Cliff Ton

Cycling seems to be big business round here. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11373&hl=cycling http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9971&page=2&hl=cycling#entry137333 http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10927&hl=cycling http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3716&hl=cycling#entry37637

What was the building on the right, which I don't think I've ever seen before in any photos?

If you live in The Park you are still in a world of gas lights.

I'm pretty sure my mother went there in the 1930s, although I don't have any documents to confirm it. I might go along and see if they have any old photos.

Put 'Nottingham' in the Location box here. http://www.rcts.org.uk/features/mysteryphotos/

And here it is. This part of the line - with the Toll Bridge in the background - had gone before I ever appeared, but I remember travelling along Queen's Drive on buses and seeing the goods yard which was still operating.

Realised I misread the original question. Picture the Past says that photo is from 1965, not when traffic stopped. More info and another photo. http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM007037&prevUrl=

According to Picture the Past, 1965.

And I also remember when it was the cartoon cinema specifically catering for kids.

Welcome to Nottstalgia angie. Here's a few photos to jog your memory.

Eight and a half year bump for a thread by Mr Red. Not a bad record. I suppose the internet and DVDs have killed off the market for porn in the cinema. You can now watch it in the comfort of your own home and nobody can see what you're doing.

That's almost where I was. Malin Hill runs behind the brick wall; I was one level further up at the red arrow.

Boots factories, roughly where the BBC building is now. The railway bridge over London Road with Boots buildings in the background. And looking towards Canal Street

Not exactly OS, but this will provide what you are looking for. http://maps.nls.uk/index.html Here's an example (and they're zoomable) A map of the NSR will cover several pages, but the detail does go down to street names etc. It might take you a few minutes to find your way around. PM me if you get stuck.

If you wander into office car parks in the Lace Market there are some decent views towards London Road and the south. This is the London Road / Canal Street roundabout. If you can't work it out, start from the former Sam Ward's petrol station in the lower left.

Where is that?

The Folly area in the late 1800s.

I haven't got any green books, so I can't do that one. But here's something from Picture the Past. They say it's The Nag's Head at the junction of Willersley Street / Cromford Street.

And I've now come up with a map which I thinks proves that it was indeed Derwent Street, because Willersley Street didn't have a railway running across the end. Next question.

That's for when you want to use several quotes from more than one different story. It's probably not something you'd want to be doing very often

During the war road signs and signposts were taken down all over the country, so that if the Nazis did land, they wouldn't know where they were going, and hopefully get lost. And I believe name boards on railway stations were covered over, to confuse spies (!).

I've got that book as well Mr C, and I think this is the photo you are referring to. The caption in the book says Willersley Street. At the end of the street was the elevated railway line from Victoria Station to Marylebone. I don't know it, but I'm sure there are a lot of ex-Medders people who will know if that is correct or not. Long time since anyone called me a lad.

It seems the council don't really know what to do with the arches, so......http://www.nottinghampost.com/End-line-city-s-Victorian-rail-arches/story-21752422-detail/story.html

Maybe not much help, but I think this is the stretch of road you are referring to. These photos from PTP are 1976, so if you look really carefully you might still see the trolleybus. http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM019031&prevUrl= http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM019030&prevUrl=

The combination of the shirt pattern and the wallpaper pattern are sending my eyes funny.