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Nearest pub to North's entrance was Catchems there was no entrance for the station on Park Lane

Park Lane bridge(can be seen under the footbridge)is still there

Basford North(Ex Great Northern) was originally Basford & Bulwell also in the area: Basford Vernon (Midland ) New Basford(Great Central) Bulwell Market(Midland ) Bulwell Common(Great Central) Bulwell Forest(Great Northern) There was also three stations at Hucknall

Formally The Station Hotel it is next to where Basford North station was. Renamed apparently after people having to run to catch a train

No it's one of those "pop up" brothels

Catchems corner about 10 minutes walk from where I live not been in yet No real ale

Hobgoblin Gold £1 a bottle Morrisons Bulwell last week (passed by sell by date) Still tastes OK to me

Ironing Mick neither of us has done any of that for many years

You're luck to still have teeth Mick

Another accident NOT of the trams making

Now an Islamic cultural centre

We have an electric carving knife it's hardly used though too much effort to get it out of it's box , plug it in & wash the blades afterwards for six slices of meat

A place opened that did quickie pedicures they used Piranhas

I really have enjoyed my first year back in Nottingham & my street in Old Basford is so quiet except for the odd Fire & Police vehicles going up & down Arnold road (sirens )

Yesterday(16th) it was exactly a year since I moved into Old Basford.

Still like a bit of black pudding now & again it's nice on a bacon cob

161 Coventry road still there in 1953

Ian more pubs were "lost" when St Ann's was redeveloped (about 50) Same with The Meadows (about 30)

No little men dressed in green then?

Had a pair of Goldfinches last week

Bloody thieving squirrels Fat pigeons also of the thieving variety And the uaual common garden birds always welcome

Twenty or was it twenty four ? Such as Wallace hero of Scotland & Alderman Wood Most were beer houses

In the mid 18th century there were about 14 public houses on Long Row

"If"I had a dog I certainly wouldn't give it that It looks like someone's eaten it before