Michael Booth 7,364 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Michael's Dad 'Mighty Fine' when he was a driver. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 My youngest son has helped me to put the two test photos onto the site. I've got all the instructions written down so hopefully I'll be able to get some old photos put onto the site. My dads name was William Arthur Booth but everyone knew him as 'Mighty Fine'. I remember,as a kid, taking my dads 'snap', which he'd forgotten, to the bus terminus on Victoria Embankment. I was asking drivers what time Arthur Booth would be there but nobody knew him. As I was about to walk away I mentioned that people called him 'Mighty Fine' and suddenly everybody knew who he was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 He is now the World Famous William Arthur 'Mighty Fine' Booth Soon to appear on Google Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 You sure it's not Tommy Trinder? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 There is a resemblance Your Dad would probably have known Dennis Brewer who was a conductor at that time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Doubt it mick, sounds like 'Mighty Fine' was of North American Indian heritage! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Hi Michael, lovely photos of your dad Is that a Wollaton Park bungalow I recognise at the back of 'Mighty Fine' in the second photo? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I've had such a laugh at all your comments, they've all been so funny. I don't know where the photo was taken jackson because It wasn't my photo. Last year I decided to download all my photos onto my computer. I got the box, bags and anything else they were in and downloaded the lot. I then asked my sister and brothers to let me download any photos they have of my deceased parents and any old photos they have from my childhood. They all responded well and I saw lots of photos that I'd not seen before, not just my parents but my grand-parents. There were also lots of photos of myself at a young age. The photos above were from my sister. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Hi Michael, glad you've taken our comments light heartedly; nothing beats laughter: 'He Deserves Paradise Who Makes His Friends Laugh' (quote). I'm sure that's a Wollaton Park bungalow at the back of your dad (second photo) and being as your dad is wearing a bus driver's uniform, could he have had the photo taken during a break from driving a number 39 trolley bus? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I hope your quote regarding laughter comes true, jackson. I would hope that I'd see you there also. mick2me, I've heard that Mighty Fine had a conductor called Gladys but I can remember there was a conductor called Dennis. If it's the same one that you refer to then it's the one I used to see on the late bus from time to time. They used to call it the 'Paddy Bus'. He was a really nice guy, always laughing and joking and when he was with my dad it was like a double act. Having said 'double act' I'm beginning to wonder if he WAS Tommy Trinder doing a second job on the side...lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I have sent a message to Dennis's daughter via FB I think if we had a picture you would remember him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Thanks, mick2me. I've been trying to put a photo of Mighty Fine on and I've done everything I did before but when I right click to 'paste' I can't. I've tried to put two Trent Bridge class photos on as well but failed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 This was the last Trolly Bus, they were withdrawn in 1966. This particular bus was first in service in 1950, they built them to last in those days ! The poles were for ever detaching from the overhead lines and it was the conductors job to use a twenty foot pole that came with each bus to fix it back. They carried seventy passengers ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Railess compound 1965 Corporation bus in the compound, October 1965 Found this later on another web site and trolley buses appear to be waiting for the scrapyard...no Notts Corp. stickers on side, doors open and I cannot see any overhead wires. There was no indication where it was on the website. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 A reminder for the original first post in this thread, this site has a nice collection of Notttingham trolley photos It starts on Maidstone, but down the left side of the page, click on the Nottingham link http://www.trolleybus.net/index3.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 I see that a couple of my photos have gone. All the trouble it took to finally get them there as well...lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 If you take them out of PhotoBucket..they will disappear here too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Michael's Dad, Mighty Fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lupo 11 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 It was the sneinton hermitage,the cafe was called the arena cafe,the police station was on the corner,and before they blocked it in,it was the only place in Nottingham where 7 roads met,there was only a small island,where the men waited on a Sunday for the bendigo to open at mid day,anyone remember all 7roads? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Meadow Lane, Sneinton Hermitage, St. Stephen's Rd, Sneinton Hollows, Thurgarton St., Sneinton Bvd., Colwick Rd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Even though a lot of it is now blocked off to traffic, you can still see all seven roads converging Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Fynger, thanks for your advice regarding the missing photos. Your help is always appreciated. I sent this same post hours ago but I must have lost it as I struggled to put the photos on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Sneinton Hollows brings back memories, when I was 18 (1964) worked with a guy maybe in his 40's (seemed old), he lived next door to Moggie Mick (who some will know) at Arnold, I left the firm but kept in touch with Sam who had several Velocette's. For whatever reason him and his wife moved from this nice bungalow into a basement hovel on said road, visited him couple of times and he offered FOC gift of this 500cc Velo! before I could collect it I took ill, (shingles) by time well enough to go round he'd moved with no forwarding address! House is still there, do you think I should see if present tenant has his new address? lol, (just a daft memory from the past) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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jackson 301 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 :smile: What a lovely photograph of your dad Michael. :smile: He certainly looks like a happy, smiling chappy; well he deserves his nick name: 'Mighty Fine'. :smile: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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