DAVIDW 1,683 Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Probably gone by now . Raleigh and Humber advert on a shop Bristol area . http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35989980.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Has the 'Brough Superior' signing gone off that roof on Vernon Road yet? Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Came across a really really old one in Bulwell main street this morning........it read.......OFFILL?? ALE HAVE YOU TRIED??, It was in a gap high on a wall between the 'Cash shop' and 'Wetherspoons,.............just wondered if it was for 'Offillers gold label ale' which i vaguely recall.............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 You mean this one then benj ! Post #24. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11123&page=2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Nice one catfan.............just love coming across old signs,.....all the years ive walked passed and never noticed............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 The pair of you are no doubt too focussed on the front door of Wethies!! Col 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Just love coming across these old signs,real Nostalga in every one,.......like to think of all our departed relatives who also gazed up at em,.....especially like the old Marsdens ones,a few of which Cliff-ton has unearthed for us............was wondering if the big one in Bulwell will re-appear one day,as I noticed while sat waiting for the wife in the card shop,that the old plaster covering it has started to flake away............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 #105. I reckon so Col ! That site now cleared & a few houses going up there. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9898964,-1.1848887,3a,37.5y,219.51h,88.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sf-Sott6pAWIrXRa2K1kIpw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Df-Sott6pAWIrXRa2K1kIpw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D193.58444%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 614 Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 Mansfield Road, Sherwood (same side as bus depot, bit further south) https://goo.gl/maps/hWRAPbUWdkt 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 I am sure that was the corner where Marsdens was corner of Melrose street 60s,............great bloke the Manager Sid Howard,one of Wingates Chin-dits............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 ^^^^^^^Where the Kubus off licence is now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Came across another old sign this morning on Derby rd Eastwood,might be wrong but it looks fairly recently exposed again 'OLIVETTES' Garage' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Nevilles Garage, ben. In-laws lived round the corner. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted March 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 On 31/01/2015 at 8:11 PM, Scriv said: One sign that always used to interest me was visible for many years when travelling from Nottingham Midland station in the Loughborough direction. It read, "Furniss Bros. Hog Salesmen"; don't know if it's still there, I always assumed it was some sort of livestock business associated with the Cattle Market. Can anyone shed any light on it, and does it still exist? Two years after the original question.............I don't think the sign is still there, but I recently came across this - I guess from the 1980s - and it shows half of the sign. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 The above picture can be dated to June 1989 as the locomotives shown were part of an exhibition at the station held on 4th June that year. Photo may be that very day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 5 hours ago, Cliff Ton said: Two years after the original question.............I don't think the sign is still there, but I recently came across this - I guess from the 1980s - and it shows half of the sign. Welcome back CT . I had to do maps 'n stuff whilst you were away ! Not my forte ! Furniss would appear to have been a Nottingham based firm , appears there was a pig farm connected to the operation at Gotham too , so Loughborough is a logical place to trade from . This , from 1942 shows hog dealing must have been quite profitable ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Thank you very much for that gents. I had feared that my memory was playing tricks with me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted April 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 I was never a trainspotter but I know the area you mean. The lines coming in from the Beeston side are a fraction of what they used to be. The area now known as Castle Marina - with housing and shops - was full of railway sidings and goods yards which have all gone. Closer to the station, the old goods buildings near Carrington Street have been demolished and replaced by the Magistrates Court and other legal places. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 .....and the railway advert currently on TV says that "....Britain runs on rails." - Pah! stuff and nonsense. Britain no longer has sufficient rail capacity to get even close to running on rails, thanks to everyone's friend, Dr Beeching. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 More like going off the rails. I love train travel but is becoming too expensive for the ordinary public to use. When will the powers that be realise this ? Probably when it's all too late. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 I think it is too late Mick Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 Spotted Park Road 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 I must admit that I'm not normally one to advocate the nationalisation of businesses or industries, but in the case of the railways, I deem it to be perfectly justified. Since privitisation, the services have been deplorable throughout the entire country. Nowadays, I very rarely travel by train as they're invariably cramped, dirty and expensive, especially if you want to travel on the spur of the moment. Other than the line to London, the through trains to other areas are infrequent, poor connections, and as different operating companies are involved, the staff are unhelpful and unknowledgable of anything other than their own patch. Until privatisation, I regularly travelled by train, but now I prefer to drive. In days gone by, the line through Nottm Vic was renowned for the traveller to go anywhere. North, South, East or West. It was even advertised as 'Anywhere North, to anywhere South'. There was once even an Aberdeen-Penzance through service ! Nowadays...... Hopeless ! No one gives a toss about the paying public . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 Quite true FLY. I love train travel but seems very complicated to me & the prices are too expensive. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 Here's one I found in Glasgow by the River Clyde: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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