Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 #74 Catfan! What a lovely surprise! Well, Rameau isn't one of my favourites and the version played by the water clock was too fast and very tinny! I think Kitten on the Keys or The Cat's Fugue would have been better! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 #76 Sounded better on silent film, Loppy! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 #77 Much better speed, Enigma. Can sound a bit sewing machined if played without any expression. I seem to recall playing it for an AB piano exam many many years ago. That's probably why I don't like it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 The fact that so much money was spent on the Victoria centre and then to leave the bridge exit in such a disgusting state makes no sense surely a set of doors and some paint would not trouble the budget After all the present exit must be a health and safety risk to any shopper having the bottle to use it At present it looks like a druggies paradise meeowed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 I see they are now going to close the bridge exit seems like giving in to the low life gathering round there Well its only took two years to get this far with what was a basic security problem so I suppose that the Watson fothergill office has a while to run yet meeowed 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 I thought we were blessed when Nottingham had two shopping Centres less than a mile apart.When Victoria Centre came ..i didn't know myself, shopping out of the rain, relax, have a frothy coffee and climb the ramp onto Glasshouse St.and drive home.But living in town for the first two years of this centre..a decline and change in the way we shopped occured.Those who didn't or couldn't afford the rents and rates...which were high..(and rumoured that rich Arabs owned them)...got squeezed out.Shops and small Grocers on Mansfield Rd.began to close..this major thoroughfare became dusty & dirty.Even Parrs which was a stones throw from the new fruit and veg market looked jaded.Supermarkets..and there weren't many of them took in the slack, as bread, cake and Deli shops closed. West End Arcade died overnight..Kings and Queens Walk suffered too. At one time the Pet Shop and Peppers seemed the only viable premises. Scan, Peter Brown, Habitat, Westerner,Etam, Orange Hand, i'll leave it, Boots, Wimpy, Westerner, Mothercare, Jessops saw off competion and the Hockley area seemed to die a slow death.Eventually small independent shops and outlets became popular once more. It will be interesting to see 'the New Broad Marsh Centre'..and how it will work.The strapline is "all shops lets are filled". Be interesting to see if the city can sustain to large shopping complex's. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfinger 10 Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 I remember Nonsuch - as 'Hairy' kids in Grantham (anyone remember Hairies? A now-forgotten youth culture between the hippy and punk eras), Nottingham was the 'promised land', and Nonsuch and 'the hippy shop' on the first floor of the Viccy were our primary targets, though Miss Selfridge in the Viccy and the original Chelsea Girl on Wheeler gate, as well as Sisson & Parker's and Blackwell's bookshops, and the original (tiny) Token House were also on our shopping itinerary. We ate in a first floor 'Tudor' restaurant on Upper Parliament St, on the north side of the road, can't recall the name. In later years, I knew a guy who worked on the concrete shuttering when the Viccy was being built: according to him, someone misread the plans and the rear stairs were positioned the wrong way round (should have faced the rear entrance, not the front, as they did) - the concrete had been poured and had gone off before the error was found, so they were just left: I was highly amused that the replacements were put in correctly during the big revamp when the bus station went! I personally liked the Food Court - working at Trent Poly at the time, it was handy for a variety of grub, especially Edward's Patisserie, which did a lot of Polish cakes, and which moved there from a dreadful street in Hockley (Broad or George, forget which), so I didn't have so far to go for lunch! Still miss both Edwards and the Food Court, though I no longer work in the city centre. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Does anybody remember a shop called One Stop? about 1976. On the site that later became Tesco's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Wasn't One Stop originally called Scan? or is my memory failing me? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Thanks Yes! Scan ..do you also remember it being called One Stop or is my memory failing me! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 You got six copies! I only got four, cost me 6.66p recurring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 On 1/2/2019 at 1:33 AM, Fishfinger said: I remember Nonsuch - as 'Hairy' kids in Grantham (anyone remember Hairies? A now-forgotten youth culture between the hippy and punk eras), Nottingham was the 'promised land', and Nonsuch and 'the hippy shop' on the first floor of the Viccy were our primary targets, though Miss Selfridge in the Viccy and the original Chelsea Girl on Wheeler gate, as well as Sisson & Parker's and Blackwell's bookshops, and the original (tiny) Token House were also on our shopping itinerary. We ate in a first floor 'Tudor' restaurant on Upper Parliament St, on the north side of the road, can't recall the name. In later years, I knew a guy who worked on the concrete shuttering when the Viccy was being built: according to him, someone misread the plans and the rear stairs were positioned the wrong way round (should have faced the rear entrance, not the front, as they did) - the concrete had been poured and had gone off before the error was found, so they were just left: I was highly amused that the replacements were put in correctly during the big revamp when the bus station went! I personally liked the Food Court - working at Trent Poly at the time, it was handy for a variety of grub, especially Edward's Patisserie, which did a lot of Polish cakes, and which moved there from a dreadful street in Hockley (Broad or George, forget which), so I didn't have so far to go for lunch! Still miss both Edwards and the Food Court, though I no longer work in the city centre. I remember Non Such..squishy badges containing oil & paint..on the right person they were fascinating at the time..didn't they also have a shop on Bridlesmith Gate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boris The Bear 1 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Ok so not actually inside Vic centre but right outside Lol can anyone remember what the carpet shop across the road from the main entrance used to be called? It was where Burger King is now. I think it was a Wimpy for a short while before it became BK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boris The Bear 1 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 You can see it here if you skip to 2:24 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,141 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Thanks, but no thanks. Mid September is a bit too early for Christmas, for my taste. Looked like a mixture of cine, vhs and early digital filming. Needed a commentary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 9 hours ago, Boris The Bear said: Ok so not actually inside Vic centre but right outside Lol can anyone remember what the carpet shop across the road from the main entrance used to be called? It was where Burger King is now. I think it was a Wimpy for a short while before it became BK. Could've been Hopewells. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 It was Harris Carpets. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boris The Bear 1 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 This is why I love this site Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boris The Bear 1 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Any idea what happened to them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 On 12/9/2007 at 3:45 PM, Beefsteak said: I think the entrance to the bus station was upstairs and the supermarket that was downstairs was called 'Scan' Could be wrong..Wasn't this also called 'One Stop" about ? Got an Admiral England kit for Chrimbo? very itchy, think the material was a 'sweat reliever'. Badge transfer soon came off in the wash!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 On 6/27/2009 at 12:56 AM, RockitRon said: Tales abounded of people jumping off various levels, and of residents of the 26th floor having to hold on for dear life when the wind blew, but I never actually witnessed anything of the sort. Do you remember the chap that, who saw his car being stolen, took to the outside scaffolding in his underwear? Passed by my mates window about 3.30am...bizarre sight... We thought nothing of it at the time! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 It will come as no surprise that the Council have finally decided to pull the plug on Victoria Market. It's been shrinking for years. https://westbridgfordwire.com/victoria-centre-market-council-confirms-permanent-closure/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 Very sad ....used to enjoy Vic centre.....many years ago...... Our Grandkids are growing up in a different world....... Also liked Central Market.......bit of everything in there........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 The Shopping Centre (as opposed to the Market) seems to be just about managing to survive. When the Market has gone, I suspect the rest will follow not long after. The whole situation is like Broad Marsh Centre around 15 years ago. And look how that ended up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 Pity they didn't leave the station intact. I've never liked either of those shopping centres but Victoria was preferable to Broad Marsh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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