zab 47 Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Carlton Forbes who played for Notts for many years passed away last Thursday after losing his battle to cancer. http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Not...il/article.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Thanks for the information, sad news indeed. Saw him bowl on many occasions. Fair to say he was unlucky to have played at a time when so many great WI quicks were in the game. Certainly, in other eras, he'd have been a shoe-in for the West Indies Test X1. Sobers, for one, held him in high regard... IIRC, during his playing days, he owned a popular night-club in the City Centre. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Never bothered about cricket...but used to chat to him in the early hours at his club...nice bloke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 The club was in the Lace Market If I remember, but not the name? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Calypso club? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Yep...three floors up...Byard Lane I think, just over the road from the Windmill.Blacks and whites mixed with no hassle... After the club closed in the early hours one night a group of the staff came back to my place. We were still wide awake (Oh to be young again) Booze? Drugs? Women?....Nope...We settled down for a game of Monopoly as the sun came up ..... Imagine telling that to a passing cop nowadays...Yeah right!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Calypso club? wasn't the calypso club on commerce square off high pavement? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 It moved there in later years.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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