MargieH 7,594 Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 @siddha We just used to pass it in the car when travelling to Leicester. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 If you Google the word Trocadero, there are places of that name all over the world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 Somewhere not far from Trinity Square, Burton Street direction, I used to go playing snooker after college, with a mate, arond 1965/6. As I recall the Snooker Hall was upstairs around there. We also used to have a couple in the tiny pub called the Golden Key, opposite Vic Station. Also, I think there was a pub around Burton St area called the Dolphin? Am I right or have I completely lost the plot? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 956 Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 There was a pub called the Dolphin on North Church Street directly opposite the old Central Police station. It later became Byron’s. It was a modern ugly building with no soul. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldphil 331 Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 3 hours ago, letsavagoo said: There was a pub called the Dolphin on North Church Street directly opposite the old Central Police station. It later became Byron’s. It was a modern ugly building with no soul. It's only saving grace was that it opened at 5:30pm, well before the rest of the town pubs. The City Treasury was opposite, so any weekday night out started there. Must have had far greater energy levels in those days! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 8 hours ago, DJ360 said: We also used to have a couple in the tiny pub called the Golden Key, opposite Vic Station. Also, I think there was a pub around Burton St area called the Dolphin? Am I right or have I completely lost the plot? Never went in the Golden Key, but I've seen photos of it. It was next door to the Moulin Rouge cinema. I never knew The Dolphin but I went there quite often in the 1980s when it was Byrons. Externally it was very concrete, but not bad inside. Civilised and sensible, with no moron element. It was popular with off-duty police from across the road. I'm sure they thought they looked like 'normal' people when they were in the pub out of uniform, but they stood out a mile. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 17 hours ago, letsavagoo said: There was a pub called the Dolphin on North Church Street directly opposite the old Central Police station. It later became Byron’s. It was a modern ugly building with no soul. Interesting, because in my memory it wasn't modern, but was in keepiing with the surrounding architecture. But then the surrounding architecture changed a lot around that time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 956 Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 If you scroll down on this link there’s a photo of Byron’s formally The Dolphin. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/11-pubs-youll-remember-drinking-172751 I saw an on line reference to a Dolphin Inn on North Church Street way back in the 1850’s but clearly not this one. My recollection was it was mainly frequented by students rather than cops who had a bar in the Police station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 That's the Byron's which I remember. This link is North Church Street a long time ago. The early version of the pub - presumably The Dolphin - would be to the left of the horse and cart. https://picturenottingham.co.uk/image-library/image-details/poster/ntgm008875/posterid/ntgm008875.html Note the spire of Holy Trinity church in the distance. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dick 17 Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 Around 1968 I worked as an electrician at J & S Farr's corner of Trinity walk and Upper Parliament St. I spent many hours in all the cafes around Trinity Square but my long time favorite was the Empire, you could not beat it for good food and value for money. It was just a basic old style cafe . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Empire, easily one of the best, and busiest cafés in Nottingham Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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