Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 One which hasn't cropped up before. Market Garage on Huntingdon Street / Parliament Street. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Thanks Cliff re #152, I was trying to remember the name of that garage just last week, must be telepathic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Now the car park for the Christian Centre, soon to be the site of a new church for the Christian Centre. The Christian Centre is so popular that they have 4 services on a Sunday to accomodate all the worshippers, now need a bigger church, who said Christianity was dead. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.956267,-1.159108,3a,75y,173.57h,86.92t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1szpG6TGpOlhyF4dGYzPOTEg!2e0?hl=en 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Bulwell Motor Company, Piccadilly Bulwell, now sadly gone. So has the Piccadilly Club to the left. Also had a petrol pump outside with an enormous hose to reach the road. We finished a late shift on the buses & then into the club for a few beers ! https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.995201,-1.189128,3a,75y,294.86h,92.78t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sKZfH5lNtXTCH4EczyvAlFw!2e0?hl=en Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Didn't realise you liked a pint Catfan! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 It has been known Commo, it has been known. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Bulwell Motor Company, Piccadilly Bulwell, now sadly gone. So has the Piccadilly Club to the left. Also had a petrol pump outside with an enormous hose to reach the road. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.995201,-1.189128,3a,75y,294.86h,92.78t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sKZfH5lNtXTCH4EczyvAlFw!2e0?hl=en I haven't been along that way for years. Didn't there used to be a bus depot along there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Next door to the garage Cliff ! The blue & white hoarding on street view was where the depot was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 St Anns Well Rd / Northampton St. Now housing occupies the site of another Cleveland garage where I worked mid - late 60s, another victim of the wholesale house clearance then. Interesting to note that Northampton St in those days continued right down to the junction of St Anns Well Rd, not the same layout as today. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.962993,-1.134359,3a,75y,165.4h,79.19t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1spCwJP_vYr63CFJPEtz9V3A!2e0?hl=en Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Premier Garage, Sherwood Rise. Took my Consul 375 there for a MOT in June '70. Also had extended petrol hoses with pumps on the pavement too. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.968726,-1.15608,3a,75y,93.14h,77.8t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sGsXmrW9bVhaC2SjzT9GnbQ!2e0?hl=en Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 I remember that garage from visits to my Gran in Bulwell. Some things don't change. Even these days, you can often see car sales tricked up with sea-side bunting. Do they really think it attracts customers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted March 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Another one which hasn't been pictured before. Partly reminded of it by this.... I worked a while at the garage at the corner of Alfreton Road and Radford Boulevard. You didn't self serve but I put the fuel in. There used to be a lovely Afro Caribbean chap come in who always wanted 'tree gallon oh tree star' This photo is described as 1939, and at the time the garage is named as Westbourne's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I lived just around the back of the shop on the left (Severns sweet shop) Bridlington Street. Happy days ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Bell's Terminus Garage. Hucknall Lane Bulwell Hall. This sight has been totally redeveloped but I remember when it was just a small family garage with a couple of petrol pumps. The lay bye was also the no 44 bus terminus & turnround. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.017843,-1.187709,3a,75y,104.7h,87.8t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1srmkBhm31J45-BrI_OBuenA!2e0?hl=en Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I remember Bell's Garage too - I used to have to carry my dad's car battery there and back to be recharged during the winter. They used to sell Rootes Group cars (Hillman etc) then Skoda before giving up on new car sales altogether. The trolleybuses used to turn there before the buses replaced them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted March 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Borrowed this before, from this site. http://www.trolleybus.net/ And I've linked to it before in other threads. This is the trolley turn-around in catfan's photo. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 #174 Robbie. No problem, you just need a few cat hairs ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I can't quite get my bearings on the position. Was there a pub next to the bus terminal? or am I thinking of another terminal? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 That would be the "Swinger". https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.016783,-1.187396,3a,75y,36.97h,91.67t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1szSZHAd4NGp3ot55JUkrOsg!2e0?hl=en Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 A lot have been shoved out by supermarkets. I remember all the freebies. Those red and white mugs, cups and saucers and storage jars from Mobil, and all the booze glasses from Texaco. We still have some of these. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 What about the Esso tigers tail though. The must-have accessory for the scooter boys. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Green Shield Stamps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Anyone remember the petrol pump station at the bottom of Carlton hill about where the shell garage is now it doubled up as a blacksmits the old man used to shoe horses there, petrol then was a bout 3\9pence a gallon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 # 148 #149 and #150 Many thanks for bringing back great memories. In 1966 my dad bought a white Morris 1100 from Morkel and Carnill for £700! I loved it. It had a bright red interior. Mum wanted blue, dad wanted green and I wanted red so we had white! In 1973 dad got a new Wolseley 1300 and I had the Morris 1100. I kept it until it was 13 years old and was heartbroken when it developed a hole so you could see the road and it had to go. Dad's Wolseley was brillian and it went like fire! It is ironic that the garage ended up as a Saab dealership. We love Saabs. Such a shame they stopped making them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted May 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 # 148 #149 and #150 Many thanks for bringing back great memories. I had to go back and see what you were referring to ! I remember those buildings later being a Saab dealership; I have a slight interest there because I had a couple of Saabs (not at the same time) in the mid-70s when the main dealer was Nattriss on Woodborough Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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