One (shite) picture per post.

[richardmorris]

[D.E]

[D.E]

What David really got:

Spoiler

 

[Remspoor]

[Bfg]

On 08/12/2025 at 13:37, martc said:

Mum never lets him forget the year he came home with a very sad looking Christmas tree.  

[4wheeledstool]

[martc]

[martc]

LuAZ 969, 1988.

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[sheffcortinacentre]

2 hours ago, martc said:

Ooh for streets with individuality rather the glass fronted clones we have  nowadays.

[RayMK]

1 hour ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Ooh for streets with individuality rather the glass fronted clones we have  nowadays.

Agreed, and a Woolworths where you could buy a quarter (Ib) of fresh salted peanuts in a small, open greaseproof paper bag then pester parents for an advance on pocket money to buy a Matchbox toy.  I can remember them being 1/3d at first, rising to 1/11d a few years later.

 

   

[artdjones]

On 08/12/2025 at 06:59, Remspoor said:

Still around. 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Ooh for streets with individuality rather the glass fronted clones we have  nowadays.

Also applies to the vehicles

[Metal Guru]

44 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Also applies to the vehicles

Apart from the colours. Black , white and fifty shades of grey. The photo wouldn’t be vastly different in colour.

[Remspoor]

[richardmorris]

[sheffcortinacentre]

Is that luggage in the back of the Thames 400e

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Is that luggage in the back of the Thames 400e

No, I think he’s a fly tipper with an old sofa in the back.

[auntiemaryscanary]

On 12/11/2025 at 16:45, martc said:

Unfortunately the station closed in 1967. Bar the clock tower to it was demolished. It was replaced by these beautiful* buildings with the council owned tower block flats being somewhat notorious. The hotel on the right in the old pic survives and at least on the exterior remains largely unchanged.

The Victoria Shopping Centre (known locally as "the Vic- or Vicky- Centre) has always given me the hebejebbies due to its size & busyness. I continue to avoid going in whenever possible.

Taco Bell anyone?

[auntiemaryscanary]

15 minutes ago, auntiemaryscanary said:

Unfortunately the station closed in 1967. Bar the clock tower to it was demolished. It was replaced by these beautiful* buildings with the council owned tower block flats being somewhat notorious. The hotel on the right in the old pic survives and at least on the exterior remains largely unchanged.

The Victoria Shopping Centre (known locally as "the Vic- or Vicky- Centre) has always given me the hebejebbies due to its size & busyness. I continue to avoid going in whenever possible.

Taco Bell anyone?

I know, more than one picture....

The remains of the outside parts of the station fascinated me as kid and up to about 20 years ago as a massive cutting remained in the middle of Nottingham. It was this hole*, of course completely stripped of anything railway related bar the boarded up tunnel entrance 

Never knew it had a turntable!

15-20 years ago the hole was redeveloped...

B&w photos from here https://steve-banks.org/gcr/380-nottingham-victoria

Maybe should have gone in the rail shite thread.

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[Tayne]

Untitled by Mark Brown, on Flickr

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Untitled by Mark Brown, on Flickr