rilanda 3 Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Can anyone help with the exact location of the Green Dragon public house at Chilwell. I believe it was the location that the bare fist boxer Bendigo used for his training headquarters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 There is no pub of that name in Chilwell, there is a Green dragon pub at Hucknall,Chilwell in the 1800s would have been little more than a village,on a map of 1895, there is an inn marked, I think it is probably the original Cadland. Bendigo lived in Beeston up until his death. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Nope no Green Dragon...think Bendigo was either around the Cadland but could have been the Charlton Arms. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rilanda 3 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 The pub I have found out since was called the GREEN DRAGON INN, sorry for the mistake. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Perhaps the Chilwell link needs questioning, there was a Green Dragon in Nottingham which is more plausable Green Dragon aka City Gate Tavern aka The Dragon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Bit far out, buthere was a Green Dragon at Oxton? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Perhaps the Chilwell link needs questioning, there was a Green Dragon in Nottingham which is more plausable Green Dragon aka City Gate Tavern aka The Dragon And Bendigo was born in New Yard, Parliament Street which was just behind the Green Dragon, Long Row. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Val 11 Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Think there used yo be another pub in Chilwell called The Red Lion near the bottom of Hallams Lane. Val Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 They are unveiling a plaque in Beeston today, on the house that he used to live in before his death. http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Myths-buried-plaque-honours-giant-boxing/story-13529112-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 There is a Green Dragon at Oxton but it's around ten miles from the city. Bendigo's ring, a small circular piece of woodland, stands near Bestwood and it was said that Bendigo sometimes fought there. Not a million miles from Hucknall but I'd have thought it unlikely that he'd have set up headquarters in the town of one of his most fierce rivals, Ben Caunt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Bendigo's house is no longer standing, the Blue Plaque has been sited as close to the site as possible. The row of cottages where Bendigo lived can be evidenced in the photo below. The one nearest the mill building is reputed to have had the tallest domestic chimney in the UK - unless of course, you know different:) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Good job they put that mill there or that chimney mighta fell down....LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 The plaque has been put on the side of the old mill, where littlebro said. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Best image I can find showing the cottages Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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