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Saltburn Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG8 3FY

This view from the roundabout at the end of Hollington Road shows the start of Wigman Road, part of the huge expansion of the western suburbs after the war. The bungalows on the right were built on the foundations of the original Prefabs; further up were prefabricated BISF (British Iron & Steel Federation) semis, with their distinctive first-floor corrugated walling.

This bridleway runs from the Beechdale Estate to Lambourne Drive, Wollaton.

The condition of the wall is self explanatory; it was probably attacked by a heavy vehicle making its way to the Council depot at the top of the road.

A primary substation that supplies power to a large area of Nottingham.

Taken on an attempt to recreate this 'First' for the square https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/18959 . Not replicable without access to the upper floor of the Nottingham City Council depot at Woolsthorpe Close!

Opened in 1875 by the Midland Railway.

The southern approach to the railway bridge. There has been some recent tree clearance compared with John Sutton's 2011 view https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2473437 , taken from a few metres further back.

In Bilborough. Opened in 1875 by the Midland Railway.

The line from Radford Junction to Trowell, on the Erewash Valley Line, was built as a short cut for trains to and from the north, avoiding the bottleneck at Toton; it also served Wollaton Colliery, beyond the trees, whose site has long been cleared. Fifty or more years ago this was an exciting place for trainspotters as expresses passed at some speed and were usually pulled by Jubilee Class engines with big brass nameplates, such as Nottingham's "Travancore" or "Hong Kong".

This bridleway links Wollaton and the Beechdale Estate. Fifty years or more ago, this was a good place for eleven-year-olds: you could collect engine numbers from the bridge over the Radford-Trowell line at the top of the slope ahead, or fish for newts in the canal, which the lane had once crossed just behind the camera. The Nottingham Canal north of Lenton was abandoned in 1937, but its course and the decaying locks were not cleared away in these parts until the 1980s. Torvill Close - named for Nottingham's Olympic ice-skating champion - parallels its course. Alan Murray-Rust's photos, including Image] and Image], show what little remains of the canal in Wollaton.