DAVIDW 1,681 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 mikeC you mention Goulders of Mapperley top .I'm sure a Goulder joined our class at Gedling Sec Mod in the mid 60s . We were a bit in awe of him then as he was buying and selling cars when only aged about 16 ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Always knew G S Oscroft as simply Oscroft's, Mr Oscrofts full name was Garnet Scotton Oscroft Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terence12 725 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Oscrofts on Castle Boulevard, dad bought his first car from there ad for Oscrofts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Mr Oscroft used to live on Porchester Rd in a stone built house overlooking the car auctions Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 hi everyone I worked in 1955 at Holbrookes garage on Wollaton street next door was a blacksmith who used to make new leafs for road springs he was called Frank really grumpy chap I recall then at Blue star garage at the junction of Alferton road and Radford boulervard famous for its battery sales then the coop at chapel bar on the end of coop house and then to Wheelhouse on mapperly plains best job I ever had driving cars that Clarkson would die for Blue star garages were numerous in the fifties they had adverts on Tv am an old man now and if I lift the bonnet on my car now I don't recognise anything how times have changed Bill 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Castle remould tyres they where about fit for horse drawn milk floats Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trickymicky 57 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 #180 There was a blue star garage on trent bridge at the start of London Road. Later it became a Texaco filling station, i think. I remember buying a batttery for my mini there in the '70's. It seemed a big deal then, saving up for a new battery. Blue star ones had a good reputation. I managed to get a higher capacity one intended for a Rover 2000 to fit. It outlived the car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 On Lower Parliament Street (where Argos is now) used to be Cripps who sold Humber and Hillman cars. I've got a feeling that opposite (where Wilko's is today and previously housed Sainsbury's and Co-op) there used to be another car retailer. Maybe Atkey's? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Yes, Atkeys. I think they moved to Huntingdon St. next to Hopewells and opened a "Mini Clinic" on the site subsequently occupied by Sytner. I certainly remember driving my Mini up the ramps. Also, at the bottom of Arkwright St. near the station, there was "The Chequered Flag", on both sides of the road, who sold second hand sports cars especially Triumph TR"s. There was also Mitchells on Tollhouse road, next to the big Co-Op who were the Triumph dealers. They amalgamated with Trumans to form Truman Mitchell and moved down Derby Road to where Jaguar and Lexus are now. I think it was Mann Egerton after Truman Mitchell. Phil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 On Lower Parliament Street (where Argos is now) used to be Cripps who sold Humber and Hillman cars. See post #53 in this thread. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikeC 12 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 ... am an old man now and if I lift the bonnet on my car now I don't recognise anything how times have changed Bill Does this look more familiar, Bill? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I've got a feeling that opposite (where Wilko's is today and previously housed Sainsbury's and Co-op) there used to be another car retailer. Maybe Atkey's? I don't recall any car dealer there, but Atkey's were certainly somewhere on Parliament Street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Wasnt checquered on corner of waterway st and arkwright st ,cross the road at back of shops under the railway bridge there was a ally with car sales /repairs anyone remember. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 123 34 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Does this look more familiar, Bill? Let me guess a 1930s Ausin 7? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 The Chequered Flag was on Arkwright st, between Queens dr and Crocus st. It might now be the Medz club? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 We're Atkeys near the old GPO depot opposite where Maplins now is? Maybe changed their name to Shipsides? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
don walker 122 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 can any body remember MOONS bargain basement on shakespear st, you could buy dead cheap cars everything from morris 10 to a Austin A40 sommerset anything from about £10 to about £30 guaranteed all goers,, well sometimes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I bought a car once from a dealer in Daybrook, it is now the site of Frank Keys. A Vauxhall Victor B reg, £20 of my hard earnt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 We're Atkeys near the old GPO depot opposite where Maplins now is? Maybe changed their name to Shipsides? Yes Den, see post #101 in this thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 The Chequered Flag was on Arkwright st, between Queens dr and Crocus st. It might now be the Medz club? Somewhere down here http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM007232&prevUrl= Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Somewhere near the cars parked on the left. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 The Chequered Flag was the double-fronted unit just before the parked cars. As a kid, I used to drool over a white Jaguar XK140 they had in the window. #166 The garage that took over from Blacknells was Nottingham Sports Car Centre, it was fairly short-lived as I recall. You can just make it out on the signage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 No, I'm wrong with the Chequered Flag. It was next shop along, directly opposite Andy Bones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Weren't Atkeys on the corner opposite Machine Mart. The corner that's a car wash now (and previously a petrol station)? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 There was another car dealer on Lower Parliament st, opposite the old ice stadium between the 2 bus garages, in the seventies it was Hanger motors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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