Kit Kant
@kitkant
Do untie others as you would them untie you..
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16-02-2009 17:02:23
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A photo of a photo of a trolley bus on the corner of Market Street and Long Row by old market square #Nottingham in the 1960s. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
Here's Forman Street #Nottingham in the 1970s. The magnificent T. Bailey Forman building on the left is where the Evening Post newspaper was printed. In the background is the recently built Victoria Centre. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
The entrance to the Broad Marsh Centre on Middle Pavement #Nottingham in 1979. On the far Right you can just see the matching Bench & Bar pub. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
Nottingham's first main Post Office was built at the top of Victoria St in 1868. This grainy photo was taken in 1900 by which time an even bigger Post Office had been built on Queen St in 1898 which functioned right up until 2019! #ThenAndNow No1tingham
A photo by taken by J G Gretton of people looking towards Market Street from old market square in 1949. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
A photo of the Victoria Centre entrance on Upper Parliament Street taken over 50 years ago - not long after it had opened. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
Here's the Victoria Centre entrance on Upper Parliament Street #Notttingham about 25 years ago before the ring of clever ram-raiding/terrorist barriers were installed! #ThenAndNow No1tingham
A photo, looking towards Friar Lane #Nottingham taken from the old market square. No date (early 80s?) 'Ratners Jewellers' famously collapsed in the early 90s after Gerald Ratner (founder) said some of their stuff was "total crap" in a speech. 😳 #ThenAndNow No1tingham
Old market square #Nottingham in the 1980s when much of it was somewhere to park your car. Photo by Jennifer Thorpe #ThenAndNow No1tingham
Trolley busses on the corner of Market Street and Long Row #Nottingham around 50 years ago. The Yates's Wine Lodge sign can just be seen on the far left. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
A 31 bus from Mapperley turns in to King Street #Nottingham from Upper Parliament Street in the early 1960s. The old 'Jessops' department store sign (before it moved to Victoria Centre in 1972) can be seen on the right. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
Number 1 Bridlesmith Gate on the corner of Middle Pavement #Nottingham has been a 'fashion' shop (under many different names) for well over 60 years. This photo is from 1977. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
A number 65 city bus to Carlton crosses from Goose Gate to Hockley #Nottingham in 1983. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
Here's a photo taken from Market Street #Nottingham of the Theatre Royal in 1959 showing 'Sleeping Beauty' (with Jimmy Jewel!). On the left is epic County Hotel built in 1867 but sadly demolished 1980 to make way for the concert hall. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
Looking down towards market square #Nottingham from King Street/Queen Street junction over 100 ago. In the bottom left corner is the Boer war memorial that relocated to Forest Recreation Ground in 1927. Brian Clough's statue's base is uncannily alike. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
Here's a photo taken in 1969 of High Pavement #Nottingham with Saint Mary's church in the background. On the far right is a red letter box that has been in the exact same spot since 1887 - during Queen Victoria's reign! #ThenAndNow No1tingham
As #Nottingham's industrialisation rapidly grew Victoria Baths (1850) was built in response to the local area's living conditions causing one the highest child-mortality rates in Europe. Here's a photo with the baths in the background taken 50 years ago. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
At least four busses and a big crowd of shoppers crossing Upper Parliament Street outside Victoria Centre #Nottingham in 1983. #ThenAndNow No1tingham
A photo taken on Broad Street #Nottingham in 1968 of the original office building of prolific Victorian architect Watson Fothergill. The listed building now has it's own special black bollard after the turret was damaged by a scaffolding lorry in 2016. #ThenAndNow No1tingham