Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 And on the map in my link at #607, which is the 1940s, the terminus is given as Queen Street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 According to that map I must have traveled on 41's many times as it is I see now it is the only one that ran from Cinder Hill. I do remember riding on them up Stockhill Lane/Percy Street/Alpine Street. I can't see why it would go to Trent Bridge - surely you would just catch it to Queen Street and then hop on another to Trent Bridge! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Just a thought tho'. That picture shows it on Beastmarket Hill so how did it get there from Cinder Hill to arrive at Queen Street? Surely it went Basford - Nottingham Road - Sherwood Rise - and out on to Mansfield Road, which is where I used to get off it! Surely it would have finished Mansfield Road - Milton Street - Parliament Street - Queen Street and not via Friar Lane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 I guess it used to finish at Queen Street - in the 40s or 50s - but at a later stage it started running all the way to Trent Bridge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 So then it would have gone from Beastmarket Hill and down Wheeler Gate/Lister Gate off to TB? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Never went from Beastmarket Hill. In the picture the bus is travelling from Trent Bridge to Cinderhill. 36 from Percy Street to City, turning at King St / Queen Street. The 36 was a shortened version of the 41 route, only going from the city to Basford, not Cinderhill. The 36 was only created after the flats at Basford Crossings were built in the '60s. The capacity wasn't needed to Cinderhill & Trent Bridge on every trip. Hence the service 36. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Good. I should have said 'gone along Beastmarket Hill'. Thinking about it more, the 41 is probably the only trolleybus route I have ever been on unless we ever caught one from St Anns Well Road into the City in the late 50's but my memory bank wasn't really working at that age! I was only really interested in screaming feeding and sleeping! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Single Decker Bus bought from NCT in 1970 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Them poor buggers have been pushing that bus for a fortnight now! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Last spotted being pushed up the A1 en route to Compo's place Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Regarding the 41, way back in the 1940s it did indeed start from Queen Street to Cinderhill. The one from Trent Bridge to Nottingham Road was a 48 (shown on the map that Cliff Ton linked to). Both the 48 and the 36 ran beyond Valley Road, apparently, and turned at the junction of Nottingham Road and Vernon Road (a pretty daunting place to swing a trolleybus round I would have thought, but of course there wasn't so much traffic in those days). I am pretty sure the 48 was history by the time I can remember (maybe about 1952). Not too sure, but I think there was a trolleybus stop for the 40 and possibly 41 as well, on Long Row, just by the bottom of Market Street, to the rear of the Arnold stops. In the other direction the 41 called at the Processional Way stop along with the much more frequent 43s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 The 36 certainly did turn round in the junction with Vernon Road, there was plenty of room and very little traffic.It was cut back to Valley road in the very late 1940's or more probably the early 1950's. I remember seeing them turn when I was small. When was the Island at the Vernon Road / Nottingham Road junction put in? The trollies couldn't turn if it wasn't there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Beastmarket Hill , Nottingham 1976 - No 43 Renown Bus 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 One of the faster ones if I remember rightly ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Catfan: what bus route was the first to operate a one man system? Maybe 36? I havent a clue .. Ian. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 The first one man service I believe was "Bagthorpe" IE Bestwood ETC. The last one's were Clifton. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Cheers mate- i do store these facts !! ta- ian. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Old Market Square , Nottingham c1960s 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 The Wollaton number 9. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Must be rush hour - a D9 with an F5 waiting to turn out of Bramcote Lane at the same time. During the daytime the buses past the Rodney were every 10 minutes - in the sequence D9, F5, E1. (OK Stephen - you've bored 'em all silly now - knock it off!) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 The first one man service I believe was "Bagthorpe" IE Bestwood ETC. The last one's were Clifton. I've got an Evening Post book which says the first one man service was trialled in 1951, the No 32 Market Square to City Hospital. It was a single-decker and the driver had to get out at each stop to collect the fares. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 The 32 (not the later one that went to Bilborough) ran from the Market Square up Park Row to the General Hospital (not the City, which was a 29 from Trinity Square). It was only a short run end to end with no intermediate stops - so the driver just collected the fares on each trip before starting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 I've got an Evening Post book which says the first one man service was trialled in 1951, the No 32 Market Square to City Hospital. It was a single-decker and the driver had to get out at each stop to collect the fares. Only trialed though ! Doesn't really count, not proper one man operation. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 #634 & 635 I was only saying what it says in the Evening Post book, and you know what they say about the Evening Post and facts LOL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Come on catfan..can you recall the very last conductor? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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