mariag 4 Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 My father did his apprenticeship here in around the late 50s. I think this was somewhere on Derby Road? Does anyone know what happened to this garage and where exactly it was? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 it was on the corner of derby road and the road that leads to the ropewalk..they built ropewalk court on the site about 8 years ago Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 The showroom was on the corner of D*rby Road & Upper Collage Street , the workshops was on the Ropewalk . The showrooms is now posh flats . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRD 196 Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 And they had places at Lenton and West Bridgford. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,594 Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Ayup all, I used to have to cycle to all those places from Sneinton on that old butchers bike you know small wheel at the front big un at the back, to get spare parts for the garage where I was apprenticed, see previous posts about my ordeals on that bloody thing Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mariag 4 Posted July 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Ayup all,I used to have to cycle to all those places from Sneinton on that old butchers bike you know small wheel at the front big un at the back, to get spare parts for the garage where I was apprenticed, see previous posts about my ordeals on that bloody thing Rog What time was this? I wonder if my dad was there then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,594 Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Hi Mariag, It would be between 1968-1972 Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Hooleys, Derby Road, just up from St Barnabus cathedral, Main Ford dealership?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philby 21 Posted October 27, 2011 Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 my dad worked at hooleys on derby road, i'm not sure when he started there but i remember him being there in the early 70's. i do remember a woman who worked there giving me a big set of lego in a wooden box. he went on to be parts manager at the van and truck section which was the one at lenton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeterJ 0 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I'm pretty sure that Hooley's had a motorcycle spares department in the basement of St.Barnabas' Cathedral. Seems unlikely but I've memories of regular visits around 1965. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Was right just here. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.955333,-1.158667,3a,75y,263.4h,97.53t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sfqNsCB44Pse3i3XBYGHDtA!2e0?hl=en 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Welcome PeterJ and have fun. Did the Hooleys at Lenton become Mann-Egerton on Church Street? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I think that was two separate companies. Hooleys had their van/truck dept at Lenton, but Mann Egerton were a separate concern. And I've posted these before on another thread, but they can go here as well, because I didn't know this thread existed. Taken when demolition had just started. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 123 34 Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 My father did his apprenticeship here in around the late 50s. I think this was somewhere on Derby Road? Does anyone know what happened to this garage and where exactly it was?Hi Mariag,I did my apprenticeship also at Hooleys,started work there at Derby road in 1956 I actually got the sack in 1959 for smashing up a brand new not even registered Ford Prefect.Mr Cottee was the works manager there and he was the the one who sacked me saying I was to expensive to employ.I always thought an apprentice couldn't get sacked if he or she was indentured any way old man Cottee got around it somehow.His son worked there also his name was Michael Cottee he was fresh out of the RAF when he came to work for Hooleys.Along with Michael and Horace Enion we were sent to a big warehouse down Sneinton way I think it was about 1958 that Hooleys either owned or rented to house new cars and also our little section where we fixed up second hand cars for sale at Derby road,there was a section where new delivery trucks for Castrol were painted and got ready,I think they were Thames Traders Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trickymicky 57 Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 I wonder if he was connected to Cottee and Edwards, another Nottingham garage, although i believe the owner was John Cottee, who lived at Wysall. A friend of mine in Newark has had a Ford Anglia since new, which was supplied by Hooleys. The registration plates always had a distinctive letter H in the middle,,between the numbers and letters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 Yes, I remember all Hooleys-supplied vehicles had that little H on the number plate. I think that would be illegal these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,534 Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 Yes I had a 1959 100E Anglia, 75 ETV with a little H in the middle of the number plate. It was my first car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Used to meet some apprentice school mates who worked there on Friday afternoons in the Hand & Hart think It was the amount of fit women that worked @ the Naafi offices on the other corner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTramp 139 Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Hooleys was a bit of a landmark there on Derby Rd. I took my kids to see Chittee Chittee Bang Bang in the showroom. Hooleys may have been the first motor people to have installed a computer system, I remember seeing an ad in The Eve Post, part-time job, 2 hours each evening 6--8 to shut down the computer!!! and now I have seen a wooden bench up at the old Botany Bay spot, falling to pieces, marked In Memory of Lesley and Dorothy Hooley. Are they relevant? Does anyone know? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 and now I have seen a wooden bench up at the old Botany Bay spot, falling to pieces, marked In Memory of Lesley and Dorothy Hooley. Are they relevant? Does anyone know? Isn't Botany Bay in Australia? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 After a bit of digging around I discovered this. It doesn't appear on any maps after around 1900. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 When I worked just up from Hooleys in the sixties there was always a TR4 parked outside the showroom, reg No. was TR4...worth a few bob if it still exists eh? Stan Hooley was a friend of my Fathers and found me an immaculate Ford 100E for my birthday...I hated it, it was a 'sensible' car. Not really a posers car for a young chap.I chopped it for a Vauxhall Cresta after a few months....which of course fell to bits rotten shortly afterwards.They won't be told these young uns 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 What was on Derby Road before Hooleys? It's whatever was the building on the right with the three arches. The church in the background was demolished in the early 70s. Equivalent today looks like this. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 I think it looked better in the old pic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 I remember Slim Hooley. I think he went to Bramcote Tech. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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