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68fb - her name was Frances Watts.
I remember the smell of the Trent, especially at Gunthorpe weir. That was often a Sunday outing for us.
Katyjay - thanks, I don't re-call the name - but maybe there will be a link in the future, good to get all the info' in the forum for future association.
My Mum used to say that there was a girl who followed me aroung constantly & always seemed to have a runny nose, Teresa was her name - God, I hope she's not on here
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Nobody mentioned the smell from the sewage works at Stoke Bardolph yet. Always seemed to be worse in the evening after a hot day. Powerful pong! really cleared your sinuses
Dave
Later on we moved to Emerys Road, quit close to Stoke Bardulph (where I was to work for awhile at the Ferry Boat Inn) - I remember that olfactory smell real good, remember those settling ponds at the back always bore a good crop of self-seeding tomatoes, late summer lol.
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Hi 68fb, I had a friend lived at 119 Wilford Cres East in the late 50's early 60's. She was on the corner of I think. Bathley St. Anywhere near you?
Hi Katyjay, I lived at number 27 which was around the junction with Mundella Road, Bathley street was about half-way to school for me so right in the middle of my "play" area, what was your friends name? I was born there in '54 & moved away around '66 to Gedling.
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These are the smells of my childhood, sadly no more. Parafin in the heater in the outside toilet. Bread wafting from Blanchard's at Watnall if the wind was in the right direction. Tar on a hot summer's day when it melted on the edge of the road. Granny's cellar smelled musty. Goose Fair had that sweet smell of the candy floss machine, toffee apples, and the oily smell of the machinery driving the rides. Mussels cooking on Sunday morning, tripe and onions on the stove top [yuk to both of them] Lights cooking for the dog's dinner. The smell of the Co-op with bacon or cheese on the slicer, hams hanging up. Dad making bonfire toffee and peanut brittle on bonfire night. Smog in winter, that sooty smell that came with it. Toast done on a toasting fork over the open fire. Mothballs in the wardrobe.
Hey Katyjay! those smells are so evocative of my youth in the Meadows too, my Dad made the most amazing Pea & Ham soup, he loved cooking & although I became a chef - mostly because of his & my Aunts love of good local home-made food, I have never in my proffesional capacity been able to re-create that special taste/smell/association of My dad's Pea & ham soup in the kitchen of a 2 up & 2 down in Nottingham Meadows in the '60's
for all my long years catering, it is a flavour that will elude me forever I think - possibly because it is so much steeped in youth & nostalgia, there was always too, in the autumn. roasting of chestnuts & at bonfire night, that great tradition of bonfire toffee, it's quite amusing when you Google this stuff, most of the links you find are quite poor in re-creating these lost smells & flavours -
Bunbury/Pyatt street intersection Bus station in the meadows, smell of bus fumes there on walk home to Wilford Crescent East after school at Green Street.
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That would probably be The White Hart on Mansfield Road at Daybrook you're thinking of, Charlie? Certainly used to have a statue of a hart outside near the main road.Although I've livd near there for a long time I can't quite remember if it was a Bernie Inn or maybe a Toby Inn? People call the place 'Sizzlers' now after the chain that runs it. It's name is still The White Hart though.
It was a Toby Inn Stu & another place I Chef'd at yonks ago
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Not to mention the "Irish Coffee" to wash it all down!
(Actually, the gammon & chips was a favorite of mine - still is!)
Funny you should say that, me too (with the fried egg!)
I never actually made a Berni Inn to eat (drink, yes 
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Before that it was named Tiffany's and prior to that it's first name when it opened was Intercon. It was under the first apparition that many of the bands there I think. I recall a three-piece Thin Lizzy appearing there and also Gary Glitter amongst others.
Think that must have been where I saw John Cooper Clarke during the promotion of his "Disguise in Love" (spelling) album - what an act
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I think the competition from the Savoy across the road might have effected the Grosvenor trade about
that time. I remember dining on Duck in orange sauce in the Savoy.
In the 80's I think me and the beefsteak went in?
I have memories of a large plate of horses douvres?(sp)
Ian may remember this, or it could have been two diffrent people?
Duck in orange sauce (Duck-a-l'Orange) was the height of sophistication on a Saturday night menu in the City during the 70's with the advent of "Boil-In-The-Bag" convenience food & the beginnings of Microwave use in modern Hotel Kitchens, the food item e.g. the Duck dish came in sealed plastic bags, mostly produced from the Alveston Kitchens, frozen food specialists, these were placed on clip bars over a tank of simmering water topped with small plastic balls to prevent excess evaporation, plunged down & a timer set after which the said bag would lunge for freedom on it's plunging bar & a timer would go off indicating to the (Chef) that he had produced yet another classic French dish lol
This was part of the operation when I worked as a chef in The Strathdon Hotel in the 70's, at that particular time, although a 3 day week for a lot of people, it was still a 7 day week for us, but with 3 days electric only made for interesting working conditions
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My first ever curry was at a Restaurant at the top of Derby Road, near canning Circus on the right, name escapes me.
lot of other names are familiar, Noor Jahan I remember as being particularly good & could just about manage a Ceylon in those days, remember they made the best Shami Kebabs I have ever tasted period, Purple Elephant was always good for a late night nosh, there used to be a slight timid waiter there who was always thanking you & bowing nervously, got a bit annoying after a while.
Then there was a place on Hockley, good for a late night feed too, & the owner was always happy to see you no matter how late.
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Suprised nobodys mentioned yet Nottingham's very own Ten Years After - started off playing the Nottingham/Mansfied area as the Jaybirds, culminating in their great hit "Love Like A man" ......Turn up the volume & enjoy....
