Cliff Ton

My first stop is the BBC website for news Then several transport and motoring--related sites. then a few connected with music. My main 'oddity' is that everyday I look at Rightmove to see what housing is on sale in the Nottingham area. Dunno why. And, at some point, Nottstalgia.

First came across it in a book in West Bridgford Library. Next time I'm in there I'll try to remember to check what it was. Good question! On the examples I have, I can't see any more information to answer.

Finally found one, to answer a few questions. This is from the mid-1840s, showing the early railway station in Nottingham, when the lines went over Carrington Street on a level crossing, before the construction of the viaduct taking the road over the railway (1869). The first station is the northern part of the building; the slightly longer building to the south of the original was added a few years later to accommodate the lines coming from Lincoln. Other bits worth pointing out (some of it has already been mentioned here) I've marked Station Street, and on the corner is the earlier

Same thing happened on Meadows Way, the road which goes round the Meadows parallel to Queen's Drive. Massive number of mature trees were cut down and replaced with concrete and tarmac. Just when the Meadows was finally being hidden, you can see it again.

I have just been returned to normality by someone with Admin powers re-setting my account. I think the same may have to happen for other people as well.

LizzieM, in trying to solve your problem I think I've just put myself in the same hole which I can't get out of either. I am also in the light blue/black mode, and I can't get out of it !!

And anyway........ we need somebody who can answer all the questions about buses.

Make sure that posting on Nottstalgia is the most energetic thing you do for a while. And make sure you continue to be able to post on Nottstalgia.

At the moment I guess you are seeing this. Click on the arrow in the top right corner and the menu will expand.

Correct ! That's where I 'borrowed" the photo from. But I never got round to copying any of the text here.

I've edited and adjusted the link you posted (in "Mushroom") which didn't work. To do that I had to toggle the icon in the top left corner. Whatever you've got it set on, set it the other way.

Samuel Bourne, who seems to have been famous and prolific and from Nottingham. I wondered that. I'm sure the Bentinck isn't the building in the old photo. The Bentinck looks late 19th century. The best map I can come up with is 1880s when Carrington Street is on a bridge; but it's interesting to see the hotel (whether the old or the new) at that stage was called the Victoria Hotel. That would've been bl**dy confusing in later times.

I think (in fact I'm pretty certain) the Flying Horse closed as a pub/bar by the late 1980s, so your memories are going back further than you think. (Just looked for Flying Oss, Wikipedia says 1989 and 'Lost pubs' site says 1980s)

And it also seems that half the people building it were alcoholic junkies ! http://www.nottinghampost.com/48-tramline-builders-fired-boozing-drug-taking/story-21449953-detail/story.html

Not really ! The large building is at this red arrow. So Shelton Street is the next one behind, parallel to Huntingdon St. The photographer was at the junction of York Street and Union Road.

There's a spectacular outbreak of missing pictures in this thread. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8993

Popular was 2-door and Anglia was 4-door. I suppose progress isn't all bad. From Wiki and the 1954 Ford Popular. had a top speed of 60.3 mph and could accelerate from 0-50 mph in 24.1 seconds. A fuel consumption of 36.4 miles per imperial gallon was recorded. The car cost £390 including taxes

Or do you mean that there are some posts where images are missing?

Now you mention it, I agree !

The only old photo (apparently 1860s) I've ever come across which shows the area before Carrington Street was raised over the railway line. According to the caption, the lines crossed the road at the point which I've marked as a red line. All the buildings on the right are long gone. The Goods building might be the flat-roofed one next to the tree in the rear centre. To get your bearings on this.........the road coming in from the bottom of the photo is the top end of Arkwright Street; the road going off to the right (behind the trees) is Queen's Road.

You could be correct. I was wondering what it was. Can't find any clues anywhere.

First photo is the closest you'll get to the windows, the other two are aerial views. http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM008337&prevUrl= http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM009141&prevUrl= http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM009143&prevUrl= I don't think the Goods place was the original station, but it seems to be in the same location as the original station, judging

I've "borrowed" this from the RCTS site. They use in connection with Victoria Station, but I noticed it because it shows the junction of Woodborough Road/Huntingdon Street, which has changed in a big way. I don't think any of these buildings still exist. The large building in the centre is at the bottom of Woodborough Road, with Huntingdon Street going down to the right. The road in the foreground with the cars is York Street; the tunnel entrance is the north end of Victoria Station, and most of this hole in the ground is now Vic Centre car park.

This is turning into Word Association under another name. I've just cottoned on to that.

Ford Squire was the estate version of the 1950's Ford Anglia/Popular.