notty ash 370 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 It looks a bit like a run-round loop to me - no passengers on board and an exaggerated turn by the driver - as if it is going back the way it came. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 The No 37 used to turn round at Nottingham Road/Haydn Road junction Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 It certainly looks like Sherwood Rise to me that the other trolley bus in the picture is going up. The two bay windowed houses on the left of the picture also look correct for the same position on Sherwood Rise today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 There was a bank on Sherwood rise, I think it was on the corner of Beech avenue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 The bank at the corner of Beech Avenue was a Westminster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 I think it could be a completely different area. The road going away in the distance appears to be flat, not up or downhill, which rules out most things around Sherwood Rise. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Turning into the bottom of Perry Road,near where The Haven was? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 #48. For most of the day the sun (when its shining) is in the south. Looking at the shadow cast in the photo, the photographer must have been with his back to the sun and facing north. If it is Nottingham Road/Sherwood Rise then we are looking towards Basford. Did the trolley buses go up the hill from Basford and then turn round at Haydn Road, or did they come down from Nottingham and then turn round at Haydn Road? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 From the thread about Northgate http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2365 Do you remember Northgate before it was widened? where there is one house now next to Ropers garage there was I think 3, then a small Midland? Bank branch and on the corner Bicknall's Post Office. Ashley, Pete Ropers garage, and the Midland bank were on Nottingham road, with Bicknalls P/o on both, as it was at the junction, where it got widened. Is this the Midland Bank in the photo ? That would mean the end of Northgate is hidden behind the bus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 Yes, I think so too. It looks like the bus is turning into Haydn Rd coming down Nottingham Rd, photo from this position.... https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9770089,-1.1666918,3a,37.5y,105.53h,82.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEbZJBpVaIF9x9vhdlzT-Yg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 the house corner and wall on the left in the picture looks like the one that can be seen on streetview, zoomed in. Northgate behind the bus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 That's what I said in post 53. The bay windowed houses I referred to in the original picture can be seen on clearly on your picture. What I have always referred to as Sherwood Rise is apparently Nottingham Road so I just learned something there! I thought Sherwood Rise started at Northgate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 ive looked at some old photos of the star inn and it was a Home Ales pub - maybe that sign doesnt say midlands bank after all and that wall on the left looks 99 percent the same - ive looked at a few possible places around the haydn road nottingham road - mansfield road end to try and match it up but i keep coming back the haydn road , nottingham road, northgate spot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 The junction in the early 50s, when Northgate was only half the present width and the end of Haydn road was much narrower than today. The Bank and Post Office are clearly marked. And note the boundary wall of house number 166 on Nottingham Road - it sticks out just like in the photo. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 The back wheels must have scrubbed when doing a tight turn, did they last long? Were all four back wheels driven? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 The wall of No. 166 still sticks out like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 As others have said & i'm inclined to agree. The 37 service turned at Haydn Road / Nottingham Road junction, there being a bus turning circle there at that time. Scroll down to picture Number 15. http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/wp-content/themes/Old-Bus-Photos/galleries/nottingham_trolleybuses_the_last_years/nottingham_trolleybuses_the_last_years.php 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 This has just appeared on Eastwood & Kimberley Bygones Group on Facebook. It looks like Nottingham Road Basford again to me. The A1 should be Notts and Derby Traction but could be Midland General. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Yes Malc,Nottm rd. What year-any ideas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Well there's an MG, Hillman Super-Minx and a Standard Vanguard. I reckon very early 60's. The blue bus, possibly AEC Regent - (not a good enough picture to know for sure) looks to me like 7'6" body and I don't remember ever having seen them going through Eastwood. Also it is a colour picture rather than B&W. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Definitely Nottingham Road, the Baptist Church is visible between buses, the MG & Hillman are parked outside the Garage that was still there in the 70's (when I lived at 5 Potters Terrace, off Northgate shown as Potters Place on #63 Cliff Ton's map). What is slightly confusing is the Trolleybus says CITY, when it's heading down Nottingham Road towards Western Boulevard (opposite direction to City Centre)???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 I thought It was going the wrong way too. But not knowing the routes I was wondering if it went down Nottingham Road out on to Valley Road and back to the 'City' up Radford Road. But as I say, I don't know the routes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Thank you Malcolm,Ian. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Yes certainly Nottingham Road. I used to work at the building on the left which belonged to Courtaulds housing Walker Reid, Luvisca and Chaffinch clothing wholesalers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 And how normal was it to see a trolley bus overtaking what appears to be a moving motor bus ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 They are having a race! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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