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On older trans everything put down the toilet went straight out onto the track. Not very nice having poo and urine all over the sleepers at a railway station (never mind anywhere else). Nowadays nearly all trains have retention tanks, so no problem.

There were lots of signs that the austerity policy was more than just good housekeeping. There was much mention in Conservative circles of eliminating red tape and reducing the footprint of government, both at a local and a national level. The extreme of this was possibly Northamptonshire County Council, who once proposed (but never carried out) the idea of having just a minimalist head office, with all services outsourced to private enterprise. There was also a stealthy but huge shift in overall government funding from other regions to the South East. Even Cameron seems to have been taken by

Chrysler Alpine with an Escort to the rear

Definitely Great Northern Railway, later LNER See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennerley_Viaduct

The kettles were interesting too. Here's one on eBay (linked image)

Sentinels D11 and D12 are in various photos, so at least 2 were in use at some time or other

There were at least 3 BR standard shunters - Robin, Simon and David according to pictures online.

Here we go... I think they had one or two ex-BR shunters too. Not sure of the details

They had a 4-axle Sentinel diesel shunter with a centre cab will try and find a photo later.

Collars Ltd of Wembley owned AUU 602, a Commer two-ton chassis with an "art deco" streamlined van body by Holland Coachcraft of Govan in Glasgow. This van was displayed at the 1933 Commercial Vehicle Show

The Old Market Square was called Market Place on maps up until the 1930s at least. Old Market Square probably just means - square where the old market was held.

Strictly speaking, this is before Hucknall had a market place. The photographer is looking towards Church Square with the church in the background. What is now the market place was occupied by buildings and private gardens.

Archway House was originally 2 cottages on the ground floor and a schoolroom on the upper floor. It was proposed to build identical gatehouses all around the periphery of the Duke's estate , but ultimately only one was built.

I have been to Mexico twice, but not for many years. Most buses in rural areas seemed to be ex-US school buses at the time. I got on a bus one evening with friends. We worried, as he took our fares, that the driver seemed very young - maybe early teens at the most. We sat down and noticed that locals getting on the bus didn't seem even slightly perturbed. Eventually it came to departure time. The lad got out of the driver's seat and the real driver, a mature man, got on the bus and took his place. Phew!

Possibly filling in an old railway cutting? The old Great Northern line east of Watnall springs to mind.

66601 Hindlow Quarry

The original Peppers sweet shop opposite the market place was pulled down in the early 1960s(?) It bore no resemblance to any building now standing.

Interesting technique with the trolley poles on the NCT trolleybus. Seems to be using one pole on one wire of the 'up' side and one pole on one wire on the 'down' side of the road

Newcastle is a metro, not a tram - more like the London Underground with no street running. Edinburgh has trams, but not Glasgow

National Express moved to Broad Marsh - following its demolition they are now in temporary accommodation, see https://www.nationalexpress.com/en/help/coach-stations/nottingham

The OP seems very reluctant to make further contributions to the debate, which is a shame. I just can't see the image as Nottingham at all - or anywhere in Notts. Having frontages along the Trent or any other river in the locality is very rare. In most places the buildings usually backed onto rivers. Having frontages facing onto the river is more typical of the Severn, or The Fens

Even more contrasting is how the place looked before the dam was built vs today. This is Derwent Village remains on Friday and a shot from near enough the same place before the reservoir was built Here's a closeup of Derwent Hall, with the river in the foreground.

Out of sheer curiosity are there limits as to how far you can take a boat along the reservoir? I've never seen a boat the north side of the A57, for example.

I thought sharing a bath was supposed to be fun I did my bit to increase the water level by visiting the toilets at the visitor centre.

Don't worry Phil. The water looks much deeper at the Bamford end - and the Derwent and Howden reservoirs upstream have a fair amount of water in them too. The Ladybower only becomes a river at Derwent village itself. This is the view from the side of the main road near the Ladybower Inn and looking northwards from more or less the same spot It is only when you reach the ruins of Derwent village that the reservoir peters out - not far from the very end of the reservoir, near the Fairholmes visitor centre.