plantfit 7,597 Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 Anyone remember or have any info about Bayles and Wylie, I think they were on Moor road Bestwood village area,I've had a look on the search engines but none of the companies they bring up ring any bells with me,(different industries) the reason I ask is my Grandfather who lived on Albert street Bulwell worked there in the 50's/early 60 's as a foreman I believe they were seed merchants or similar,I also seem to remember seeing some sort of silo with their name on it,this could be seen roughly across the railway from where Swingers is/was Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 A lot of the mentions in the news archives for the firm in the 30s and 40s seem to mention them being at Forge Mills , Bestwood if that means anything ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 Thanks to DAVIDW, that gives us this in the 1920s. "Bone Manure Works" sounds like a nice place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 Could possibly be the place,I seem to remember the mention of "bone meal" in a lot of his gardening adventures, he was a keen gardener,he could have bought some of the products home with him Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,016 Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 Bayles and Wylie was at Forge Mills on Moor Road Bestwood I used to buy sacks of ground chicken meal from there about 30 years ago, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 44 bus terminus over the tracks & you would have found em ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 552 Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 They were at the bottom of what is now Mill Lane alongside the River Leen. At on stage they had their own railway siding and turntable to shunt wagons into the works. I used to go there as a lad for bags of straw for my rabbits and later for fertilisers. The old mill is still there as is the remains of the mill race but most of the site is now covered by housing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 Fantastic replies,thanks all, as I said earlier my Grandfather was foreman there,don't know how long he worked there but definately the 50's and early part of the 60's, funny how this site seems to jog the memory, mine was jogged by the Nottingham company's title Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 The old time trolley bus drivers on the 44 always referred to Bulwell Hall Terminus as The Bonemeal instead. I always wondered what they meant. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 The Trent bus stop nearby was commonly known as the Bone Mill in the late 1950s and 1960s. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 I used to walk through the old Bone Mill with my Mum and Dad. My Dad's parents lived in Bestwood Village and my Mum's parents lived on Bulwell Hall, so it was a convenient and interesting short cut. I recall the smell. As you'd expect.. a sort of bonemeal smell. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,417 Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Smells, smells? I bet some on here can remember the smell from Bitterlings in Sneinton, or the maggot farm on Colwick In Est.... pheww it dint arf whiff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,292 Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 I remember the smell from the maggot farm, does anyone know why when you bought maggots for fishing they were sold by fluid measure, i.e. a pint? I'm guessing it was just a useful container to measure them out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Bit difficult to weigh maggots - or to count them A pint glass with handle is a handy measure and they are free from the pub I'll be buying a pint of reds today. Club Fur & Feather next w/e and not fished on the canal for some time. A pint of maggots costs less than a pint of beer locally. £2.95 against £3.20. I'll be checking my pint when in the local later on...........always drink from a 'handle'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaunsheep 0 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Hi my husband is restoring one of there vintage lorries but we do not have a photo or bill sheet for the lorry do you know what colour it should be painted ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 As far as I can remember Commer flat back with the cab painted orange I believe, depends what year ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 I delivered tons of plasterboard there just before I "retired" the building was was being converted in to flats. That building is also reputed to be haunted ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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