Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Giltbrook viaduct 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Since the 60s, the Lloyd's Bank building has ruined the Beastmarket Hill end of the Market Square. To build that, this was demolished. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 This Became 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Saw Pullmans on Bubblewraps pic..were they outfitters also? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 A strange variation on the subject. http://www.nottinghampost.com/Watson-Fothergill-building-damaged-truck/story-27483199-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Surely that truck driver must have been driving or manoeuvring on the footpath?? Google would indicate that. Hope he has the book thrown at him! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Re #230 The truck driver was perhaps trying to avoid double parkers . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 It was probably one of those battered old pick-ups piled high with washing machines and fridges. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Colwick Marshalling Yard 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SPIKEISLAND9 46 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Cinderhill Road, from Bulwell towards Cinderhill, on left shortly before Babbington colliery on right. There was a large concrete structure in the `fifties. Anyone know what it was please? Very approximately where Bagnall Road and Hollydene are now. I`m just nosey..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 according to a old 1946 map there was a distillation plant there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 #235. That was Sun Coal (or Suncoal). A German company that made oval bickettes out of coal dust. I have seen a photo of an overhead cable system going across the road from the pit. A few days before war broke out in 1939 the company deserted it, leaving, I am told, a car inside. We used to play around there. The concrete buildings remained there until the 1960s at least. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Worked on the railway as a second man at Nottingham before going to the London area and I'm sure the buildings were there in early 1967. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 A banners been attached to the John Players Bonded Warehouse! Its certainly going to make a gap? Is old Blaster Bates still breathing? Dig him up, get him on the job BOOOOOOOOOOM! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Blaster Bates gave great shows. My husband and I went to one years ago and I laughed so much I hurt at the end. During the interval I looked around and two rows behind us was a group of lads from my year 11 tutor group and science class. I smiled and told them I was so pleased at their interest in chemistry. They never ever mentioned the evening out to me after that. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 #4 David W, I found this, thought you might enjoy looking at it. See if you recognise any names. http://stannswellroad.weebly.com/lewis-st-alfred-st-central-to-peas-hill-rd.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 5 hours ago, carni said: #4 David W, I found this, thought you might enjoy looking at it. See if you recognise any names. http://stannswellroad.weebly.com/lewis-st-alfred-st-central-to-peas-hill-rd.html Any one got the book St Ann's "inner city voices" by Ruth I Johns Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 549 Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 Memories of when Nottingham had character. Despite the buildings being old they were a lot better than the modern monstrosities. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 31, 2018 Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 That wasteland on Gawthorne Street is where my house stood ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted May 31, 2018 Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 Catfan, how does it make you feel seeing that photo? I always think it feels strange when someone's 3 dimensional house reverts to just a 2 dimensional plot once again. I can't really explain it, but I always want to know where the 3D house is now... it's as though it can't just disappear .. (am I losing the plot do you think?) 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 12 hours ago, MargieH said: can't really explain it, but I always want to know where the 3D house is now... it's as though it can't just disappear .. (am I losing the plot do you think?) No, Margie, you're not losing the plot. I have exactly the same thoughts. Number 4 Garden Street still exists in my head exactly as I knew it when a child, even though it was demolished more than 50 years ago. I often dream about it too. Same goes for The Manning, even though I hated the place. No matter what is on the site now, it will always be as it was...in my head. I even become fascinated by old buildings which were gone before I was born or which I never knew. For example The Grange, which stood near to where Pianoman lives. Perhaps it's just my obsession with the past. As L P Hartley said "The past is another country. They do things differently there." 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 Ive lived in many places.......but still have dreams of the house where i grew up.(probably twice a week) always nice dreams but make feel very 'Melancholic'' the next morning,,about 5 years ago visited my old friend and next door neighbour who still lives there,,,,looked over his garden fence onto my old garden,,very big garden and hardly changed, Saw the old brick wall,that i used to kick or bowl a ball at,,and in my minds eye could see all my old mates from the 50s,,and the big gate where Dad spent hours bowling me Spinners''....me Mam hanging out the washing,,Aunts and Uncles laughing with a drink on a summers evening,,the bedroom window where i sat playing my record player very loud with window open so Christine 3 doors away could hear it,,the same bedroom where i'd pretend i was Billy Fury using my Tennis Racket for a Guitar,,also recalled having a national dried milk can with a string connecting to Harry next doors bedroom,, ''Twang'' ''H'' Recieving,,come in ''H'' over,,............,, ah and so much more, Felt really sad after driving home,, is all this Nostalga really good for you ? 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 I don't think nostalgia is bad for you, Ben. It's just part of being human. Since I moved to Canada and now the US I've been back numerous times. Each time for some strange reason I went back to the house in Netherfield where I grew up. One time it was painted bright red. The next time it had a coat of stucco. I guess it sort of saddened me. It seemed so much smaller than I remembered it. So did the schools I attended, both now demolished. Somebody once said "you can never go back." No, but you can give it a try. Although it may be a sobering experience I think it is good to remind ourselves when we can of earlier days. Now I go back and look at my old houses in Canada. A totally different part of my life but good memories anyway. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 1 hour ago, loppylugs said: I don't think nostalgia is bad for you, Ben. It's just part of being human. I know what you mean Loppy........i think as i get older i get even more sentimental......find the ''Stiff upper lip'' harder to control,, always like to look forward to a new challenge,, whether that be work,travel or even to live somewhere else,,i suppose its ''Just the Gypsy in my soul'' NS Choir please.........lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 I'll have to pass on this choir number Ben. I can't remember the words!!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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