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As far as I can find out, only the Americans had airships in WW2. A few were deployed in Gibraltar and Morocco for service in the Mediterranean, but not in the UK https://militaryhistorynow.com/2013/10/23/the-other-silent-service-u-s-navy-airships-of-world-war-two/ As airships go, these were not particularly big.

Are you sure it wasn't just a barrage balloon?Airships were totally out of fashion by WW2, largely thanks to a small fire on the Hindenburg in 1937.

Maybe an Aston Martin? http://astonmartins.com/car/1598-2-litre-4-door-saloon/

Mace is at the corner of Stockwell Gate and Bancroft Lane. The Red pub is just behind the Austin A40

IIRC Makemsons also did a service from Hucknall to Bestwood Pit at one time. I kind of remember going on it with my grandfather once, probably in the early 1960s. It was pay day and he was on holiday so he had to go to the pit just to pick up the money. That was a half-cab single decker with a conductor, who was totally bemused by the fact that a youngster was travelling on the service.

I tthink we agreed in another post that this is a Makemson bus, hence MB where the route number should go. They owned 2 double deckers, also used for the Bulwell to Bestwood route according to Internet searches.

Notts & Derby and Nottingham trolleybuses briefly on this one

The MG Leyland National photo is on this site https://showbus.com/gallery/wm/mgoc5.htm tagged as In t The early days of the National Bus Company companies whose livery was blue based applied a blue and white scheme in corporate style. Hence Midland General's Leyland National 415 (XRB415L), seen at the Trent Centenary, is preserved in the scheme. It was not long though, with blue liveries in the minority, NBC HQ eliminated the blue option. With Midland General then under the wing of poppy red Trent, the blue gave way to red.

Notts & Derby trolleybuses did go from Nottingham to Ripley - they replaced trams. Some trolleybuses did look like this, rather than the full, flat front style. I suggest the trolleybus has been diverted off Mansfield Road by the emergency seen in the background and may be about to run on batteries to get around the obstruction?

I am guessing this is a Makemson's bus, given the MB next to the destination blind.? Lowbridge too?

Probably the building ringed on the map below then...

Where exactly was Bulwell Hall Cottage located, please. Fascinating architecture! I guess it must have been in view of the Hall itself to be so ornate?

Delaine is still running, an amazing survivor. I remember seeing their buses in the 1960s in Peterborough. They always looked very smart in their blue and cream livery. Quite a contrast to the boring Tilling red of Eastern Counties.

You can still see the motte and bailey in the woodland between the 2 carriageways of the main road, just south of Annesley Hall

The Crossroads Motel was in last week's plot

The building over the River Leen was a wooden goods shed. There are photos, but I can't find one online at the moment. The original passenger station remained in use until the station closed to passengers. It was slightly further north, as shown on the map.

Looking at photos 4 and 6 here, it could originally have been The Traders Mart, before the Garage building was erected. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/gallery/photos-nottingham-1880s-199675

Looks to imposing to have been built as a car showroom. OS map for 1913 shows it as garage - presumably for horses and carriages? Before that the maps show 3 largish buildings on the site. Are there any photos, I wonder?

Mapometer is quite good for working out distances, ascent/descent amounts, calories burnt etc. https://www.mapometer.com/ Click on the OSM button at top right to get the Ordnance Survey Map version

Looks like Harrington bodywork, but no idea of the operator.

I still have W7 on one of my computers. Mainly because of the cost of upgrading Photoshop and other software to run on W10. Everything still works fine. The few things that don't work well on W7, I can use my W10 computer.

Can be used at all times of day. You get the discount on whatever ticket is valid for travel at that time. Also applies to special discounted tickets on rail company web sites. I use mine a lot. I probably spend more on train travel than I otherwise would, as individual journeys are cheaper so I travel by train more. Gets me out and about more though, which is a good thing.

The commentary on the video by the signalman is a work of fiction. The station never existed, except as a model. The 'facts' are all from the imagination of the people who built it, including the timetable. The dale is a mirror image of the real thing, if I remember correctly. The station buildings are based on those at Cromford. It is all very convincing! I think the model was bought by someone in America when it was withdrawn from the exhibition circuit.

The Trent bus stop nearby was commonly known as the Bone Mill in the late 1950s and 1960s.

Definitely Whitemoor - ex-GER loco and other details confirm this