Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 30 minutes ago, davep5491 said: When I was about 10 I used to catch the 18 bus from Trinity Square to Longmead and can remember clearly now sitting on the top deck and looking in the churchyard. You're the first person I've known to mention seeing the churchyard in Trinity Square. My earliest memory of that area is the site being an empty space/car park after the church had been demolished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 I remember it. When I was learning to drive, BSM who were based on Mansfield Rd., used to park their driving school cars In Trinity Square, on the right hand side looking up from Milton St. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,148 Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 I can remember Trinity Square church as well CT. Your not old enough to have seen it I'm afraid. But with your bottomless pit of photographic images, I've no doubt you've seen pictures. Got to admit though, the memory gets greyer as the years move on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 The NEP did one of their features which includes photos of Trinity Square and the church. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/magnificent-church-centre-nottingham-pulled-3287983 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,016 Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 I also remember Trinity Church , I used to catch the 28 bus home from school from there and before that the occasional bus trip into Nottingham with my mother, I must be really old. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Nice Barton bus here, in Derby bus stn on its way to Nottingham, courtesy of the Bus Archive on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thebusarchive. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,295 Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 Good photo but to me the proportions of Barton buses have somehow never looked quite right, I think it is too many different sized windows Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 It is a lowbridge body which makes the proportions look a little odd. Some were far uglier than this though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,417 Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 It's one of the few that I think were good looking and quite a modern (for the time), design. For some reason I always thought of them as 'heavy' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted February 7, 2021 Report Share Posted February 7, 2021 What was the ‘bus company on Nuthall Rd., somewhere near Embassy Tyres? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mitch1 7 Posted February 7, 2021 Report Share Posted February 7, 2021 3 hours ago, philmayfield said: What was the ‘bus company on Nuthall Rd., somewhere near Embassy Tyres? Dunn-Line - but weren't they called something like 'Montegrange' before they became Dunn-Line. Moved out to Codnor then to Catchems Corner or was it the other way round before they ended up at Heanor as Yourbus...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted February 7, 2021 Report Share Posted February 7, 2021 Catchems, then Dunns sold to Veolia and one of the son's, Scott, started Yourbus based at Hucknall then later moved to Heanor. On of my sons worked in the office at Catchems for a while although I beleive the trading address was Park lane which is at the back of there. Dunns had aquired a few smaller coach companies prior to Catchems so whoever was at Nuthall road may have been one them 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted February 7, 2021 Report Share Posted February 7, 2021 Dunns. That's it. I remember parking there years ago when going as a guest of Mitsubishi for a day out at Chatsworth. Clay shooting and off road driving in Shoguns. I felt a bit guilty as I'd just bought a new Jeep Cherokee! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mitch1 7 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 23 hours ago, Stuart.C said: Catchems, then Dunns sold to Veolia and one of the son's, Scott, started Yourbus based at Hucknall then later moved to Heanor. On of my sons worked in the office at Catchems for a while although I beleive the trading address was Park lane which is at the back of there. Dunns had aquired a few smaller coach companies prior to Catchems so whoever was at Nuthall road may have been one them DunnLine were definitely at Nuthall Road in 1986 as used to see their buses causing mayhem on the road as they tried to get in/out of the tight driveway - whether they then moved to Catchems or already had a second depot I don't know...... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Dunn Line we're inferior to Camms & that is being kind. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 In his short story 'Tickets, Please!' DH Lawrence paints a glorious picture of the 'Ripley Rattler', that two hour tram journey from Nottingham to Ripley deemed to be the most dangerous route in England. https://www.pseudopodium.org/repress/shorts/D_H_Lawrence-Tickets_Please.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 RR. I really enjoyed reading that story - never read it before. I felt a BIT sorry for him, but only a bit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,016 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Margie , you felt sorry for him, a pack of women can be dangerous when I was 21 I took up a part time job on my days off delivering lace to home workers. The factory employed about 50 females of all ages the only other male was the boss, all went well until I was back in the place at break time. I went into the canteen for a cup of tea, what a mistake. Eyes started to burn my body and the noise level rose and hands grabbed my body and took me to a table where a row a pennies appeared on the table, these were the old pennies. Lets see if he can cover these the shout rang out, I dont know how I managed it but I pulled my self free, I think it was sheer terror, I exited the building and locked myself in the van. I never went into the canteen again, food and drink was just not worth the risk. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 You just haven't had Ben's luck with women, have you young Trogg? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Something similar happened to me Trogg when i was a Granville delivering to a factory in Netherfield........was really cut-up when i got moved .....lo\l 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 @trogg .... but the man in the story sort of deserved his humiliation....even though the girls had been willing participants in his philandering at some point. You, however, were just a shy young lad (or were you?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Must be the smell of the lace! I worked at Simon & May for a short time, and we office lads only went into the factory in pairs. True! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,016 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Margie of course I was a shy young lad I still am, we have drifted off topic so to keep it on topic I went home on the 44 Trolley bus, have you noticed whatever the subject Bens favourite pastime arises , lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 Didn't know if I should start a new bus topic? Or just add to an existing one? An impressive front cowl conversion, discuss? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Totongirl 341 Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 I think this vehicle may still exist, wasn't it used by UKIP in the 2015 general election? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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