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Thanks Stu :-)

Hi all, Look ... I'm really sorry if I upset anyone with my post yesterday, that wasn't my intention at all. One of the members has replied with this ... "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...." This is not fair, I'm a bloke who keeps myself to myself and I certainly don't shout about my sexuality, I'm just a normal, easy going bloke who has a major interest in local history, and I certainly didn't post this to "an easy going forum for his groundless rant on purpose". I

You know ... When I made this original comment I knew this would be the sort of response I would get ... As I said ... I didn't want to ruffle any feathers ...

That is homophobia of the highest order ... Would the moderators please delete my profile from this forum ... I will NOT be using it again ... I'll find a local history forum where people are more tolerant ... Goodbye !!!!

I rest my case !!!

Hi all, I don't want to ruffle any feathers here as I'm quite a newbie (only posted a couple of items) but I'm a bit of a lurker on here and read posts in the forum most day's as I'm very interested in the history of Nottingham - particularly old railways, Nottingham at war and industrial stuff. What I have noticed on the forums over the past couple of months is the homophobia there is on this forum, granted there isn't a lot, just the odd comment here and there but as a gay man I do notice it and find it a bit odd in this day and age. To be fair, the comments are few and far between and

Yeah I'm interested in any type :-)

I work right near junction of Nottingham Road/Lortas Road ... Interesting ... Of course, I know all about the caves being used during WW2 and the gated entrance to a former cave/shelter in front of one of the houses opposite Rock Cemetry on Mansfield Road ( wouldn't mind a trip down those stairs)... I'm more interested in structures that were exclusively built or used as air raid shelters ... Loving this topic already !!

I've always had a fascinating interest in the home front during WW2 (alongside my fascination of disused railways) and reading one of the other topics which mentioned a few remaing air raid shelters in Nottingham, I wondered if anyone knew of any other locations in Nottingham where you can still see intact or remains of old shelters (I'd love to see an Anderson shelter that might still remain in someone's back garden and better still be able to go inside !!). I live in Basford and not spotted anything obvious on my travels. I'm originally from Ilkeston and know of the old shelters at Stanton (

That's the one ... Looks quite spectacular from tesco on Hucknall road shining in the sunlight ... Does anyone actually know what it is ?

That will be it ... Whatever it is !!!

No ... If you imagine what a spoil heap looks like at a pit ... It's like that !!!

Been looking on google maps and somewhere at the back of the bakery at Watnall there is what seems to be a coal yard (somewhere around the former midland railway line) and it looks like there are piles of coal but there also seems to be a pile of something white there as well which covers quite a big area but it doesn't look very high ... Maybe it could be that and it's grown taller !!!

No it's not the water tower ... I was bought up in Ilson so I know the water tower and tv mast ... This looked more like a pit tip and it was a little further west than the water tower and tv mast ... Like a pit/waste tip but it was white :-)

Hiya all, don't know if anyone can help me out on this one ... Anyway, decided to go a walk today in the lovely sunshine along the old Leen Valley line that runs parallel with Hucknall Road. Once you get to Bulwell golf club/Tesco you get a very good view over to Kimberley and beyond into Derbyshire and I noticed something I'd not noticed before ... What looks like a massive white pit tip on the horizon must of been somewhere near Kimberley/M1 area. I've walked and driven along Hucknall road thousands of times and I've either not been observant or its a new tip or something ... I was taken a

Hello all, Does anyone have any photos or memories of Mount Street bus station. I have a vague recollection of being very young and Grandma and Grandad taking me on shopping trips from Ilkeston to Nottingham on the bus. I can remember having to wait for the bus back to Ilkeston and I've got a really clear memory of being surrounded by high brick walls ... was Mount Street in a 'hole' surrounded by high brick walls or am I imagining it ??? Timbo :-)

Funny talking about these comparison shots ... I took a photo yesterday of looking up Arnold Road and I wanted to compare it with the old photo I found on here showing the Great Central overbridge and the parapets of the Great Northern / Rathole line in the background. I walked from Vernon Road, up Northern Court and under Park Lane Bridge and onto Britannia Avenue (which I presume roughly follows the Great Northern spur through the Rathole) and back onto Arnold Road yesterday to get the comparison shot, I also got a couple of photo's of Park Lane bridge. If I can work out how to reduce the s

I love those two picture of the Rathole ... hard to imagine this picture was taken about 10 minutes walk away from where I live ... the section of Arnold Road from Vernon Road to Hucknall Road has changed dramatically and it's so sad there is no trace at all of all the railway infrastructure that once was there ... I'd love to go back in time for half an hour to take some photos !!!

Sounds great ... let me know when the next meet up is and I'll be there !!!

Yeah I'm interested in planes too ... lol ... mainly WW2 era ... but local railways and canals are my main passion ... great to be here !!

Hello all, Only just discovered this site and I couldn't believe the wealth of detail that is available from forum members. I have a strong interest in local industrial history and love walking along disused railways and canals. I'm really interested in the old Great Central and Great Northern railways around Nottingham ... especially around where I live just off Vernon Avenue ... it's exiting to think that the "Rat Hole" was only about 10 minutes walk from where I live (oh I wish I could go back and just have a look to see how the whole area to the west of Arnold Road has changed !!!). Hop