danny333 7 Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 My link Anyone remember The Olympia ? I remember one Billboard which announced " Why go to Paris "--- Why indeed when all the Glamour Girls were strutting their stuff right here opposite " The Bogs " Heres my little contribution to the " Stage " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba9J7wP6myo&feature=player_detailpage 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1201&st=0&p=9622&hl=+olympia%20+bulwell&fromsearch=1entry9622 Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Wasn't the Olympia converted into Woolworths? What has happened now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 The building is still there, its now B&M hardware/fancy goods. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Thanks for the info, I have only recently found the forum. I left Bulwell in 1972 and haven't been back for years, many memories have been stirred. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Not sure which building you are referring to? When I worked at the Coop in early 70s, the had a store at Main Street Opposite the pub. Scots Grey, rings a bell? I always had a feeling that it was an old cinema or music hall? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Not sure which building you are referring to? When I worked at the Coop in early 70s, they had a store at Main Street Opposite the pub. Scots Grey, rings a bell? I always had a feeling that it was an old cinema or music hall? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 That was the Palace, I cannot remember it open, just with locked gates. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Thanks Brian This is Nottingham | History of Bulwell's Olympia Variety Palace Quote Link to post Share on other sites
danny333 7 Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Mrs Rigby was in the Ticket Booth for a time at The Olympia, The Rigbys lived on Bannerman Rd, they had two sons Tommy & Jimmie, anyone remember them., they would be in their 70`s now. I always remember having my first Foreign Lager in the Bar " Carlsburg " I believe. I still hate Lager and my tipple is Real Ale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bendigo69 3 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 When we came home from school (Common Rag Shop) via the River Leen steps in the bogs, then with wet feet we crossed the road to the Olympia in Bulwell Market and they, just like the cinema's, displayed photo stills in glass cases to show who was starring this week at The Olympia Theatre. The photo's pf the nude models were displayed with paper strips pinned across their breasts. Now we being naughty 10 year olds laid down on the steps so that we could look up under the paper strips. Made a change from Spic and Span or Health and Efficiency magazines from Mathews newsagents on Star Lane ( 8 Commercial Road) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 the Olympia in its heyday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I once went to see one of the nude shows at the Olympia - all the girls were static, as by law they had to be. I happened to look behind me and saw a chap looking through binoculars! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I was just testing them out. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 #1 singing in the rain" by Danny,brilliant,.....where is he ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Another missing member Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WHB 0 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 I have a programme from this theatre dated 4th December 1949 in which my uncle Ted Bellerby appears alongwith the Billy Shaw Orchestra - Stan Wagstaffe (Blind Pianist). The compere was Trevor Edgley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Mentioned it before, my dad worked there for a while. Once he was assigned to standing in the wings and his job was to drape the girls when they came off stage, with their cloaks or dressing gowns. I vaguely remember waiting for him backstage, to finish a shift. The Daily Mirrors original ,"Jane" was appearing that time. ( Like I said, mentioned it before). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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