Fynger 841 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 That van/car ? behind the 'gem' bus looks like its 2 fronts welded together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ColFrench 0 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Not 100% sure but I think that van maybe a Fiat..very rare today Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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ColFrench 0 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 ITS A FIAT 600 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Is this Midland Station end of Arkwright street? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 That's what I thought Mick, looking towards Trent Bridge, with Midland Station to the left just out of shot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 ITS A FIAT 600 Just weird. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Wasn't the first selecta disc by the bridge on the right ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,468 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Is this Midland Station end of Arkwright street? Yup. Top of Queen's Drive to the right, and Queen's Road with the now-famous metallic car park, off to the left. And the two other photos where the buses are parked is South Parade Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 and aren't what's left of those properties behind the gem bus coming down for the new tram route? such is progress? mind you I'm glad fiat got round to fitting 4 wheels on that car/van thing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,468 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Wasn't the first selecta disc by the bridge on the right ? You ain't wrong. Funny thing is, I don't remember there being two shops, but.............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ColFrench 0 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 What was 'Selecta Disc' all about, Was it just a record sale store ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 We should have looked at the sign on the front of the bus! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Ad on the first bus, Shop at 'GEM and save' I used to shop at Gem and SPEND! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,468 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 What was 'Selecta Disc' all about, Was it just a record sale store ?? You could put it that way. But it's a bit like saying Harrods is a shop. The thing about Selectadisc is that they had everything obscure and unknown and weird (and that was the customers as well....). Selectadisc was extremely not about top 30 commercial best sellers. They knew about music and so did everyone who went in there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ColFrench 0 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 We had a similar shop in Reigate when I was a kid, it was called Gramophile, the sort of shop where you could go in and ask an assistant (who resembled a bit part from the Adams family) if they had, or knew a song by......and you could badly sing it to them and unless you were rubbish at singing (like my wife who could sing the national athem and get it mistaken for Mull of Kintyre) Uncle Fester would more often than not identify it. I even remember my sister (the only one who had the nerve to do it) record a song in a booth and it was recorded to a 7" vinel. I wonder if she still has that song, think it was 'two little boys' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 re the blow up with the bridge in the background, you'd have thought they'd have updated the railway station name on bus destination board Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Wherever you went from that station the journey was Long, Mucky & Slow (LMS) so the title on the bus destination window is correct. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 The alternative was The Late and Never Early Railway 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majoroak 0 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 re bridge over arkwright st i believe was used by the victoria station line (Grand Central) and this the line to london. virtually under the bridge bought my first ever super duper racing bike from ANDY BONE cycle shop!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,468 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Go under the bridge shown on the original photo, then take the first turn right, and you came to the entrance of Arkwright Street station on the Great Central line. The entrance was nothing more than a door in a wall. Like this:- 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Pretty late photo there? (lack of trolley bus wires) guess GCR restricted by lack of space re the entrance?possibly also the reason for the (one of 2 seen) "tower shutes" for goods etc which have been mentioned before, either that or they thought local peasants didn't need anything else! lol. Can you imagine an advert in later years if top floor of that shop had been converted to a flat ? "Large s/c flat, handy for local station, suit trainspotter, or deaf insomniac" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trickymicky 57 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Below the Vauxhall cars sign,obscured by a shadow is the entrance to another Motorcycle shop. It must have been the smallest shop in Nottingham, just a long narrow corridor,it was mainly repairs,and a good source of secondhand parts when you were skint. It was run by a chap called Sid,who had previously worked for Blacknell Motors,just up the road by the station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Nothing left of this bit now! although "The Crown Inn" is still there but closed The "Crown" is on the corner of Crocus Street the next street to Waterway Street and is the easiest way to find the location the site of Arkwright Street Station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ColFrench 0 Posted October 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Hi again all. with so many refs to the Broadmarsh shopping centre in this post, I thought you may want to see this recent photo that I've obtained. I will be adding this to my website www.macfisheries.co.uk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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