Cliff Ton 10,449 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 I agree it doesn't seem to add up. And depending on which way everything is facing, I can't work out what this building is, which seem to be on the other side of the road to the hotel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Is it possible to turn the photo around? I cannot do it in my head. It might become clearer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 The arrow in Cliff Ton's posting above is pointing to the gable end of the station building (which has the clock tower in the middle of it). Remember this photo has been reversed. The original photo in briyeo's posting makes perfect sense, with the Mechanics being demolished in the foreground centre of the picture and beyond it from left to right, the clock tower, the gable end of the station building and the hotel. Remember the hotel didn't look the same from the back as from the front. If we were looking from inside the partly demolished station we'd be seeing the back of the hotel. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 @ Cliff i think the building with your red arrow pointing on the opposite side to the hotel would have been the gable end of the Trinity Church 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 I believe Trinity Square church was demolished in 1958. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,449 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Got it now . I agree the original photo was the correct way round. We are inside the mess which is the demolition of the Mechanics; those 6 semi-circular windows belonged to the Mechanics building, they are nothing to do with Victoria Station. @ Cliff i think the building with your red arrow pointing on the opposite side to the hotel would have been the gable end of the Trinity Church Trinity Church was demolished many years before Vic Station was demolished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,449 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 The photographer was standing here. Then everything fits here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 The confusion may be that the picture shows the demolition truck inside the wreck of the building. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Thanks very much, it all looks right now and my head can stop spinning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 It's interesting isn't it :-) Looking at the posts here I nearly changed my mind again. The partly demolished building has 7 arched windows same as the Mechanics, the ones we see are on the side wall that would have had the next building up against it, so they are not complete windows like the ones that face the road. The brackets we can see on the lower part of the remaining wall would have supported the gallery seating. This is the interior that shows the seating. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Clff-Tons picture makes sense. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 another photo to throw a spanner in the works - Nottingham Victoria Station , Nottingham, 1967. Demolition of the station in progress Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 That photograph would have been taken from approximately where it says P.H. at the top centre of Cliff Ton's map. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,449 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Agreed. From this pub....... I knew it well in the 70s/80s when it was called The Regent - and then Bluberry's - but at the time of this photo and of the Vic demolition, it operated under another name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Prior to it being called the Regent in about 1973 it was the Mansfield Arms. I worked at Shippos at the time and when l frequented the pub it was run by an Irishman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 It was Number 14 Mansfield Road Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 @ Cliff i think the building with your red arrow pointing on the opposite side to the hotel would have been the gable end of the Trinity Church Well you learn something everyday. Now I know why it is Trinity Square! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 The aerial picture is nice. What interests me is the square of buildings to the right of the Trinity church - corner of Milton and Parliament Streets. There appears to be a nice garden in its centre. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,449 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Well you learn something everyday. Now I know why it is Trinity Square! And back then it looked a lot better than the present mess. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 It seems to me that there were three buildings in that area that shouldn't have been demolished - Trinity Church, Mechanics Institute and Victoria Station! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Are we really looking at the same church as the one in the over head photo - post number 145? Everything about it looks different, including the tower which has a steeple in one shot but not the other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevorthegasman 150 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Agreed. From this pub....... I knew it well in the 70s/80s when it was called The Regent - and then Bluberry's - but at the time of this photo and of the Vic demolition, it operated under another name. When I look at this scene all I see is the EMGB building on Woodboro Rd, all a bit sad..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Notty Ash - it appears that the spire (the tallest in Nottingham) was declared unsafe and removed a while before the church was closed and demolished. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,449 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 On 1/3/2015 at 0:07 PM, notty ash said: Are we really looking at the same church as the one in the over head photo - post number 145? Everything about it looks different, including the tower which has a steeple in one shot but not the other. To help you resolve the problem.....the old photo in #144 is taken from Milton Street looking up Burton Street; the Mechanics would be just out of sight on the right. The large tree in the left foreground is hiding the "smaller" end of the church which you can see facing onto Milton Street in the aerial photo. And as StephenFord mentioned, it did have a spire but that was removed / demolished quite early in its life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,449 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 When I look at this scene all I see is the EMGB building on Woodboro Rd, all a bit sad..... You'll like this then. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12723&hl= Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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