jimmy87notts 22 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Sad to see the last row of arches of the GN Viaduct are in the process of being torn down. Why is it NCC always pull everything down instead of celebrating them? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I think the main reason is that the land in that area now carries a high value. And anyway I think the viaduct was looking a bit of an eyesore. I think you may? find the arches are/were(until recently) owned by Railtrack There still remains the one of the last bits of the Nottingham Suburban Railway at Trent Lane (same blue bricks) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 It seems the council don't really know what to do with the arches, so......http://www.nottinghampost.com/End-line-city-s-Victorian-rail-arches/story-21752422-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 My mother had fallen arches. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I am as nostalgic as anyone else when I think of the times I watched the trains cross that Viaduct but they never will again and maybe some of the old structures should go. I still remember the big one out here at Jacksdale being demolished and in that case it did improve the skyline somewhat. Of course there are exceptions the most obvious being Monsal in Derbyshire which is spectacular and I still have not given up hope that one day they may reinstate the track there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I will always remember Bulwell Viaduct on the Great Central. I also agree about Monsal Dale viaduct on the Midland line to Manchester. One still very much in use near where i now live, Welwyn viaduct on the Great Northern main line. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Forty Bridges AKA Giltbrook Viaduct on the GNR Awsworth Junc. to Pinxton line was very picturesque. Pity that had to come down. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I have a map of Broad/Middle/Narrow Marsh before the G.C.R/G.N.R. were built. There were seven or eight? public houses on Narrow Marsh(Red Lion Street/Cliff Road) alone. Quite a few properties were "lost" when the railway came on Middle Hill,Middle Marsh,Plum Street etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 I am saddened to just read that the last part of the old viaduct forming Weekday Cross has been demolished. If I had known that this was happening, I would have gone over to ask for one on the blue bricks. Cannot think of anything else to say on this at the moment so going to take the dog for a walk....... Smiffy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 I've been taking photos of this (former) feature as it disappeared in recent weeks. I'll post a few when I get round to it. Watch this space. See how much interest can be generated from four brick railway arches. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Looked better than that monstrosity of an art gallery. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 It looked a lot better than the tram bridge . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 I loved to pass through this area as a child. Although the backdrop was mainly bricks and mortar it had a lovely atmosphere. Getting off the bus with my Mother in the late 1950's, I would always ask if we could go "up the steps" to town instead of the route past Woolworths. Turning round hallway up, you could see the tops of buses and the converging railways lines. If you were really lucky a glimpse of a train bursting out of the tunnel. I remember years later in my teens coming down those steps one dusky evening, just as a locomotive clunked past on it's way south. The glow from the firebox lit up the signal box windows as it hurried along. Does anyone know what's going to be built on the space that is now left? Smiffy 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Getting off the bus with my Mother in the late 1950's, I would always ask if we could go "up the steps" to town instead of the route past Woolworths. Turning round hallway up, you could see the tops of buses and the converging railways lines. If you were really lucky a glimpse of a train bursting out of the tunnel. I remember it well, and thanks to the RCTS....... http://www.rcts.org.uk/features/mysteryphotos/index.htm?location=Weekday+Cross&srch=&page= 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Cliff Ton....thanks for providing the above link. While browsing through their mystery and ROT photos, I came across an old photo of the ROT 'Rec' amongst their mystery photos so I was able to confirm the identity of the location, railway line and approximate time frame. Feel quite chuffed now! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 150 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 I remember a small garden to the right of Weekday Cross tunnel mouth with seats in it. Was it a commemorative garden? And what happened to the heating pipes which went through the tunnel? I take it that system no longer exists? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Re: that garden http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?&user_keywords=garner&operator=AND&town_village=&date_period=&database=&action=search&keywords=Ref_No_increment%2CDisk_No%2CLocal_Accession_No%2CMap_Reference%2CTown_Village%2CLocation%2CTitle%2CDate_of_Image%2CDate_Period%2COther%2CForm_completed_by%2CKey_Terms%2CThemes%2CKeywords%2CPhotographer%2CArtist%2CEngraver%2CPublisher%2CForm_of_Acknowledgment%3BCONTAINS%3B%25garner%25%3B&page=1 I've got a feeling the pipes may still be there, behind / below the Contemporary junk. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Bilbraborn and Weekday Cross viaduct, plus the bus station as well. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 I was just about to go out Firbeck, when I saw the picture you have just posted ! Just had to log on again and say - fantastic, evocative, what memories !! Smiffy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Bilbraborn sitting bottom left at Weekday Cross viaduct, plus the bus station as well, and the demolished girder bridge over Midland Station in the distance, looks like Bilbraborn is considering a chat with the fireman of the 8F and vice versa, I hope it was polite. Iron ore from High Dyke to Stanton Ironworks methinks. Can you recall matey, I'd just been sitting in one of the caves in the dark near the Ice Stadium trying to load a colour film into my brothers 35mm camera, it proved a disaster, my colour slides of the following Merchant Navy Pacific were destroyed by Kodak, such is life. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Programme on Nottingham railways starting on Notts Tv at 4pm for those able to receive . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Damn. I would've liked to have seen that. Ch. 8 on my TV is London TV. Let us know if it was any good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm further away than you ! I must have signed up to their Facebook page and got the notification that way . In the comments is this link so assume this is what was shown ? http://www.nottstv.com/videos?id=39 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 It might appear online as catch-up using the Notts TV website. I did try to watch it online live but that doesn't appear to be available. So, let's us know if you think it's worth watching later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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