catfan 14,793 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 As the title says but not my photo's ! One or two NS members will know a few of them. The old service 55 busteminus at Camberley Road. Springfield Hosiery & Dyers, Bedford TK. Couldn't really do Bulwell without mentioning AR Marshall. Bulwell Market tram terminus (early 1900s ?) Often mentioned on NS, Steggles the butcher. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Pale blue cab & a lighter blue colour on the box. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Main Street, notice the old shop names ? A pair of 43 trolley buses outside the Horse & Jockey. Mc Carthy Brick works Thames Street. Commercial Road 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Pounders I think have long gone Ian. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,017 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 A great reminder of shops in times gone Pounders, McCarthys and Chambers the butchers, I can recall going in there with my mother for meat also an older sister and B in L worked there. Bulwell was the main place to shop other than the co-op for people on Bestwood Estate. Bulwell had a great variety of shops and a market and was walking distance from Bestwood. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 4 hours ago, trogg said: Chambers the butchers, I can recall going in there with my mother for meat also an older sister and B in L worked there. B There were two butcher's shops named Chambers in Bulwell. I believe the proprietors were related. I was at school with Denise Chambers whose parents kept the shop in Coventry Lane/Road. The other shop was near the market place. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 10 hours ago, IAN123. said: Were McCarrthys up quarry rd? Top end of Thames Street. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 To continue again, the now defunct 360 club on Highbury Road, I enjoyed a pint or two in this club many years ago. Not a club anymore but at present being renovated & changed to flats ! And next door, Saint Mary the Virgin & all Souls church. Lots of history . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary_the_Virgin_and_All_Souls,_Bulwell Strelley House Commercial Road. Originally built as a free school in 1667, again lots of local history in & around Bulwell. During my stay in the QMC last year one of my physio's was a young Bulwell bloke whose grand parents just happen to live in this house today. No amount of hinting could get me an invite to go & take a peek in there ! http://www.ournottinghamshire.org.uk/page/strelley_house_bulwell 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Is that an R.C. church, Mick? Name sounds RC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 No Loppy parish church 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Thanks NBL it is sometimes hard to tell the difference from just a name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,145 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 That was the Henry Mellish adopted church. We used to troop down there for an annual service. I was in the choir. I was press ganged into that. The music master asked me if I could read music. ‘Not really’ I said. ‘Can you tell when the notes go up and down?’ ‘Oh yes’. Right well you’re in the choir! Some also rang the bells there if they were in the campanological society. The last time I went was in the 60’s for the commemoration service of the old headmaster, Geoff Houston. The incumbent at the time was Canon Sprittles. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,145 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Funnily enough, on perusing the list of incumbents at the church I saw the name of Canon Hill who was the chap who conducted our wedding in Bleasby church, another St. Mary’s, way back in the annals of time! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 I remember Canon Walter Beasley at this church. It was not Roman Catholic but always regarded as Anglo Catholic...smells and bells, to put it another way or High Church, if you prefer. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 2 hours ago, loppylugs said: Is that an R.C. church, Mick? Name sounds RC. No loppy, C of E ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 A few old ads featuring Bulwell companies. No explanations needed by me. ttps://postimg.org/image/t3gjmxc5r/]https://s19.po 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Yes.of course you could. Not anymore though ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 Nottingham City Coaches now owned by the Skills Group ! & they don't have any coaches painted in that livery either. http://www.nottinghamcitycoaches.co.uk/pages/contact_us.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 Old pubs. The original Golden Ball with the Royal Oak next door. the Oak is still there, not a place I would recommend ! The Midland Bank is now Costa Coffee & one for Benjamin at the end. The King William IV (Billy) A very small & quaint pub, now gone. Note the now gone Fords shop next door. The old Red Lion pub then a community center. The original Lord Nelson on Hempshill Lane, long gone too. The Masons Arms Commercial Road. note the close proximity to the Red Lion in the background. Also note the masonic symbol on the pub front. The New Town Inn, Quarry Road. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 Strange how they all look far better than what has replaced them, isn't it? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 Some of those pictures brought back memories from the 70s when Wetherspoons was the Co-Op! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 Farrand's just across the road from Ford's! Young Ben wouldn't have far to go for his liberty bodices! . Then there were custard tarts from Steggles! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,017 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 I spent too much time in Red Lion ,then down to what is now Lion revived, I don't remember the previous name, sold Taddys brown ale then in the back room of Billy with Ted as the landlord. Cross the road to Oak and end up in Monkey or Scotts Greys. Just recalled another shop on Main street junction with Highbury Vale Roses the shoe shop, amazing what memories a few old photos bring back. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 There was also a chemist, quite an old fashioned shop, on the same side as The Royal Oak. I remember going there with my friend Denise Chambers to buy saltpetre which her parents used in their butcher's shop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 The old "Acropolis" is at present being renovated from a god awful chippy & pizza takeaway to something called "Zinger Munch" whatever that establishment might be. In it's day the Acropolis was the best kebab house in Bulwell, I bought my first ever donor kebab there back in the '70s. After a few beers in the 360 club we went in there & was intrigued to know what a kebab was. It was at the time I thought beautiful, never quite understood what the actual ingredients were ! Just checked & is a fast food chicken & pizza with halal, in that case I will steer clear ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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