Victoria Railway Station

[Cliff Ton 8,939]

And the outside view.

[FLY2 10,095]

Sacrilege in the extreme.

[Bubblewrap 3,810]

Yes I agree & it's hard to think that it's been cloised for almost 50 years.

[The Pianoman 1,396]

Last time I caught a bus out Victoria Bus Station I had a look at the view in the second photo at #51 and thought exactly the same as FLY2. Black & white photos make Victoria Station look as though is was all dirty black. I would like to see some colour photos of it so as to view it in sandstone colour. It must have looked quite something in the early 1900's.

[FLY2 10,095]

I'd still like to have my ashes spread over the parapet though.

[Cliff Ton 8,939]

This isn't exactly Victoria in colour, but it might be the closest you'll get. Huntingdon Street on the left.

York Street behind the grey wall.

[FLY2 10,095]

Not seen much of it lately though have we.

[loppylugs 8,155]

I think I like the "before" better!

[Guest]

Would you believe we slid down those seated in bread trays!!then jump of at the last second...madness!!

[Bilbraborn 1,586]

Always be a shrine to us GCR - ites.

[mickyp 22]

I was in BR Estates Office at Furlong House in the Meadows when the Vic was sold to Capital and Counties Properies for £ 1.6m - 1969, I guess? Quite a bargain for approx 1sq mile of a city centre...

[Cliff Ton 8,939]

So this might have been your office.

[briyeo 52]

Red zone car park area under the Victoria Centre, but what's behind the doors?

[Merthyr Imp 729]

There's a picture of those doors in the book: 'The Rise and Fall of Nottingham's Railway Network Volume 3'. The caption states Thurland Street tunnel is behind them.

[briyeo 52]

It sure is, the portal still intact too.

[Bilbraborn 1,586]

Has its own central heating. It must be Great Central heating. Sorry..............

[Mark_A 14]

Apologies if a link to this has been posted before. High(ish) quality short film, in colour, includes Nottingham Victoria station in use, and its demolition.

https://www.bridgemanimages.com/en-GB/asset/945349//great-central-railway-1960s-nottingham-victoria-station-exterior-and-platform-passengers-boarding-demolition-of-station

Mark

[.... 20]

Thanks for posting, Mark. Really enjoyed seeing the old but ultimately sad footage. The Victoria Station is only just in my memory so it's good to compare with that.

[ValuerJim 276]

I've had this hanging on my bog wall for around 35 years. It's one of a handful of my possessions which I would try to rescue in the event of a fire.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p4po2e178eso6bh/small%20Nottingham%20Vic%201957%20%281%20of%201%29.jpg?dl=0

[Bubblewrap 3,810]

I had that one too....................................................Once

[Cliff Ton 8,939]

That film also includes some nice exterior views in colour, which you don't often see.

[Guest]

Nice capture of a view I looked at for 13 years...so many stories.

[Mark_A 14]

Working out when these clips were filmed, the sequence from 1.29.06 (the loco with a wreath) - that looks to be the 'Last day last train' to London. The other clips of the working station look less easy to date precisely.

Does anyone else think in some ways Nottingham Victoria is under-represented in photographs and history? Many photos of locomotives, but far fewer of the day-to-day life of the station or even parts of it such as the ticket hall. The clock that the overbridge carried, it seems to have been removed at an early date, perhaps it succumbed to the station atmosphere? The roof glazing - removed during WW2? The upper floors of the buildings on the platforms ... used ... for what?

It comes across as a cruel twist of fate that Nottingham lost this building (and that line) and it's difficult to imagine the feelings of staff who worked the line in the fifties and later found themselves tasked as crew on one of the freights that passed through the wreck of the station even as it was demolished - and later, through the hole in the ground that the demolition left behind.

It's difficult not to imagine an alternate future - with a cleaned and reglazed Nottingham Victoria, an electrified line. Then there's the other things that a station needs now. Where to put the automatic ticket gateline? That narrow entrance doesn't look as though it would have been particularly kind to the need for automatic barriers. Also, step free access to the platforms?

[Bubblewrap 3,810]

#72

Same scene(just about) around 1895 clock tower extreme left of photo

[benjamin1945 13,718]

#67

Found it very sad,probably because as a Van-lad at Midland Station in 1960 we often had to go to the Victoria station to un load a Scammel vehicle,they were strange motors,