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Hi I'm new to this site and hope I'm adding this to the correct place. I have been photographing Nottingham for over 40 years and have about 5000 photos on my Flickr site at https://www.flickr.com/photos/gwoodward/albums. The albums on the site are sorted by content - cinemas, pubs, railways, street furniture, police stations, banks etc etc. I also have a website containing Nottingham articles - http://www.gwoodward.co.uk/nottm.html I hope someone may find the content of both sites interesting. Keep safe. Graham Woodward

Hi Graham thanks for posting the link to your photo album , I have only had a quick look at it and found it most interesting. I have saved the link for when I have more time to look at them. One comment I have to make on the photos on Council Housing is that the drawings and photos have one type missing which is the ones started before WW2 and finished afterwards such as the ones of Bestwood Estate and Highbury Vale . I have tried to post a copy below of one of the blocks of four which where numerous on the estates mentioned , taken off google earth, Hope it shows up I seem to have problems

Hi. I'm new to the forum so hope I have placed this in the right place. I am a Photographic Historian and have been photographing Nottingham for nearly 50 years. I have written several articles about Nottingham using my photos as the main theme. I am currently producing an article on old Nottm police stations and wonder if anyone on the forum would be kind enough to have a look at the draft and check any errors in content etc or suggest any changes. The article is not to be sold, but will be issued free of charge to the Civic Society for distribution amongst its membe

If I had a hat, I would raise it to you Graham. Some superb photographs. I say again, welcome to Nottstalgia. Cheers, Barrie.

The building on the left of that picture is the magistrates' court (now called the Nottingham Justice Centre as it hosts tribunals as well) and the one on the right is the courthouse for family proceedings. The Bridewell is tucked away behind but its entrance is in the corner between the two court houses.

Lizzie. I can see where you see Information missing an A but the H is missing in Shire above it. i think it looks like 2 halves of a picture have been spliced together making those letters disappear. The pic below all letters are there.

I passed the Melbourne Road police station regularly from 1950's until 1965. I don't recall it having a pitched roof. The image must have been in the a 1930's as the Aspley housing estate (the circular road in the image is apparently Bodmin Drive) appears quite newly constructed. I remember the police station minus windows, with the entrance door facing Bar Lane. The aerial image as illustrated with the main door and windows facing east down Nuthall Road). More history on this would be helpful.

The Bulwell Church Lane premises (which became computer shop) is covered by Graham; there is a photo. I remember it being built but can't put a date to that.

There was indeed a static water tank situated where the slab square toilets were later constructed. It had a steel mesh cover over it and I remember looking for fish through it. There was one on the Forest park and ride site. When it was demolished it left a shallow pond full of sticklebacks.

Thanks for that Mick. I never realised that it was a 'main' Police Station for Boowul. It doesn't seem big enough. My only real involvement with it was when the lads from there came flying up to the 360 Club.. not far for them.. on the odd occasion when idiots from out of area came around causing trouble.That was way back around 1968-71. On further reflection it will have been open mid 60s.. because I recall them coming down to Boowul Market when a couple of lads made a very big mess of a BSA Super Road Rocket and couple of crossing bollards, just opposite Boowul Bogs around 1965.

There are three more photos on the subject here. https://www.inspirepicturearchive.org.uk/search_results/keyword/auxiliary/date_from/1500/date_to/2021#search-results

Sorry I couldn’t list these in one post. My father is 5th from left back row on the above picture. I’m assuming that there are other stations present at this parade as there seems too many for just Triumph Road. I have the Lenton Times articulated on the AFS station, Triumph Road.

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