Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 I've occasionally been past here for 20+ years and I always wonder what this site used to be. It's at the junction of Conway Road / Burton Road; it's always been empty and overgrown with weeds, but there's tarmac / concrete in amongst it, so I assume there was once something built there. It's been in this condition since at least the 1980s. And if you want to see it on Streetview - https://goo.gl/maps/mzhApXYxY9K2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 It wasn't part of the roadway, then a bend was taken out, or are there definite signs of something previously erected there ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 You've got me there Kev, I know exactly where you are but I just can't place what could have been there. It might come to me in a flash of inspiration. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Must have been a long time ago. I lived just down the way from there on Willow Rd. I used to walk past there almost everyday from the early to mid 60s. I never saw any kind of structure there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 If it's where I think it is, we used to walk across that piece of ground on our way to the "Cricket Field" in the 1950s. I can't remember any buildings there, but I,m sure there was three Almond Trees along one side and I do remember playing in the dyke which ran along side the "Royal Oak " pub, and continued under the road and ran down the side of the allotments on Brooklands Drive. Not sure whether they were Almond or some other nut tree? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted November 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Sort of answered my own question - in a way - and I don't know why I didn't look at old maps before I started it all. This is the area in the mid-50s and the place is labelled "Car Park" - although I can't see why one was needed there. Before the loop road appeared in the 80s, all the traffic coming from Burton Joyce would go towards Nottm past the bottom of Shearing HIll, then curve round past the front of the Inn for a Penny. Conway Road joins it to the right of my arrow. So FLY's suggestion about road realignment was part of the answer. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Not a lot has happened on this site since 1875! The OS from that time show the Ouse dyke and some outbuildings. This site was used as an overflow car park for the Shippo's pub. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Wasn't it the car park for the cricket ground? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 That's it TBI..Burton rd. Jubilee park. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 The pub was the Royal Oak in my day. Inn for a penny came later. FWIW. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 3, 2016 Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 Don't think I've had the pleasure of a tipple in either of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted November 3, 2016 Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 Same pub, just a new name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted November 3, 2016 Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 Must have driven or rode my bike past there many times and never ever noticed that spot before ! spent many an hour in the Inn for a Penny though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juliepulie 0 Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 I believe this land was being saved to continue the loop road. The original plans were going to cut Gedling in 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobster 2 Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 we used to walk by there regular, we always knew it as the lorry park. drivers often used to park there overnight before moving on. its up for sale now freehold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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