Images of Nottingham from different periods

[Bubblewrap 3,815]

Lamberts factory was at the top of the Talbot Street/Derby Road area so the factory chimneys would appear higher in the photo.

I say south London area.

Looks too flat for Nottingham.

[BulwellBrian 107]

It's not Battersea Power Station, Its chimneys are on the corners of the building.

[notty ash 370]

Maybe a spelling error - Mottingham?

[Cliff Ton 10,465]

I don't think it's Battersea - as BulwellBrian mentioned, that had its four chimneys at each corner, which the mystery photo doesn't.

At one stage in its life, Wilford Power Station had four chimneys, although I don't think that is the one on the photo because the surrounding area doesn't match.

[hippo girl 1,995]

If it is Wilford power station, then could the street be in Lenton, Dunkirk ?

[... 1,411]

Could that street scene be at side of broad marsh

[notty ash 370]

Wilford Power Station wasn't opened until 1925 - see http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5806#entry72233, whereas the street scene looks pre-ww1 at a guess? Also, the roof looks a lot less tidy that the one in the above photo.

I would still put my money on it being somewhere in London

[piggy and babs 544]

could be wilford power station clifton pit was next to it .

street sceene could be bottom ent montpeliar rd

[DAVIDW 1,683]

The postcard seller on ebay says its about 1911in the title .

I'm wondering if the photographer is from Nottingham and the seller has put 2 and 2 together and made 6 ?

[fch782c 144]

http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/images/gallery/beyond_lenton/beyond_lenton_meadows_1947.htm

This is an article from the lenton times magazine showing the flooding from 1947

[Cliff Ton 10,465]

To try and solve the mystery, I've emailed the seller via eBay and asked him what (if any) information he has on the subject.

Now wait and see.

[DAVIDW 1,683]

Cliff Ton, I was thinking of doing the same , if we got no further .

As notty ash said , North Wilford Power station didn't open until Sept 1925 so it can't be that . However just scanned in this image (badly !) taken from Lamberts Tower , Talbot St , in 1900 .

As you see , it says its a view to the N. West and just on the horizon you can see a large factory with 4 chimneys that the caption says is in the Alfreton Rd , Russell St area . It certainly looks a similar shape to the postcard building in the distance....is it any help ?

[DAVIDW 1,683]

Looking at another shot to the North North West from Lamberts Tower this shows the Church steeple of All Saints Church on Raleigh St ., which again looks like the steeple just to the right of centre on the horizon in the post card pic . Can you plot it with that ?

[Cliff Ton 10,465]

I think that might add to the confusion rather than solve anything

As several people mentioned earlier, the buildings in the foreground of the original photo don't look very Nottingham-ish, and I'd still put money on it not being round here.

Also on the original, it looks to be a fairly flat area with no noticeable gradients, whereas the Arboretum area is fairly hilly.

[Fynger 841]

The left hand chimney looks to be 2 chimneys as there is a slight step in the top of them and its wider than the right hand chimney on the postcard pic.

[DAVIDW 1,683]

I think there are more than two chimneys in the original postcard image , its just because its face on , 2 are hidden .

I probably confused the issue by posting the image containing the Arboretum . It was the location of the church I meant to highlight .

What about if the view is from the other side of the large factory that is said to be on Alfreton Rd / Russell Street area . I don't know exactly where the factory is supposed to be but have marked it with a fig .1 . All Saints Church on Raleigh St marked with a fig. 2 .

That could put the postcard street somewhere between Ilkeston Rd and Alfreton Rd marked with a ?

I am not sure of the topography so that could defeat this theory .

[notty ash 370]

Many large power stations were quite late - even post-ww2

One possible London candidate for the one in the photo is Lots Road opened in 1904 - see http://www.guerrillaexploring.com/gesite/public_html/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=42:ges003-lr-power-station&catid=4:industry&Itemid=5

[Fynger 841]

I assume the 'mounds' in the middle of the distance are NOT buildings.

[Enigma. 1,533]

have tweaked the original image to see if it helps users

[NewBasfordlad 3,599]

David, I am pretty sure you would be looking up hill in that direction, if you think how steeply Ilkeston Road rises to Canning Circus.

I am presuming that when we talk about All Saints church we mean the church on All Saints St off Raleigh St.

[DAVIDW 1,683]

NBL

I did wonder about that but Its more than 30 years since I would have been around there , so thats my theory gone !

[notty ash 370]

I would think Lots Road Power Station near Chelsea is a reasonable possibility, having looked at a few more photos.

This one http://rbkclocalstudies.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/lots-road-power-station-1921.jpg shows 4 chimneys, a featureless roof and a bit sticking out on the right, with a hoist or conveyor sloping steeply down to the right of it. On our photo, there is an identical feature. The proportions of the whole building and the chimneys is about right too. If so, then we could be looking across the Thames from the Clapham/Battersea area.

Greenwich power station was very similar in appearance, but I can find few good photos of it.

[Rob.L 1,090]

If it was Lots Road PS, then looking at the curve of the road and comparing it to a street map, a possible candidate could be Fulham Road.

Can't find any photos yet, though.

[DAVIDW 1,683]

Certainly the houses look similar in that area but theres been so much rebuilding its difficult to get your bearings !

[fch782c 144]

have tweaked the original image to see if it helps users

Maybe just a shot in the dark but last night I emailed this picture to my dad in Vancouver. Some years ago he worked as a field telivision engineer for Redifusion and one of his areas was West Bridgeford. Could this image have been taken from Loughborough Road or Melton Road?