Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Moving around a bit from the city centre. 1933. That really is Nottingham Forest's City Ground in the top half of the photo. The various Boat clubs haven't changed much; the Town Arms is the tower in the lower right; the front part of Turney Bros factory is now apartments; and the number of small boats on the river is surprising. And for railway people, the old Melton Line is on the embankment at the very top of the photo. Lady Bay Bridge is just off to the left. Mount St http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14705 Wollaton http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14687 Parliament St http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14651 21 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Another great pic Cliff. Anyone know what the chapel-like building is to the left of the Globe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Thanks Cliff Ton. I remember touring Turney Brothers when I was at school in the late seventies, a short time before they closed. The one thing I will always remember is the smell! Also some of the processess involving preparing the pelts. There was one operation where a worker had to feed them through a machine to remove impurities by hand and noticing he had a finger missing from each hand. When we asked why the charge hand said it was normal that a worker would lose at least one finger.......no health and safety then!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redbowen 131 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Cliff,it is a pleasure just to open Nottstalgia every day to see what your latest photograph or composite is going to be.Thanks and long may it continue. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,283 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Another brilliant picture CT. The landing stage for the pleasure boats is how remember it over 10 years later. Did Turney Bros get used as a council maintenance depo prior to becoming apartments? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 I see the Trent end was sponsored. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 I've noticed in other pictures, some sort of banner strung across the weigh-house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Anyone know what the chapel-like building is to the left of the Globe? If it's the one I think you're referring to, it's marked on several maps as a Baptist chapel. Seems to have been demolished some time in the 1950s. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Manversboy 35 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Thanks for the excellent series of photos. I can see the entrance to the Grantham Canal on the left near the Lady Bay bridge. The canal closed in 1936 so may have been active at the time of the photos? It's now undergoing restoration. http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/canal.php?wpage=GRNT&name=Grantham%20Canal MB 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 The chapel seems to have been Arkwright Street Baptist. It was built around 1889, being largely funded from the sale of the old Stoney Street Baptist chapel, whose congregation (following a number of more or less acrimonious splits) decided to call it a day, and merge with the Woodborough Road Church, recently established in the new Watson Fothergill chapel at the junction of Alfred Street. There is a marriage register for Arkwright Street held in the archives, showing entries from 1889 to 1929. That does not, of course, mean that the chapel closed then - only, presumably, that 1929 was the last marriage that took place there. Indeed, Rev F G Parker of Arkwright Street moved to become minister of Charnwood Road Baptist church, Shepshed in 1932. I have a compilation of East Midlands Baptist Association handbooks, going back to 1938, by which time Arkwright Street was not listed. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Thanks Cliff and Stephen. I knew there was a church very close, St Christophers, described as at the end of Meadow Lane, I wasn't sure if it was that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Not much traffic on London Road/Arkwright Street And three trams Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Quite a few pedestrians though, looks like they're coming from Turney's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,296 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Thanks Cliff Ton. What a great picture! I started watching the Forest in the late fifties and I cannot remember the kop being that high towards the east stand. Do any of the long time Forest fans know when it was changed or if it was before the mid seventies? When we went by car to the match we parked near the Magpie, I was partial to a pint or two of Home Brewery 5 Star before walking across the Lady Bay bridge to the City Ground. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Oztalgian, the old east stand was replaced during the fifties. I never knew there was a walk-way across the rail bridge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,296 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 TBI #16 You were right there wasn't a walkway, in the late sixties and seventies we just walked along the old track bed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Manversboy #10 Thank you for adding the Link, by Jim Shead. We always enjoy reading anything to do with the canal network. Some great photo's and information to enjoy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Manversboy 35 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Glad you liked it, carni! I'm a latecomer to canal history so still learning but a recent trip up the Nene and into the Middle Levels has made me wish I'd got involved sooner. Bye MB 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Cliff Ton,Until you started your Nottingham From Above thread I didn’t realise the Britain from Above website existed but then again I never heard of Picture the Past until you uploaded photographs of Nottingham. I am totally hooked on both sites and now wading through the Britain from Above site, although I doubt I will view the 15,000 photos taken between 1919 and 1953 butI will certainly have ago as both sites are very useful for my research.I appreciate all your time and effort you have put into your thread, sourcing these brilliant photographs for all to enjoy. Your efforts have certainly saved me a lot of time so thank you and keep up the good work. 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Re the City Ground, according to my copy of The Football Grounds of England & Wales by Simon Inglis the Bridgford End was actually EXTENDED in 1958. Perhaps we just don't remember it being that high. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 Been looking at the plans for the new Main/Peter Taylor stand & surrounding area .... 38000! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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