Owdtite 2 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 My memories not what it was but if its any help the No 35 bus to Bulwell cemetery was always a single decker because of a low bridge on Hempshill Lane...(I think)!!...lol Owdtite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 thanks for that, wondering now how many other bridges I don't know of! bet a few ex GCR ones down the meadows, one that always puzzled me (and still does) is the sherwin rd one at end of castle boulevard, why so low? did the leen at one time flow through there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 I was quite enjoying that deviation to "Time Machines" So much so, I'm going to start a new Topic!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 thanks for that, wondering now how many other bridges I don't know of! bet a few ex GCR ones down the meadows, one that always puzzled me (and still does) is the sherwin rd one at end of castle boulevard, why so low? did the leen at one time flow through there? When I was a kid my grandparents lived in Lenton and we went past the Sherwin Road bridge on the bus. Always used to fascinate me. Even with horse-drawn carriages when it was built, I reckon the horses would've had to keep their heads down. And there are two more very low bridges near that on the Midland mainline in Dunkirk. You can see them both on Streetview; Dunkirk Road/Gibbons Street (which you could just get a car under - but not a lorry) and Montpelier Road/Cavendish Street which you can hardly walk under without bending down. Maybe everybody was a midget around 1860s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Talking of low bridges Jessops lane Gedling When I worked for a haulage firm in Netherfield we had a flatbed "Trasit Van" which could be converted to a "Tilt" by the fitting of a frame and bag , as we called it. Basically making a tent on the back. This lad who hadn't been working for us that long but was rather 'Cocksure' (Always telling us who'd been doing the job for years ,"You didn't want to go that way, you should've gone this way !!") had decided to 'swing the lead' on the way back from ooop north somewhere, and went home to hide, having got there from the Lambley lane end he forgot about the low bridge and drove a 10 foot tall vehicle under a 9 foot high structure , result, OOOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He then took it off completely (No mean feat as it was pretty combersome to say the least) and (In the middle of Jessops Lane) attempted to straighten it back out!!. Well he drove back in to the yard, his tail well and truely between his legs, saying things like "Do you think he'll notice?" He noticed alright !! P45 in the post on the Monday Ta Ta!!......LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 That bridge has a double catch which has probably caught a few people out. It's low, but it's also on an incline. So coming in from the Arnold Lane end you appproach a low bridge, but as go you under it, it gets even lower so even if you drive under one end there's no guarantee you'll get out at the other end. (Look at the line of the bricks under the bridge to see what I mean) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 I know you said low, but I can see only 4 courses of bricks! (not sure if your pic fault or my pc) when I was researching my 3rd book (unpublished and expect it to remain thus!) I climbed and measured those 3 bridges in that area, have details somewhere on disk, seem to recall each one a different style? brick arch, steel on pillars or whatever? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fnorman 0 Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Here's the same place from the 1950s. It's now obviously an embankment going over the roads - totally the opposite to what they were showing 20 years earlier. And there's no actual line marked - must've been lifted by then. Only the Midland still has tracks shown. On OS 1 inch map sheet 122 (fully revised 1950), the track is not depicted as lifted. It shows a double track line going west from Basford junction to closed stations at Watnall and at Kimberley (MR station, north of GNR station by the brewery) before becoming a disused railway track that ran to a stub connecting to Bennerley junction on the main Erewash Valley line. Passenger service to Watnall and Kimberley (Midland) ended effective Jan 1 1917. The OS map also shows a single track line diverging north from the line at Watnall Junction which connected to several collieries (Watnall, High Park, Moor Green, etc) before joining back to the main Erewash Valley Midland main line. According to the www.forgottenrelics.co.uk website the section from Kimberley to Basford Junction was lifted 1955/1956. If that is true there would not have been coal trains on it in 1959. Watnall colliery also had a GN connection that crossed above the Basford to Bennerley Midland line near Watnall station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Yes, I did say track lifted 1955/56, what I think I must have seen was coal train coming off the sidings in that area, there were a good few back of Northern Baths and Highbury Hospital? but only found these and in fact the Bennerley Line much later via maps at Angel Row Library. At the time, dark night, street gas lamps etc not easy to see much, or in fact know exactly where we were! Remember at one point going over the odd footbridge somewhere at the back of the highbury pub, say "odd" as a strange bridge, made of concrete? added later? certainly not in keeping with rest of footbridges on that line? