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  1. Eire Apparent was Henry McCulloch's band, later to find fame as a member of Wings as well as appearing at Woodstock (plus the film) as a member of Joe Cocker's Grease Band. Their only album was produced by Hendrix, as well as him playing on it. Can't say I've heard it but I do own most of the contemporary material issued by the rest of those acts, with the exception of Amen Corner who evidently were not influenced by the other bands on the bill, seeing the direction they'd take the following year. Regrettably, a time before I was born. Count yourselves extremely lucky if you were born in th
  2. This appears to be a clear view of either Top Valley or Southglade farms before any houses had been built on them. Bestwood village presumably in the distance on the left, and the edge of Bestwood Park estate on the right, a chimney stack at the Bestwood colliery just peaking up behind the hill to the right of the telegraph pole. Dated circa 1965.
  3. Not a facebook member but happily I am able to see the photos. It looks as though my initial instinct was right, the colour photo was taken from the western side of the viaduct, looking NEE (with Nottingham city off to the right and Hucknall off to the left). The photo at this link....... https://www.facebook.com/BulwellBygones/photos/a.143270162539026/124706571062052 ..... shows the same foreground buildings on the right of the picture I posted and the faceboook uploader mentions that this is where Morrisons is now. The distinctive foreground building to
  4. I'm really struggling to make head or tail of it. It could have been taken from up on the grassy hills behind the back of Rise Park, looking south west with Bulwell-Hall-Estate out of picture on the extreme right, which the railway line ran behind (not in front of, from this perspective). The problem then is, if you bump up the contrast and zoom in - what are we looking at beyond the viaduct? What is the large building top-left and what is the housing estate to the right? If the photo was taken from the opposite side of the viaduct, looking eastwards, as I originally
  5. Presumably this was one of the bridges.... This was for access to Rise Farm, I think it was just south of where Bestwood Park Drive West now joins Hucknall Road and was still there until the late 1970s.
  6. I should add that Rise Park was still being referred to as "Rise Farm Estate" in 1963 and apparently those living at the top of Brownlow Drive looked out onto what became known as 'black mountain' from their back windows, a large tip of coal waste dumped there by the local colliery which was finally removed in late 1970. Residents were inevitably unhappy with the news that Top Valley would be built upon, with many south facing windows losing their splendid view of the countryside (and what might have been a golf course had those plans gone through instead). Rise Park Road/Langbank Avenue home
  7. I can offer a few definitive dates and historical details for the Rise Park area. Both Rise Farm and Top Valley farm were up for sale in 1940 but went unsold and were withdrawn from the market. Then in 1948 the city council agreed to a plan to convert Top Valley farm (and Forest Farm) into a golf course, to improve upon and replace the course on Bulwell Forest, this plan however was blocked the following year on the grounds of post-war agricultural needs. The fact that Rise Park was built before Top Valley, leaving a large gap between the expanding city boundary at Bestwood esta
  8. We probably should mention the other two lost farm houses in the area, Arnold Hill Farm - which would have been at the bottom of where Eaton Avenue now is (on the Eastern side where it junctions with Clarborough Drive) - and Plains Farm, which would have been on the Western side of Wembley Road as it curves around to meet Peters Close. I have a similar map to the one posted above, the only notable difference being the lack of roads on the Hill Farm Estate to the north of Darlton Drive, so I'd guess that Langford Road etc. was built up during 1960-62 after Darlton Drive (up to the point where
  9. About a third of a mile south of the peak of Dorket Head a new path has been added in the last few years, along which there's a spot called The Hobbucks View Point complete with an information board which shows you what to look for and how far away it is, such as Wollaton Hall (6 miles), Ratcliffe Power station (12 miles) and the Jessop Monument (10 miles). One new landmark I noticed on the western horizon when I was last there recently was the top of a wind turbine that's just been erected near Awsworth / Giltbrook. Sadly you cant see anything due North or East from there.
  10. Apparently, on a clear day, looking North Eastwards from Dorket Head, you can see the hills in the Spilsby area some 50 odd miles away (thats almost to the coast). They should build a big viewing tower up there!
  11. Thanks for the welcome. Presumably the buildings directly above the school running track on the photo is Coppice Farm (The farmhouse that is, not the school). Comparing old maps with new ones, it looks as though it would have been near to the end of where Davidson Close now is, possibly the site of the shop or maybe a touch closer to Richey Close. The path that led to the farm from Mapperley Plains Road is still a public footpath, as is part of the path that carried on towards the Brookfield Road area. Christ the King school apparently opened in 1971 and I believe the school still looked
  12. It's a pity the pavement on Mapperley Plains Road comes to an end at the Rugby Ground, I'd love to be able to walk all the way around that area and come back down Calverton Road. It seems criminal that such a terrific view should be so difficult to reach for pedestrians. You can apparently get to the top on the Eastern side via Killisick Lane but it does require navigating your away across fields full of sheep droppings. I did once get high enough to be able to see the River Trent snaking through the valley to the East, twinkling in the sunlight, though that particular section has now been fen
  13. There's an aerial shot of the Rolleston Drive area taken in March 1960 at the link..... http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NCCG000250&prevUrl=