Chulla 4,946 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Gem, You need to look at the 1931 or 1951 census returns for Old Basford. Somewhere there will be Palm Villas, and the name of the road it is on will be recorded. From there Cliff Ton will find a map. PS. CT. If the census gives the street name then there might a photo of it, with Villas! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 I can find a map - It's a photo I can't come up with !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 And if Cliff Ton can't find it then it doesn't exist. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Thanks everyone for your suggestions and help, i have done the picture the past but will go again with your suggestion Cliff Ton. Chulla will also try your way and i agree with you Michael if Cliff Ton cant find it, its not there. Gem 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nnsc 131 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 On 29/12/2011 at 5:18 PM, nnsc said: Speaking of the Church St bridge I took this picture from the bridge of the Monolith that was built on the breakers yard. Looking at it, it's in a right state, I wonder when the bulldozers will move in or will it be spruced up for our friends from foreign lands. Â 5 years between these two pictures! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nnsc 131 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 To be honest Jill I'm surprised the Council haven't done anything about it as clearly it's totally inhabitable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Your pictures make it look quite posh compared with when I last noticed it a few weeks ago  :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Some folk could turn Buckingham palace into a slum. Â Those places look like they could have been ok if they had been properly maintained and treated with a bit of respect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 #132 that building was built as offices, I don't think they were ever used, I noticed last week that is up for sale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Didn't realize they were built as offices. Â Still no need to leave 'em like that. Â Also noticed all the graffiti beside the tracks. Â Looks worse than Atlanta. Â Wots up wi sum of these yobs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 The notice on Church Street bridge shows they were offices; and from that angle they look like something east european. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Looking at the office photos in #132, when was that place built ?  I can remember the site when it was still the Salvo scrap yard which was well into the 90s, so the office building can't be more than 20 years old. Has it ever been occupied ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Planning was given for this building in 2008. planning has been applied for conversion into 15 flats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nnsc 131 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Can't remember when I took this shot but it was certainly in a better state then!  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Yes, it was built about ten years ago, Irwin Business Centre. Never occupied apparently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 On 18/10/2015 at 2:46 PM, Gem said: Cliff Ton I need help in finding a picture of Palm Villas, Basford. Hubby was born there in the 1940s,  I've been having another look at this, and might have a bit of an answer.  Do you know the house number of Palm Villas ? Where exactly was it on Palm Street ?  I can find a Palm Terrace but not a Palm Villas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 There were only two houses in Palm Villas 11@11a, one of which belonged to his grandfather, he lived in 9 Palm Street. Gem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 On 18/10/2015 at 2:46 PM, Gem said:  I need help in finding a picture of Palm Villas, Basford. Hubby was born there in the 1940s,  4 hours ago, Gem said: There were only two houses in Palm Villas 11@11a, one of which belonged to his grandfather, he lived in 9 Palm Street.  This map from the early 1950s shows the numbering in that area to be a bit of a mess. Numbers 7, 9, 11 9a, are scattered around almost randomly.  These may be the only photos you'll see of that part of Palm Street when it was full of houses. The arrow on the photos is pointing at the house marked as 7a / 9 on the map. In this photo - and just visible on the other - the road up the left is North Gate.    1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Cliff  Ton....thank you, have never seen the two pictures you have found, I am sure that when hubby sees them he will be able to pick out family houses. The first street map you sent could you let me know how to access it as a lot of his friends lived on Northgate maybe see their houses as well.   Gem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Cliff Ton...hubby says thanks for the photographs and map, we managed to sort out where he was with the help of the lamp post.  When we came back to Nottingham after a number of years away all that we could find was the lamp post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted May 4, 2019 Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 Re; those abandoned/unoccupied buildings near the railway bridge, mentioned in earlier posts. According to the NEP, something is finally going to happen.  https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/plans-transform-never-used-business-2813439?fbclid=IwAR3xThe2epXpE6idmbNX1OqrKjqW6vr-ZJb04DVyCUYfQWHxuoWkyI7LHsQ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 On 9/30/2017 at 6:29 PM, Cliff Ton said: These may be the only photos you'll see of that part of Palm Street when it was full of houses. The arrow on the photos is pointing at the house marked as 7a / 9 on the map. In this photo - and just visible on the other - the road up the left is North Gate.     Did you know a girl, June Drury who lived in one of the villa type houses. I think it was at the cross-roads to the right of the image. The left hand house with a longer garden and larg bay windows.  Alpha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Alpha, I didn't live in the area, I only posted the photo. If you're lucky, someone else might see your comment and come up with a reply. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timfoster 0 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 This maybe slightly off-topic having read through, but the original post was talking about the area around Vernon Road. I'm trying to find out where Chard Terrace was. I've found Chard Street on Google, and so I'm presuming that it was a Victorian walking terrace somewhere off there, especially as it seems that there is new a school playing field running through Chard Street. Would anyone know whereabout Chard Terrace was? My great grandparents lived at 4 Chard Terrace from at least 1941-45. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 You're right; it was off Chard Street. The old map even has house numbers so you can see which was your g-grand parents. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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