Cliff Ton 10,470 Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 #15. Perry Road over-bridge is behind the photographer. You're right ! My sense of direction was rubbish. In fact both Perry Road and Haydn Road are behind him. The road on the top of the hill at the tunnel mouth is the unknown Herbert Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Has Bagthorpe farm long since gone?..great map.thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Been gone a number of years now houses built on it. When I was 15 was going out with a girl who lived on Henley Rise so my route home took me through that way onto Quorn Road then Haydn Road it was houses back then. Camelot Avenue of Haydn Road roughly follows the old track line toward the tunnel entrance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 #26. Somewhere on that map must be the old Brough motorcycle factory on Haydn Road. Is it the rectangle opposite the hosiery factory? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,144 Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 #26. Somewhere on that map must be the old Brough motorcycle factory on Haydn Road. Is it the rectangle opposite the hosiery factory? It was the building on the bend of Haydn Rd. opposite the Meridian playing field which was bounded on one side by Quorn Rd. I should know - I was responsible for arranging the demolition! We did have the Brough owners' club up for a viewing prior to it being knocked down. The larger factory/warehouse which was built on the site in about 1975 has since been demolished and the site is now occupied by houses. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 A couple of pic courtesy of the Nottingham Urban History community on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/nottinghamurbanhistory/ There are some other excellent railway pic on there tonight too - well worth a view. Carrington Station site looking north Carrington Station tunnel portal 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 And in happier days 1 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim in the North East 200 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 If you want to see what it looks like inside see http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/underground-sites/26162-mansfield-road-tunnel-nottingham-may13.html#.V1sqs5B4WrU My memories of it are from trainspotting at the now buried Carrington Station in the early 1960s. You always knew when a train was coming as smoke would emerge from the portal a couple of minutes before the steam engine burst out of the gloom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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