN KENNINGTON BILLY WHITTAKER GEORGE BARNES AT THE THEATRE ROYAL NOTTINGHAM YEAR 1972 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 70s ? That car looks like it's parked ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 That might even be me? My first car that went on the road was a Ford Cortina MK1 just like that. You could not get a photo from that position now, without getting knocked down! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 I'd say that photo was from the middle to late Sixties. By 1972 they'd built the subway under Theatre Square. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zacsmum 0 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 i remember in the early 60,s walking by the pub facing the gaumont, next door to gibbons stamp shop [ was it called the hand and heart ?] when what i thought was a window box or a chimney fell between me and my husband , but it was the landlady , she fell from an upstairs window flat on to the pavement . we stopped with her t untill the ambulance came then left . i thought she was dead but heard later that she survived the fall Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Was that pub called the Hand Inn, the Hand and Heart is/was on Derby Rd? Den. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zab 47 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 I think it was the Hand Inn later to become the Stage Door. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Quite correct Zab If you walked back up wollaton street there was a third pub, stood back on the left near the co-op. Knocked down many years ago. Cant remember the name? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Wilberforce tavern? or William Wilberforce? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Thanks Den Nottstalgia is currently the only place this pub is documented on the net. Does anyone remember it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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