Broseley 0 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I found an old postcard of Bulwell Hall. My Grandparents and parents came from Bulwell and we regularly visited. I don't remember the hall though - when was it demolished? I know there was a steam locomotive named Bulwell Hall as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 If you go to Picture the Past and search "Bulwell Hall" it produces a large number of photos on the subject Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I think Bulwell Hall was one of the properties covered in this book: http://www.ournottinghamshire.org.uk/page_id__302_path__0p134p.aspx Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Bad link Stu ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Thanks Kev, now corrected, not sure what happened there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 It is indeed in that book, which I have. But it doesn't have a great deal more info than can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulwell#Bulwell_Hall Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Interesting that it was known locally as Pye Wipe Hall...I haven't come across that name since I was a lad in Kegworth where an elderly gamekeeper used it.It's a country name for a Peewit/Lapwing/Green Plover. The alarm call they use when you're near the nest certainly sounds like Pyeeeee Wipe too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 The steam loco named Bulwell Hall was a Great Western Railway Hall Class 4-6-0, it never ran anywhere near Bulwell. there was one called Wollaton Hall as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 loco................................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Here are the details for the anoraks out there (and I plead guilty to being one!) 4988 Bulwell Hall. Built January 1931. First shed allocation Old Oak Common. August 1950 shed allocation Weymouth. March 1959 shed allocation Bristol, Bath Road. Last shed allocation Oxford. Withdrawn February 1964. Scrapped at Swindon Works. 5999 Wollaton Hall. Built June 1940. First shed allocation Newton Abbot. August 1950 and March 1959 shed allocations Taunton. Fitted with 3 row superheater. Last shed allocation Westbury. Withdrawn September 1962. Scrapped at Swindon Works. However they might have come nearer to Nottingham than you imagine. On Summer Saturdays it was not unusual for the cross country trains from and to the South Coast via Oxford to be hauled by Great Western locos as far as Leicester or NottinghamVictoria. Officially they were not allowed any farther north (though I remember seeing 5979 Cruckton Hall, coming south on its own – perhaps from Annesley shed – about 1962). However there was one well documented incident on 15 August 1964, where shortage of a replacement engine, and either ignorance of the restriction, or a Nelsonian blind eye, allowed one of the Grange class to continue northwards through Sheffield, heading for Bradford. Beyond Penistone the very wide GWR cylinder casing hit the platform edge at Berry Brow station, and at Huddersfield the loco was hurriedly removed. It was two weeks before a routewith sufficient clearance was established (via Crewe) to allow it to return to its native territory. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 150 Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Bulwell Hall had it's own station too, Bulwell Hall Halt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 And it's been mentioned and pictured here http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9866&hl=halt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I think I've got Anoraksia Nervosa 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz................................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I can remember when anoraks wus called 'windcheaters'..............................there were also ones made of 'silky' material, brightly coloured with tigers head picture embroidered on the back..................or was I imaganin' again? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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