truckstop 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 hi folks. i was only a child 1950., i lived on the bend of vernon rd were the train tracks ran parellel with the road, and a long sandstone wall. bikers would accelerate from northern bridge and race to vernon crossings, this usually happened late at night. sadly a few did not make it, some hit a oncoming car or truck on the bend of road. i remember because i lived on that bend and would hear the crash, wot a mess, the law did not require a helmet then. any one remember these accidents love to hear from you dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Truckstop, can you remember the two little shops on that bend that backed onto the railway line. What were they used as? Den. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Asley knows about those shops as i mentiond them to him, they were always empty and i used to pass them everyday going to school. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 I rented them for awhile maybe 20 years ago, prior to that they looked empty but weren't, being used as storage by a wieghing scale company, before that (not sure when) they were for a long time a greasy spoon type cafe and only closed when no parking was allowed on that part of vernon road. That bend there is quite deceptive at speed and has caught one or two out resulting in deaths, usually by hitting a big tree that is/was there, also remember a car dismantling the front garden walls of about the first 3 houses on the left after the shops! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 I heard that years ago they were a gents hairdressers. About 6 months ago they were up for auction, guide price of 17 thousand which sounds cheap but what could you do with them? Ashley i read your earlier post about them, are you related to auction Mick? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 No not related just know him from his auctions, they used to be great, got some great items at them some crap too,lol remember my first one a sander when such were rare and expensive, think this was about £2 took it home and showed wife, plugged it in, biggest ******* flash and bang! that cream crackered the amature moved over and touched the windings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
truckstop 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 hi folks i lived next door to the cafe on vernon rd 1940 -60 this time frame may not be accurate. the owner was a small older man, the cafe was brocken into on several occasions,so he would leave a large suitcase full of cigs with my mom overnight. i have not been back to nottingham in 38 yrs, so i assumed there had been radical changes. found google maps , from the library on vernon rd to bulwell hall i had what seemed like a virtual reality tour, the number on the door were i used to live was very clear. thanks for all your replies dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 truckstop, you just missed my dad then! he lived at 510 Vernon Rd, born there actually 1916 and left when he got married at St.Leo's Christmas Eve 1939. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Coming a bit late to this thread. My uncle George Burgin had a shop on the corner of Vernon Rd and Gordon St. Little grocers. I went along there just last week and you can clearly see where the shop front has been bricked up to turn the building into a house again. Also at the top of Gordon Rd on the other side of Bulwell Lane, where there are now houses, Uncle George had a woodyard, where he sold new and 'recycled' timber. Behind that he had a couple of allotments where he would grow tomatoes and other stuff to sell in the shop. He also used timber off cuts bundled up and sold as firewood in the shop. All in all he didn't miss many opportunities to make a penny... I also remember 'Catchem's, which I see is still there. Last time I was in there was after doing a Saturday morning at Whiteley Read's Boiler Works. It would be around 1970. I recall that the Poppy Family 'Which Way You Goin' Billy' was playing on the Juke Box. Funny what sticks in the mind. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 Was that the shop on the corner opposite Palmers chippy? One time when I was walking home from school up Bulwell Lane, I found bunches of grapes in the hedge alongside the allotments. My mum accused me of having stolen them, until she discovered that someone had broken into the grocers shop and nicked a load of fruit, which he dumped in the road as he was being chased away. There was also a record shop a little further up, where I bought my first 45 - Til I Kissed Her. The sales girl was a 'bit of alright' and we used to go in just to chat her up. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 Like it Jim,records..and a nice girl..heaven!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 The Basford Crossing area gets a lot of mentions here; start at #10. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14431 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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