kinesis 0 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 hi all, does anybody have any info regarding the machine mart building or even better some photos pre machine mart era Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Is this it ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kinesis 0 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 no thats the old trades mart from over 100 years ago, i think these were further up the road. i think the machine mart building was built in the 20s or 30s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Looks more like built in the 80's or 90's, it's quite a modern building...................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kinesis 0 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 its all cladding which was fitted in the late 80s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 i think the machine mart building was built in the 20s or 30s. I don't think this was built anywhere near the 20s or 30s. http://goo.gl/maps/bf65j Unless it's a modern front on an older building. But back in the mid 20s the site had just been cleared, and it looked like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 I rest my case, your honour......................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 It was for the 60's & 70's the UK HQ of Steyr-Daimler-Puch of Austria, they imported all-terrain vehicles and a few commercial vehicle oddities. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kinesis 0 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 hmmm interesting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kinesis 0 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 yes, ive just found that it used to be called steyr-puch house. ive also heard it may have been a fordson tractor dealer before that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Yes SDP in the sixties, remember the Puch moped. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kinesis 0 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 i had one no2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SeanF 12 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Great aerial photograph.....It really has changed so much. Thanks for posting Cliff Ton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Not quite the exact location under discussion, but it shows a few changes. This is the view looking down Fisher Gate. Machine Mart is behind your right shoulder. Then and Now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Farm repairs limited, on Fisher Gate, now that's something to conjour up some strange images in my head. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Wasnt it Hooleys or Hanger Ford garage in the late 70s? Im sure i remember going in there when i was in my late teens with my car mad boyfriend at the time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Hanger Ford were the building before you got to Machine Mart. Hanger were between the NCT garage and MM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 The Hanger Showrooms were there (nextdoor to MM) there workshops were down London Road , over the canal, opposite the end of Queens Drive . I did a weeks work experience there before I left school. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 But looking at that google streetview pic earlier on in this thread, it shows that MM is directly next door to the NCT garage, so doesnt that mean that MM took over part of Hanger too? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Knew I'd seen one somewhere. Can't quite make out who the owners were at this time, but it's clearly Ford. The road on the left (where the Morris Minor is parked) is the entrance to the bus garage. The old Ice Stadium is to your right. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 thanks Clifton. whats the building next to Ford with the white pirce over the large doors further down the hill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Trent bus depot? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 i think im digging myself a hole here. So 2 bus depots/garages nearly next to each other? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 thanks Clifton. whats the building next to Ford with the white pirce over the large doors further down the hill And it's still there! http://goo.gl/maps/43PHJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 that answers it then. i really couldnt get my head round which garage/depot was which. never knew there were 2. Thanks for that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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