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Bringing Nottingham Victoria Station Back to Life
I’ve long been fascinated with Nottingham Victoria Station, whenever I visited Intu Victoria Center as a child I used to wonder why there was an old, brick clock tower in the middle of a dull modern concrete shopping centre.
It wasn’t until my granddad showed me a picture from the 1950’s that I realised what used to surround the lonely clock tower…a vast Victorian Train Station…and with that the obsession began!
Again thanks to my granddad I’ve always had an interest in Nottingham history, during Sunday family visits I’d always leave with a copy of the Evening Post’s Boygones which would reveal information on how Nottingham used to look.
Nottingham, like most modern English cities, has changed dramatically over the last 50 years, finding out what different areas used to look like really facinates me. The more I look into Nottinghams past the sadder I become at how much history and Victorian architecture we’ve lost. Nottingham Castle is just an old mansion where a castle used to be, there is very little left of the lace industry and one statue of Robin Hood (and no Robin Hood theme park!).
I think my plan is to try and create the main station building of Nottingham Victoria Station in 3D, not sure I’d ever have time to recreate the whole thing. This might be tricky as I can’t seem to find any drawings or plans of it. All photos seem to be from offset angles, so will be tricky to work out exact sizing and proportions but I will give it a go 🙂 I’d love to walk around the booking hall.
Nottingham Victoria Station fasintates  me / stands out in particular, as it’s the start and end of journeys, train stations (even modern ones) are the start of adventures, from going on holiday, to work, returning home or being reunited with a loved one. In its short 60 year life so many people began and ended journeys there, so many memories, which sadly have been replaced with a shopping centre. Don’t get me wrong, as someone who is Nottingham born and bread I’ve grown up and enjoyed Victoria Center my whole life but I do wonder what it could of looked like, surely they could of saved more of the main building at least?
Nottingham Victoria Station is in our history, our grandparents (and great grand parents) would of traveled through it, on their journeys toward creating you.
During both wars soldiers from the Sherwood Foresters would of started their journeys to the front line from Victoria, and then those that made it back would of returned home here.
My granddad on both sides of my family were not born in this country so would of no doubt traveled through Victoria Station at some point.
Will see how far I get ready for the next update.
Thats all for now.