plantfit 7,597 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Ayup all, Just up from the Broad marsh on Canal street was a fishing tackle shop called Tom Watson, can any one remember them? for some reason I think I can remember them being somewhere near the junction of Mansfield road and Nottingham road as well or have I been dreaming Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Tom Watson had a branch (Maybe still has) up in Sherwood near where the lido was/is. Great tackle shop, my dad swore by it (Bleddy, B*gger but no worse honest!!) I used to like the one that went into the old Midland Bank premises on Radford Boulevard, near Ilkeston Road (I spent a fortune in there over the years and for the life of me can't remember their name.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Try Gerry's Beef . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zab 47 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 There used to be a tackle shop at the back of the co-op in Carrington, the buildings are in the process of being flattened, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted July 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Coming back towards the Great Central railway bridge there used to be a building at the side of Midland Magneto with some writing on the side saying "Beds 6d a night" does anyone remember that? Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Cheers Nick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russ 2 Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Coming back towards the Great Central railway bridge there used to be a building at the side of Midland Magneto with some writing on the side saying "Beds 6d a night" does anyone remember that?Rog Were the bedrooms ensuite ? (ha,ha) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted August 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Ayup Russ, I dunno mate I never had the misfortune of staying there, I don't think they were in use in the 60s when I remember seeing the writing on that end wall Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 Warning this is a Nottingham post! So we took the bridge down & 20/30 years later we put another one up for the tram? You couldn't make it up? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 There were probably some leaves on those lines that coudn't be removed, so new bridge it was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 No trees up their kid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 It wasn't just a demolished bridge which was rebuilt. Over a number of years, an entire stretch of viaduct and embankment was removed - from Weekday Cross to the Meadows - and then rebuilt for the tram. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 Ah ! That's why my Community Tax, or whatever they call it now has escalated dramatically ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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