OrphanAnnie 296 Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 #51 When I lived in Stapleford there was a local hill called 'Cardboard Hill' as it was used by local kids sliding down on whatever they could get their hands on - often flattened cardboard boxes from the Co-op Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Radford Boy 26 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I remember going with my dad to fish in the Raleigh pond. Is that what used to be called "Martins Pond"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 #55 No they are two different ponds. This article explains the history. https://louisejaynemunton.wordpress.com/2014/12/09/martins-pond-harrisons-plantation-and-raleigh-pond/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,288 Posted November 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 No license or permit needed to fish Martins pond when I was a lad. Can anyone identify lock 16 on CT's brilliant picture? It was near a bridge and wide below the lock and had an overflow channel. There was a high wall on the towpath side. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 623 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 I remember going with my dad to fish in the Raleigh pond. Is that what used to be called "Martins Pond"? I also used to confuse the two. I "discovered" Raleigh pond in around 1958 when I was 8 and playing around the old canal as I did frequently around that time. A couple of years later one of my Beechdale school pals explained that Martin's pond was closer to Wollaton village but I never got to visit it until 2013 when I did the walk described in the link. I was never into fishing but I'm sure I would have found it much sooner if I had been. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Aagh! Raleigh Pond. When my kids were about 15 I had a small pond in my garden which I just used for wild life. I had loads of different kinds of newt but no frogs. One day my youngest mentioned loads of frogs at Raleigh Pond. So I asked him to get me a couple next time he went. He got me a couple all right. Two huge Sketchley carrier bags full. I made him take them back. If you drive along Torville Drive, you come to where the canal was and the pound between locks 15 and 16 has been preserved as a sitting area (a bit overgrown last time I looked). Old Coach Road passed over at this point and I remember the fishing contests at that very place in the late fifties when the Bailiffs used to patrol all the time. Later, in the early sixties when it was all drying up we used to get nice and muddy down there. Happy Days (that is until I got a clout off mum for coming home all smelly). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 When my mum was a young girl she remembers a young lad drowning near that lock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 On the entrance to the subway under Crown Island I think some of the lock still exists? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 It's probably all there under all the infill. Other remnants are the narrowing where the canal (now the Leen) went under Abbey Street, the bridge at Derby Road, the boatmen's pump neat Derby Road and the pound between locks 15 and 16 near where Old Coach Road crossed. Once the location for fishing contests, it has been retained as a sitting area but not very well maintained. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 Bits of the old Wollaton canal can still be found hidden among the houses where the slag heaps used to be. Â Â 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,020 Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 A photo of the canal in use, no idea of the date. the gate House of Wolaton Hall in the back ground. Â 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,479 Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 I've just repaired the aerial photo of the canal which I posted earlier in this thread back in October 2015. It had been ruined by Photobucket but it's visible again now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,182 Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 Nice evocative picture Trogg. Wide beam, pulled by one little horse. Don't know where you find them but thank you. CT., will you be posting your aerial photo? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 Go back 1 page Beekay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,182 Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 Whoops ! Sorry Auntie Kath. Shoulda spent a bit more time perusing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davidh2308 6 Posted May 21, 2020 Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 On 9/18/2014 at 7:32 PM, The Pianoman said: I have mentioned this before but my Grandfather was Master Carpenter on the Nottingham Canal. He lived at No2 Radford Bridge Road which was I now believe to have been directly to the rear of the Crown Inn. I am always on the look out for more info on the subject. Was there a Crown Yard with living accommodation behind in the area? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe_i 0 Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 Hey I was wondering if anyone could tell me what’s actually in the place of where the Wollaton colliery used to be, I’d be really interested to find out. Thanks  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 493 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Wollaton Pit was where the Torvill and Dean Housing Estate is now, behind Waitrose. To the rear of Waitrose (formerley CO-OP) along the line of Torvill drive, which roughly folows the line of the old Nottingham Canal, across to the railway line. Â https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9572434,-1.2253458,488m/data=!3m1!1e3 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,187 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Fancy having to say you live on the Torvill and Dean estate. Makes you cringe! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,479 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 And if you look at this old thread - and all the posts in it - there are maps and photos and bits and pieces on the subject.  https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/12977-canal-at-wollaton/  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 493 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 I think I'd opt for Behind Waitrose as a description. Â I've nothing against T&D or what they've done for the City, but. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,187 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 I think Wollaton Waitrose is no more and is being replaced by a Lidl sometime in 2020.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,479 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, philmayfield said: Fancy having to say you live on the Torvill and Dean estate. Makes you cringe!  22 minutes ago, Stuart.C said: I think I'd opt for Behind Waitrose as a description.    I've nothing against T&D or what they've done for the City, but.  It's almost as bad as the various roads in North Nottm towns which are named Scargill Close/Road/Walk etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 493 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Ah., I'd forgotten Waitrose is no more, plus they cancelled Edwalton. It's going to have to be behind where Waitrose was, you know where Co-op used to be. Â Yes, to be Lidl later this year, plus a few smaller shops, (up to 7) subject to the Covid effect. Â It's going to be all change with a lot of shops and businesses this year and longer. Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,187 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 You’ve got to come to Newark for a big Waitrose now. It’s our nearest large supermarket but it’s still a 20 mile round trip. I use it for fuel as you can pay at the pump. When I was filling up the mower petrol cans last week I noticed there was a 100 yard queue for the store. We can manage with our weekly Morrison’s delivery plus visits to nearby Fiskerton shop and Gonalston farm shop. Their local produced beef we had on Sunday was superb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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