Nottingham... and do you love your city?

[RammyMP]

A mate of mine from school lived in The Park in a massive house, suits of armour in the hallway and a night club in the basement, it was a mega house!

We used to stop there after a night out in town. I can remember one Christmas on the way back to my mates in the park we had a massive snowball fight by the Robin Hood statue by the castle with a load of strangers. Oh happy days!

[Louis Balfour]

RammyMP said:

A mate of mine from school lived in The Park in a massive house, suits of armour in the hallway and a night club in the basement, it was a mega house!

We used to stop there after a night out in town. I can remember one Christmas on the way back to my mates in the park we had a massive snowball fight by the Robin Hood statue by the castle with a load of strangers. Oh happy days!

A good friend of mine was mugged at knife point at the castle gate end. Do I remember correctly that it is all private and that Plod doesn't patrol the area?

[caziques]

A bit of trivia.

I lived at 13 (now 12a!) Park Terrace from when I born (1957) to 1962.

No. 14 was next door. Stephen Frears lived there, Mr Frears with sticky out ears in Lily the Pink and director of Philomena.

He remembers watching Hungary beat England 7-1 in 1954 on my parents television.

Great grandparents lived in Pelham Crescent, other great grandparents in Clare Valley.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

caziques said:

A bit of trivia.

I lived at 13 (now 12a!) Park Terrace from when I born (1957) to 1962.

No. 14 was next door. Stephen Frears lived there, Mr Frears with sticky out ears in Lily the Pink and director of Philomena.

He remembers watching Hungary beat England 7-1 in 1954 on my parents television.

Great grandparents lived in Pelham Crescent, other great grandparents in Clare Valley.

I know all those places very well! Mother in law lives in Pelham Crescent, friends in Clare Valley.

[Square Leg]

Had a few customers in the Park over the years.
One notable was a chap who headed up Coca Cola in Russia.
Lived in a house that John Player had built, as far as I remember.

Was working in a flat a few weeks back that had quite good views…

[Louis Balfour]

Square Leg said:

Had a few customers in the Park over the years.
One notable was a chap who headed up Coca Cola in Russia.
Lived in a house that John Player had built, as far as I remember.

Was working in a flat a few weeks back that had quite good views…

You enjoy the view of a power station then...

[Square Leg]

Louis Balfour said:

Square Leg said:

Had a few customers in the Park over the years.
One notable was a chap who headed up Coca Cola in Russia.
Lived in a house that John Player had built, as far as I remember.

Was working in a flat a few weeks back that had quite good views…

You enjoy the view of a power station then...

Absolutely.
If it wasn’t for that, there’d be no this…

[caziques]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

I know all those places very well! Mother in law lives in Pelham Crescent, friends in Clare Valley.

It was 15 Pelham Crescent, where my great aunt used to make jigsaw puzzles.

And 4 Clare Valley.

Many's the time I've played at the various tennis clubs - and the squash club.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

caziques said:

It was 15 Pelham Crescent, where my great aunt used to make jigsaw puzzles.

And 4 Clare Valley.

Many's the time I've played at the various tennis clubs - and the squash club.

I think 4 Clare Valley is on the corner? Lots of work being done in the whole of the Park. (Especially next to big ears’ house!) I’ll post some pictures later

[wolfracesonic]

Stephen Frears, director of tv, film, social crusader, poster boy of the Guardianistas but to PHers ‘Mr Frears with the sticky out ears’

[Louis Balfour]

I come from the South East, but moved to Nottingham in the 90s for Uni.

I remember being amazed at how different people were, on a night out. Mainly, girls wanted weren't massively up their own backsides and far more chatupable (that's a Uni education for you).

Until about 2002-3 the city felt affluent, vibrant and exciting in a post-industrial kind of way. There were loads of good restaurants, clubs and bars. Okay, they were 99% funded by the money derived from "nightclub dancefloor sales" but they were there nevertheless.

After 2003 it all became a bit grim. Lots of reasons. But in the past couple of weeks the vibe in town has occasionally been been like the old days. Don't get me wrong, it still has a long way to go to be back to where it was and the money no longer seems in evidence. But there have been occasional glimpses.

[Fusion777]

Think a lot depends on your age. I’m 36 and Nottingham has never been dull. There are times when it’s been quieter or whatever, but it’s never felt devoid of choice for eating/drinking. The club scene is a different matter, but that’s been largely mirrored nationwide.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

wolfracesonic said:

Stephen Frears, director of tv, film, social crusader, poster boy of the Guardianistas but to PHers ‘Mr Frears with the sticky out ears’

Development near door to mr ears


It was on stilts, now under filled.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

caziques said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

I know all those places very well! Mother in law lives in Pelham Crescent, friends in Clare Valley.

It was 15 Pelham Crescent, where my great aunt used to make jigsaw puzzles.

And 4 Clare Valley.

Many's the time I've played at the various tennis clubs - and the squash club.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Looking up to Park Terrace from Tunnel Road over the tennis courts

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

caziques said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

I know all those places very well! Mother in law lives in Pelham Crescent, friends in Clare Valley.

It was 15 Pelham Crescent, where my great aunt used to make jigsaw puzzles.

And 4 Clare Valley.

Many's the time I've played at the various tennis clubs - and the squash club.

15 Pelham Crescent. I can see from the windows it was designed by TC Hine! One of Nottingham’s great architects.

[rustyuk]

My very smart and not council XR3i Cabriolet was stolen from the Park Estate, over 20 odd years ago.

Rang the Police, who politely informed me they don't investigate car crime in Nottingham. Just had a new roof fitted too.

[BryanC]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Looking up to Park Terrace from Tunnel Road over the tennis courts

58 years ago, I began my training as an Architect and I was working on the studio to the right with the 'butterfly ' roof.
I seem to remember the client was a Dr Frears ( father ? ) who drove a vintage Bentley - as you would if living in the Park. The boss's mother lived next door down.
I once went to one old house and the old lady owner had black jet ornaments throughout - a very Victorian lifestyle that had never moved on. Not unusual in those days.

[Louis Balfour]

The Park is a smorgasbord of architectural styles. I cannot think of too many the at aren’t represented there.

[Square Leg]

Had a drive through there on the way home a few weeks back - really is some stunning architecture, but also some down right rank crap that one wonders how on earth it got past the planners.