Carlton Square, Nottingham 

Thanks for posting that bit of History and I remember the precinct and the offices being built. It was Gedling Councils Planning Department from 1974 until they centralised everything in Arnold. My dad Rex Robinson owned the bike shop further up Carlton Hill on what is now Tesco. The bike shop by the Blacks Head was provided to Dad as part of the deal to buy his property and was run by his assistant Ray Hunt. Dad retired at that point. It’s closed down now and that whole area looked pretty sad when I drove through a couple of weeks ago..

There used to be a Fine Fayre supermarket in the precinct when it was first built. Used to rollerskate there on a Sunday when all the shops were closed in the early 70's. Used to go to the Blackshead pub in the early 80's and play pool in the bar. When I first got married we lived on Park Rd, near by and we'd take a bottle or two to the Vollo and go in the lounge and the landlady would fill the bottles with beer and we'd take em home and drink em. The bike shop was Rex Robinsons, it moved down to Carlton square from Carlton Hill after the original shop wad demolished for the Tesco store. Loved growing up in Carlton and Gedling.

lol @ 0:10 no idea Del Boy was living up here in Nottingham. Joke aside, thanks for sharing, I love seeing my town from yesteryear.

My Mum used to work there ..years ago ..remember spending a good new year there #;0))

around this era lol can remember those billboards and the bike shop my grandparents lived on garden city she used to call it the prescinct

I used to work as a telegram boy at carlton post office in 1948. I also have some wonderful memories of Victoria Station when I was a fireman at Colwick loco.

It certainly does and when the bike shop finally closes, the line of houses on the left will get the chop also

My Grandparents used to own the Blacks Head. I lived there for a few years also. Great film of how the place used to be. Got any more?

It's the Black's Head and its still there !

wow I would of loved to have grown up

u beat me to it i was gonna say same . lmao

wished I was !

blimey didnt they used to call it warren crescent I think ..have you seen top of mar hill these days its full of houses #;0((

The office building in Carlton Square is awful. It hasn't been used for years and is still up for rent. I've notice they're boarded the windows up with metal panels. Makes the building look worse. Can we have the old buildings back, please?

i say what a horrid place

What a botched job this was .creating a very ugly precinct .

That was informative, NOT!

Not from that old date. I love the Black's Head. It's my local :-) It's been in the same hands for a long time now though.