Merthyr Imp 729 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 ? Maybe a couple of possibilities - the Midland General (I'm pretty sure it IS an AEC Regent III) could be at a stop with parked cars preventing it from getting to the curb, and/or maybe the trolleybus is empty and speeding back to Bulwell depot, which could account for it heading away from town. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 The blue bus is definitely a N&D AEC Regent of about 1948 vintage (the full-depth driver's windscreen defines it as one of those with pre-selector gearbox - the slightly older but otherwise very similar ones with a manual gearbox had a shallow windscreen). It may even be parked - there was an A1 about 5 o' clock on weekday evenings that started round about there, mainly for Bairnswear workers. The location is actually only a few yards from the earlier posting of the trolleybus turning at Haydn Road - just in front of the house visible behind the A1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Nottingham Road/Haydn Road turn round again 1 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Senior Service cigarettes were at that time 1965-66? was about 5/0d (25p) for 20 They are now over £10 a pack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Could be £20 for all I care BW ! Reformed Ex-smoker ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 So am I been packed in for seven years now it was just a comment on the photo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 I know that BW, I was being glib Anyhow, you have saved a lot more than me, I only quit two & a half years ago. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 When I smoked packet fags(smoked roll ups in the end)I used to save the coupons & nearly had enough to get an iron lung 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Or make a down payment at the Undertakers ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Well they were known as coffin nails. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 This has recently appeared on Facebook. I think it should be here as well. I have not seen it on here before although I think it is a well known picture. Not just the end of trolleybuses but Victoria Station as well. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Great one Malcolm! Forgotten you could see those sandstone cliffs from the corner of Birbeck House. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,473 Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 This is a trolley photo but it's also a photo of Manvers Street, Sneinton. Surprisingly most of the buildings have survived; at the far end is the old wholesale market, and the rear of the NCT bus garage is out of shot on the left. The Wimpey sign on the right is advertising the forthcoming construction of the Manvers Street tower blocks which would occupy the empty space where the sign is. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Nice looking Ford Pop' there to. At first I thought it was the one I used to own, even down to the big fog light on the front but it has a different license number when you look a bit closer. That street brings back a few memories as the Trent bus from Netherfield used to stop there before going on to Huntingdon Street. Me mam used to say, " We're gerrin off at 'Ockly." Probably because she wanted to go to Woolworthes. For some reason I always wanted to go on to the bus station. I suppose I didn't think we'd gorrour moneys woth. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Just looking at that Ford Pop, that's in the good old days when you could leave your doors open. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 The first car I ever drove was a Ford Pop like that one. My cousin bought one for £6 & he let me have a drive of it. I was 14 years old ! 3 speed gearbox, no heater, no radio, vacuum wipers, semaphore indicators, cable brakes too. Great cars. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 First car I ever owned. Bought it from my mate at the EMEB 15 quid. Drove it for three years. Mine had a heater! Somebody ran a length of three inch hose connected it to the top of the rad' and ran it into the inside of the car. Radio was a pocket transistor hanging from the Rear view mirror. Ford figured you didn't need the wipers when going uphill in the rain. Brakes were interesting. Cable operated as you say used to make a horrible grating noise on front left if you hit 'em hard. Batter than the horn for scaring pedestrians back onto the pavement.. Lol. Used to thump the inside of the car to make the trafficators pop out. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 #88 Somewhere along that row of shops was a little cafe that when I was a second year electrical apprentice, working on the Wimpey flats just behind there, used to go daily with another apprentice to pick up around 10-15 full dinners, on plates with a metal cover over, to take back for the lads lunch on site. We had to get the order in for 9-30am first. Then we had to collect all the crockery and return it after. This was in between carrying a big jug of tea, and a box of mugs up the 17 floors to foind all the blokes for morning and afternoon tea break ! it's a wonder I had time to learn owt. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 But you were fit (and skinny I bet) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 We were all fit and skinny then, KJ. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,473 Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 15 hours ago, banjo48 said: Somewhere along that row of shops was a little cafe that when I was a second year electrical apprentice, working on the Wimpey flats just behind there, used to go daily with another apprentice to pick up around 10-15 full dinners, on plates with a metal cover over, to take back for the lads lunch on site. This is dated 1985, but it's definitely a Cafe and it's in the right place. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 That was Ivy's cafe, we used it early seventies. You got your meal from the kitchen downstairs and then looked for an available table on the first or second floor. I think the building is now occupied by Trent taxis. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 I recall that cafe..and the massage parlour above it! The flat above the cafe was raided by the anti- terrorist squad in connection with an IRA attack on a gasometer up north.Won't name the fella/after a session in the Robert Peel , that chinky was great for soakage! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,473 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 17 minutes ago, iandawson said: The flat above the cafe was raided by the anti- terrorist squad in connection with an IRA attack on a gasometer up north. And if I remember the same event, the police got into the flat above the cafe by parking a van or lorry outside, and going in the flat window off the van roof. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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