What's inside?

Last time I mentioned my friend Mark. Recently I got back in touch with another friend, Kats, who went back home to Japan 18 months ago. He asked if Nottingham had changed much. Of course he'd not recognise the Market Square, with its burst water pipe and mortuary slab feature supplied by water from the old public toilets (I wonder if parents remember this when their kids jump around in it - its like having a bath in your toilet at home!).

Then I thought of the LGBT venues Kats used to visit and how any of them had changed. He wouldn't have seen Niche at all - he never will now, with the manager doing a runner (I always had suspicions about Niche, as last year's Pride committee will know). So how best could I describe the interior of Niche to Kats?

How many times have you seen people taking photographs of their friends in the venues? Have you done the same? Its a lot easier these days, with mobiles and such, but in years to come how many will remember what Jacey's looked like, or the Flying Horse (the infamous Pansy’s Parlour)? Is there anything out there to show what they looked like inside? What about the old clubs (La Chic, Neros) or the old Admiral Duncan. And did anyone take a photo of the serpents on the bar in Gatsbys?

If you've got some good photos of the interior of venues, clubs and bars, then why not donate a copy to our project – or let us scan them if you want them back?

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