ScooterSam

*EDIT* more information about Ken Smith, Trying to find, Name: Kenneth J Smith, Ken's Last known location was Radford, Nottingham in 1985, as the letter he wrote for me was dated 1985, so i assume he was still in nottingham up until then. also, from off a copy of my birth citificate when i was samantha smith, it has Ken down as my father, but when i asked nottingham social services about it, they said he wasnt my biological father. (i was adopted in 1987 and my name changed from Smith to Sanderson) (Hiya i cant seem to find an Edit button anywhere for my other post, sorry..)

LoL! What alot of whiskey! hee hee.. your dad doesnt look his age.. !congrats! Off Topic abit! soz. hiya, i know this is along shot...but i was wondering... you being from radford and all if you (or your Dad? or someone of that age..soz i'm being cheeky now, sorry. ) remember a man called Ken Smith having a cafe on bentinck road? back in 1985? or so.. i'm sorry for this, but i'd thought i'd ask just incase you did by any chance Radford is around that area isnt it?.where bentinck school is? across from the alma inn? is that pub called? i havent been up that way for ages. gosh i know

Hello all, recently i've been thinking about Ken Smith again, the man who i owe my life to, as theres afew older people than me on here, someone might have heard of a Ken Smith who lived in Radford Nottingham around 1985? thats when the letter was written by him. (in some flats! near a school..wont say to much of his last known address) I didnt think about speaking on radio trent...when i was trying to find Ken! (a man who looked after me when i was afew months old..) (I was born in July 1982 in Nottingham.) I know that i spoke on BBC radio two in 2002 or so trying to find the bloke who l

ah thanks for that, is there anyone that can delete that bit about ken smith?

Little gits! i cant believe they'd go that far just to get some drink! i went to annes around 1997 or so, yonks ago. I think i may have listened to you on the radio, (what a small world this is..well we are on a nottingham and district forum..lol) I'm sure that i did use to listen to you! along with this wonderful pony at bassingfields riding school! Ticky Tila!..lol tiquila her name was..that was back in 1997-1998 or so..:D were you on the radio back then? *changing the subject abit...* but recently i've been thinking about Ken again * the man who i owe my life to, Sorry for this an

hmm... my friend from Oz sent me that too! his names Roy! wonder if you know him? he's in his 60s.. but we chat now and again.. he sends me some really nice poems like that one.

thank you for that i'm going to cry my grandad went to early.. he was only 65..i believe? he would have been proud of me for wanting to know what he did, and just to know him abit better.. i knew him but i was only young. it would have been different if i was older back then, i could have talked to him more i guess.. but thats life.. At least he and my Nan had fun getting to know me, when my dad gave me to my mum for a christmas present in 1982....lol (they adopted me in november. 1982 when i was 6 months old . sorry that's a sweet story... My dad worked for parceline you see, so my mu

Thank you for replying to me yeah i think that's the name my dad used, shotfirer.. what a dangerous job that must have been! :O he did the explosive bit.. gosh! gan gan never told me anything like that..well i would have been to young to know anyway, if he did tell me. (sorry that's what me and my brother called our grandad..as my brother couldnt say grandad properly.. and i copied him.) I've never been down a real coal mine before.. only the one at the black country living museum.. i think it was? that was a mock up of one.. but i just love the smells..and the feel of places like th

Hello, my grandad used to work there, but i'm not sure when? I know he worked as the fireman? is that the right name for the bloke who made sure that everyone stood clear before he set off the explosives. his name was Ronald Sanderson, he was born in nottingham and was married to Winifred Sanderson and they had a daughter and a son, my Dad. I have been looking on the internet for old photos of the colliery, but i havent found any photos of the people who worked there. thats when i came across this forum, and i desided to join.. I was wondering if anyone knew of my grandad at all? may

yep it's a bit black over Bill's mothers! my nana used to say that all the time when i was growing up, and my parents still do! even i say it and my boyfriend looks at me as if ive gon mad..LoL.. well he was born in lincolnshire! pah! but i was born in nottingham, so i always thought the saying came from there.

Hello everyone my names Sam, (a gal) lol. After ages of looking for a forum that talks about nottingham and the history of places, i came across your site, after searching on the internet for Bestwood colliery, I was looking for old photographs of the coal mine because my Grandad used to work there as the fireman? the bloke who got everyone out of the shaft and set off the explosives! (thats what my dad's told me about my grandad) I didnt know my grandad that long, but i knew him well enough, he died when i was 5 years old, due to black lung But he always used to encourage me to play wi