Fairlad

Hopefully be more observant next time!

I used to go the St Martins every Sunday. I was also an alter boy! The main reason for attending church was so that I could go to the youth club held in the church hall on a Saturday night. This was in the early to mid 60's. Names I remember? Here goes, Lesley Taylor, Brenda Thompson, Mick Chambers (my best mate), Mick Wright, John Hooper, Keith Jewsbury, Lollipop(!), Heather? , Diane?, Robert?, Jane Marson, Mick Wilkinson, Toni Bakewell. I also remember Farther Lavender, Brother Michael, Farther Shewring and Farther Wilkinson. I would be interested in the local history group too if it co

Hi Georgygirl, I used to go the St Martins every Sunday. I was also an alter boy! The main reason for attending church was so that I could go to the youth club held in the church hall on a Saturday night. This was in the early to mid 60's. Names I remember? Here goes, Lesley Taylor, Brenda Thompson, Mick Chambers (my best mate), Mick Wright, John Hooper, Keith Jewsbury, Lollipop(!), Heather? , Diane?, Robert?, Jane Marson, Mick Wilkinson, Toni Bakewell. I also remember Farther Lavender, Brother Michael, Farther Shewring and Farther Wilkinson

Families I remember on Farnley Road (not many with the fading of my memory!). The Boothes, Meads, Blatherwicks, Revilles, Wheats, Whites, Buxtons, Tomlins, not many but that's all that comes to mind.

As a recent new comer, may I add that one of my close friends during the early / mid 60's was Mike Wilkinson whose father was a vicar there.

Hi all, Just discovered this site but I seem to be too late! (Last posting October 2020, is it a lockdown thing?) Hear goes anyway. I was born in Lenton Abbey 1949. My family moved from Wollaton to Bilborough during the 50's. My first school was Melbury Infants then onto Glenbrooke Juniors and finally Bilborough Grammar School. I left BGS early (1964) to become a motor vehicle apprentice at Standhill Garage, Carlton Hill. A No 56 bus to Crown Island and a No 39 Trolley bus took me straight to the garage. Disillusioned after 2 years I joined the Army as an aircraft technician (l