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Old photos of Shakespeare Street over the years on Post website https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/gallery/33-pictures-shakespeare-street-dating-3835610

There was very little water seeping out of the Bunter Dave. The shafts went through the Bunter, but they were bricked from top to bottom, and the two drifts from pit bottom accessed the Bunter on the other side of the big fault, my only guess is it wasn't the water table on that side of the fault. Beeston Boiler Company had several water wells down into the Bunter to supply all their own water. They were north of the major fault.

No Loppy. My only relatives living abroad are in Perth WA.

You need to earth it well, Col. She could give you a shock every time you look at her.

Disgusting!

As far as I recall there was only the front ramp. There was a ‘down’ ramp at the back but this just went down from ground floor level to a small basement area. The motor bike parking was down there, not police bikes but own bikes. No other ramp up or down I don’t recall but it’s been a while. Somewhere at the back of my mind I think there was a sort of traffic light system to warn when a vehicle was coming down the ramp so you didn’t meet half way.

The blue shutters were added when the Service Station/ 5 minute car wash closed down and the frontage bricked up. I'd guess that was 80s/90s. As I recall early 70s, the cars went up the ramp Shakespeare St, but I thought exited down a rear ramp into Peachy St yard? I remember one driver commenting the ramp always needed a quick run up and quite tight. The Car wash had the contract for cleaning the police vehicles, Triumph 2.5 p.i.s mostly. I worked at the service station for a couple of years whilst at school.

Stav, I'm no expert, but it seems to me that any of the following might have happened. Gutters. if they are fitted, may have becoome blocked. Polycarbonate roof panels may have cracked, or their seals may have failed. Seals/mastic between canservatory and 'existing' may have failed. Much of this could have been caused by movement..which might also explain 'sticky' windows and doors, but it might also point to previous lack of maintenance. There are any number of Conservatory Repair/Maintenance Co's out there. Maybe try to find a decent

This was A1 Factors. Not Geoff but Doug De Havilland. I knew Doug and his lovely wife Sheila very well for over 50 years. He actually started out selling solder, Fry’s I think. He dabbled in mail order kits and components eventually opening the shop at the top of North Sherwood Street. He relocated his shop to Radford Boulevard, one of the corner shops near Ilkeston Road. A charming, lovely, kind and wonderful man. Sadly Doug passed away about 10 years ago and moving out here I’ve lost touch with Sheila. I miss Dougs advice and conversations. They had a beautiful home in the Park Estate and w

You have my sympathies SG., pity I don't live nearer.

There used to be another electronics shop at the top of North Sherwood St. It was run by a man with the rather splendid name of Geoffrey de Havilland. He subsequently moved to Radford Boulevard.

Old age?

Moon's Garage then Shakespeare St Garage, University Radio stores, a chip shop and newsagent in that row. There's a comprehensive thread on this.

I'm sure that the shop with the grill on the window used to be a electronics dealer, my school friend Robert crooks used to live on Shakespeare villas and he was well into that sort of stuff. I remember him going there to get bits for projects like building radios

Dear Fiends - sorry, Friends Well another bright, shiny day in paradise! And Happy Valentines Day! Thank you for all the cards, many of which would make a Bishop blush. Do Bishops blush? Or do they merely glow with a kind of celestial radiance? We need to know these things. Here I am again, looking out over the rain sodden, gale blown vista of Lyme Bay (actually I can’t see it unless I stand up – not something to be attempted lightly at my age – but I know it’s there. Unless the latest amber-warning gusts have swept it away) and tapping away o

I really don't give a damn but I'm curious as to why they think we need to know. Is it trendy to display all this angst? all this crap about how tortured they were until they announced to the world "I'm queer, out and proud" (their terminology not mine before anyone calls me homophobic). Who gives a sh**! Why not just get on with living like the rest of us and keep their private life just that - private.

Personally, I reckon the best view of the city is from Porchester Road.