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Kevin Keegan and Henry Cooper. Splash it all over. Still makes me shudder!

and now he's been brought back to the Live Shows which will be called Clarkson, Hammond and May. Why? BBC afraid of being sued? If he's been sacked he should stay sacked!

My wife , as a kid, regularly came along the now Bramcote Lane , to the cemetery, and from there it was all open fields . She recalls that the Tottle Brook was quite steep sided in places and believes that there were other mini tributaries which flowed (in a trickle) into the Brook. There was no continuation of Bramcote Lane towards the now Thoresby Road. The only tract went across to Sandy Lane and from there to the Derby Road. Apparently there was a riding school somewhere nearby amongst the fields. Part of the land to the North, which was drained by the Tottle Brook was quite boggy and I

Yes that's it. Its been changed a lot in recent years and did at one time have a mock windmill in the garden.

Thanks for the pictures of "Black Path Bridge". We had friends in the who moved into one of these houses just after they were built and we thought they looked rather strange at the time. Lego Land springs to mind as people have said. I wonder if this bridge could have been built using bricks from the Wollaton Brick Works?

Must be a case of mistaken identity. The Chilwell trams have been such a b***s up one wonders if we might soon see some white elephants using the overhead cables. A sorry tale of bad management and Council inefficiency.

It would be good to find Hazelnuts in the hedgerows of today but where ??

I used to like Damsons collected from the Hills near to the old Lowes Roses Nursery but the bushes have become leggy and do not produce many fruit. If you can find any finda recipe for Damson Cheese. It goes great with cold meats.

On the 1901 map the terms Union and RD By and Union and UD By are shown. Looks like these are byways. Has anyone any idea what the "Union and RD" and "Union and UD" stand for? .........................or they could be boundaries not byways.

Also at the back of our council estate in Southampton, there was a disused quarry where we used to have our gang dens and have pitched battles with rivals (bricks, stones, bows and arrows etc). Often we fought but as mates we looked after each other. Guess it was no different here ! We were all warned about strange men frequenting the overgrown quarry ( paedos were not a known word in the 50s ) but the lure of battle and collecting newts overcame that fear. In those days our parents encouraged us to get out all day and learn how to look after yourself. It certainly helped if anyone tried to

Thanks to all, especially Pete .That map is VERY interesting and helps with a previous thread about the Tottle Brook and Moor Lane Cut through. The map alludes to a tramway at the Clay Pit which was adjacent to the brickworks. Could it have crossed the Moor Lane Bridge? A bridge must also have been used for coal transportation to the canal and before the canal to The Trent, continuation being down Moor Lane All this adds up to me thinking that the Moor Lane cutting was indeed originally made for horses and carts (with or without a tramway added) and a direct link to mills at Beeston and onw

Telly Salvalas didn't sing IF. That's an insult to the word.

I can remember being in York House on Mansfield Road (now being refurbished), I believe about 1967/8 and watching trains go through the tunnel going north. It was more interesting than listening to the Poly lecturers!

I thought you guys might respond and give me some knowledgeable information. I cant believe it myself but I have lived in the area since 1971 and never come across this bridge before!! (observation powers nil! ). I assume that between this and the bridge on Moor Lane was the approx. site of the Wollaton Brickworks that once existed, which suggests that there were clay deposits close by. I have been fascinated by many of your previous posts showing just how industrialised the area was . Economic history has always been a favoured topic of mine and this area has it in bucket fulls.

This is an excellent site and I am learning a lot , especially about local history. Long may the site continue in its present format and long may members continue to contribute in such an enjoyable manner.

and whilst walking in Wollaton recently I came across a lady with a beautiful barn owl on her arm................ such a bright intelligent bird ( just to clarify I do mean the owl!)

I was walking along the site of the Old Nottingham Canal yesterday when I came to the underpass on Wollaton Vale. Rather than take the underpass I took a footpath towards Balloon Woods (on the south side of the road) and this passed over a brick rail bridge adjacent to the concrete Vale Bridge that was built about 30 odd years ago. Does anyone know when the original bridge was built and did it take anything other than footfall? Strange I had never come across this bridge before !!

I think therefore I am , I think. Already this Spring I have seen a profusion of large bumble bees. Has anyone else?

Sometimes people ask a question that they are researching and maybe then find an answer. Why not share it?

Milkman with a horse and cart. Used to love collecting the manure for the rhubarb (and lets have no jokes about preferring custard!).

I wonder if he saw a "spectre" there ?

"the state and the country houses in Nottinghamshire" is an e site which gives fantastic details of many of our old estates and houses. Later in the document it contains a photograph of Bankfield Farm, probably taken from Cow Lane looking NE in the early part of the 20th century. It also well documents the break up of the Bramcote Hills estate

Thanks Giga Nottsalgia, for your very detailed Tottle Brook explanation. I will take a walk along Cockington Road to see what I can find (if anything!). I once worked (in 1968/69) for the Nottm Council as a gardener for 6 weeks each year (mainly cutting privit hedges). The depot hut was on the right hand side near to the junction with Trowell Road

Old Maps show a Bankfield Farm on Bramcote Hills (now Bankfield Drive). Does anyone have a photo of this Farm? I also notice two footpaths from the site of the Bramcote Hills School one to Bankfield Farm and one to Deddington Plantation. I am trying to trace the exact line of these paths . also if you walk along Deddington now you come to a footpath to Moor Farm alongside the northern boundary of the disused Golf Course and the hedge there must be 300 years old. Does anyone have a photo of The Moor Farm?? There a Planning Application lodged to build on the old Golf Course and alter the

Ps I forgot to add the I am with Virgin!! I have just been upgraded to 50 MB on the Internet and touch wood that's been ok.