Ashley
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I doubt those alms houses were bombed, there has to my knowledge never been any mention of them getting hit, they were on the fringe of the main bombers route in what became known as The Nottingham Blitz May 8/9th 1941 but most of the bombs that fell in that area were to the east, only hundreds of yards but enough to be "safe" On a map you can see that route, starting in west bridgford, missing forest's ground but hitting notts and of course the co-op bakery at the other fringe to the north east the former Suburban Railway embankment that crossed Colwick Rd near the crossings was hit and of course many houses factories etc between those 2 points notably Boots, Lace Market Factories, Snienton Houses and factories and as the raid crossed the city to the north west The Nottingham Castle pub side of the Ice Stadium, The Old Moot Hall Corner of Market Sq, The old university buildings on Shakespere Street and the registry office, The building I think to be hit with the last of the 424 bombs that dropped that night was The Masonic Hall on Goldsmith Street. Whilst not being derisory of this raid and certainly would not have wanted to be under such it did not compare to what other uk cities suffered and as for likes of Dresden etc when first the RAF bombed the city in 2 raids to be followed next day by the USAAF attack with 747 aircraft, The RAF alone dropped 200,000 incendry bombs, each lancaster carrying those could have had over 2,000 4lb bombs whilst others carried HE ones, each plane carrying around 8,000 lbs, ie 100 x 1cwt or 8 x 1,000lb blockbusters
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no relation sorry
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yes the bang,boom etc was what alerted us, I too haven't found any mention of it anywhere on net but I do recall either seeing article in evening post like "25 years ago today" type of thing or maybe in "bygones" magazine? Some years earlier also saw the canberra that crashed on bulwell common minutes before, again flying over claremont rd but this time I was in primary school, flying low with black smoke trail and not "sounding right", it tried to land at hucknall but stalled so pilot tried going around for another attempt, engine failed and he hit house roof on St Albans Road (impact repairs can still be seen on it) before hitting railway wagons on sidings the other side of the road, chap I used to work for still has a bit of the perspex canopy of the plane. actual impact site now where new bungalows are, re imagining it know what you mean! (age thing) I have put up post re train crash at new basford around same time that no one not no how seems to recall!
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You're not Ashley Durose are you? Hes the only Asley I remember from around the area............... I do remember when the bonfire went up, when we were kids we built a big one on the site where the houses around Palm st had been pulled down, guarding it with great care.....but someone managed to torch it when we werent around!
The one and only!
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Ayup Ashley.
I passed on your P.M. to the powers that be . Hope your problem can be resolved
cured it with your help firefox did the trick, thanks
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Yes craig, I knew your house, remember I phoned you when one next door was empty? Slasher Banham's was on corner of Zulu Rd opp gasworks gates, his son played for forest though think reserves etc, remember when all the stored bonfire rubbish at fern terrace went up in flames?
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NCT did stop buses in fog, I recall having to walk home from town after announcement by loud speaker that 44's were stopped due to fog in bulwell. Also recall a Notts County match being stopped (sat afternoon) after fog or rather smog came down, Mam said far worse in the war with blackout, one night she went to phone box or so she thought, turned out she had mistook petrol pump at roper's garage for such!
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I have said crash actually a derailment, but quite dramatic. Was I guess about 1955? Every night on the former Great Central Route Nottingham Victoria north to New Basford, Bulwell Common etc a loco would take carriages from the Vic up to the carriage sheds that stood between Haydn Road and Perry Road, As I understand it to get into those the train had to back up and cross the "up" (to london ) line, before that crossover some switch points had to be made safe, these were there to derail any runaway wagons etc on the incline before they ran back into victoria station. Rumour had it that a well known "rascal" switched points back again whilst train backed up! Result was several carriages were pushed over the embankment, looked like real train crash! next 2 or so days with rail mounted cranes, lots of oxy acetaline cutting, grinding etc all exciting for a 9 yo boy etc! As I said not sure of facts or reasons but never have found anyone who remembers such! carriage sheds are dark buildings on right near high chimney, bridge over in distance is Perry Road, actually derailment took place after New Basford Station on left
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Re aircraft noise from Hucknall, could certainly be heard in New Basford, North Gate area, That Vulcan that crashed at Syerston flew over our house sometimes twice a day, around same time there was also a FIVE engined Lancastrian (civil version of Lancaster, which we all thought in was) with extra engine on test in nose and a twin engined turbo jet (type on tip of my tongue but can't recall) that regularly flew over, I had an old valve radio in my bedroom and could pick up morse on short wave inc a repeated over and over HU which I assume some beacon signal?
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Think you'll find it was 2 jet provosts over the colwick area, I was in playground of Claremont Seniors so post 1957, we heard a boom in distance, looked and saw what looked like a round cloud, did not see any planes/wreckage falling as good few miles away, seem to remember engine from one crashed through glass roof of factory in netherfield killing a woman? may have been Lawrences Furniture Factory? was also at the battle of britain display at syserston when that vulcan crashed, there was a fire on impact which was maybe half mile away from crowd.
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Have had to start new topic as if I try to respond to existing I get pc fault message! The Valve Shop was started by present owner's late father in the late 1950's, I believe originally in a workshop back of his house on Egypt Road New Basford (we got loads of tv cabinets as bonfire rubbish every november) As far as I know his first shop (nothing like the modern one just sold s/h TV's) was other side of Radford Rd where the police station now stands and next door to jackie clayton's bike shop. The reel to reel video recorder was "invented" (or worked on, developed etc) on the top floor of Wycliffe Mills, corner of Wycliffe Street and High Church St. New Basford, it's still there! but in 1964 not by The Nottingham Valve Company or any company with valve in it's name as my father worked making pipeline valves, I cannot for life of me recall the name of the company, I should as I worked there on the circuits and saw it working but many moons ago! I later saw an article on such in Ravellie magazine in "Slasher" Banham,s barbers shop, heard later still owner sold out to japanese but not sure if true?
The Valve Shop/ Prototype Video Recorders
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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you can get me onXXXXXXXXXX what got you into this nostalgia thing? I finished up having to pack up work, as monsewer alfonse would say "dicky ticker" and started exploring all my old haunts inc railways, wrote a book on them, yet to make any money though!