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve.ng4 0 Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 Talking of low bridges Jessops lane Gedling When I worked for a haulage firm in Netherfield we had a flatbed "Trasit Van" which could be converted to a "Tilt" by the fitting of a frame and bag , as we called it. Basically making a tent on the back. This lad who hadn't been working for us that long but was rather 'Cocksure' (Always telling us who'd been doing the job for years ,"You didn't want to go that way, you should've gone this way !!") had decided to 'swing the lead' on the way back from ooop north somewhere, and went home to hide, having got there from the Lambley lane end he forgot about the low bridge and drove a 10 foot tall vehicle under a 9 foot high structure , result, OOOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He then took it off completely (No mean feat as it was pretty combersome to say the least) and (In the middle of Jessops Lane) attempted to straighten it back out!!. Well he drove back in to the yard, his tail well and truely between his legs, saying things like "Do you think he'll notice?" He noticed alright !! P45 in the post on the Monday Ta Ta!!......LOL That wouldnt be Bill Radfords Haulage company by any chance would it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richard71 1 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 i would be grateful if anyone has any old maps of stapleford, bramcote, sandiacre. i have heard there are old coal mine enterences in properties in stapleford so would be great to find where they are.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Just a warning, stay out of old coal mines!! One look into one could be your last. Most of the "top" seams do outcrop in that area. If you do find old drift mines, only enter them if you have a good quality gas detector that has an oxygen sensor, and has been recently calibrated. Most old coal mines are full of black damp, which will overcome you and kill you in seconds!! Blackdamp = lack of oxygen, usually made up of nitrogen and carbon dioxide. I worked in coal mines for years so know those dangers first hand! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 I worked in coal mines for years so know those dangers first hand! They killed him 3 times ... !rotfl! Nah just kiddin John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richard71 1 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 i dont intend entering anything it would be nice to know where they are though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 You'll find evidence of bell pits from ground depressions all around there. Coal was worked from way back in the middle ages. And Kev, came close to it one night, with the outbye Deputy leading myself and a pumper. And that was a well ventilated road. The Dep's oil lamp went out several times, after he couldn't relight it, we made a hasty retreat back to the main road!! And that was in a working colliery!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 If I remember correctly, Stanton and Stavely Ironworks, was built on the outcrop of the Top Hard seam. I'd have to double check. So that gives you an idea where the outcrop of many seams are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richard71 1 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 i read somewhere the other day about there being places on peoples property in stapleford, not sure where i read it, maybe a leaflet through the door of a local councelor i not to sure. buy=t it got me thinking.....i do however have old photos of the old tunnels under chilwell army barracks.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 The library would be a good place to start, then local newspaper archives, then a visit to the Coal Authority at Berry Hill, Mansfield, who have all colliery abandonment plans. BGS at Keyworth would be another search place for seam outcropping? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 That wouldnt be Bill Radfords Haulage company by any chance would it? It certainly was You didn't work there at some time did you ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve.ng4 0 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 It certainly was You didn't work there at some time did you ? Yes I worked there from 1986 to 1989, and i went back briefly in 1998, when did you work there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Sovex Marshall too? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve.ng4 0 Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Sovex Marshall too? Yes, i went from Radfords to Sovex in 1989, was made redundant in 1998, did u work for sovex too? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Nope I was at Radfords with you until you left !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeterWalker 0 Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 i read somewhere the other day about there being places on peoples property in stapleford, not sure where i read it, maybe a leaflet through the door of a local councelor i not to sure. buy=t it got me thinking.....i do however have old photos of the old tunnels under chilwell army barracks.. Hi RichardWould be really really interested to see any pics of those tunnels and anything else around the old chilwell depot/toton/beeston/stapleford/bramcote area Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Hi Pete welcome to the site from someone who knows the Toton/chilwell/stapleford areas quite well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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