Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 A Maid Marian Way Before-and-After, with three reference points which have survived; the bandstand in the Castle; St Nicholas' church; the old Radio Trent building. 1 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 That must be Watmough's factory then, Paddock St just above the arrow on the right-hand edge. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 I think it housed a lift of some description in a hosiery factory. One of those things with ropes and a wooden floor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Yes, it's the hosiery factory, it fronted onto Rosemary Lane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Here's a closer version of it. Totally unconnected, but for present day reference, the red arrow is pointing to Ocean - the former Astoria. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OrphanAnnie 296 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 That must be Watmough's factory then, Paddock St just above the arrow on the right-hand edge. I know it's off topic vv Maid Marian Way, but re sweet factories my mum used to buy stock from Watmough's and one on Pym Street I think it was called Paynes? As a schoolgirl I used to go and watch the boiled sweets being made, the mix was thrown over a big hook and pulled. I seem to remember watching rock being made in a simalar way near the clock tower at Skegness too. Does anyone else recall this?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 #60 I think that must be part of the Haddens factory, which was a bit sprawling, covering Stanford St/Rosemary Lane/Greyfriar Gate. I'm not sure, but I think part of it may also have originally stood on the Woolworths site. Closed in the thirties. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 From the top of the car park at the bottom of Maid Marian Way; doesn't seem quite as ugly as it used to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Nice now/then Cliff. I have noticed that the six storey building to the right of the white arrow has survived.. but the modern picture shows the building minus the zig- zag fire escape. What a buggery they made of this area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim in the North East 200 Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Cliff - would a photo from the car park look as good on a wet Sunday afternoon in February when there are no leaves on the trees? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Don't remember so many trees when I was at Peoples College. I think they have done a lot for the area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Cliff Ton #62, The trees make it marginally less offensive. I think it was the Evening Post that said Something along the lines of "An insult to Maid Marion. One of the ugliest streets in modern Europe" How much better Nottingham would have been if they had left the history in place in so many places in the city? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Was looking at PTP recently.., some lovely quaint cottages and lanes pulled down to make way for Peoples College etc.. Did preservation orders not exist then?? When you think of a city like York- the shambles... these develop major tourism. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 #67 Â Many years ago, I was clerk to the Senior Partner of a firm in solicitors in Friar Lane. He was passionate about Nottingham and its history and told me that great effort had been made by various groups to save some of these buildings. He was particularly angry that the almshouses on Friar Lane were summarily demolished, I think at night, to avoid those who opposed it trying to prevent their destruction. You're right, it was criminal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted October 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 1 hour ago, iandawson said: Was looking at PTP recently.., some lovely quaint cottages and lanes pulled down to make way for Peoples College etc.. Â At the risk of blowing my own trumpet ........ Â https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/14629-nottingham-from-above-castle-gate/ Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Yes they are great shots Cliff...I always wondered what the building was on the top left hand side of Friar Lane...a cafe and Indian is on the opposite corner. The brickwork is not common to Nottm..windows were green for years. Edit: I see in a earlier photo from Cliff- Granby St.roadworks.. Murphy Builders have a road sign up- displaying the actual plan intended?? haven't seen that before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 #71 Â Which building do you mean, Ian? The one on the corner of MMW and Friar Lane where there was a newsagent's at street level? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Sorry about above post..strange things occurring. Jill- the building on the top left of Friar Lane ( Toby's side)almost opposite Green Shield Stamps/opposite top corner to Indian Rst.it swoops around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 #74 Â If it's the one I think you mean, it was the offices of solicitors Browne Jacobson & Roose for many years. I worked there in the late 70s. I was told it had once been a hosiery factory. It was a rabbit warren inside. The floors sloped, health & safety, especially the electrics, was very dicey and if you went to the loo, the door wouldn't open from the inside! Search parties rescued me many times! Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Do you remember the radio presenter who said, Crocus St, The Meadows, doesn't it sound idyllic? Walnut Tree Lane was a bit like that. Don't forget that area, the streets between Grey Friar gate and Castle Rd were run-down and there was general dereliction since the war. Yes, Maid Marian Way has always been an eye-sore and a few trees don't make it any better, but it wasn't that quaint before. Â I agree about the Almshouses though, an attractive building and still in remarkably good fettle when it was demolished. Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 I understand TBI,also witnessed fine big bay windowed houses being pulled down. Throughout my whole childhood the centre was one big building site! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 That's triggered a memory. When I worked at BJ&R, one of the partners was a bull of a bloke who kept us all entertained. Once a week or so, he'd turn up in a foul mood and charge round the probate department, beetroot red in the face, firing anyone he encountered! An hour later, overcome with remorse, he'd apologise abjectly, go out and by those he'd fired an expensive present and beg their forgiveness. I tried to get transferred from the litigation department as it sounded like a lucrative number...to no avail. Â On one occasion, he fired the chief cashier who, fed up with "bully's" antics, put on his coat, went home and refused to return for a week. He was in the process of doing the payroll when this maniac fired him, so we were all late getting paid. Didn't go down too well. Â Didn't cure him though. I've met some real head cases in legal offices! Â Â Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted October 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Are we talking about this place ? Â In more recent years it was occupied by a solicitors named Burton & Burton. I used them on a house purchase in the late 90s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Yes, Granby Chambers. As Jill said, it was occupied by Browne, Jacobson & Roose from the early 1930's. Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Yes that's the one Cliff,always liked the window design.. thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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