"FOR generations, people have met at one of the two lions guarding Nottingham's Council House. Now, as a result of a £7m redesign project, Oscar and Leo stare at the largely flattened surface of a newlook Old Market Square...The redesigned square was officially opened in April, 2007, by the Princess Royal."

Read the Bygones article (PDF/ 7Mb) about the history of the Old Market Square - scene of many St Patrick's Day celebrations in Nottingham.