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You are allowed to get a reduced rate ticket on the tram if you have a non-Notts bus pass - £3.50 a day IIRC.
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Anyone been to Peggy's Skylight in Nottingham. Just wondering if it is any good?
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I remember those too. Also some Atlantean 2 demonstrators IIRC a one in demonstrator livery and one in Birmingham City Transport livery. The former was definitely an Atlantean as it had the fact painted in big letters along the sides. I guess the latter might have been a Daimler Fleetline - not sure.
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See
for aerial images of parts of Notts & other areas.
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Holden Square was opposite the Headstocks, just off the main road
https://i.postimg.cc/Tw0jxBjt/Holden-Square.jpg
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His only task was to beat Trump.
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Here's the architects drawing for the old Home Brewery buildings
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4 hours ago, Cliff Ton said:
Home Ales is there - it's just the older brewery buildings, not the more modern one now along the main road.
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At least our words are pronounceable to English speakers, even if there is debate about what is correct. On the other hand, try Georgian...
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Originally they went right round the north and east of Nottingham from Basford and into Nottingham London Road. The other way, some services went as far as Stafford by an obscure route. There were also trains to Pinxton via Langley Mill.
A slightly more direct route into Nottingham began when the Nottingham Suburban line was opened from Daybrook. Only when the Great Central was built did they have a reasonably direct route into central Nottingham though. The line was really built to get at the coal.
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1 hour ago, Beekay said:
Can't open Notty, not on Facebook, so I'll have to take your word for it. Cheers mate !
Here too...just for you
Basford North - Layout topics - RMweb
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Apparently the new edition of 'Classic Bus' magazine has a special article commemorating the formation of Midland General/ Notts & Derby Traction, in case anyone is interested.
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From the Notts Local History Association Facebook page
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Ask and ye shall receive
Getting us in the mood for Christmas (or at least some snowy weather) is this shot of Nottingham 516 (KTV 516) a BUT 9641T trolleybus with Brush bodywork new in March 1950. (Roy Marshall collection, ref. RM02/C20946).
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A nice photo on the cover of the latest Bus Archive mag available here
Bus Archive Newsletter No. 18 - September 2022 (Second Proof)
Nottingham trolleybus in the snow
Older editions of the mag are listed here, though not much about Nottingham they may be of interest...
Newsletter - The Bus Archive - the memory of the bus industry
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There are lots of obstructions to progress on the Grantham Canal. A lot of bridges were flattened to ease road traffic movement and the canal just flows under by a couple of concrete pipes. The canal is also completely blocked where the A1 crosses the course of the canal.
The Grantham basin was completely filled in in the 1930s and has long been an industrial estate. There are some photos of it just before demolition on the Britain From Above site.
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Whilst some MAGA/Qanon Republicans will support Trump to the bitter end, I see signs that many are now increasingly seeing him as a huge liability. A prison sentence would neatly get him out of the way.
A president can only pardon people for federal crimes I think, so any state crimes would still stand, like the New York corruption charges and attempts to change the results of elections, which are a state responsibility.
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I wonder how they came to choose that combination of colours! I'm guessing they had to come up with something that none of the major operators around Nottingham already used? They were 50% owned by Barton until the NCT takeover.
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Butler Bros still has a depot and booking office in Kirkby. Just school runs and coaches these days, I think.
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Another Butlers Bros coach, this time at Huntingdon St Bus Station
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All Midland General and N&DT buses were owned by Balfour Beatty until nationalised. The N&DT/MG distinction was essentially a bookkeeping exercise. Their tram routes and replacement trolleybuses had been specifically enabled by Act of Parliament, whilst pure bus routes didn't require this. The N&DT buses were (nominally at least) direct replacements for the tram and trolleybus routes only. I remember seeing N&DT motor buses in places like Hucknall on occasion, so the distinction was not always followed.
The trunk route from Ripley to Nottingham went from trams to trolleybuses, then to motor buses. Ilkeston tram services, which had been taken over from the town council, went straight to motor buses.
Mansfield District were also owned by Balfour Beatty but went straight from trams to motor buses. I think Balfour Beatty also owned at least one company in South Wales too.
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Nottm City Council bankruptcy
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Yes, the fares are all displayed on the screen. The reduced fare is bottom left in the displayed list. You don't actually need to use your pass to buy the ticket, just pay cash or credit/debit card/phone