RGR 218 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Market Square. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Back side of the Council House. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Council house,North side. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 RGR, thanks for the photographs but what has happened to Nottingham? Back in the 50s, the richness and grandeur of the buildings, the warmth and even homeliness of the surroundings, doubledeckers lined up and people. At night with all the lights it would take on an entirely different atmosphere. Not the sterile, cold and indifferent place that I see now. Progress.............the city planners should stick their ideas where the sun don't shine if that is the result because it is apparent that that is where their heads are! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Council House. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Market Square. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 I have to agree Trevor S we only spent a few hour,s in Town and as it was one of the few sunny days in two weeks,we headed up to the Peak District in Derbyshire and still has beautiful as every. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Hmmmm!...still beautiful eh?....We'll have to get some local councillors to show 'em how to put tram lines through Dovedale... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Still enjoyed your photographs though. Keep up the good work RGR. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 This Photo says its 1937.???...this is almost how i remember the square..flountains far end and flowerbeds this end also the compass pattern at the top of the steps.....but....theres NO TOILETS...when were they put in ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 theres NO TOILETS...when were they put in ??? This photo shows kids rehearsing for the Quincentenary celebrations - 1949 - and the toilets are there, so it seems they appeared some time between 1937 and 49 Presumably before then any public toilets were well hidden like the current ones in Greyhound Street Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Thought they were older....but have another pic that is 1939...and they're not there then either.....so we's narrowing it down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Never realised that the toilets were built after the Square had been laid out in that way. That must've involved quite a bit of digging and tunnelling. Typical Council (or maybe Corporation in those days); don't take the easy option of a conventional building at ground level, do something which involves a lot of unnecessary work and expense. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Wonder where they all went in the old days when there were hundreds of market stalls and thousands of shoppers? That could take a bit of research Cliff ton... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 I copied this 1 from a dvd that is made up of old picture postcards, would they be subject to copyright? as there is lots of old pictures on the disc that I could post on the site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Does this help? http://libraryonline.leedsmet.ac.uk/sys.files/guides/photographs_copyright_guidelines.pdf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 No big secret...I have pictures from the 20s with the Council House being built...I wouldn't imagine you will finish up on Devils Island for copyright unless you have Fergie having her toes sucked or Diana in bed with an Arab. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 A number of the images posted on this site breach copyright laws if you stick rigidly to the letter of the law. However, I think most copyright owners would see that any such images are not posted for profit or personal gain; they are just used to provide information and illustrate a particular point on an informal forum. Also, the owners may be happy to see their work distributed over a wider area and reach a greater audience than it might otherwise have had. As long as no-one claims any such images as their own and sells prints, or publishes a book consisting of those images, then as poohbear says, I doubt a giant hand will appear from the sky and strike anyone down. Different with the old family photos, war-time photos, and images which have been taken recently by Nottstalgians; in those cases it is the copyright owner who is posting them so no problem. And linking to a photo (as opposed to posting it) is another way to avoid offending anyone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Were'nt the public toilets originally water storage tanks built for the second world war in case of city center fires ? Converted to toilets after the war. Also remember Albert Brown when we lived in the old St Anns in the 60s. He & his "friend" Vivian, used to frequent the Lord Napier pub on Union Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Interesting ...worth trying to find out....thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 That's a good suggestion which I hadn't come across before. It also reminded me (there is a thread somewhere on the subject) of the underground world around the Council House/King Street. Any connection? Maybe you could go by tunnel from the Council House to the toilets... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Interesting ...worth trying to find out....thanks What is?....Underground water tanks...or the drinking habits of the towns Quentin Crisp? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 The origin of how the toilets came to be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 This is another photo, probably took just before the photo Kev posted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Those fountains over the site of underground tanks and later toilets is no coincidence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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