Trickymicky

We had a friend who drove for H Brown & Sons (Coal & Haulage) Ltd. This was in the 1970's. During the school holidays, i used to go with him,delivering mainly to Boots retail shops. Pretty sure it was a Bedford. Livery was Blue with Red.

Its had a coffee shop built on to the side of the house now. A local trader told me that if you go in you are likely to be force fed their religous beliefs,or brainwashed,as he put it.

My 1953 Tiger 100 has that type. Its easier with the cable disconnected at the carburettors' end, Unscrew the hexagonal cable abutment on the twist grip and remove it. Then you offer up the inner cable into the twist grip with the twist grip fully closed (having removed the abutment,the twistgrip can be closed more than normal,exposing the bit where the cable nipple locates). You can then replace the abutment,and reconnect the carburettors.

I remember the Trolley Bus Museum well, having become good friends with the people who lived in the old station masters house (Albert and Dot Spencer). They used to let me keep my motorbike there-i was only around 12 or 13 at the time,and i would ride it up and down the access road,sometimes going as far as the entrance to Stanton Tunnel,which was perhaps not the wisest thing to do. There was other activity on the site too, a Nissen Hut there was rented by Jack Chasteneuf who was restoring a Triumph Roadster car,and his mate was doing the same with a Triumph TR3 The Spencers were bike m

I suspect that he chose this easy going forum for his groundless rant on purpose. On a lot of other forums the responses would have been a lot less polite.

"Free gifts were handed out to the cheering crowds, including flags, balloons and Coca-Cola tea trays".

It does seem odd a single torch bearer,(some who put the torch on e bay straight afterwards), with a trail of nearly 50 vehicles,headed by a German car.

The Grand kids will enjoy the olde worlde sweet shop lower down steep hill thats for sure. Theres a picture of mick2me on a chocolate tin in the window..

We went to Lincoln yesterday. Theres usually somewhere to park for free at the top,near Bailgate,so we start there and go down Steep Hill,although sometimes we turn right part way down on to Michaelgate, just to confirm that the ugliest new build in Lincoln is still there. I can only assume that the owner had some friends in planning. Coming back up steep hill,after lunch in the Royal William IV, on Brayford Waterfront was a challenge though,and at one point a chap with a walking stick was making better progress than me.Great place though.

Looks similar to a Blacknell Queen B.

This is my preferred company search tool- http://bizzy.co.uk/ Another way to search is to just type the company name in google,followed by the word bizzy,and the details come up.

In the '60's we always looked out for a sunken barge in the Nottingham Canal somewhere near the end of Queens Road .We would go on the upper deck of the bus to see it,can anyone confirm?

No Ashley, i worked with Baz at Severn Trent Water. That would be early '80's. He lived at top valley at the time.

I remember Baz Redgate well- i worked with him for a time. I think he was sidecar racing in the early days. Last i heard he had moved away from Nottingham. Another guy who had a Manx Norton on the road was Tony Price,from Keyworth.

The Cafe you refer to is,i suspect Greggs. It was once the governor's house. Again,timber construction and around 400 years old. Upstairs is a must if you are able,to take in the construction,and views across the market place. Excellent blogs,they were the first two i read when i found your site.

There is something else of interest in that picture,but for a very different reason. To the left,by the yellow van were the workshop premises of the infamous Michael Sams. I was nearby when Police moved in to arrest him,and their presence in number was quite overwhelming. Coincidentally,shortly afterwards i was called to Sam's house at Sutton on Trent-Police had severed the water pipe,whilst digging up the garden,searching for evidence.

I was lucky enough to work in and around Newark for 20 years,and can confirm what the others have said,it is a lovely town.We still visit Newark at least once a week,and on a summers evening there is nowhere nicer. Tonight was a visit to Pizza Expresss overlooking the Castle Barge (half price),followed by a pint of Ruddles in Wetherspoons for £1.79,although the recently reburbished Prince Rupert on Stodman Street is well worth a visit,as is the King Charles1 coffee house on Kirk gate,if you visit during the day.As the name suggests,its around 400 years old,and going upstairs is most reward

Harrow road,West Bridgford ?

Blimey,you might need a magnifying glass! i will try to load a proper pic over the w/end..

Not a Brough,or a Raleigh either.. In the 1930's, Frank Wilkinson a manager at Universal Engineering in Basford embarked on designing and building his own motorcycle engine. The picture shows it installed in a war department Ariel chassis. Almost every component of the engine was home made in his workshop at home in Plumtree. He even made the wooden moulds of all the casings prior to them being cast. He died in 1962,and although it had test run,it was unfinished. His widow,amazingly gave it away,despite her late husband having worked on it for the last 30 years. The lucky recipients did l

Looks like a Morris Isis to me.

Never been away Mick! I had a motorbike which was built in Nottingham,with an entirely home made 4 cylinder engine. It had been an engineers lifetime project. Nothing to do with George Brough,or the Jones from Long Eaton. It may interest some on here,so i will tell you more about it when i can unearth a pic.

I live in the Rushcliffe area,and they usually leave a trail of debris down the road in their rush to finish by noon. Once i was a few seconds late taking out my blue bin which was full of recycleables,and they refused to empty it because by then the wagon had reversed past my house. Realising they had no interest in recycling,i decided i hadnt either and returned the full bin to the council depot in West Bridgford.

Yes,Ashley,it was early 1972. It was the time the minimum age for riding a motorcycle was raised from 16 to 17. I had already been issued with a licence in anticipation of my 16th birthday,and had a Tiger Cub that i had done up ready and waiting. Then they raised the age,and revoked my licence! At the Earls Court motorcycle show just after,Agrati had the first of those things with a set of superflous pedals,so they could be classified as a moped,and ridden at 16,and dad bought me the actual one on the stand (although the government paid for it in the end with the compensation they ha

They sold Garellis' from that shop too-i bought one. I think it was about a week before it suffered the first of many engine seizures. Just as well the importers,Agrati Sales were based in Nottingham,on St Marks Street at the time. Either Des Bone,owner at that time,or his mechanic,a guy with a peculiar high pitched voice used to race a tuned version of the 50cc Itom.