I remember when Griffin & Spalding existed before Debenham's, before the trams existed. My father worked for the Trent bus company before the merger with Barton and I had a very positive interview with Nottingham City Transport and, later, with London Transport. Eventually, I decided to do my Ph.D. at University College London and came to Japan to be a British Council lecturer. This led to a permanent position as a professor at Hiroshima University. I retired when I was 65, but am now 80 and still live here. The university moved to a new location, but I stayed in the city: my house is a short distance from the target for the atomic bomb, which was a T-shaped bridge. My original house was built in the Taisho era, before the atomic bomb was dropped. So it survived the bombing.

Just a shadow if it's former self, poor Nottingham what have they done to the city of my birth? empty shops and boarded up buildings even the pigeons in the "market square" looked depressed, what happened to the old market square where you could sit and meet people, have a good chat and pass the time of day? what a shame, great video though just showing the place how it is in the real world

What has happened to the once great Slab Square and the lovely BroardMarsh Centre.