denshaw 2,871 Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Fox and Crown, still there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Friar Tuck in Arnold had a nickname, it was a spoonerism. How could I forget that! Bestwood village also had a 'top and bottom house' at one time. Bottom House was the Miner's Welfare and Top House the now closed Bestwood Hotel. Nicknames in Arnold as Compo alludes to were invariably just abbreviations: the Keys, the Nellie, the Jockey, the Robin, the Tuck etc. I did sometime hear the Flying Horse referred to as the 'Flying Pig' or Flying Bobbo' occasionally. The Working Men's Club on Front Street was usually known as 'Top Club'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mr bump 9 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 The white horse bottom of farraday road was called bobbo! The white hart in bramcote was set on the near top of a hill and was always called top house, the railway inn in nevvo was known as jackie bells........ which im sure was the very old landlords name but still was called jackie bells by the locals inc me when ah wer nokina burdoff dainon manvers street. Bleddy luvlea sh'wur unall! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 We used to call the Bestwood Hotel in Bestwood Village the 'Clubby' as well as 'Top house'. Spent many hours serving behind those bars, all boarded up last time I saw it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 I remember when we lived on Blue Bell Hill Road my mother used to talk about a pub nicknamed 'The Two Heads'. I think - if I remember right - it was the Sir Isaac Newton. On Glasshouse Street? She reckoned it was known as The Two Heads because there was a head of Newton shown on each side of the pub sign. But that must have applied to any pub named after a person, so why it was only this one with that nickname I don't know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seaside walker 1 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 What about the Ginger Tom Colwick Road near the railway crossing. Now flats Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Ring o' bells Loughborough "The Clangers" Greyhound Loughborough "The Dog" (Now closed) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Shureuncle 19 Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I used to own the Countryman Pub at Kirkby in Ashfield It was originally know as the Lime Burners but changed it's name over 20 years ago ,and is still referred to by the locals as the Bonners . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I used to own the Countryman Pub at Kirkby in Ashfield It was originally know as the Lime Burners but changed it's name over 20 years ago ,and is still referred to by the locals as the Bonners . Bob. I often visit my parents in Selston. Navigate me to the Countryman. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Park Lane NG17 9LE nice pub. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Shureuncle 19 Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 It's on the road between Selston and Kirkby opposite the old Bentinck Pit ....Mainly a food pub now . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 When I took my final trade practical test at Bentinck training centre, come lunchtime, the Instructor told us, "Don't go to the pub " Of course when we got outside the workshop, one of the lads said lets go for a liquid lunch! Say no more, we all probably ended up at the Countryman pub... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 When I went to mining craft day release at Arnold & Carlton collage we'd toddle off to the local pub at din-dins time, we'd come back pi**ed up & fall asleep all afternoon, lol. I received a warning about it off Hucknall pit training officer, still did it though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blacks Head Boy 7 Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 There was a pub called the Stag and Pheasant that my brother worked in during the mid eighties which often got called the Staggering Peasant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 The Clock on which was once Birkin Avenue was renamed the Wheeltappers and Shunters, then the Clock. Its real name was the Avenue pub. For some years it was run by a Jamaican bloke called Spider, but I think he died last year. There is still a bullet hole in the toilet window glass where there was a turf war between drug dealers a good few years back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Was my local 40 odd years ago, before they had turf wars ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Was my local 40 odd years ago, before they had turf wars ! Catfan It was one of the pubs my father took me to when I was 18 (ish) that would be back in the late 70s. What an atmosphere it had. A proper working man's pub. I've never fogottten that feeling. Sometimes in the working mens clubs and miner's institutes you gan get the remnants of that atmosphere. I fondly recall the Shippos there. That bitter, almost lemony taste is a fond memory. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 the nags head on carlton hill was always called `naggo` my mams house was right next to it,and my grandparents next door but one from mams,grandad used to send me to the side door with a jug for some ale.,not sure if your age mattered then...the houses were knocked down and now flats stand in their place,the pubs still there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 #72. At that particular time one of my sisters worked on the bar there ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coffers77 34 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Nags closed down at the moment but not boarded up. Has been pretty vibrant pub in recent years with a dedicated clientele but recent couple running it broke up (so I heard) so no one to run it presently. Has one of those "Run this Pub Business" signs outside which is never encouraging. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Nelson in Sneinton always called the Whitehouse, framesmiths arms in Bulwell called the monkeys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 894 Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 On 20/03/2014 at 9:44 PM, seaside walker said: What about the Ginger Tom Colwick Road near the railway crossing. Now flats Yay. Got a free pint on the house the day that opened, about 1965 I think. And joined the darts team. I seem to remember the Juke box always playing Tom Jones what's new pussy cat and The Fortunes Here it comes again. Which is what we sang to anyone of the gang who'd drunk too much and was surrendering it to the lav. Prior to that we were customers of the Manvers back room: darts, table skittles, Juke box, beer. Rinse and repeat next evening. Calmed down a bit since then. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Am I right in thinking this was the Ginger Tom - and also had another name at some time in its life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 894 Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Round Sneinton market in the 80s was the Prits, Cliffoe (Clifton later Marketside), Bath, Vine, Madhouse, Alfred's, (Earl) 'ow, Lamp, Billy, Peel, Stag, Castle, Mill. Brit, (Admiral) Drunkan. And once a year the beer fest in Vic baths. Done 'em all but not all in the same lunchtime. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 The now gone Forest Hotel @ Bulwell Hall was always referred to as "The Swinger" . Summat about swinging overhead poles around on the trams @ the nearby terminus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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