benjamin1945 16,308 Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 18 hours ago, IAN123. said: Southark Street..Vernon Rd.in the distance..photographed from the wasteland on Park Lane..where is The Pear Tree?...great little boozer. So much in one picture memory wise,,, one of those shops i persuaded to become a VG store Mr Roberts was the owner,,,,,,,,,,,,probably part of the reason for my promotion to ''Sales Manager'' which led to me living in East Anglia,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,that wasteland was formerly the home of Pauline an ex Girlfriend,, Pear Tree ? was the best ever Pub i ever knew,,, bit lower down and right ,,up Bulwell lane,, full of my old relatives that i loved,,,all gone now,, I recall the Orchard at the back,and drinking as a teenager with older relatives under Pear Trees,,it was always the last pub to have a pint in before catching a trolley bus into town,, 43 ?...........SO many old Basford/Bulwell/Bestwood,,characters used to drink in there,,, Kenny Gray,,one eyed black Pete,,Uncles Harold,,Harry,,Bill,,John,,Dick,,me Mam and Dad,,Grandma and Grandad,,and many other relatives that i really miss,,to say nowt of old mates mostly football..... 5 Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 Can't recall the buildings on the right of photo.. i remember coming out of the royal children.. only a graveyard & church to be seen & the background of the picture looks like maid Marian way which means that I haven't even grasped the aspect! Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 902 Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 7 hours ago, HSR said: Totally confused by this one! Help.. The camera is on Castle Gate looking north west ( towards Friar Lane). Royal Children's on the left. Theosophical Hall is at the end of the street, just beyond the gable of the Sal. That Sal corner is now pedestrianised, paved over. The Nicholas church is behind the camera, Maid Marian Way parallel to the left. This street was widened soon after by removing the buildings on the right, and beyond the right hand bend at the far end (crossing Hounds Gate which goes right to left) is Spaniel Row leading to Friar Lane. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 Foggy, there's a lot of posts on water hydrants. Just type Hydrants in the search box at the top right hand of the page. Some goodies ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
fogrider 179 Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 Good to see there are some preserved. When I still lived there I never saw a red one of those old Victorian hydrants, they were all black. The Civic society must have records that show them red ? At least they will live on. We had one down the bar at Central, ' re-located 'after it was knocked over by a car. What's happened to all the amazing old stuff we had in the bar I don't know. I think there are photo's of the bar on facebook, the Nottinghamshire retired firefighters site, I'm not on facebook, but have seen the pics.Taken when the station was closing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted February 4, 2019 Report Share Posted February 4, 2019 Got it.. thanks Chaps...recall some steps at the top of picture, slightly to the right..good place to steel some chat up time.. whilst waiting for mutual friends! Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,493 Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 Vauxhall Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 Could be a 'Wyvern'! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 pretty sure its a wyvern I was a motor mechanic they had a chrome button on each side of the bonnet you could open it from either side meeowed 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,493 Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 It's a Velox actually, circa 1953/4 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 902 Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 And there's two of them. Vauxhalls that is 1 Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 quite right couldnt remember the difference They were nice to drive and reliable and the fact you could take the bonnet off easily made it a mechanics favourite but they never seemed to take off cant remember seeing many of them The bane with Vauxhall was parts everytime you went to Oscrofts you had to order parts They never seemed to carry much stock Then came the notorius fp victor which descended in to a pile of rust just driving over a damp patch and the Cresta was no better I mot tested one for a pensioner it shone like a shilling up a sweeps a--- only to find it rotten as a pear underneath it wanted major surgery far beyond the finances of a pensioner my forman had the victor he did bodywork and spraying every weekend he was patching it up all to no avail it went rotten faster than he could patch it meeowed 1 Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,309 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 I learnt to drive in a Victor with the BSM in around 1960. The car was usually parked in Trinity Square when we set off although their base was on Mansfield Rd. It had a three speed column change and a bench seat in the front which could seat three. A good courting car! My father also had one so I was able to drive that at weekends under his tuition. Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 quite right couldnt remember the difference They were nice to drive and reliable and the fact you could take the bonnet off easily made it a mechanics favourite but they never seemed to take off cant remember seeing many of them The bane with Vauxhall was parts everytime you went to Oscrofts you had to order parts They never seemed to carry much stock Then came the notorius fp victor which descended in to a pile of rust just driving over a damp patch and the Cresta was no better I mot tested one for a pensioner it shone like a shilling up a sweeps a--- only to find it rotten as a pear underneath it wanted major surgery far beyond the finances of a pensioner my forman had the victor he did bodywork and spraying every weekend he was patching it up all to no avail it went rotten faster than he could patch it meeowed 1 Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 The victor was the first car I drove on the M1 when it started at crick near leicester I had a mk 2 zodiac great car 70 mph all day with your arm round your tart meeowed 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 I also had the mk2 zodi green and cream , reg VVO 767. Manual overdrive, firestone town and country 's on the rear. And like you say meeowed, go all day at 70, the bench seat was a bit slippery though. Mind you, it came in handy at times, (with a girl). And no, that's not why it was slippery!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 Thats right its now lidils my mate worked there many years ago meeowed 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 23 hours ago, IAN123. said: Back to the bottom of Mount St.Looks like the Rotunda building in the haze..i presume the building works to the right is the Cinema The Canon/ ABC?..not sure. Surprised how wide the road is..is Maid Marian Way that much wider? Thought this would have been adequate. Love that Westminster Building..a bank? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Still a novice..but I'm learning..coming to the conclusion that the Town Centre was ravaged by car parks & the motor car..how ironic that the trend is now pedestrianised ..after all the beautiful buildings are gone. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Will do..with my eyesight squint is very apt.! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 hour ago, IAN123. said: One of me first jobs..back of Andy Bones Went to look at buying a Honda CB250 at Andy Bones, they wanted too much for it and wouldn't budge a penny !!. Tight, miserable sods. Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,493 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 6 minutes ago, Waddo said: Went to look at buying a Honda CB250 at Andy Bones, they wanted too much for it and wouldn't budge a penny !!. Tight, miserable sods. I have one for sale if you still want one Waddo. 250 Superdream only 16k miles. Ceases to need an MOT this year. Gwan yer know yer wanna 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Thanks for the offer Brew, but my ZZR 1400 is my prefered bike nowadays. Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 I am not wishing to decry Vauxhall they made the one you see as a taxi in heartbeat which used to have an assortment of rods and levers on the steering column gear change it either left you with a box of neutrals or worse still trying to select two gears at the same time not good They seemingly didnt learn any lessons when they produced the bedford doormobile that came with a similar column gearshift which used to shear off Mechanics remedy was to take out a pair of mole grips clamp this to the column to enable you to drive it back to the garage But saying all that I had a p plate astra that did 120 000 miles and never left me at the side of the road once brilliant car I think that the Vauxhall 2000 was the first belt driven camshaft it would be rare today meeowed 1 Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,692 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 7 hours ago, IAN123. said: Ivys Cafe on Manvers Street Remember the cafe well Ian, I was apprenticed just round the corner on Sneinton road (next to Deny's) boss would send me round to the cafe most days for a couple of toasted teacakes 6d each, at the other end of that block of shops was a newsagents, (Spurgeons) he was the first bloke in Nottingham to have the new Ford "Capri" when they first came out,his was a powder blue 1500 L,always had it serviced at our garage, in one of the upstairs offices (in the same block of shops) was a theatrical agent Jimmy ?? can't remember his surname but he used to drive a nice big Rover,lovely man Rog 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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