trevorthegasman 150 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 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 That is certainly the smell I remember near the top on the right,also I have been known to drive the gas board mini down the hill without having to steer,fair dinkum but I was young.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I have been known to drive the gas board mini down the hill without having to steer,fair dinkum but I was young.... Definitely a Mini-sized road. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 A rendered reconstruction of Drury Hill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 ....and although uncredited, it was created by a former Nottstalgian. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 I didn't spot that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BryanC 16 Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 ...and when you get to the top, a timber framed restaurant called Severn's which was relocated onto Castle gate when Broadmarsh started. I once ate there, shortly before it closed, so I make that about 52 - 53 years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Stu, reading you comments about Drury Hill brings to mind a building in Newcastle called Handyside Arcade, a lovely Victorian arcade of iron and glass. Remember all the sights and sounds we had mod shops/antique shops/hippie shops a fabulous mix of new and old. Sadly all pulled down in the name of progress if it had been left what a wonderful place it could have been a glimpse of our past to show the next generation what could have been. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
elaineanne 1 Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 I remember walking down to the bus station to catch a bus to Cilfton to see my gran and grandad, Nottingham has lost so many interesting places. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted May 29, 2019 Report Share Posted May 29, 2019 I do recall walking up it as a nipper.nice colour shot. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,594 Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 A lost treasure as we think of it now but at the time it was a slum  Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 Pity it was swept away, as it could have been developed into something resembling The Shambles in York. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tiddler 1 Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 I dont remember Druery hill but I certainly remember Donkey Hill, I used to walk it when I was going to meet a friend . I was at Elliot Durham secondary school from 1972 till1976 My name then was Carol Long, anyone out there remember me, I was really good friends with a girl called Vicki Ball, and a boy called Derek Picker. any photos would be appreciated  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,416 Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 I walked down it and had a hotdog at the little cafe halfway down many many times. Broad Marsh and the bus to Clifton was just around the corner at the bottom. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 There's an old thread about Donkey Hill with a lot of posts. Â https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/11066-donkey-hill/? Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert smith 803 Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 In my 'teens' I called in a barbers on Drury Hill, it's the only time I've ever been asked "Something for the weekend Sir"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 This is what the top end of Drury Hill looks like now.  And as the redevelopment of Broad Marsh has come to a halt, it'll probably stay like this for a while. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 894 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft a-gley. (Burns) The recently demolished was a modern shiny glittering futuristic palace of straight lines and more straight lines and did its job while it lasted. But we never were keen on straight lines and grids in our towns. We let the continental grand planners do that. We built our towns piecemeal with curvy bits, twisty streets and quirky little parks and public gardens and human scaled streets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 At least 26 Low Pavement is still standing. Anyone know whether it is in use now and for what purpose?  The building on the corner of Bridlesmith  Gate to the photographer's right was, for many years, Laura Ashley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 24 and 26 Low Pavement are empty and available to rent through FHP at £155,000 pa. I couldn’t quite believe that so I had to go back and check! I can’t see a queue forming somehow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Many, many times the cost of their construction. Â Fascinating buildings. I wouldn't like to see them hacked about any more than is already the case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Grade 2 listed, in 1952, they're not going to get hacked about. Â https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101254560-24-and-26-low-pavement-bridge-ward Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 I was referring to their internal composition. Very few rooms were intact in the 70s and 80s and may have been further mangled since that time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: At least 26 Low Pavement is still standing. Anyone know whether it is in use now and for what purpose?   1 hour ago, philmayfield said: 24 and 26 Low Pavement are empty and available to rent through FHP at £155,000 pa.  It was the Jamie Oliver restaurant until all 22 of them closed last year. If the Nottm one was £155k, multiply that up a few times...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonnyg 0 Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 A bit late to reply to this thread but I've just come across it and have something to add in response to the now-ancient request for information about a sweet shop on Drury Hill.  Yes, there was a sweet shop. As I understand it my great great grandmother Elizabeth Marriott worked there and the shop itself may well have been called Marriott's, though that information relies on my great aunt's memory of her mother's stories. If anyone has more info I'd love to hear it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 12 hours ago, jonnyg said: and the shop itself may well have been called Marriott's,  What years might this have existed ?  I've had a look at a few Trade Directories around 1900 and there's no shop named Marriotts on Drury Hill (and no sweetshops either)....although that doesn't necessarily mean there weren't any. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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