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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Nottinghamshire => Topic started by: sherlock1207 on Friday 02 March 07 18:47 GMT (UK)
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In April 1951 my dad bought a Nottingham trolleybus which he towed to Halam with a tractor - a second one gave them a push up Oxton hill! It was number 372 (formerly 72, but re-numbered in 1940). Does anyone know of a photo of this bus in service in Nottingham? I could do with a copy to illustrate a family history that I am working on. Thank you.
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I would start by looking on here if you haven't already http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/
Moderator Comment: URL edited to act as link
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If you select images on Google and enter trolleybus nottingham you will get loads of pictures, most of them from a website www.semple.biz
there is a link there to
http://www.semple.biz/glasgow/nottingham.shtml
hope you find yours there :)
Bob
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Hi
There are photos on picture the past. Also the Nottingham trolley buses were run by Nottingham City Transport. They have a history section on their site with photos.
http://www.nctx.co.uk/Enthusiasts/history.htm
I remember the Nottm trolley buses well. They were often jumping off the lines and had to be rehooked. In the early 1960s as well as trolley buses in the city centre there were also the old tram tracks although the trams had stopped running. Strange we now have tram tracks and trams running again. Do you think the trolley buses will return again?
Jane
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Hi Jane, can you remember when the tram fare from Slab Square to Trent Bridge was 1/2d for children? Or am I too old?
Gerald
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Hi Gerald
20 years older than me but you are never too old. I do remember 1/2d chews and 3d from Beeston to town. I used to make concertinas out of the bus tickets.
I remember the trolley buses in the square well and them rehooking them but I am not sure I ever went on one. I think they must all have been proper buses from Beeston.
Jane
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Hi Jane, You start early in the morning! I think that the trollies finished at Wollaton Park and never got as far as rural Beeston. Eileen says the trollies had gone by the time she got to Norringham in 1952. I could tell some interesting tales about Slab square and the two lions in front of the town hall.
Gerald
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Hi
I wasn't born until 1955 so I am probably talking about 1958/9. There must have been some left then. I do know the trams had gone.
Now then what was that about meeting by the left hand lion.........
Its funny because I am going to the Council House for a preview night for an art exhibition for St Patricks Day. I will say hello to the lions for you. The whole of the square has been redone again and apparently Princess Anne is to reopen it in April.
Jane
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If you do go into the re-done "slab square" on a sunny day, please take your sunglasses. The stone is dazzlingly bright. However, I'm sure it will soon be toned down by chewing-gum and the other nasties that those idiots, who would remove Nottingham's "Queen of the Midlands" crown, delight in depositing in her streets. I actually work in Nottingham now, and the rear entrance to our building is constantly plagued by human excrement, broken bottles and the sweet smell of urine. As I walk up Parliament Street in the morning I regularly have to play "dodge the vomit" - yuk! When I retire I have vowed to go into the city as rarely as possible. It's not the place it was (end of rant).
To get back on track (a good pun if we were talking about trams, which we're not), certainly the trolleybuses lasted into the 60s - the last one ran in 1966. I was born in 1954, and I saw them when we went to Nottingham. I well remember sitting in the Kardomah coffee house at the junction of King Street and Queen Street watching the conductors changing the trolley arms from one set of wires to another when they hadn't followed the desired route. I also remember standing at a stop on the Mansfield Road near the Children's Hospital and persuading my dad to let a motorbus go past so that we could ride a trolleybus instead.
However, as it was I who started this thread, please may I repeat my original question. Does anyone know of a photograph of number 72/372 in service?
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Hi Sherlock
Have you contacted the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre?
http://www.nthc.co.uk/contact/
I went into town tonight and saw the new square for thr first time. I don't know how much it cost but I cannot see why they bothered. Youths were walking along the walls with police happily chatting to them! This was at 7 pm. I hate to think what they are doing now at 1145pm.
Jane
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Hi Jane
You've probably got it sorted by now, but there was quite a bit of interest in the "Last trolley bus" in the Nott'm Evening Post last year, www.thisisnottingham.co.uk try their search engine.
Re: the New Old Market Square it's cost in excess of £7 million and the party this month to celebrate the opening is costing over £400,000.
Michelle x
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I Parliament Street was and probably still is owned by the Mansfield Charity Brunts which founded the other school in Mansfield and had alms houses and grants to old people. Grandad Wilkinson was a trustee until he died in 1948.
With regard to Leo the left hand lion, their is still a photo of me in gown during rag week in 1952/3.
Gerald
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Hi
Re: The old market square
If I have paid that out of my council tax I hope I get an invitation! Looking at it last night I don't know why they bothered!
Now I wonder what I could spend £7.5million on..........NHS, SocialServices, Police, Transport.....or replace slabs for slabs in the market square?
Jane
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Did you know that the Water Feature that NCC have paid a fortune for has been deemed unsafe by Health and Safety?
Fabulous, but the "good" news is that you ARE invited to the opening party - Fireworks, Live Music and much much more (no I'm not on commission)I'm with you, I'd rather they didn't shut schools and hospitals.
M x
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Hi Sherlock,
There's a new book coming out, or just out, all about the Nottingham Trolley Buses, see the link below. Rather expensive though at £30
http://www.mdsbooks.co.uk/detail.html?this=TB520
and pictures on :
http://www.trolleybus.net/n2.htm
Hope it helps
Michelle ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks. I'll chase these up.
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Michelle
Well found. At least now I know it was 1966 when I was 11 that the trolley buses went out of service. I knew I remembered them in the Square.
The book may be expensive but if trolley buses are your thing it must be a dream come true. A good thing for a present.
Jane
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My dad says he's going to treat himself to the book so I'll be able to look up the no.372 (formerly 72) and anything else anyone might want.
I checked every tram on one of the sites looking for the correct no. I didn't find it, but I did see some lovely pictures of old Bulwell. I'd forgotten some of the places on there, it was nice to see how the market place used to be and main street. Mum used to walk us across Bulwell Golf Course to go shopping in Bulwell when we were little. We used to play in the R. Leen while mum bought meat from Chambers Butchers. Imagine leaving your 7 and 8 year old to play in the river now while you bought the meat. Tut, tut.
On another note I've just traced one of my 4x great-grandparents back to the 1770's that's the earliest I've gone back to - I'm thrilled. I've just posted a Leicestershire look-up request. I'm so excited.
Michelle ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D