bamber 128 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Curly, the No 2 ran from Goldsmith Street, via Waverley Street, Gregory Boulevard and Hucknall Road to Valley Road. It ran a couple a times a day. Almost as elusive as the 51. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curly99 2 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Thanks for that info bamber..I was thinking of the 22. Curly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Question: Many years when I was but a young lad there was in a shop somewhere in Nottingham that had a large working model of a trolley bus in the window? Any ideas? It must have been in the 1958 - 1963 period. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Ayup! so am I! I see David Birch has the gen for Vol III ready for editing. I will be going on the "walk" over the remains of the southern portion of the line on Sunday (1st April) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Question: Many years when I was but a young lad there was in a shop somewhere in Nottingham that had a large working model of a trolley bus in the window? Might that have been Beatties toy shop on Mount Street just across the road from the ABC Cinema? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 I don't think so something made me think of Skills on Alfreton Road or Gee-Dees when they were on Goosegate or another toy shop also on Goosegate or was it Hockley? Was Beatties there in the late50s or earl 60s I'm thinking more early 50s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Sounds like the Beacrofts toy shop on the old Drury hill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 The No.1 (and 7 and 22) moved about a bit at the city end. Until (I think) about 1948 they started on the north side of the Old Market Square (as shown on the 1940s map elsewhere on this site). Then they moved to the much lamented Hanley Street. Finally, by 1971 and perhaps quite a bit earlier, they had flitted again to Maid Marion Way. When they lived at Hanley Street of course, they started UP Wollaton Street (which was two way in them days) as far as Canning Circus, which was a simple roundabout. In othe other direction they came down Talbot Street. The trolleybus routes were as follows : 36 Queen Street - Nottingham Road/Vernon Road (later shortened to Nottingham Road/Valley Road) 37 Queen Street - Nottingham Road/Haydn Road 38 The Elite - Carlton Road/Hooton Road (the only place in Nottingham where trolleybuses turned by reversing) 39 Wollaton Park (Middleton Blvd/Harrow Road) [via Ilkeston Road, also King Edward Street/Bath Street/Handel Street in this direction only] - Carlton Post Office Square. 40 Wilford Bridge [via Wilford Road] - Wells Road/Kildare Road 41 Queen Street - Cinderhill Cross Roads via Sherwood Rise, Stockhill Lane. Later started from Trent Bridge via Arkwright Street when 48 was discontinued. 42 Old Market Square (Beastmarket Hill) - Basford Northern Baths via Alfreton Road, Radford Road, Vernon Road 43 Trent Bridge [via Arkwright Street] - Old Market Square - Bulwell Market via Alf.Rd, Rad. Rd, Vernon Rd. 44 Colwick Crossing - Upper Parliament Street - Bulwell Hall Estate, Longford Crescent via Alf.Rd, Rad. Rd, Vernon Rd.. Later diverted in this direction only to serve Old Market Square instead of Upper Parliament St. 45 Trent Bridge [via London Road] Upper Parliament Street - Wollaton Park (Middleton Blvd/Scalford Drive) via Derby Road 46 Old Market Square (Processional Walk) - Trent Bridge via Arkwright Street 47 Wilford Bridge [via Wilford Road] - Wells Road/Ransom Road 48 Trent Bridge [via Arkwright Street I think] - Queen Street - Nottingham Road/Vernon Road via Sherwood Rise. [This route discontinued in early 1950s] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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