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They were long-haired as you might expect and as a rule they finished with a stonking version of 'Stairway to Heaven' that everyone loved. The worked at the Penny - so it must have been around '74 when they were doing the rounds.
Sure I remember them now, they did great cover versions, saw them a couple of times at the Imperial I think?
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Saw a few of those bands, not forgetting the Rezillos, great live & on record, another recollection I have is of seeing a band at the Piper called (I think) Gruppo Sportivo, they could have been Dutch, great gig - bit difficult to describe, at the end of the set they threw a signed copy of their album into the crowd, as it launched the vinyl came out of the sleeve - I lunged for the album & grabbed it, a few minutes later the guy who had caught the sleeve ambled over to me grinning & said "I've got the sleeve" in a sort of profound way, I then said yes, but I have the album, he looked at me for what seemed like ages, yes, still grinning, after which time he handed me the sleeve & dissapeared, funny the things you remember
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hi there everyone new 2 this site so i hope u can help me.i am doing my family history my grandma was born in nottingham.i was wondering if anyone has any info on peashill road,basford or any pictures of workers of players tabocca factory.hope 2 hear from u soon julie.
Hi Julie,
My Grandfather worked at Players all his life in the Stationary dept, think I have his retirement gift from the firm somewhere, also repaired umburellas as a side line, imagine anybody doing that today, I have a heap of old photos from my granparents days in the loft (wherelse) I'll dig them out soon & have a look if anything from Players, have a small recollection of seeing a group shot once, if I find anything, will post it up.
Yes, Donkey Hill was St.Bartholomew's Road, I stayed off Porchester Road for a number of years, good test of the old brakes, that one!
I also had some family on my Mothers side from St Annes, the housing & community spirit being very similar to the Meadows where I was born :smile:
Paul
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Saw the Joe Jackson gig there & also Alex Harvey as per previous posting, both excellent, others were - Judy Tzuke, The Q Tips (Paul Youngs early band), Craftwork (when they had robots - well dummies really - playing the synths), Sham '69 & err... must admit to seeing Gary Glitter there too, complete with (his) crocodile tears at the end of his set! The Drifters - of course as, they've played every venue in the country at least once! Junior Walker...& that's just the ones I remember
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Was it the Imperial Hotel?
That's the one, the Imperial Hotel, remember seeing Dire Straights also, but at the Boat Club, across the river
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oh the mint...hearty good fellow...the newshouse...i could go on...memories x x
Yes, all my old haunts there, mid-late 70's, which was the bar that had all the pub rock bands in, DuxDeluxe, Plummet Airlines etc., was near the Albany & Curry & Swill (sorry, should read grill)
Used to play great rock music at other times, remember hearing Trampled Underfoot by Led Zep for the first time there! just blew me away 
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first year of senior for me top row second from right (a year on from my last thread/picture of TSB Juniors):-
http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4211
Again, if anybody has names, info' etc., that would be good!
Cheers,
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I remember Glebe Street, just across from Arkwright Street, must have knocked around with some guys there - 1965 would have been my first & only year at TBS seniors before we moved to Gedling, I have another pic' of our form from that senior year, I'll post it up tomorrow hopefully, would love to visit the old Crescent but I guess Glebe Street is long gone now, was christened in St. Saviours!
Can't place the 2 names you mention though.
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Hi Paul, my sister would have been in that year (Eileen Henshaw) but she's not on that photo, maybe the other class, were the classes called x and y?
The black girl on the right could have been Iona Walker. Where abouts in the Meadows did you live?
Den.
Hi Den
I am fairly certain I recall a girl called Eileen, not sure about the x & y bit, must be memory failure lol, One of my best Friends in that class was called Kenneth Rust, but not sure which one he is on the photo? I lived on Wilford Crescent East, number 27 & Glen in the picture, another good Friend at the time lived up on Wilford Crescent West, but I think he moved away from the area just before me, whereabouts were you Den?
Paul.
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I was at Trent Bridge around that time, it could have been the year above me. Teachers i remember are Mrs Mcarthey, Hedley, Slack. Mr Griffin and the headmaster D H Smith.
Den.
Yes, those names sound familiar Hedley was one of my teachers certainly, there was also a J. Harvey who was the Janny! I think the (fit!) right hand teacher could have been Miss Willets?
Cheers, Paul
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Thanks Ian
Don't recognise anyone? The teacher on the right is quite fit
My Teacher was Miss Slack, an old teacher who knew how to use the strap.
I remember the strap well, I must have been a very baaaad boy then
Also remember one of the teachers used to cane you (well me) with the round handle of the cane, on the derrier, not a memory I care to savour ouch!
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This is the year behind me? I moved up to the Seniors in 63.
I should know people on there?
I tried to open photoshop to enlarge it, but it wont run tonite?
Hi Mick,
The original Epson/Photoshop scan I have is very detailed & sharp, I can e-mail you a larger file of this if you wish?
I'll try for a few names, but don't quote me lol :-
Top Row - 1st Rita? then me, 5th from left Glen, 7th from Left Kevin Dunford, 12th Vincent, the girl last in the row, Olga.
Middle Row - 2nd from left Teresa (believe she lived next to the canal up near Trent Bridge), third Irene? 11th Julie?
Bottom Row - 2nd from left, Shaun (who I think lived around the Glapton road Bathley street area), extreme Right, Salvatori, his surname I think - italian lad
That's about all I can dredge out of the grey matter at present - the rest of the names are all on the tip of my tong, but will probably advance no further than that, Mr memory I aint
Paul.
Your first school
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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Collygate was my first school too! must have been around '59, but I just lived around the corner at Wilford Crescent East - do remember the great Christmas Meal where you had to take a plate, bowl & cutlery for your grub