Views of Nottingham

Peggers Inn

Peggers Inn was originally called The Fox and Grapes and known locally as Pretty Windows.

It stands on Southwell Street on the edge of the old Sneinton wholesale fruit and veg market and was permitted to open early to cater for the market workers who finished work in the early hours of the morning.

In 1963 it was the scene of a gruesome murder when the landlord, George Wilson, was stabbed 13 times. The crime remains unsolved despite the investigation being, at the time, Nottingham’s largest police operation and even the involvement of Scotland Yard.

Peggers Inn closed a couple of years ago after the fruit and veg market moved to Lenton

The East Midland Photographic Record has pictures of the pub taken in 1934, 1963 and 1988

UPDATE: I’ve added some more photos in Peggers Revisited