MargieH 7,594 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 yes there was a bridge there (beat you to it this time , Phil!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Yes it was a substantial and impressive blue brick bridge. I was sorry to see it demolished. It used to be the terminus for the No. 10 bus but that subsequently moved up to nearer Arno Vale School. Mine and Margie's alma mater. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Thanks Phil., you have just jogged another memory. Old mate of mine used to be a caretaker at Arno Vale school. He lived in the bungalow just inside the entrance. Sadly, passed away many years ago, after moving to Peacehaven, on the South Coast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 I don't think is was a bungalow BK. It was a house on Saville Rd. Our man was Mr Varley. Margie will correct me? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Then there was the railway line, mentioned on here a long time ago, that I assume ran from Daybrook Station, along the side of Arnold Park, under a bridge at the top of Arnot Hill Road and along the back of Sandfield Road and through a tunnel at the bottom of Greendale Road which in my childhood was just a track, not an asphalted road and there were no houses built down there, beyond the tunnel I have no idea where it went to. I used to go and play down that track, on the embankment, picking bundles of pussy willows for my mummy and we would see how brave we were by creeping into and along the dark tunnel. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 I'm not talking about when you were at school Phil., this must have been late 60s early 70s. Just had a look on Google as another memory clicked in. Our dentist was at the start of Arno Vale Road, it was Brown's then, looks like Woodthorpe dental practice now. Mr Brown was the first dentist to give me an extraction using injection in the gum, (always had gas before). Edit.. Just had another look on Mr.Google, the school is now called Woodthorpe Infant school. The bungalow is still there. Maybe this was not your school after all. Sincere apologies for any confusion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Yes Phil. The caretaker was Mr Varley, then there was another man I think who was the caretaker when I was 14. I remember him because he had a son who my friend liked. My friend and I used to play ‘tennis’ against the school wall so we could sometimes see this lad (and his dishy friend!) who used to play football kick about on the school field outside the caretaker’s house. I can’t remember the name of this caretaker..... but he was a very friendly man Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 @LizzieM that railway ran at the bottom of the garden of the house where I was born - Hereford Road. I can’t remember it because we moved to Woodthorpe Drive when I was just a few months old. Pleased you liked to pick pussy willow same as me! When I got married I went to the brickyard the day before and picked some to put in the church along with daffodils from our garden . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 A recap from me with cap in hand. I had the schools wrong!! Never knew about your senior school. The one I was referring to was the junior school that is actually on Arno Vale Rd. I see from the sign that it now an infant school. I remember me and 'er indoors going through the gates to his bungalow for tea. So sorry for mistake Margie and Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 You aren’t mistaken BK. Arno Vale was our infant and junior school. My friend and I were 14 when we used to hang around on the school field - the caretaker said we could. Just remembered the caretakers name was Archie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 As you and I are roughly the same age, what I'm referring to is well after your school days. Don't forget, I was married at the time and my mate was a bit older than me, (RIP). His name was Dave, but everyone called him Day. For the life of me I cannot recall his surname, (could ask his widow but she is over 90 and I don't want to stir memories). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 The infant school further up Arno Vale Rd. was built after our time there BK. When we were there the main building, built pre war, was both infant and junior. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 @LizzieMThe railway you refer to was the main line from Daybrook via Gedling to Victoria. The suburban railway spured off from behind where Comet used to be in Daybrook to Victoria via Sherwood Station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 I’ve just pinched the above photo from Facebook ‘Mapperley People’, Ashwell Tunnel and it’s only been posted this evening! Looks like 1950s but could be that harsh winter of 62/63. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Talking of tunnels. I've just been trawling my nets on Youtube and came across this tunnel from Derby Road to the Park. Half my life in Nottingham and never knew it existed. Anybody got any info on it? (Please). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 I never knew it existed either BK but 2 or 3 years ago a group of Nottstalgians visited this tunnel, I couldn’t get there but one of these days I’ll go try to find it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 After the Nottstalgians walked through this tunnel (we missed that meet up) Paul and I walked through it on our next visit to Nottingham . I never knew of its existence until then 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 Not sure where I got this story from, but here goes. The tunnel was built approximately mid 18hundreds, for the carriages to get to the Park Estate. It was never used for what it was built for as it turned out to be too steep for the horses to drag the carriages up there? We attended that Tunnel meet up and it was a lovely day. Sorry to say it rained throughout the walk, but the company made up for that. I believe Sue (Mrs Catfan) took some pictures and made a presentation of them, it was brilliant, I had a look on our Nottstalgia Social Events thread and there was also some photos taken by Catfan, also ruined, I imagine when the photobucket fiasco happened. Such a shame, because it was a pleasant day . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 I found out from the YT clip I was watching that it was the 5th Duke of Newcastle who commissioned it to be built. It was supposed be a slope of 1 in 18, but the architect built it at 1 in 12, thereby rendering it, ( as Carni said) too steep. The central bit was left open to provide light. There are 92 steps from this section to the top, which comes out on Upper College Street. I found it fascinating, due to the fact that as a child up the age of 14, I lived only a couple of miles away. As a bus driver, I drove by it every day! When we were kids, living off Denman Street we used to go scrumping in the Park, as we knew where some apple and plum trees grew. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted January 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 I remember the Park Tunnel meetup. Finishing off at the Wetherspoon pub The Company Inn. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,268 Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 Yes. The Park tunnel meet up was one of the most interesting ones. We started on Derby Rd and IAN gave us an interesting running commentary all the way around. Pity it rained. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 Re; the railways in that area. There were two lines around Sherwood/Mapperley/Woodthorpe, as well as a few connecting industrial branch-lines. There was the Great Northern Line which went from Nottm Midland out towards Netherfield, then turned up through Gedling, past the Colliery, under the x-roads at Mapperley Top, and ending up at Daybrook. There was also the Suburban Line which went out through Sneinton, past Thorneywood, parallel with Porchester Road, through Woodthorpe Park, and joined the other line at Daybrook. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 483 Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 This shows some of the mineral lines as well as the suburban line. From a PDF on here, even has pic of Mr Ashwell; http://woodthorpefriends.co.uk/ Bottom row, Woodthorpe Park Historical & Pictorial Guide 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 That’s very interesting. I wasn’t aware of the railway spur leading up to the brickworks but I do remember what is called the ‘tramway’ which was wooden carts pulled on an endless cable bringing clay from the clay pit area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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