jonnbuoy2 0 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Friday night drinkies discussion has lit upon a pub in the entrance to the old Broadmarsh bus station the we can't recollect the name of. It was on the left as you went from the Sawyers Arms into the Broadmarsh access and it sat behind the C & A building just beyond the posh gents outfitters on the corner (Lister gate I think). It had a less than wholesome reputation and was bit a violent and a lot of dodgy ladies. Can anyone remember the name? Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 The Towers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 And guess what...........Here it is That is actually a big burst of nostalgia for me too, because we lived on Clifton and used to go into Nottingham on buses which went into the old version of Broad Marsh bus station, so I've walked past the pub many times as a kid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I've walked passed that pub many times years ago. Never had call to try it though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I assume it was a picture house before it was a pub. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Same type of construction, but I dont think it was big enough Ian? If you look in the distance you can see the flat roofed bus station cafe that was there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,593 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Also a favourite with the yanks and a certain type of lady during WW2, Yes Cliff Ton I used to walk passed the place most days when catching my bus back to Clifton from Peoples college in the late 60's early 70's, remember the bomb site car park on the right just after you had gone passed the pub and the cobblers accross the road? ah the memories are coming back!! Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Here's a view from the opposite direction which sums up the old Broad Marsh area really well. The flat roof cafe - god knows how many times I've been in there - is on the right. C & A is on the left with the big flat glass windows, and just to the right of it is the white vertical tower of "The Tower". The smaller building behind the van in the middle of the shot was a newsagents Lister Gate is at the end of the road just out of shot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Yes, always called The Towers but as photo shows no S, as 17/18 yo me and mates went in a few times, more a dare than anything, that, the Sawyers and The Dog and Partridge (the one Vic Station side) were considered "hard pubs" and you were one of the in crowd if you went in (all 9 and a half stone of me) lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonnbuoy2 0 Posted January 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Thanks one and all that clears that up and proves memories are not fading. Second photo was interesting in the 'wet' burger stall that I sometimes chanced on a long stagger home in the wee small hours. Thanks again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Picture the Past have another new set of photos, and among them is an earlier version of the Tower(s) http://www.pictureth...018894&prevUrl= Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Thanks Cliff Interesting that there was a fair held on the Broad Marsh. And looks like a Black Maria outside The Towers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I don't remember a fair there in my time either, and I knew that area - because of the bus station - from the early 1960s. If you look at the photo I linked to in Post no 8, you can see the area where the fair was, although by then it had been built on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 I paid Nottingham A visit Last week and on going up Carlton Road I noticed that Smithy's(The Crown Inn) was being demolished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 I don't remember a fair there in my time either, and I knew that area - because of the bus station - from the early 1960s. If you look at the photo I linked to in Post no 8, you can see the area where the fair was, although by then it had been built on. There were fairs held on Broad Marsh near Weekkday Cross during the war I have a photo of one dated 1943 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bilpol47 0 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 the towers i got propertioned outside there one night by a lady of ill repute as i went to catch the bus home to clifton 45 yrs ago Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Bilpol, she must have made an impression for you to have remembered her from 45 years ago! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 the towers i got propertioned outside there one night by a lady of ill repute as i went to catch the bus home to clifton 45 yrs ago I think you mean propositioned.. ...Anyway you can't blame those clippies on the Clifton route having another occupation while the bus was at the terminus.....they didn't earn a lot.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Could have been worse, the bus driver for example! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Brings a whole new meaning to "Room for one upstairs," doesn't it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Room on top? Hold tight now. !rotfl! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 No smoking on lower deck, no spitting..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Who removed my post ?? I put I can't believe I fed you another (secondary) punchline Den. " You didn't mention there was room for two inside !!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 No one? Perhaps its covered in snow? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 I may have forgot to click on 'Post' after I wrote it. I'm in the bad habit of clicking on the enter key, a la Facebook, at the moment , and may have done that and thought my witty retort had gone online Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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