Nottingham - NG1 (Sneinton)
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Nottingham - NG1 (Sneinton)
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 7 May 2012
The long-defunct Peggers Inn standing on the edge of the former Sneinton Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market. It is seen here across Southwell Road (B686) from a corner of Manvers Street (A612). It was opened in 1833 as The Fox and Grapes but was renamed later as “The Pretty Windows” - date unknown - in light of the decorative glazing in its bar windows. It was licensed to open at 5.00a.m. each morning to allow market vendors and porters to quench their thirsts. Interestingly it was the scene of a gruesome murder in 1963 involving the fatal stabbing of the landlord, George Wilson, a crime that has remained unsolved. In the 1980s it was relaunched, for some unknown reason, as The Peggars Inn but it closed c.2007. Now however, plans to reopen it in September 2017 under its original name seem to be on target.
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Image Location
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52.953793
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-1.137095