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Vernon Place, Northern Court, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 0DE

This view westwards from the former railway bridge on Park Lane shows the industrial units built on what was from 1878-1968 Basford North railway station, on the Great Northern Railway line from Nottingham to Derby Friargate, a line built principally to carry coal from Erewash Valley pits to the marshalling yard at Colwick for onward despatch. Ben Brooksbank's Image] shows the station from the west, looking towards here, in the days of steam.

View eastward, towards Nottingham (Victoria), Colwick etc. and Grantham. Basford & Bulwell station only became 'Basford North' on 21/9/53; it was closed on 7/9/64 to passengers, along with the service from Derby (Friargate) etc. (goods 4/9/67). Beyond the station can be seen Park Lane Bridge, beyond which was the bridge carrying the main ex-Great Central line from Sheffield (Victoria) to Nottingham and the South. Trains through this station to/from Nottingham Victoria joined the main line at Bagthorpe Junction by connections either side of this bridge. A curve to the left just beyond the end of the Up (left) platform connected at Bulwell South Junction with the main line towards Sheffield. The lines straight ahead led to Leen Valley Junction and by the Daybrook Loop ('Back Line') round the north side of Nottingham to the great Colwick Yards and the main line to Grantham; the Back Line lost its meagre passenger services after the partial collapse of Mapperley Tunnel on 4/4/60, although Goods continued until 1/6/64. The GC main line effectively ceased as a through route on 5/9/66 and Nottingham Victoria closed on 5/7/67.

View eastward, towards Daybrook, Nottingham etc.; ex-Great Northern, Grantham - Nottingham - Derby line. The locomotive is LMS Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 No. 43059. See Image for details about the line.

View eastward on the ex-Great Northern lines, towards Daybrook and Colwick ahead under the bridge carrying the ex-Great Central main line from Nottingham Victoria to Sheffield; Basford North (former Basford & Bulwell) station is behind the camera. The locomotive is Gresley V2 2-6-2 No. 60878 on the loop towards Bagthorpe Junction and Nottingham Victoria.

For a close-up of the old Home Brewery sign on the off licence on the corner of Cheltenham Street, see Image Straight ahead Park Lane once crossed the Great Northern Railway line from Nottingham to Derby Friargate. The bridge is still there, but there is little other evidence there was ever a railway here as the railway land has been redeveloped for housing and commercial purposes. See Image], Image] and Image

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This unusually named pub - Catchems Corner (sometimes spelt Catchem's Corner) - sits at the apex of a triangle created by the convergence of Vernon Road and Bulwell Lane. The latter is on its left when viewed from this position. Both of these roads connect with Southwark Street in Basford.

The lack of an apostrophe dates back to at lease 2008 - the date of true earliest Google Street View image.

An instance where pub renaming has become more rather than less traditional. This was originally the Station Hotel, but the location was always known as Catchems Corner, for reasons which I have been unable to discover. One possibility is that it was the location of a toll gate.

Old Basford is a good place for old painted signs on former Home Brewery Company off licences. This example, on the corner of Park Lane and Cheltenham Street, is the traditional version, advertising Apollo fizzy drinks and the Daybrook brew; on nearby Arnold Road the beer-off sports the 1960s version - see Image