LongJohn 20 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Hello Pianoman #13 - give me a rundown of what else was/is made in Nottm - I will always be interested! BTW you don't know anyone who wants a harmonium, do you? Mine is 5 octave, one set of reeds ie no stops, and I need the room for more books. Buyer collects from Devon! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 According to Kelly's 1950 directory George Brough Motor Cycles 275 Vernon Road Basford The building was at the junction of Roderick Street near to the Northern Baths. Definitely still there in the 1960s. My Mum, who passed away last month, worked on munitions at Brough's during WW2, but I don't know whtether it was in Vernon Rd, or Haydn Rd. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,684 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Barn find of old Brough motor bikes in Cornwall ! http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/PICTURES-lifetime-haul-Brough-motorcycles-Cornish/story-28361361-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 I passed his Vernon Road factory every day for 5 years on the way to school, and remember seeing his car parked outside - an E type Jag, I think, reg GB1001. I often wonder if George Best eventually bought it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,145 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 The Brough works on Haydn Road was part of our old factory complex when it belonged to Moore and Company. The Brough owner's club came to meet there one Sunday many years ago. Sadly I was the person responsible for commissioning the demolition of it in order to build a new warehouse. The site now has houses built on it. It's directly opposite what was the Meridian sports ground on the Haydn Road/Quorn Road corner. Phil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 #17 You will have to keep us informed on what they fetch David, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,684 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Yes will do (if I remember Andy !) Best set up a Google alert for Brough ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Not Perter Brough (&his "friend" Archie Andrews" though) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,684 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Ha ha yes will have to make the alert Brough Superior then . For any Facebookers , Radio Cornwall have set up an "album" for the Brough find : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1107614932595993.1073742743.127344490623047&type=3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 When my brother was an apprentice there in '66 there was an immaculate Brough SS80 ? on display in the works canteen, I wonder what happened to that motorbike ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Facebook album for brough superior https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.172407166291992.1073741868.124695851063124&type=3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 In later years didn't Brough's have a place on Main St Bulwell somewhere near Minerva St? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 yeah theres a few photos showing where it was in the link i posted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 I saw a tv programme recently about T E Lawrence. He lived in a tiny cottage with very little furniture and not even running water. He seemed to have had little interest in life apart from his books and motorcycles, he had eight Broughs in all. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 The Brough car showroom on Main Street Bulwell mentioned was a Honda car franchise. In them days the Honda cars were crap. Known problem was engine mounts cracking ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Crappy BLMC engines probably. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 No Mick, this was before they tried BL engines. One of the first Honda cars was a two seater coupe, named the S500. Powered by a very high revving Honda engine, total crap. Only two or three thousand people in the UK were daft enough to buy them ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Oh, before my time then. I remember (was it the 'B' series) that Honda dabbled with? It never worked as well as the Japanese engine. But, both Toyota and Mazda used BL engine derivatives at one time and were quite successful. Nowadays the Ford Zetec is a Mazda original design, the block anyway, how things change. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Not Perter Brough (&his "friend" Archie Andrews" though) Worked very well on radio. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 #32 My mate's brother had a Honda S800 in the early 1970s. From what I remember, it was an absolute hoot to drive once you got the revs up around the red line. Unfortunately, like most cars of that era, whether Japanese or British,, the rust worm was faster than the car itself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Like this? Quite a cool looking car... looks similar to a Sunbeam Alpine: They rotted as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Similar, Mick. His was a red coupe. Although I paid more attention to his brother's Kawasaki S1 250 3-pot 2-stroke screamer, that he bought to get to school. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert smith 803 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Brough's Works site on the corner of Roderick St. has been a 'builders dump' for several years but has now been cleared and a building (?) is being erected, driving so didn't get a good look, another 'blue badge' site? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,470 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Following on what albert smith said, this is what the site looked like until very recently. In some parts of Nottingham, it would be called a garden. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Three houses going up there in that tiny space ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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