briyeo 56 Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 I have seen an image of the Haydon Road entrance to New Basford station. The photo is after the station closed and it's a little worse for wear. It shows a set of iron gates, but there is also an ornate bracket with some scroll work above the entrance, It has a vertical rod about 3 ft long hanging down from the end of the bracket. Was this for a lamp or a sign or both, does anyone know? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 I found this article regarding New Basford Station which people may like. www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/new_basford/ 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,473 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 briyeao, can you show the whole of that image? I don't think I've ever seen any photo of the Haydn Road entrance to that station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,166 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 For all you railway enthusiasts there is a very good "web site" called "chris"s Annesley" with dozens of pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 briyeao, can you show the whole of that image? I don't think I've ever seen any photo of the Haydn Road entrance to that station. I'm a little concerned about copyright Cliff, with it being an image from a book, rather than one available on the internet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilboro-lad 294 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Just give reference and credit to the book. You are then doing the author a favour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 I can recommend the book. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Forward-Nottingham-Victoria-Scenes-From/dp/1909625116 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Can someone put me out of my misery? The map on the link above shows New Basford as on the south side of Haydn Road. Is my memory playing tricks? I was absolutely convinced the entrance was on the north side, with the steps leading to the south end of the platform. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,473 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 I'm a little concerned about copyright Cliff, with it being an image from a book, rather than one available on the internet. I understand your concern, but a considerable number of photos on Nottstalgia have been "borrowed" from such sources. I think people take the view that no gain or profit is made from such use. I was also surprised to discover that we already have a small thread on the subject http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7694&hl=haydn Can someone put me out of my misery? The map on the link above shows New Basford as on the south side of Haydn Road. Is my memory playing tricks? I was absolutely convinced the entrance was on the north side, with the steps leading to the south end of the platform. I think Disused Stations maps are a bit imprecise. Is this better? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 I wonder if that bracket may have been for a gas light? The metal rods look to me as though they could have doubled as a pipe for the gas. The station entrance was definitely on the south side of the road, with steps leading up to the north end of the platform. Various maps/photos show the station being to the south of the road, plus I remember it as a station where trainspotters were frowned upon! The road outside wasn't a great place to spot from, so my regular place was Perry Road bridge further up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 I remember it well and remember cycling along Haydn Road when the GCR was still in use. The old station house is still there. When I was a shunter at Nottingham Sidings, one of the lads I worked with lived in that house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,473 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Almost spooky how it's managed to survive. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.978324,-1.164265,3a,75y,122.88h,97.23t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1svXcqJZYUYYOJvxc4cp4Fgw!2e0?hl=en Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 371 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 It looks like the fitting was for a lamp, as Merthyr Imp suggested. See http://www.ehattons.com/38659/Bachmann_Branchline_44_119_Great_Central_High_Level_Station_Entrance/StockDetail.aspx http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/braunston_and_willoughby/index1.shtml http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/belgrave_and_birstall/index16.shtml http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/r/rothley/index8.shtml http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/q/quorn_and_woodhouse/index18.shtml Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 150 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Almost spooky how it's managed to survive. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.978324,-1.164265,3a,75y,122.88h,97.23t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1svXcqJZYUYYOJvxc4cp4Fgw!2e0?hl=en Is this the exact spot where the line went under the road? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,473 Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 The building on Streetview is the same building on the map at #9 just below the S.P. which is marked to the left of the bridge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 New Basford station was an amazing place with carriage sheds and quite a large goods yard. One of my old station chiefs at Derby, Dennis Bush, was once signalman there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ravintrainman 10 Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Is this the exact spot where the line went under the road? The line went over the road, which still dips to the lowest point where it went under the bridge. There was a large garden to the station house where the bungalow on the left is. The embankment was where the next house to the left is, which was removed when these houses were built. I seem to recall the bracket holding a gas lamp but could be wrong, I was only 10 when the station closed, even so I'd spent quite a bit of time there as a youngster. The book mentioned above is published by Book Law who can be found on Carlton Hill. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 I think you'll find that was a gas lamp similar to the type used as street lamps. The steel bar at the bottom was to add weight and give stability in bad weather. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,473 Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Pretty good view of it on Britain from Above http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw016316 If you've registered with them, the zoom in shows quite a bit of detail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 briyeo, your photograph at #1 is a dead ringer for one of the threads provided by notty ash at #13, right down to the last little curly bit.....http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/belgrave_and_birstall/index16.shtml Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I cannot remember but did Bulwell Common have a similar lamp fitting? Is there any evidence in photos? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,166 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I think it did Brian,and of course the station house is still there,i remember going there with my Grandad on "union business" i think the mans name was "Tyler." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I do remember the station house, Benjamin, then there was a long concrete wall all the way up to the Kersall Road bridge, you could always make out the paler bit where it was repaired after the Canberra crash. There was a foot path along the road with kerb stones but the path was not made up beyond the station house, I think there were patches of tarmac at the bus stops for Piccadilly and Kersall Drive, (No.17 bus). It is a long time ago over 40 years since I left Bulwell. I knew the area well as a child as I lived on Henrietta Street. I remember that the House on the Corner of Broomhill Road and St. Albans Road ran a fleet on taxis or at least hire cars. Its strange that I knew St. Albans Road as a child but now live near the city of St. Albans. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,511 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Surely you call it SNORBANS now you're a resident Brian? My son lived there for 2 or 3 years, in an apartment above the Multiyork shop on London Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,166 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 behind the concrete wall was Bulwell sidings,Dad worked there as a shunter,in fact he was there when the "canberra". crashed.i used to buy foreign stamps from an old stamp dealer on Henrieta st.in the 50s,and had an Aunt lived on the street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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