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Tollerton Green, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 9EX

Looking towards the junction with Kersall Drive (on which the typical inter war Nottingham council houses are situated) from opposite a small park. Further along Brooklyn Road, the church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour can be seen.

Looking north east from the junction with Brooklyn Road. The houses are typical of inter war council housing in Nottingham.

Residential road off Highbury Road.

Demolition machinery in use on the former Henry Mellish Comprehensive School site, as seen from Kersall Drive. Originally a boys' grammar school opened in 1929 it was named after an Eton-educated British Army colonel who became a local councillor. It closed in June 2009 as part of the changes involved in creating the new purpose-built Bulwell Academy.

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, 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.

A view of the former Henry Mellish School across Highbury Road (B682) taken from the entrance/exit of Highbury Hospital.

This was previously the Henry Mellish School.

The houses on the left and the industrial estate on the right are built on the site of the Great Northern Railway line from Nottingham to Derby Friargate, which crossed the road here on a substantial brick arch. Basford North (originally Basford & Bulwell) Station was to the right, its platforms ending at the bridge, high above Vernon Road. The high embankment to the left was levelled and Oakleigh Street, Susan Drive, Gabrielle Close and Lauriston Drive occupy its site.