the_big_fact_hunt 9 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Fords "the family store", crikey that brings back some memories lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 What a shame we heard no more from Member nequest music Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 " I just want to nip inter Fords". I remember mi Mam saying that when out shopping but I can't bring to mind where the shop was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 There was one on Broxtowe Lane, below Dulverton Vale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 I recall nipping into Fords for Ladybird brand short trousers.. just off Derby Rd.the narrow street leading to the Rose & Thistle pub. Of course Bulwell hosted a nice branch also. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,279 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Mid 80s my then young teenage lads hated it if we took them in Fords,Bulwell,........street cred and all that.........lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Everything in Fords was grey, beige, faun, natural etc. No proper colours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 The goods may have been drab but the Pink family certainly weren't Drew was a particularly colourful character, his lifestyle lead to a triple bypass before his fortieth birthday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 When I was growing up in the 50's - Fords along with Woolworth's were the places to shop.................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 I think a lot of us will remember shopping there back then. I got to know Drew in the early 80s we along with other friends had a rough shoot up Strelly way and formed a poker school at Drew's house. One of his ex girlfriends was Sue Pollard she even mentions him in her autobiography calling him the love of her life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nequest music 0 Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 11:05 PM, piggy and babs said: and one on victoria rd netherfield i think fords head offices were in derby head offices were in nottingham then moved to beechdale as i worked there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 I remember Andrew Pink as being involved with the Cooperative Arts Theatre, as were Su Pollard, my sister who was Su's best friend, and myself. He was indeed the love of Su's life and it caused a lot of trouble as I remember but since those concerned are still around, I am saying no more about that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nippergrant 19 Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 When I finally got a car there was no stopping my wife. Every Saturday starting about 10am I would drive her all round to every fords that she could find, neterfield-carlton-clifton-stappleford-beston-bulwell-basford-and others. Even better if there was a co-op scoop there as well. I spent many a long hour waiting in the car as I didn’t like shopping Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Jill #87. Drew was/is a very nice chap but a bugger for the ladies, when I knew him he had divorced his wife and married their au-pair a very nice Spanish lady. As I told him at the time he would have a much easier life if he learnt to keep it in his trousers........ Mind you he paid a price triple bypass before the age of 40. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andyblackpool 9 Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 There used to be a Ford's shop in Alfreton where I was born and spent my first few years. I always remember they had a 'wall full of drawers' behind the counter where they kept all the child's vests, pants, pyjamas, socks etc' I remember like yesterday (and I must have been very young too) being in there with my mam one day and the lady behind the counter getting some vests out of one of the glass fronted drawers for me behind her. Funny how little things like that stick in your mind isn't it? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,673 Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 Nice post Andy Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elizabeth (nee Dwane) 0 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Yes, one in West Bridgford. I've just found a small bag in a shopper with a china teaset, all wrapped in newspaper from 1995. It must have been my late mother's or aunt's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 That's interesting, I don't recall a Fords on Central Avenue. Would it still have been there in the '70s? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 497 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Someone on here thinks there was one on Central Avenue, Post 14 ish; https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/9920-fords-shops/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Yes thanks Stuart, I saw that. Couldn't place a Fords but wouldn't know pre-70s, before my time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bing 78 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 There was one at Clifton, roughly opposite Clifton Library. I lived in a flat over Fords early 1970s. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Hi Bing, I remember mi Mam buying all of my school shirts and trousers from Fords, Clifton from 1970-77 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Pink 0 Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 I remember Fords as I used to get to play in the wearhouse on Wigman road with my brother. Very lucky to have Barry Pink as my Grandpa, a lot of people speak very highly of him still. Chris Pink Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julia paxton 0 Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 Hi I used to work in Ford's toy warehouse from about 1973 to 1979 anybody out there that used to work there same time julia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Turbulence 0 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 I remember going in the one at the bottom of Bracebridge drive in Bilborough in the 70's & 80's next door to the Garage, it then turned into council offices and is now a Salvation Army Charity shop Bracebridge drive also had a Scoop above the Co-Op and the CITV Childrens show Chish & Fips was filmed in the Chip Shop there (Now Andy's Fish Bar) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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