catfan 14,793 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 C T Newton perhaps Ian ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 You could be spot on there Catfan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 And those lovely blue /cream bulk milk tankers. One of the few Corgis I never owned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Crikey!,thanks Cliff- I bet that is a costly toy today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted May 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 You could be spot on there Catfan. IIRC Newton's lorries were dark blue with maroon pinstriping. Very similar livery to Amos Meer of Ilkeston; one of whose lorries I saw down here in West Wales t'other day, good to see they're still going. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Anybody remember Steads who parked their dark blue lorries on some ground opposite the Capitol Cinema on Churchfield Lane? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Steads were still going up to a couple of years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Crikey, I remember them in the early to late 50's . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Newtons!! thanks lads.. that one had totally escaped me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Steads went under in 2010 ! I did a bit of casual work for them years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 I was comparing experiences with wagons & buses to day Ian ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 If it is the same Steads, they had a garage on the main road opposite Cheltenham Street, Old Basford. I remember them being there immediately after the war, so they might have been there before the war. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Abaht here Dave !. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9879281,-1.1785227,3a,75y,165.99h,89.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLOcdW008LNohW-WfZbTZgg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 So many memories on that bit of google,..........Steads,Steads house,Nellie Bisbies,Pearsons where my Mother worked,St.Aidens church where my parents got married,Marrlows chip shop,and a shop on the corner (now a house) who always displayed a team picture of Forest from the 50s,Park Tavern my old local and next door to which my Dad was born............. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 On the corners of Cheltenham Street, opposite Steads, was Falconbridge's shop and on the other a store that used to sell penny drinks - big deal for me when I was a little lad - coloured water mainly. A couple of houses along was Charlie Rigley, the local milkman. He used to ladle the milk into grandma's jug. I remember one bonfire night, the fire was in the middle of the street, young chaps fetched a large container of old sump oil to pour on the fire before it was lit. When the fire was blazing away, people used to keep feeling the temperature of their windows. At the top of the street was Perkin's beer-off. It is still there, and just down from Falconbridge's was the chip shop; that's still there. And yes, our parents got married in St Aidan's. The Google picture of Southwark Street school brings back memories. First school I went to. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 It's amazing what memories are rekindled on a topic about haulage and wagons. Brilliant guys! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Thinking about it,you could take a hundred yard stretch of anywhere in Nottingham and it would conjur up Nottstalgic memories from most of us,......so whilst some of say 'we are bound to run out of topics i don't think we ever will............. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 That bit of Basford.........I've done something similar to this before, but here's a wider view of it all. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Thanks for the picture again cliff-ton,...........don't know what year it was taken,i would suspect 30s ?,interesting to note the two churches are still standing (as churches) St.Aidens and the Queensbury rd Baptists,and the two Pubs Park Tavern and the Pear Tree..........and what makes it even more interesting for me i can almost make out the cottages where Dad was born, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Date is given as 1937. Where was your dad's cottage ? I might be able to zoom in a bit more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Very top left hand corner,.......thanks cliff-ton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Somewhere in this lot.... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 No,but thanks anyway cliff-ton..............another good photo............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim in the North East 200 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 You could see (and hear) Placketts security geese in the compound from the A52. Thanks for that memory - I had completely forgotten that until you jogged the memory. I have a vague feeling that Tom Coyne did a feature about the geese on BBC's Midlands Today Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Triggs of Berridge Rd. They had premises through to Bobbers Mill Rd I believe. Red wagons late 50's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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