trevorthegasman 150 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 To think I caught a trolleybus nearly everyday of my life upto getting married,on Saturdays we used to catch the 43 from Kirkewhite St to Bulwell Market then walk to our HOME GROUND of Hempshill Lane as ST Saviours Youth Team 60/62....Wonderful times.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Might have played you Trevor. I was playing for Bonington OB around that time, and we played at Hempshill Lane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevorthegasman 150 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 There you go,i will be honest and i doubt i can remember any teams we played from that era,but i did play against Henry Newton at school... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Anyone remember the NCB weekly wages convoy that used to go to the bank on Bulwell Market. Always pulled up on the pavement, would have been a daft bugger who tried to nick their money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 It was the Westminster Bank, later Nat West. The money was for the mines in No.6 Area based at Bestwood. There was a secure room behind iron gates in the area HQ where the money was made up into pay packets. There would have been a goodly amount involved. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 All aboard 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Would that be the Parliament st bus depot?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 It would. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Johnson 24 Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 Great topic, this! I used to catch a trolley bus from Nottingham Rd,, at end of Claremont Rd. to Bar Lane and then walk along Bar Lane to Broadhurst Avenue where my parents rented a house. There was a sharp bend on the route in Old Basford shortly before Bar Lane, where in thick fog, the arm used to come off the power cable and I used to love watching the conductor sliding out the long pole, then spending ages trying to re-connect, when you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Happy childhood days!! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 ^^^^^^^Gives you time to pop in the Swan for a quicky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 Careful now NBL ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 A pint you dirty bogger 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 Frank, that would be Alpine Street, the sharp bend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 That's the one Katy, the only really sharp bend on that route, site of a very good sandwich shop this days on the Basford road side of the junction or it was a year ago when I last pasted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 do the corpo still mend buses at the tram shed at trent bridge? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Trent Bridge Works ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Johnson 24 Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 So much knowledge on this forum.Thanks for comments about that bend on Alpine Street. I've just remembered that I used to go to scouts on that street, almost opposite Bar Lane. Dead proud of my sheath knife,( but not of me shorts!). We used to march to a church on, ( I think) Aspley Lane on St. George's Day. We had one bugler and myself and another youth pretending to blow a bugle!! Another memory from the time we lived there is me walking back from Claremont carrying a violin case. There were some older Guilford girls across the road shouting, "Ayup, dreamboat", followed by "not you shipwreck". I didn't become a great violinist, but I taught myself to pluck "Tom Dooley" on the violin and then pestered my folks to get me a dirt-cheap, practically unplayable acoustic guitar. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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