hillsbro Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Betty, yes, Boots had their own underpass, which had a basement entrance...Yep - the tunnel went under Fargate (which they belatedly made into a pedestrian precinct - so no need for a tunnel) and Church Street. It was another example of our local council's liking for digging tunnels and opening them with great fanfare, then letting them degenerate into crime-ridden wino habitats and filling them in again (cf. Hole in the Road etc). I suppose it's the mirror-image of the council's other passion for building huge blocks of flats, letting them degenerate and then knocking them down again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 just found some old cards in a box while searching for something, this ones a hole in the road related card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagan1 Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 All I can remember is Tandys, Space men on the roof, Walking up the ramp to the A.B.C. cinema. Once they had a couple of black street artists doing slow motion and someone selling wierd pictures that you had to look at real careful to see the picture. There was always someone trying to sell crimbo wrapping paper. Around the fish tank area it stank of p**s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 just found some old cards in a box while searching for something, this ones a hole in the road related card Peters is still in existence. They are now up on High Street by where the "Craizy Daizy"/ GT news / old blue bell premises are/ were Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Waggin’ It “It’s Thursday - It’s Double Physics – An’ I’m Waggin’ It!” Leap off a 53, into t’Rag Market, drink a cuppa tea stood up. Cadge a woodbine off the toy seller Stroll to Fitzalan Square, Pond Street Nora shouts at me. Giggle, dodge into Wigfalls, droolin’ over a Ferguson Stereo, 5 quid down, ten bob-a-week Up to Cockaynes, look at teapots – Nice! Cross to Walsh’s 3rd floor café for a toasted teacake, Lookin’ down on JCBs diggin a colossal hole? Why? Snake down Chapel Walk into Canns, Listening to Marvin in a perspex booth – Sweet! Hop on a bus, up Fargate, down to T’Moor. Past Ray Allan’s Closin’ Down Sale (Now in it’s 4th year) Skip off wi’out payin and wander into Redgates. Wow! A giant Meccano Helicopter – Great! Play one-man Subbuteo – today I’m Brazil Step out, blinkin in the sunlight, peek at my watch Ouch – Only five past ten! Could be a long day….Cole Brothers next? Surreal, this was me, are you sure that you're not me? This is daft, I know that I am me, so who are you? Get's coat and buggers off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggymoo Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 BRING BACK THE HOLE! WHERES THE FISH TANK?! fish tanks is probably still there...What happened to the fish...well apparently the attendant who looked after them was able to put them in the river of his own choosing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 HAHAHA LOL LOL LOL ive not read anything as good as that in ages! It's true. Got the info from the then Chief Engineer, John Cooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Surreal, this was me, are you sure that you're not me? This is daft, I know that I am me, so who are you? ) Time to fess up - I am you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrowley Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Sorry if this has been mentioned before but the Hole in the Road posts are very extensive and it is impractical to read the lot. I read this extract from a facebook post about the 'hole' and wondered whether it is factual and if so which pub was involved. Any ideas? " my hubby's father worked on this when it was made , and it was actually a pub underneath , so when all the digging out work was done , there was loads of beer barrels , all turned to vinegar, but the spirits were still perfect" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Sorry if this has been mentioned before but the Hole in the Road posts are very extensive and it is impractical to read the lot. I read this extract from a facebook post about the 'hole' and wondered whether it is factual and if so which pub was involved. Any ideas? " my hubby's father worked on this when it was made , and it was actually a pub underneath , so when all the digging out work was done , there was loads of beer barrels , all turned to vinegar, but the spirits were still perfect" why would there be a pub in the middle of the road? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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