hippo girl 1,995 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 The plot does thicken....you could be right NA ...... How many rest huts would there have been around the Nottingham area ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 #25 I think that would have been on the relatively small area next to the Post Office, also there were no trees on Queen St. With regard to the #1 hut, I think it must be the corner of Queens Bridge Rd, with the trees behind and the decorative corner top of the warehouse building that became Karlsruhe House just visible. Not sure where the CO...sign is from. The other thing that's maybe confusing, is that it's not an oblong building, there's the frontage on Carrington St and then goes off at an angle down Queensbridge Rd. As what would have been built as a temporary construction, it would have made best use of available space on the corner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Corporation?? This is not a substantial building,save for the stack-i just think its either where Burnham's was or the corner of the canal ramp. There were no trees set on Queens rd..was there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Definitely COR ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Could be COP ? Copper, copstake, cope, cop off ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 On further scrutiny, it could be COD or COB, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Apparently Nottm raised £15000 towards huts like this and abroad in 1916. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 I found a photo on the web, of the opening, but all it shows is some unknown dignatries, no other info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Could you put it up Ray?..or give us the web location.. Ta,Ian. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 This is the link. http://calmview.bham.ac.uk/GetImage.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=YMCA+K+1+20%5cYMCA_K_1_20_50_I.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 This is the link that gives the description. http://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=XYMCA%2fK%2f1%2f20%2f50&pos=70 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 I'm on it Ray..sort of! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 I wonder if the building was a temporary construction at the top of Queens Walk - there are railings on the very left of this photo a bit like those on the first YMCA photo. Why have railings around the building unless they were there anyway? The trees would be those on Queens Walk. As for the sign in the background, there is no guarantee it is actually attached to the building in the background. They would have to be very large for that to be so. They might be above something else that we can't see nearer to the camera. Those towers in the background do look a lot like the roofline of Welbeck School, which was on Queens Bridge Road Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 I'd say it was positioned here. If you zoom in on the skyline by the trees, the corner of Karlsruhe House can be seen. The CO.. appears to be attached to the rear of the hut, not a building behind. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9467351,-1.1470545,3a,75y,248.33h,64.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-TqbQd3JfmBSv2Fnd3Nmgg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 I think we are broadly in agreement TBI, except that Queens Bridge Road originally came roughly up to the centre right of your image, so the YMCA would be on the left hand side. In other words, specifically here on the map (yellow area) I would guess that the council donated the land from 1916 when the building was built for the duration of the war. After that it would have been removed. I wonder if the structure was used anywhere secondhand - a cricket pavilion or something similar? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 There were similar huts in other cities..these depended on fund raising activities to erect them. In the Bloomsbury area of London there is a more grandiose building... but with identical chimney stack...also huts provided by the YMCA were near the battle and at some camps. I do believe the lettering above the roof in pic#1 is of Coombes Flour.. they were around that time..and the dates match. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Is this the lettering above the roof of the hut? <a href="http://s32.photobucket.com/user/iandawson61/media/coombs-floor-1_zpstiwar8dg.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d10/iandawson61/coombs-floor-1_zpstiwar8dg.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo coombs-floor-1_zpstiwar8dg.jpg"/></a> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 The steel supports for the lettering seem to match. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 And the chimneys seem to match as well. I think you've got the answer. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 That building was on Lenton Boulevard, facing the castle. That would have put the hut at the top of Castle Rd. The sign looks similar but the top of the building is also different. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Correct,but it backed onto the canal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Yes, but if the hut was anywhere by the station, and there was actually a line of sight, then the letters would be backwards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 We seem to be going round in circles here. Posts 38-40 give a pretty convincing location for the YMCA. Is it possible that Coombs owned other premises on Queens Bridge Road near the school? That would provide an answer for the sign. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Building could have had two lots of roof signs,hopefully Mandy from the YMCA Hut Society will have some information for me tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 As mentioned previously the YMCA Services Canteen on Carrington St , didn't close until after WW2 . (Am assuming it was still in the same building) . The completion of the new premises on Shakespeare St was delayed by WW2 but between the two they managed to house a total of 27000 men in 1942 alone . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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