rob237 89 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Junction of which two roads? Nottingham City Council @ 1934 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 London Road and Arkwright Street? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Would that be the Town Arms? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted April 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 !tony! x2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Looking towards Vernon Road from Radford Road just before the junction with the Ring Road (Valley Road) at Basford? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted April 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 !tony! ....but very close! Go some yards eastward... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 That building is the current Nat West bank on the junction of Nottingham Road and Valley road, so the photo is looking down Nottingham Road to the junction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted April 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Exactly right Frank... Is that building still in use?, looks very isolated in the picture. "..Nottingham Road junction with Valley Road, at Basford. The trolleybus seen in the background is a pre-war AEC belonging to the Notts & Derby Traction Co. which shared wires with the Corporation as far as the City boundary, before heading out to Heanor and Ripley. These trolleybuses had the frontal appearance of a motorbus, even with a dummy radiator" Here is another trackless picture location question: Big clue is the overhead wiring... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 ...many of the drivers and conductors had a punch up here Rob! ..but no Eros to grace the scene. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted April 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Cryptically correct, Stanley well done... For the uninitiated, he means Piccadilly Garage (hence all the wiring) on Highbury Road, Bulwell - also where the crew stamped their time cards during the journey. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Exactly right Frank...Is that building still in use?, looks very isolated in the picture. Pictures taken last Saturday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Many thanks for those, Frank.... "Irrefutable evidence"....as they say in the trade! I seem to recall a chemists located where the D.E.S Electricals is now, popular place as many GP's had their practices on Nottingham Road, up to Haydn Road - including my own 'Lavelle, Campbell & Nicholls'. Also a cabinet makers in the same block...Machin's? Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Also a cabinet makers in the same block...Machin's? Did you mean the Stag Furniture Company Rob, late of Haydn Road? http://www.icc-credit.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.c...=%25o-%25B-%25Y Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 No, not Stag.. Reckon their Haydn Road premises were more of a factory. Didn't they eventually move to Eastwood? The place I mentioned was more of small cabinet making business employing perhaps 6 or 8 people, and was sited by the Nottingham Road/Valley Road junction. Only reason I knew of it was because a close Amesbury Circus neighbour was their Foreman. On reflection, it might have been 'Makins', not 'Machins'..... Re your pictured building: It's outside condtion looks superb - doubt any passerby would guess it to be 75+ years old! Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Re your pictured building:It's outside condtion looks superb - doubt any passerby would guess it to be 75+ years old! Yes, and opposite was the Futurist Cinema house. Still in use today but not for showing films. One picture house I never visited when it was showing films. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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