We revisited Nottingham's most opinionated grocers this month to have a chat about Ratcliffe on Soar power station, which turned off its chimneys on 30 September, JT Soar and Goose Fair.
Ratcliffe on Soar
How long has it been there? It doesn’t feel like it’s been there that long, was it in the sixties or seventies when it was built? If this place is a big polluter I'm sure there are benefits to shutting it down, but it does feel like an iconic bit of Nottingham will leave us when those lovely towers are knocked down. Couldn’t they have just shoved catalytic converters on the top of them? Do you know what they’re doing with it after? If they knock it down I hope they clean it all out and put a caravan park on there instead. It’s right on the river and would be nice for the barges.
JT Soar
Happy Birthday to them! We’ve been in for a gig and it’s a squeeze in there. But there’s something perfect about it and of course we love the fact it’s in an old greengrocers. We put a gig on in our shop once you know. We had Dusty Bible and The Canadians play in our yard for our 35th birthday. We had forty people out there and provided a barrel of beer for people to serve themselves. The week later the same band played at the Rescue Rooms, but we know our gig was better.
Goose Fair
It’s a whole week nowadays isn’t it? I’m all for it. It’s still rammed on weekends, but it being on for longer is better for families and for people like us. We’ll head there on Wednesday night this year and probably go on the log flume, the cakewalk and the Thompsons Helter Skelter (no relation). Then we’ll get some fish, chips and mushy peas on the way home. It's the only event in Nottingham we don’t mind paying a bit more than usual at as it’s such a tradition.
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