leveret

Members
  • Content Count

    6
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Community Reputation

0 Poor

About leveret

  • Rank
    Newbie

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Erewash Valley

Recent Profile Visitors

The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.

  1. With a Southern Region "HA" class electric loco on delivery from Doncaster, a very nice shot.
  2. I'm going to take a flying guess it says Ritzy
  3. I remember her both as pavement artist and papergirl. I haven't a clue what her name was but she used to squeak "post!" at the top of her voice - the most distinctive newspaper seller in the town
  4. That chippie (left of centre, pic 5) was the closest one to the station too by a few feet, which was very handy - I never ventured into any of t'other establishments though !
  5. SPLIT from TOPIC - The Last Buildings On Arkwright Street I lived in the Meadders from about 1986 to 1991, I knew those shops well ! I can't remember what Medz used to be back then. Further back in time, Arkwright Street was built in 1860, but to begin with the ground was level here, and that corner was actually a bridge over (I think it says) Tinker's Leen. In 1866 the road was built up to cross the railway on a viadut, but still with the Leen bridge - it's still shown on www.old-maps.co.uk in 1885. Wasn't the building on the corner of Queen Street (centre of fourth photo) a disused