Raybo 28 Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Regarding caves, they went under the two Regency town houses around the corner to the left at the top in Low Pavement. Under one house was a circular cave with a carved central pillar and carved seating around the wall. I recall either second a door or gate opposite the entrance door. We were told that it was a wine cellar. Perhaps, but it could have used used for much more fun than that. I worked on Stoney Street in the Lace Market as a young lad and I found a big old key in a drawer down in the cellars, me and a friend were convinced it was the key to a big steel door down there but when we tried it there was no movement so we sneaked into the sewing machine mechanics workshop and borrowed his oil can to squirt in the lock. For days we tried oiling the lock until one day with the help of a hammer and a six inch nail used as a lever it gave way then it was back to the workshop to return the now empty oil can and borrow two large screwdrivers to prise the door open. The door led to some steps that took us down into a tunnel and it seemed we were now under the road in Stoney Street but as we were both caught coming out of the cellar and taken for a good telling off by the boss we never got the chance to explore the cave again. We were also taken to apologise to the mechanic for the empty oil can and bent screwdrivers. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 Accidentally came across this diagram of caves under and around Drury Hill. http://cms.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/007caveplanc.pdf 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 Question when the Great Central Railway was built were any of the caves lost? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 A lot of booze from the Cross Keys cellar was lost. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waterwayboy 1 Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 I recall about 1962 the landlord of the Loggerheads was Jackie Riley and I went to St Patrick's school with his son Johnny 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Drury Hill is just off to the left of this photo, behind the black blob. The person standing on the corner has their back to Drury Hill. The photographer was standing about here :- 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 So the street sign at top left of the pic. is Broad Marsh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 That's correct Pianoman. The nearer of the two bridges is Narrow Marsh(Red Lion Street) The second bridge would lead to Garners Hill The road as far as the second bridge is Middle Marsh becoming Middle Hill Drury Hill is off to the left out of the picture. The street from Broad Marsh going the other way was Sussex Street going on to Canal Street/Leanside. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 It's probably been said before, but that whole little area could have been turned into a historic area like the Shambles in York. What a criminal waste of our heritage. Nottingham City Council and sensible thinking are never together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 So the street sign at top left of the pic. is Broad Marsh? It can be confusing if people don't realise that Broad Marsh was the name of a specific street as well as the whole area. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Used to get my old Triumph Vitesse welded in them arches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 You'll be missing an important ingredient of the place if your model doesn't include the smell - which everyone remembers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 You'll be missing an important ingredient of the place if your model doesn't include the smell - which everyone remembers. What were the aromas of Drury Hill, CT? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 It's been mentioned somewhere on here (I can't find it) but there was one very strong aroma which you couldn't miss in the top half of the hill up to the Middle Pavement junction. It seems it was most likely from a Tannery which was somewhere in the area, but in the days when it existed I wasn't old enough to recognise such a smell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Damp brick and stonework, fusty books and the all pervading aroma of the old leather tanneries and cobblers workshops. I can smell it now! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Thanks, I wondered if it was a tannery smell. Tanneries are depicted in the immediate area in the City of Caves?. It's a well-worn cry of Nottingham folk, the loss of this little road - along with the likes of the Black Boy and Victoria Station etc but what a terrible crying shame it was demolished. If only there have been just a little foresight at the time. What could have been. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Apparently there was a rather smelly zinc plating business on Drury Hill and it's mentioned in a previous thread here... #214-5 http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2890&page=11 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 I finally found where I read about the smell of leather, and it was in a Douglas Whitworth book where he attributes it to a leather goods shop. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted January 19, 2016 Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 On the Facebook - Nottingham page, a contributor named Ed Dexter has added this. Beecroft's toy shop, and Bux. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted January 19, 2016 Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 Funny how I remember Beecrofts but I don't really remember Drury Hill. I must have been down Drury Hill to have been in Beecrofts. Guess at the age I was then I would have been more interested in what I came out of Beecrofts with rather than where the shop was! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 The most amazing fact about Drury Hill, in my opinion, was that it was never a one-way street. With the blind bend in its middle I always wondered how many cars met each other half way up/down, and who gave way. (probably somewhere to reverse into). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 I think reversing a horse and cart or a pony and trap would have been fun to watch. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 #193, I think most of us used these roads and alleyways with out even thinking about it at the time. All of the places that are no longer with us were just part of going to town (City) Town, being the word we used? The history and importance probably not even appreciated by many of us at that time. Once again the saying "You don't appreciate it until it's gone!" 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bing 78 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 I used to live at Clifton and my first job was at Walker, Walton and Hanson estate agents on Byard Lane. So my bus from home would come into Broad Marsh (the old, open Broad Marsh bus station) and I'd trudge up Drury Hill to work every morning and back down at night. Yes, 50 years on the smell I can remember. The leather shop on the left going down the hill, near the little turning space mentioned above was some of it, the old book shop as well. Nottingham missed an opportunity to rival The Shambles in York. Bloody vandals. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Kev, you can do the buildings and the backdrop for my model railway if you like..... Whenever I make a start ! LOL St Albans Rd, can you manage that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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