Peggers Revisited
August 30, 2008 at 8:11 pm | In Buildings, Derelict and Demolished | 1 CommentTags: peggers inn, public house, Sculpture, sneinton, southwell street
I went back to Peggers Inn in Sneinton the other day and took a few more pictures.
The first one shows the view through one of the windows (complete with reflections of nearby buildings). I was quite surprised how clean it looks considering that it has been closed for a couple of years.
The following four pictures show some of the decorative detail above the back windows. The first is a reminder of the pub’s original name – The Fox and Grapes. The others, I’m guessing, are Dionysus the greek god of wine, vegetation, pleasure and festivity (the Romans called him Bacchus). Dionysus was represented as an old man with a full beard or a young effeminate man and both depictions appear on Peggers
And a touch of irony:
Peggers Inn
August 26, 2008 at 9:40 pm | In Buildings, Derelict and Demolished | 3 CommentsTags: murder, peggers inn, public house, sneinton, southwell street
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
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