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Broadmarsh Centre demolition, 2021. This was the view from Lister Gate. Boots is still visible on the right.

In a city where hairdressers and vape shops can spring up in great profusion almost overnight, number 231 goes absolutely unchanged as the years go by. No-one goes back and forth, the shutters on the door and windows are never seen to open, the lace curtains undisturbed. These photos show the years from 2009 - 2026.

How long is it since anyone bought a trading card here? Or a famous autograph?

Jam Cafe, Nottingham. Open mic night sketch.

Jam Cafe. Open mic night, waiting to go on. Acrylic painting. (Apart from the flyers on the table top which I stuck on).

Street musician, Nottingham city centre. Pencil crayon sketch with watercolor wash.

Nottingham is a city of hills. Nottingham Contemporary art gallery makes use of its differing levels. The steps in the background are Garner's Hill, linking High Pavement with Middle Hill. Colored pencil sketch with a bit of collage.

On location sketchbook study of the interior of the Malt Cross. Not been in a while. It used to be a good place for chatting and planning, with no noisy TV screen distractions. I'm sure it still is.

Jam Cafe, Nottingham. Open Mic Night. Probably sketched on the same evening as a previous post. I liked the challenge of getting something down on paper in a live on-location situation.

Bandstand, Nottingham Castle. On-location sketchbook study. Not been back there in years. I assume it's still there.

Sketchbook water colour study. Open Mic Night at the JamCafe, Heathcoat Street, Nottingham, some years ago on a very sunny evening.

Market stall, Nottingham High Street, behind the Council House complex. Colored pencil with water color highlights.

Street artist, Lister Gate, Nottingham, 1986. Her name was Sally, sadly no longer with us. Oil painting. I remember sitting upstairs on a bus, after closing time, when Sally and her boyfriend (?) were sharing one half of a Walkmans cassette player each, singing Abba songs at the top of their lungs. Happy days.

Lunch time at The Dragon, Long Row, Nottingham. I used to love their soup.

Hyson Green Market, Nottingham. Used to open every Wednesday morning, and probably still does. Marker pen sketch, with water color highlights.

If you went to the Bell Inn, Nottingham, of a weekend in the 2010s you probably saw the Johnny Johnston Jazz Band. (That’s Johnny on the left, Brian Bocel right). The band were amused and excited to see my painting. They could have had it for a “tenner”, but no offers.

The manager of the Bell Inn asked to put a photocopy on display. “Great”, I thought. But I hadn’t envisaged it would be reduced to sepia tones and pinned next to the gent’s toilet below street level.

C’est la vie. The painting itself was more successfully exhibited in the Thoresby Open Exhibition of 2012.

Colored Pencil drawing for a sprained muscle.

Sketch of a Fish & Chip lunch, using "marker pens".

Milky Way chocolate bar. Small sketchbook acrylic painting.

Penguin Biscuit. Marker-pen sketch.

Kettle and mug. Marker pen.