Compo 10,326 Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 For all you councillors reading this: How about this for a brilliant idea.....Pull down the ugly dysfunctional Victoria Centre and replace it with a Neo Gothic railways station. You could still use the name of Victoria centre and call the station "Nottingham Victoria". There are some big holes in the hills either side of Victoria centre; when converted to a station they could be used to run trains through and gain access to the town centre. Well, What do you think? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 What a ridiculous idea......................who would wish to avail themselves of such a new fangled contraption as a steam locomotive, perhaps use the tunnels for transportation by horse & carriage of good Nottingham folk, also pigs n' geese......................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Whilst we are proposing good ideas what about rebuilding Maid Marion Way in order to lose the title of "Europe's ugliest street" ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Get an extra two lanes, knock down that Castle? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Nit-picking again, as usual - wasn't it a 29 to the City Hospital? (2 was the peculiar route from Goldsmith Street to Valley Road, via Mount Hooton Road, Bentinck Road, Gregory Boulevard and Hucknall Road). Later on there was also the 28 that went to Padstow Road. At that time all buses went round Trinity Square anticlockwise. Which stop was which - I seem to remember the 6 (and possibly 28?) was the one on the north side (i.e. back to Victoria station). Yes, the 29 was the Ciy Hospital bus - did it terminate in the hospital grounds? Perhaps it only ran during hospital visiting hours - I'm just guessing at that. You're right about the 2. I can't remember where it left from in town, but it went by an obscure route, then eventually heading up Hucknall Road to Valley Road and along there to Daybrook (I think). So you could have got a 2 and walked up from Valley Road to get to the City Hospital. But the 6 and the 28 went right past the entrance - or an 18 or 49 went past the Edwards Lane entrance to the hospital at the other end. Re the 2 - it can't have been a very well-used route, as in the early to mid 1960s at least it was often worked by single deckers, in the days when NCT only had four or five of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 The powers-that-be have admitted they were wrong and are spending more money to correct their original mistake. I'm not sure whether that is a good thing or not. http://www.nottinghampost.com/square/story-20413272-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 So much for saving money. I think sometimes the council change things just so they can say they've done something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I think the clue for success is the word 'square'...not rocket science is it? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Here's how your Council Tax is wasted. Less than two years after it being "developed", part of Trinity Square is being dug up again because they've realised it was a total mess first time. Here's the new "square" being created yet again. Hopefully it won't be any worse than the previous effort. The biggest joke of all is that they've now decided to create an "attractive, flexible muti-use space". Why didn't anyone think of that before? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 ah yes Trinity sq,lovely old church and Graveyard,surrounded by the buses,6,17,18,28,.and all the little shops,mechanics picture house opposite victoria station which was next door to marsdens restuarant. what was wrong with all that?//and all next to Foreman st newspaper offices,london Herbalist,a pub,cant remember its name,empire cafe and the peach tree pub,saw a few stars of the day in there,David whitfield,mike Winters and the footballer flip Le Flem. it was all ok,happy days. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 'Creating an attractive,flexible,multi-use space in Trinity square' "Albert!" "What!" "What does all that mean?" "They're putting different shape litter bins in!" "Oh...right!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 I suppose you could describe slab square the same way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 When it's not being used for anything, Slab Square lives up to its name in a big way. A drab, miserable, flat nothingness. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 #88 The Empire café, best toast around some 50 years ago Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Re #91, would the square have looked like this prior to 1927 when the Council House was built and the square was used as a market and for the Fair? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Somehow, the old version of slab square doesn't look as dull as the current version. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 And that picture shows it treeless.Timber Hill as it was called (now South Parade) had I believe 7 huge Elm trees that must have added much to the character that was praised by many early writers.The perspective is all over the place...but by the look of it the painting was made roughly from outside The Bell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 609 Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Yes, the 29 was the Ciy Hospital bus - did it terminate in the hospital grounds? Perhaps it only ran during hospital visiting hours - I'm just guessing at that. You're right about the 2. I can't remember where it left from in town, but it went by an obscure route, then eventually heading up Hucknall Road to Valley Road and along there to Daybrook (I think). So you could have got a 2 and walked up from Valley Road to get to the City Hospital. But the 6 and the 28 went right past the entrance - or an 18 or 49 went past the Edwards Lane entrance to the hospital at the other end. Re the 2 - it can't have been a very well-used route, as in the early to mid 1960s at least it was often worked by single deckers, in the days when NCT only had four or five of them. The route of the number 2 is viewable from the excellent bus route map that Cliff Ton posted back in 2010 http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7151&hl=%20bus%20%20maps I remember catching this bus with my dad in the mid 60s. We used to catch it on Gregory Boulevard to go into town and then walk down to Meadow Lane for the football. I recall it being a single decker on a few occasions. A real novelty. One Saturday we were late and missed it so we quickly walked up Noel St at the side of the Forest and caught it as it came across Bentinck Rd on to Mount Hooton Rd. I think we started to do that regularly when dad worked out the short walk meant the fare was less! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 This is what it now looks like, with the council attempts to hide the earlier mess. See the photos in post #23 for the earlier version of this location. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 What's the difference? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 I agree it's difficult to tell. In the new version (on the right) there is some re-designed concrete seating and the addition of a few split-level bits to add to everyone's enjoyment. To be fair, when you are there it seems a lot better than the old version. But that wasn't difficult. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidA 153 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Apparently the seats are meant to signify where previous graves from the old churchyard lie. Where on earth do these people get their ideas... Trinity Square is a disgrace and an abomination. There was real potential here to make something attractive in Trinity Square. I'd echo the thought regarding the ugly multi-story car that was previously on the site, it was actually useful, albeit an eyesore. Compare it with this: http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM009395&prevUrl= On post 32 of this thread, what is the interesting looking building on the bottom right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Mechanics institute? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 It was the Mechanics Cinema in my day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 On post 32 of this thread, what is the interesting looking building on the bottom right? This. This was the Mechanics Institute/ Cinema, extending all the way back up on the left of the photo. Look at what is in this location today - isn't progress wonderful. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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