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Just to illustrate Ashley's point...... apparently this is Wilford Road MR yard in the 1920s

Definitely one of the Oxford/Cowley/Isis range. Like this http://en.wikipedia....es_II_front.jpg In those days all the taxis seemed to be that model, like Toyotas now.

lynmee, not sure if those names ring any bells with me. It might also depend which infants/junior school they went to; I was a Greencroft kid so I'd be less likely to know anyone who went to Brinkhill or Brooksby. Back to the subject of Varney Road. Picture the Past have recently added a couple of photos showing Varney Road before the newer shops were built on the end at Southchurch Drive. I can just remember this happening. http://www.pictureth...019544&prevUrl= http://www.pictureth...019546&prevUrl=

Ashley, to get those Streetview links up, this is my method (others may be available) When you get the location, click on the arrow at top left corner That will give you this box on the left. Click on the symbol which is supposed to be a "link" Then you will get a reference which you cut and paste from there, into the "Link" box on the Nottstalgia page Hopefully, that made sense

VWGolf has also posted on the "What was your divi number" thread where he/she went into detail about Varney Road shops. They obviously know the area very well

Been past there quite a few times and never noticed it before....... http://maps.google.c...328.62,,0,11.31

Looking at an other older map, the tram lines are shown. I didn't know the area then (I'm not that old) but it looks like the tram terminated on Dark Lane just behind the Red Lion. Is that the siding you are thinking of?

Can I suggest a slight variation on that........I think the beer-off was inside but separate - you went in the main glass doors on Varney Road, turned left into the main store or straight ahead to the beer-off. Up on the corner on Greencroft was the paint/wallpaper department. VW Golf......in another thread you referred to the shops on Sandham Walk/Orford Avenue. Where did you live, because you were obviously in the same area at the same time as me?

I remember the fruit shop there, but I could never remember the name - BPS.........I seem to recall they were a (local?) chain because I'm sure there was more than one of them in the area. In another earlier thread about Farrands grocers, I'd mentioned Varney Road shops but I'd missed BPS

I suppose your knowledge of this topic depends on when you first had a television in your house Talking about 50s and 60s TV shows is a bit more difficult for me than other people, because we didn't have a telly until around the mid-60s. My mum and dad always said "it's a load of rubbish, no point in having one, waste of time, nothing worth watching, etc etc" And that was in the days when there were only two channels to chose from. At times I felt like some kind of social freak because I was about the only kid I knew who came from a telly-free house. Try telling friends at school "we haven

My main memory of Woolies - especially the Lister Gate one - is that in those days the stores weren't self-service which they would be now (if they still existed) Back then there was an assistant at every counter; and all the counters were rectangular shaped with a kind of alleyway down the middle where the sales assistant moved up and down to serve the customers The wage bill for that many staff must've been tremendous, compared to paying a few check-out operators.

Everybody over the age of about 40 remembers Woolworths on Lister Gate, especially its massive cafeteria, which was bigger than most shops. In the 60s they seemed to have stores all over Nottingham. The Lister Gate one relocated and expanded a few times, from this ... Ending up in two parts, with the other half a bit further down the road..... There was one at Hockley/Cranbrook Street: One in Beeston The later version of the one in Bulwell And the one at Clifton There must've been others.

I've never been in the Greyhound Street toilets so I've no idea what they are like. I wonder how many people are aware of them? They are badly (if at all) advertised; signs and notices are almost non-existent, and hidden away in a rather gloomy backstreet. Secret toilets is an interesting concept, but not very useful.

And Monsal Dale with the viaduct, doing what it was designed to do

The bikers and Harley fans might be interested in this. http://www.retronaut...oys-1910s-1938/

Another Then and Now Isn't 1960's architecture great.......

I think I've noticed another glitch, which might even affect the way it counts the number of visitors to the site. At the bottom of each thread there is a line which says eg 2 user(s) are reading this thread 1 member, 1 guests, 0 anonymous user That is ok if I'm logged in. But if I read the thread without logging in it says 0 user(s) are reading this thread 0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous user So even though I'm reading it, the stats at the bottom say no-one is there

Been looking back at the beginning of this thread and there are mentions of several places up near the Broxtowe Lane/Nuthall Road junction. So here's a northern continuation of my previous map showing how the railway crossed Broxtowe Lane, and various other locations in that area

VWGolf, I'm intrigued. You obviously lived in that area....and so did I. Where were you? I remember all those shops you have mentioned and I could still name them all. I won't bother at the moment because it might bore everyone else. We lived on Woodbridge Avenue.

Nobody has ever yet come up with any photos of railways in that area, even though it's within living memory of a number of Nottstalgia people. So here's possibly the next best thing, a map from the 1950s of the line coming out of Newcastle Colliery and parallel with Nuthall Road. It also includes

I'm posting these for Babs (half of Piggy and ....) because she doesn't have the technical stuff to do it herself. So here goes......... Babs in the garden around 1967/68 Babs (kneeling on the right) helping after an "accident" Babs (around 1980) dancing with Mick Marriott (6ft 6in) That photo has not been manipulated in any way!

I don't think this site has been mentioned here before. It's not specifically about Nottingham, in fact it's a national - or even international - site. But I suspect it will interest a few Nottstalgia people http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/

I can go one better - not only can I see "Forums' twice, I can also see "Members" twice Click on one, and it's twin also becomes highlighted

I think this is it. Look in the middle of the image http://www.bing.com/...o=0&form=LMLTCC

If you'd posted that photo without saying where it was, how many people would've guessed Bulwell?