Peter Garner Photo Collection
Album 1
1966 - 1970
Bombay St before the demolition
Peter Garner lived at no 13 Bombay St
46 images
1966 - 1970
Bombay St before the demolition
Peter Garner lived at no 13 Bombay St
46 images
- Slideshow
- Individual images and descriptions (scroll down)
A long lost memory of the bill board opposite "Board School" with the bus stop hidden, a place where many boarded the 47/40 on a journey each day, to work or "play". (Paul Key)
The blue chocolate blocking common in many yards and streets and the challenge of keeping them free from vegetation. The washing line post and gate through which the dustbin man carried out full and returned the emptied bin, unless the lid had been left off or blown off allowing rain water to turn the ash to a hardened mass. (Paul Key)
Peters fondness for cats remained throughout his life, collecting cat charities was a passion. (Paul Key)
I would suspect that the curtain rail covers the door to the front room and cellar the door to upstairs to the right. My thoughts turned to had the pen been used to compile a shopping list. the reality of how limited the space we had is clearly pictured in Peters photographs, from our childhood memories our home did not appear to be so small. (Paul Key)
Then still a living community. The Prince Leopold started life as a Beer House, possibly opened around 1881, the name perhaps stimulated by the visit to Nottingham of Prince Leopold in 1881. The suffix on the TK Bedford is H which would place the photo 1969 or a little after.
(Paul Key)
(Paul Key)
Parked upon what became Astley Drive, the walls of Mapperley hospital in the background. What became a valuable strip of land required to facilitate new builds. Then no bus route along the Wells Road, it was either the 31 on Woodborough Road or the 40 at Kildare Road. (Paul Key)
This image is a bit of a puzzler, looking more rural country lane than St Ann's, however Peter had a long association with the allotments, between Ransom Road and Wells Road. Although the roadway looks considerably more substantial than the bluish grey cinder and ash paths of allotments. My thoughts eventually positioned this along the private road towards, or within the former City Asylum, Coppice hospital. Behind Peter would be the former Army barracks upon which was built the Elliott Durham School, towards Ransom Road, Blyth Street Dairy and Woodborough Road. In the far distance, Porchester Road. There were a few houses within the Coppice Hospital Grounds. The line of Poles, probably delivering telephone service from the Sherwood Telephone Exchange, located at Wesley Street Carrington, for numbers beginning with 6 which were allocated around this location. Perhaps the irony of such solitude surrounded by ongoing change inspired the photograph, which for many is an image which would have never been seen. (Paul Key)
The Morris 8 of Peter Garner, as if standing guard to the Top Coppice Farm allotments in a futile attempt of protecting against the march of progress. To the left of the image beyond the blue brick bridge parapet gave access to the former St Ann's Station, then the Kingsthorpe and Kendale Court, to the upper right the new Elliott Durham School. Continuing straight on passing the Nurseries of Charles Sales, through the allotments, many now empty, adventurers would arrive behind the horses field, avoiding Coppice hospital, into what were allotment gardens off Coppice/Ransom Road. I believe now this would be a walk from Astley Drive on the Wells Road to Brewsters Road, on Ransom Road but no longer through allotments. (Paul Key)
The mains input of the Nottingham Corporation Electricity Department into the building, the armoured cable filled with oil, the Bakelite, porcelain insulators and cast iron main fuse holder to the power cut off mounted on a backboard and sealed by the jointer, the tails leading to the pre pay coin meter fitted in the front room, often a storage area separated from the coal cellar. At the time when earthing would be via an earth spike or water pipe, Later, due in part to removal of metal pipes, Protective Multiple Earthing would be fitted, but not to these properties.
Many cellars were compartmentalised, and used for "hiding" unwanted items or a workshop, this would be directly below the armchair in the front room and the meter into which the two vertical cables (tails) went.
(Paul Key)
Many cellars were compartmentalised, and used for "hiding" unwanted items or a workshop, this would be directly below the armchair in the front room and the meter into which the two vertical cables (tails) went.
(Paul Key)
An eclectic mix, wicker baskets once filled with straw for distilled water demijohns, Brake hubs for the Morris 8, the mash tin, I suspect many spares for the Morris 8 would be concealed within bags, baskets and boxes.
(Paul Key)
(Paul Key)
The dark blue overalls adorning the guard rail, the smell of the oil almost permeating through the screen, the bowl perhaps strategically placed to capture rain water entering through a leaking or broken window pane., the well polished stair bannister through continuous use.
(Paul Key)
(Paul Key)
A little bit of carpentry taking place among the tool a 1lb joiners hammer, probably a Stanley plane, engineers 12" rule, wood chisel, possibly a wood drill for a brace and bit and coal shovel improvised to support the draft excluder.
(Paul Key)
(Paul Key)
Still plenty of slack, improvised and integrated anti burglar/ draft proofing. in position.
(Paul Key)
(Paul Key)
Coal chute shored up and a well used short stokers shovel, a tool Peter would have been familiar with.
(Paul Key)
(Paul Key)