littlebro 234 Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 1970 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,480 Posted April 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Came across this photo I'd never seen before. Abbey Street, Dunkirk, opposite the Johnson Arms. Couple of pumps which swing out over the pavement; H & S would have a heart attack now. It was still a petrol station until a few years ago, but it's now a car wash - like all the others. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Was there a garage round there known as Triangle Garage? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,480 Posted April 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Was there a garage round there known as Triangle Garage? I've learned something new today........seems to be the same place in an earlier time. According to Pic the Past the photo above is dated around 1973. The earlier photo is dated around 1950, but it's obviously the same place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,480 Posted May 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Was THIS place ever a petrol station? Junction of Lenton Boulevard/Sherwin Road The layout looks like it used to be one, but if it was I don't remember it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 I can see "Shell" pumps there in my minds eye, but not 100% sure Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 I can recall a car sales & garage, but not fuel pumps. Daykins Garage Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Can't remember a garage there but church in background was used by a piano company, Clements? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,480 Posted May 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Can't remember a garage there but church in background was used by a piano company, Clements? Yep, the church was Clement pianos, but it has now been demolished. If you look back at my original Streetview picture, the modern building on the left of the picture (student apartments) is where the church was. I can recall a car sales & garage, but not fuel pumps. Daykins Garage Never seen that photo before. I guess Daykins Garage is the building which has survived HERE as the Top Floor Carpet place Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 I used to visit a vehicle electrical factor underneath the arches in Abbey Bridge - PCP Electricat (Pollard-Cooper-Pollard) The forecort in question was always full of vehicles. I cannot recall a petrol station. Maybe there was a fuel pump or two against the garage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 80's? Jolly Giant toy store Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 In the 70's it was a small supermarket. I think it was called Liptons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ravintrainman 10 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 In the 70's it was a small supermarket. I think it was called Liptons. Closed about 1983, due to continual break-ins, used to service the burglar alarm when it was Liptons. Same routine every time, smash the large window, in, grab a load of ciggies and away, all in less than two minutes. Heppened almost every week, some times daily, even twice the same night sometimes!! Cost them loads more in repairs than they lost, but obviously unsustainable. Council wouldn't let them fit roller shutters so they cut their losses and shut it down. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ged Ling 5 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Hello All... I'm a newbie here so please excuse me if some of these 'random memory' moments have been covered elsewhere.... I worked at the old Sytner place on Mapperley Plains in the late 1970s, when it was called ' Plains Motor Company' ran by a fellow named Trevor Perkins, I was the apprentice, the 2 mechanics were Ray and Kev , many a long lunchbreak was spent at the Tree Tops pub with these guys... I can't remember the sales managers name but he was a posh bloke ( well... he talked posh ). The girls on the petrol pumps were Eileen and Jaquie, not forgetting old Les the old chap who used to wash the cars, run around fetching parts nand generally help where needed... I remember one day frightening the life out of Les, who had roadtested a Austin 1300 and had had the misfortune of someone ( who shall remain nameless ) not tightening the wheelnuts up... when he came back he was as white as a ghost, oh how I chuckled . Petrol was offered at the time for 70p a gallon... we sold a lot, although I remember having to dip the tanks and there was an awful lot of water in them...Hmmmm. Later in the 1970s, I worked for a bodyshop in Netherfield, Manor Coachworks I think but I only stayed a few weeks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,480 Posted May 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Hello All... I'm a newbie here so please excuse me if some of these 'random memory' moments have been covered elsewhere.... I worked at the old Sytner place on Mapperley Plains in the late 1970s, when it was called ' Plains Motor Company' ran by a fellow named Trevor Perkins, Hello Ged Ling I remember the Plains Motor Company, but weren't they along Mapperley Top near the Tree Tops (like you mentioned)? My memories of the old Sytner place are that it was on the site near the Plainsman pub (or whatever it may be called now). Unless I'm getting my garages mixed up Before your time, Trevor Perkins was involved in a car business called Dean and Perkins (with a Mr Dean, can't remember the first name) and they were on the site at the top of Woodborough Road which is now occupied by Nottingham Autopark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 My father used to get petrol at a garage alongside the 44 trolly terminus at Bulwell Hall Estate, I think it was called Bell's. Is anything there now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 Is this where there is a Tram stop now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 Its about 100 yards away (just after The Swinger Pub.) Its still a garage but just one that repairs cars. it still has the semi circle drive that the trolley buses used to turn on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Its about 100 yards away (just after The Swinger Pub.) Its still a garage but just one that repairs cars. it still has the semi circle drive that the trolley buses used to turn on Thanks for the info, I found it on Google Maps, I left Bulwell in 1972, there have been so many changes, roads that I never drove on, trams I have never seen. Yet remembered as a child and young adult. So many memories on this forum I am glad I found it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,480 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Came across this photo a few days ago. I'd forgotten THIS place ever being a petrol station, and according to Pic the Past it was still there in the mid 70s. The clock tower in the background is still there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Easily the daftest place for a petrol station was Sam Ward's on Mansfield Road just up from the Rose of England. It defined the word tight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,480 Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Its about 100 yards away (just after The Swinger Pub.) Its still a garage but just one that repairs cars. it still has the semi circle drive that the trolley buses used to turn on This one? An image I've borrowed from www.trolleybus.net which has a few more Nottingham trolley photos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 That's where my Dad got his petrol, I remember it was "Regent" run by a Mr Bell. The L plate trolley, is war time utility one 4wheels the 44 opposite is a 1951/51 6 wheeler, There was 102 of those KTV 500 to KTV 601 the first 25 were 8 foot wide the rest 7'6" wide. The wide ones had the area between the back wheels painted black the rest were green. The wide ones were usually on the 38/39 to Carlton. I cannot recall seeing them in Bulwell. The 4 Wheel trolleys were usually on the 40/47 Wilford Road routes. The City boundary was here and just beyond was where the railway line crossed to go to Hucknall No.1 Colliery on the Watnall Road. It was disused when I knew it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
danny333 7 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Yes Billy Bell was the owner, Mr Noy and Brian Noy who lived a couple of doors from us were related and also worked there. I bought a new car there it was an Hillman Minx automatic. ( Around £800 ) It was 1967 the year Foinaven won the national at 100-1 A good year for me as I owned a Betting Shop then in the old Commodore Building and had what was known as " A Clear Book " Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Re Foinavon, watched the race at a girl's house, (it was Val's, Tappet) had been taking the mick before the race as she had put a £1 on it to win! watched in amazement as she won £101, quite a lot in 1967, Re the no.1 Pit Crossing, did it have gates etc? had always assumed until recently the line went up that path opposite the swinger and under the later arch below the GCR, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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