Craven Arms, Woodborough Road, Nottingham, 1980
Nottingham CT 635 passing the Craven Arms pub, Woodborough Road, Nottingham on the 8th October 1980. The then newly built public house is now history, the Asiana Hypermarket now standing on the site of the former ale house.
Behind the bus is the distinctive tower of the former Baptist Church, built by Watson Fothergill in 1893. At that time it was in the heart of a densely packed residential part of the city.
The unusual octagonal tower, topped with a small saddle back roof and "bed-end" finials (out of shot), was designed to be seen above the rows of terraced houses and shops. The church had a Sunday school with a separate entrance. Carved stones commemorate the "worthies" who founded the church.
The building is a lucky survivor of the wholesale destruction that accompanied the St. Ann's redevelopment scheme in the 1970s.
The building is now used as a Pakistani Community Centre.
The scene today: www.google.co.uk/maps/search/woodborough+road+baptist+chu...
Craven Arms, Woodborough Road, Nottingham, 1980
Nottingham CT 635 passing the Craven Arms pub, Woodborough Road, Nottingham on the 8th October 1980. The then newly built public house is now history, the Asiana Hypermarket now standing on the site of the former ale house.
Behind the bus is the distinctive tower of the former Baptist Church, built by Watson Fothergill in 1893. At that time it was in the heart of a densely packed residential part of the city.
The unusual octagonal tower, topped with a small saddle back roof and "bed-end" finials (out of shot), was designed to be seen above the rows of terraced houses and shops. The church had a Sunday school with a separate entrance. Carved stones commemorate the "worthies" who founded the church.
The building is a lucky survivor of the wholesale destruction that accompanied the St. Ann's redevelopment scheme in the 1970s.
The building is now used as a Pakistani Community Centre.
The scene today: www.google.co.uk/maps/search/woodborough+road+baptist+chu...