susyshoes 69 Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 Just doin a bt of research into Balloon Woods. If i drove there now, or at least where it used to be, can someone give me some street names to pinpoint it please? Would i go down Wollaton Vale? Cheers everyone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Balloon Wood Flats were in area bounded by Trowell Rd and Coventry Lane, going out of Nottm along Wollaton Vale would lead you to such, over the railway line to area round the former Gondala Pub, now "Spices" restrauant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 thanks Ashley I'll tke a drive down there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,574 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Just doin a bt of research into Balloon Woods. If i drove there now, or at least where it used to be, can someone give me some street names to pinpoint it please? Would i go down Wollaton Vale? Cheers everyone Depends what you might be looking for. Don't go expecting to see any balloons.......in fact you'll hardly see any woods either. Just a few trees left over from the original woods. And quite a bit of fairly recent housing, which was built after the disaster which was the infamous Balloon Woods Flats You won't find these........ which were know as the Balloon Houses and were at the end of Nottingham Road looking west towards Trowell You can see them marked on this map from the 1920s The road layout back then is surprisingly similar to the way it is today Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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