A Basford Quiz

[Ashley 288]

A few Basford (roughly) quiz questions

1) where was Basford's first tram depot

2) What Trolley Buses ran down Radford Rd

3) What stood in centre reservation of Melbourne Rd

4) Where was New Basford's Fire Station

5) What happened to St Leo's church in july 1976

6) What stood where skillet & sixpence (ex Haven) pub now is

7) Where was New Basford's Mushroom Farm

8) What trolley bus turned round at valley rd

9) What stood opposite The White Swan where later "union" building was

10) Why was Babbington Pit so named

11) What was the "Newcastle" connection with Basford, ie pubs and colliery

12) Where was Newcastle pit

13) What was originally name of Basford North Station

14) Where was Billy Bacons

15) What were the 3 Bens ie little ben, big ben etc

[rob237 89]

2) 42,43,44

4) Stockhill Lane

5) Major fire

8) 36

11) Duke of Newcastle was the colliery owner...

12) Adjacent to the eventual Newcastle 'Wharf'?

Cheers

Robt P.

[Frank 13]

3) Police Box

[katyjay 5,091]

14 - Billy Bacon's field was in old Basford Town. The Leen went through it.

[Ashley 288]

Only 3 replies? ah well, here's abswers (far as I know)

1) it was on radford rd near junction of isandula rd, those transformer etc are in the yard the building next door to former police station was power station for the trams

2 has been correctly answered

3) 4) 5) ditto

6) a school, locally know as "daft school"

7) corner of nottingham rd and lortas rd in large former underground air raid shelter

8) 36

9) Old Basford Primary School

10) owned by Babbington Mining Co from Awsworth

11) Duke of Newcastle who should have been named Duke of Nottingham, so called due to clerical error (so I'm told)

12 Nuthall Road near Newcastle Arms pub on other side of road it later became wharf for loading coal to lorries

13 Dob Park Station

14 Billy Bacons was field off Lincoln St used for basford wakes

15 the 3 Bens were bends in the river leen back of mill street, quite deep there before altered

[ralphmills 0]

Ashley:

Just in case you revisit this entry!

"Newcastle Colliery"

I'm researching early mining in Nottingham and I understand that Sandon Street in New Basford was originally called Newcastle Street (it's on the deeds of some of the first houses to be built in that street) and that a colliery known as Newcastle Colliery was active in the first half of the 19th century at the west end of Sandon/Newcastle Street. After the mine was filled in, St Augustine's Church was built on the site of the colliery, but in the mid 20th century it began to subside into the old workings and was demolished in the 1980s.

Do you know anything about this colliery?

Ralph

[mick2me 3,033]

Welcome Ralph

I am sure he will as you bumped the topic.

[Ashley 288]

Sorry nothing known at all, I would search the forums via box above top right, been a few mining topics on here and some "experts" have replied in past