StephenFord 866 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Someone has contacted the Old Bus Photos website, to which I contribute occasionally, asking about a wooden hut that stood in Bulwell Market place in the 1940s. It was near the bank apparently. It is not certain that it was anything to do with the buses (or possibly the old trams). The question is, what was it used for, and by whom - or perhaps, what did it sell ? I stress that I do not remember this feature (only having appeared in the world for the last 11 months of the 1940s!) But the combined memory and brainpower of Nottstalgia seemed as likely a place to find the answer as anywhere. Any offers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 #1 Stephen,i have a book called "Old Bulwell" by David Ottewell,which is full of pictures of Bulwell,and theres one of the "Hut" in the 20s in the middle of the market place,with a tram in the background.doesnt mention what the Hut was for though.! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Ferreting about on PTP, there appears to be a hut beneath the "finger" road sign on the left of the photo. Possibly for the person operating tram/trolleybus points? http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM002524&prevUrl= Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Nice one Cliff ton,same hut in the 30s?,in the pic.i have there is a tram and yours looks like a Trolley bus,same Hut though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 More likely a bothy for tram crews, or possibly cab drivers? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Bothy" never heard that term afore,looked it up on "wikie",nice 1 notty ash" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Cabmens' shelters were common in London see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabmen%27s_Shelter_Fund Whether for cabbies or tram crews, maybe this one was just a one-off in Bulwell though, unless huts existed at other tram termini? There certainly was a canteen converted from an old bus at Trent Bridge for a long while. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Here's a photo of Canning Circus taken about 1900 the structure in the centre is a "cab mens" shelter. The structure(partially hiden) behind it is a "gents" urinal. Others were situated at Charlotte Street & Manvers Street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 They were welcome to their tea at Canning Circus...a few pumps and wells round there...until it was discovered that the water was getting polluted from the nearby cemetery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Thanks for the feedback. Interesting about Canning Circus - I seem to remember that the shelter there was also partially connected with the trams in horse days. Apparently trams coming up from the Market Square (which of course, was not the OLD Market Square in those days) had a second or cock-horse for Derby Road hill - in railway terms, they were double-headed ! - the cock-horse being detached at Canning Circus. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 On the subject of shelters for public transport workers, here's a more basic example. Looking down Alfreton Road at the junction of Hartley Road/Bentinck Road, on the right is a small hut which was for the point-changing boy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,120 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Some brilliant photos of Canning Circus and Alfreton Road there cheers folks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 They were welcome to their tea at Canning Circus...a few pumps and wells round there...until it was discovered that the water was getting polluted from the nearby cemetery. The reason the alms houses were built close to the cemetery is less distance to do the burying cuts down on transport costs. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 wooden hut in front of the tram in this photo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 It looks more like a caravan to me if you look between the two crouching men you can just make out a wheel and it appears to be open on the side. Army recruitment during WW1? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 It's certainly a caravan and if you blow up the picture you can see it has a chimney on the roof with smoke coming out. So some form of mobile food wagon? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Another mystery building here at Trent Bridge in front of what was The Globe cinema... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Could be a tram mens shelter? Was there some one to change the points for the trams? #16 Chippy ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Here it is again to the left of the picture from 1905. As it's stone-built presumably it pre-dates the trams. http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;PTPN002127&pos=1&action=zoom&id=129435 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Don't forget that there were "horse trams" running in the town from 1879 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 I don't know what it was, but here's another photo of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 Whatever it was it appeared around 1910 and disappeared in the late thirties. The Globe building on here appears as a garage.1914.... I thought maybe a public loo...but with a chimney and telegraph pole?...maybe a trams office? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 The initials "PM" next to the building on the map ought to give us a clue - but the abbreviation is not on any of the official Ordnance Survey lists I can find. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert smith 803 Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 I can't remember the 'hut' in Bulwell Mkt. we've only been here since 1965 but I'm sure the bank in the background was the Nat. Provincial, later Nat. West the pub the 'Horse &Jockey'? but I do remember the hut near the Globe but not who used it , there was a horse trough across the back of it so it probably had some history to it. There's also a small hut on the end of Turney Bros. building for police use/contact with a nice oasis of a garden area down that path to the right. Doesn't Trent Bridge look narrow between the Town Arms & Turney's! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 That map is 1914 Albert Doesn't Trent Bridge look narrow between the Town Arms & Turney's! Glad somebody remembers it Albert...that map is 1914,don't forget the bridge and approach was widened in 1924/26 And here it is being widened in '24... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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