barclaycon 569 Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Re #29 That just looks excellent doesn't it. Why would you want to change that ? Especially to the detached impersonal 'area' that it is now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 All those flower bed would be expensive to maintain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Although this only shows one end of the Square, compare the amount of greenery with what is there today (and that includes the buses). 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Unfortunately it wasn't considered 'Trendy' enough, NCC should have called a referendum!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 The powers that be obviously wanted flat area to put on events, so they should have flattened Littlewoods/Primark and done everyone a favour, and slabbed that area. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Burger eating slobs... too lazy to walk that far! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 Don't know where this market square bit comes from. We always knew it as Slab Square. Here's an old piccie took by me. Don't ask when !! 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 Well it was certainly before the mid 60s Alisoncc because at that time that end of the Square was being hogged by a cripple called Archie and his mates, just sitting slobbing about. A friend of mine thought he was wonderful, goodness knows what she saw in him. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim in the North East 200 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 When? 11.30 in the morning. (Sorry - could not resist that!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 The 1st Morris Traveller registered was 1954 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 '64-'66 blokes shoes mark time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terence12 725 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 alisoncc #42, when i was 17 i left home and joined a bunch of hippies where, in the pic, the 2 lads are sitting is where we used to sit most of the day, long haired idle buggers, the only time we left off sitting there was to go to the Palais de dance to get girls to pay for us to go in, use to have lunch dances then, be about 1963-4 about then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 I use to sit there too Terence with the " beats " , Doncaster Dave, Sutch et al .......this would be holiday time from school circa 1964 ...... Don Juan coffee bar if it was raining Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terence12 725 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 there was about eight of us rented a bedsit in a house opposite the grosvenor hotel, knocked down now Savoy there i think, one of the lads was named Fred, trying to remember some of the others, on night we walked from city centre to Watnall bakery heard you could get a job for a night and paid next day, three of us worked, i was on a machine marking bread as it came out of the baking machine, not heavy work and we got paid next day about 09.30 had to hang about waiting for office staff. must have been a right twit, still good memories of lazy days, and palais girls 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 It would have been 'Blanchards' bakery back then Terrence ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 From Twitter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 'Borrowed' this from Facebook, hope it works. 2 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 552 Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Looks far better than the current monstrosity. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Brilliant,1969 does it for me Katy Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Worked great for me. Really interesting. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Great Katy..............just 'sez'........'Nottingham our Home' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 That I like thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,296 Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Great Katy, It looked so much better as a market place, now there is an idea to revitalise a boring and sterile area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 Mugging in Slab Square? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 Nice to see proper stonework too I might add. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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