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Wrigley's... Allegedly, stuck repaired wagons back together with chewing gum Cheers Robt P.

Yes indeed...excellent memory! And the short-lived 41940 & 41943 too... Serves to remind me that Mansfield's pair of Stanier 2-6-2 tanks, 40168 & 40179, were also regulars on the turn. Cheers Robt P.

Yes...spot on. Also note the isolated adjacent buildings at 'Rise Farm', site of the later 'Rise Park' estate. Cheers Robt P.

Yes it was... A few yards further along it joined the GN Leen Valley line at Bestwood Jct. Cheers Robt P.

Brian, Didn't we establish recently (in another thread) that you did your first two years at Stanley Road, whereas I only did one year? Clearly, that would put you in the next higher year to me throughout... I am Robert Pollard, who lived at Cinderhill, and went to Pavement from William Crane Juniors. Cheers Robt P.

IIRC, the B8 didn't go through Bulwell Market but up Hucknall Road, over the Forest, taking Bestwood Road, then turning left at Papplewick Lane and right at the Byron cinema for Hucknall Market, then Annesley Road to Mansfield... During the 50's I can recall many of the Nottingham residing staff riding the B8 to and from the Bestwood Area HQ offices on Park Road - a conspicuous daily passenger, who regularly 'entertained the gallery' on the journey, being trainee accountant Mick James from the Meadows - later to become acclaimed actor Michael Jayston. Could the DMU be a very late "Dido" wor

That is 'Fred' Millidge, legendary High Pavement Classics Master for more than 40 years... Notorious for his pet phrase "Good Heaven's above!" A character straight from the pages of a Charles Dicken's novel, who regularly 'held court' in the Gentlemen's Bar of the Vale pub on Thackeray's Lane... Cheers Robt P.

Can see your point re the Nottingham Midland-St Pancras route, as it has progressively wound down its overall quality, despite no GC 'competition, to today's quite abysmal service...but suggest Derby is a different question. As Derby has always been a pivotal point in the SW-Bristol-Birmingham-Leeds-NE axis, reckons its traffic would have been preserved, GC or not. Had the GC not closed 50 years ago, it certainly would have some 20 years later when the coal industry destruction would have removed its prime freight revenue, at a stroke. Cheers Robt P.

Rather sense that we were "so near, but so far"! Reckon I must have been the year ahead of yourself at Pavement. My first full year there was the final year at Stanley Road...assume your's was the first Gainsford Crescent year? My seven year NCB career was spent entirely at Bestwood No 6 Area HQ , in a variety of roles, before changing my career in the mid 60's. Was obviously aware of Springhead Scientific, through my Bestwood work... indeed I also cycled/scooted past twice daily! Cheers Robt P.

Long gone...see link within #80, previous page... Cheers Robt P.

Reprise: White dog s**t... Cheers Robt P.

Rather considered "and expenses fraud" in #5 to be dubious, if not topical... Cheers Robt P.

Do read postings 1,2 & 3 again...particularly #3. Cheers Robt P.

http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1201&st=0&p=9622&hl=+olympia%20+bulwell&fromsearch=1entry9622 Cheers Robt P.

Brookhouse...relatives, on my mother's side of the family. Cheers Robt P.

That was NCT 1...it merely passed the end of Harwill Crescent. The route was Melbourne Road, Hilcot Drive, Minver Cresent to the terminus at the top of Rosslyn Drive - adjacent to the Bells Lane/Broxtowe Lane roundabout, around which the bus effected the turn. NCT 1 frequency was twice that of 7 & 22... NCT 7 went to Bulwell Market, via Cinderhill Road... NCT 22 turned off at Broxtowe Lane, then went via Dulverton Vale, Bells Lane, Ainsdale Crescent before the right turn to the Deepdene Way terminus. Returning by Amesbury Circus, then Dulverton Vale etc. Cheers Robt P.

NCT 1: Aspley NCT 7: Bulwell NCT 22: Bells Lane Estate All travelling via Alfreton Road and Nuthall Road, to their respective divergences... Hanley Street, and it's buses, discussed several times in earlier threads. Cheers Robt P.

Surely his statement could be made of most, if not all, major cities? Cheers Robt P.

..and the Black and White coaches, to and from their Cheltenham home base, and which usually were to/from Mansfield. Ridden on the first leg of an annual holiday to far away south-western coasts. Changeover at the infamous Cheltenham bus depot, where 2pm saw the mass exit of hundreds of coaches... Cheers Robt P.

Rather intrigued by the thought of a Ships Chandlers located 90 miles+ from the sea, and several miles from a river! Wonder how the projected Business Plan was presented to their Bank Manager? Cheers Robt P.

Quite clearly the single track on the extreme right is the beginning of the descent to the 'dive'. It's commencement was beneath the station overbridge, and features on #55. The lower line, which turned off parallel, led to the headshunt. Cheers Robt P.

As suspected, your picture was the work of well known Nottingham GC photographer Tom Boustead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA-xrkpwz1g Your shot is at 4m 58s... His 'ultimate' picture (which doesn't seem to be included) is the classic shot of a 9F heading out of Sherwood Rise tunnel on Woodford-Annesley empties. This picture has often scored heavily in national Railway Magazine 'all time favourite' polls. Cheers Robt P.

Having been confronted twice by Cobra's now (both times wihin a mile of a city centre), can assure you that it is an unforgettable experience - which is seared forever on your memory. The instant feeling of terror soon recedes into a wonderful admiration for such a magnificent creature. They both completed an aggressive - but defensive - display for several minutes, complete with a flared hood and semi-erect position, before disappearing into the undergrowth. Always recommended in South-East Asia that Westerners adjust their normal line of vision whilst walking (even in city centres!), to l

The only time that a Dido ride was wangled (accompanying my Annesley driver Uncle), the loco was Colwick B1 61163. We travelled, there and back, via the GC main line.. Cheers Robt P.

Also rather thrown by the direction of the photo... The absent GC overbridge would have given a clue. Also, hadn't realised the 'cut and cover' aspect to part of the construction. Tend to forget how common it was in early railway tunnelling. Cheers Robt P.