Lenton Times

The Magazine of Lenton Local History Society

Although undated this photograph, showing 6 Friar Street, was probably taken in the late 1940s.  Groceries, fruit and veg were displayed in one window while the other one was given over to a display of fresh fish.  The photograph was used to accompany the article on Ken Gulliver: A Bevin Boy in Lenton which appeared in Lenton Times No.16.
See also Lenton Listener article - Gulliver's Travels.

Most of the original Friar Street properties were destined to disappear in a City Council clearance scheme dating from the early 1960s.  This involved the demolition of all the properties lying between Friar Street and Gregory Street.  The site was then used for the housing complex shown in this 2004 photograph.

Some of the properties on the west side of Friar Street survived into the 1980s. Following the closure of Crepe Sizes, however, their premises were demolished and replaced with the town houses shown here.