poohbear 1,360 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Just spotted this on a shed site...waddya reckon?... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Its more like a castle than Nottingham Castle! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Might make my second million selling those over here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Probably more expensive than the original! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majoroak 0 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 mr collins inside? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 seen better packing cases Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 seen better packing cases That is the packing case! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 seen better packing cases The subject of this topic or the current castle! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Can you imagine that lump of sandstone with Wollaton Hall on top of it?...or something a couple of hundred years later by Watson Fothergill?...Anything but the boring edifice which stands there now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 both! actually Nottm Castle a sore point in our house, wife being Scottish she laughs at it being called that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 The subject of this topic or the current castle! The current "castle" aint a castle it's a statley home! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 And a right boring looking stately home too... I've always liked this artists impression of Nottingham and the castle that was... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 I've never seen that before Pooh, it obviously opens out? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Can't remember where it's from now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Pen and Ink Print poohbear? Certainly makes Nottingham Castle as focal point look interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 It's like a fairy tale town. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 I wonder if any copies of that still exist anywhere? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 We think of Nottingham as bricks and concrete.Even in the 1800s there were many gardens and orchards to be found around the town.At that time many of the rich had houses in town before the drift out to Mapperley Park and The Park began. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I walked past the Castle today. It costs £5.50 to get in! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I walked past the Castle today. It costs £5.50 to get in! You mean to say you didn't try the "secret" entrance? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Mortimers 'ole? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Should've gone up Mortimer's hole! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,483 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 People always comment - rightly - that Nottingham Castle doesn't look like a castle; that's because it's a Georgian Mansion and the original castle was destroyed/sacked years ago. But it could still look a bit more castle-y than it does, because even in relatively recent times there have been "improvements" which didn't do much for it. In 1908 the City Council decided to clear up the gatehouse and entrance area, but I reckon that the original had more character and atmosphere than the sterile, clinical version which replaced it. Before After Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 CARNT GET UP MORIMERS HOLE ANY MORE LOKKED GATES ON BOTH ENDS FOR HEALTH AND SAFTY ONLY IF YOU ON OFFICIAL TOURSWITH A GUIDE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Blo*dy H&S! Never happy unless they are stopping someone doing something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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