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Notts County Council started back in 1889 at The Shire Hall in High Pavement after centuries of administration by the magistrates at Quarter Sessions which dated back to feudal times.

I think it was on Ann Yates’s civic car, ANN 1. I believe she was chairwoman of Notts CC ar the time. She lived at the Manor House at Rolleston. I believe the Council gave it to Princess Anne as a wedding present. It’s currently on a BMW convertible. I doubt Princess Anne would have drawn attention to herself by displaying it.

Stop whatever it is you're taking DJ, you're hallucinating!

So do I. I want this gone so I can get my flu jab and then start my fitness programme .. 11 st slender muscular bronzed adonis by the time I go to Cancun in March....

yes this is reg guest.staff of life...sutton

If it's any consolation DJ I'm still the same as you , it won't shift . Feeling washed out by day and coughing in the evening , (fortunately not through the night). Hope it clears up before the grandkids descend next week !

Might even take 14 days.

I also had relatives on Garden Street - on the odd-numbered side - and I've enlarged the relevant area. In the original photo, the white building at the lower left on Ilkeston Road was the Old Peacock pub. It has recently been converted to student accommodation.

We'll probably end up with a Trabant or a Moskovitch nowadays. Maybe even a lilac or rainbow coloured Smart.

Talk about thread drift! Mansfield to Netherfield is about 17 miles but interesting comments nevertheless

Apparently in the Wild West, the bowler was a far more common piece of headwear than the stereotypical 'cowboy hat'. Don't think Clint would have quite cut the mustard in a bowler though.

Just pinched this pic. off a FB site, takes your mind back

This photo, from the Photos of Alfreton Road thread via NEP, shows Garden Street running up the immediate centre left of the frame. Number 4, where my relatives lived, is clearly visible next to Vann's hosiery factory. The photo is dated 1963 but, judging by the redevelopment which appears to have encroached right up to the rear boundary of number 4, I'm a bit sceptical about that. The building on the side of number 4 nearest Ilkeston Road also seems to have gone. My relatives moved out in 1965 and I don't recall any demolition taking place round that immediate area prior to then.

Those two are of a later era and I had more interesting things to do. Also, Bob Monkhouse had the unique talent for inducing instant nausea in me so I was unable to watch the programme.

Very sorry to read this Mandy. I am another one of many who enjoyed dancing to his music in the 1960s He has a special place in our memories. Our condolences to his family.

My condolences Mandy, he gave a lot of folks' pleasure, with his music.

Sorry to hear this Mandy.......met him a in the 60s..........at the Railway club Bulwell, good performer very popular, what was his wifes maiden name ? think i knew her,,

Hi, not sure if this is allowed, but this is to announce that my uncle Reg Guest sadly passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning. He was a true legend in the music business and he will sadly missed by all of his family and his many friends. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Well that work ethic is getting to be something we don't see so much of anymore. He sounds like me. I'll have a go at anything. Crawling under cars, fixing appliances. I even built a sunroom on the back of our house. Got it inspected and everything done right. Truth is I'm cheap!

I'm off to Northumberland for a few days on Thursday so I will be missing for a while. Have an errand to run for a 94yrs old Jewish lady whose family escaped from the Nazis to Scotland and stayed in Peebles (Borders) during WWII. I'm going to the house she lived in to try and get permission to take some photos for her.

Yes, they did fantastic pizzas in that Pizzaland. Just the way I like them with thin bases and loads of topping. There was also one on Clumber Street. I hate thick pizza bases!

Never knew we had a Pizzaland in 1977?

I don't think they bother cleaning anywhere these days. All the soak away grates on Hucknall Rd are chocked full, with no chance of any rainwater getting through .

Full agreement Brew but when they leave all of their unwanted good are left in front street or dumped, what does that cost the council. The mess they leave town center in after drinking all night again cleaned by city council, I am talking about Newcastle but is seems to be the same in every university city.

The Oriental Cafe & it's ballroom interior 1903

And just for cliff-ton 3 Co-ops in Clifton, Vernons st anns well rd Vernons Denman st Vernons Hucknall Vernons Willoughby st Vernons Hyson green

On several old directories, Eddy's are shown as 116-118 Alfreton Road. Today it looks like this - the Hi-Fi Centre and ENL.

Coop house Nottingham coops broxtowe lane (2) coop Bulwell coop wollaton coop carlton rd (2) coop strelley coop house Ilkeston coop house Mansfield coop Arnold coop woodborough coop house long eaton............and probably many more............

Burtons was more than a fruit and veg shop.It was an upmarket shop selling all types of fine food. In the 80s it was taken over by Fine Fare.

Wasn't there a fruit and veg shop on long row in the council house building? Burtons rings a bell, anyone? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Worked two Christmases at Pork Farms factory in St Annes in the 60s, rendering lard, boiling polony, and linking sausages. 12 hour shifts, 6 'til 6, with fantastic pork-oriented breakfasts and lunches.

Macfisheries, Burtons the Tailors, Pork Farms also used to be very common at one time.

#5 Catfan God there's a name from the past, Alex Owen, we rented our first colour tv from them, it caught fire first night ! but they replaced next day with a new one, which lasted a couple of years.

Fords ! the family store. Alex Owen, TV rental shops.

And Selectadisc. Now that really WAS a Nottingham institution!

Oriental Cafe? It was close to the corner of Friar Lane, which you can just see here.