Michael Booth 7,364 Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 If you want to learn about Sunday lunchtime entertainment go to the 'Variety Club' thread, you won't stop laughing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Went past the Owd G last weekend - he is gone. Another part of my history gone. Great shame really but time does move on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 If you are talking about the Clinton Arms on Shakespeare I knew the landlady Mrs Bliss very well back in the 70's. If thats Chris, Robbie' i knew her in the 80s when she ran the pub on Carlton rd, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 I'M sure he went once before,..........so don't underestimate him.........he found his way back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Was that pub the swinging t*t? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coffers77 34 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 #30 Could be but it was also the name given to the Duke of Cambridge on Carlton Road (opposite KingEdward's Park). Had special entertainment sessions but was known for its topless barmaids. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 That was it 'Coffers'..............my mates wife worked there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Great lass,...she worked with Bernard Manning,.......'Tassle Dance' was her speciality,.......and ended her act by 'Cartwheeling off the stage,.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 TBH I found those places boring,I wonder if there is a call for striptease now? or is it non PC? Or has nakedness become so commonplace?... Clean comments please..remember our Ladies!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 OK Ian,.........i won't tell you what she did with the Walnuts...........lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 If you want to learn about Sunday lunchtime entertainment go to the 'Variety Club' thread, you won't stop laughing. What a shithole that was? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I have just received the following email My name is Cleon I am part of the team on the refurbishment of the site known as the old general. I am happy to up date you with info on the on going development. I understand that the old general has got a lot of history with the area. Please contact me if there is any information I can pass on after it’s been ok by my directorMany thanks I replied. Hi Cleon It would be great to see the Old General refurbished, and to see its progress on our site. You will find members here very knowledgeable on local history. Would be interested to see any photographic records of progress. Search of the site for "Old General' reveals many posts refering to the pub, partricularly... the old generalhttp://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14635 Please keep us updated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Also (I forgot to add ) The origins of the "Old General" (My mum always said he was a famous Nott'm tramp) The General has left the building! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Perhaps he'd prefer to be inside having a pint. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OrphanAnnie 296 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Didn't they have a table skittle game and a shove ha'penny board on the bar in there or was it another pub further down? I remember calling in one Sunday lunchtime with my brother and vouching for him being old enough to drink and the barman asking if I was his mother cheeky sod. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 A couple of years ago doing family history research, I was wandering around the General Cemetery (the one which goes from Canning Circus down to Waverley St), and I came across this lying propped up against a side wall. It's not actually connected to any grave; seems to be just randomly dropped in the nearest space. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 It's OK, the Old General is safe! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-35374351 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Nice to see ' elf and safety mindin' him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Good news for my Grandad's regular haunt! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Progress seems to be a bit slow. The statue used to be on the wall down the right-hand side. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freckles 196 Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 My husband and I met in the Old G he was working there part time(not the Old G) and I was out with the girls,that was in the 60s we got married in St Pauls just down the road. Apparently when the new buildings done he will be incorporated back somewhere in the building. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Who's got that statue thats what I want to know? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 the statue is in storage in a container at the back of the pub Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 Me Mam always took me to see General Santa. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 Did they turn the old general into flats and build around it, was Saturday meeting place for hubby and his mates. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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