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Got a team of door knockers working the area (North Nottingham) and handing out Free Raffle tickets offering Free Chance to win a Nissan Micra. Claiming to be promoting new local dealership. Tickets look very "official Nissan".
All that is required is your phone number to add to the ticket stub so that you can be notified of prize if successful.
But it's only after reading the small print that one sees the statement "not connected to Nissan"
Also that there will be daily draws for which the ticket holders will be "invited to receive a gift for watching, along with your partner, a demonstration of out Complete Homecare System. To be carried out at a suitable time for both of you in the comfort and convenience of your own home".
Fell for it, and handed over my phone number - didn't I?
Now awaiting the call with interest. Anyone know what they're selling? Vacuum or Steam cleaners perhaps?
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Same here. Arrived as part of standard Windows Update for XP. Seemed to download and install without any problems on home PC. But have been unable to 'spot the difference' since !
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Not much of a Railways expert, so not sure whether these will be what you are looking for or of any help.
But do have a few pictures of what I think is the GNR route on two pages of my site.
Could be worth a check - click signature and check the Bulwell Common page and the Picture /Bygones pages
Hope they are some use.
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Does the name 'Enness & Co' ring any bells ? Were they the builders responsible for construction of the estate?
If so, are they still around, and might they have any information.
Seems to be a firm of that name in Leicestershire, but only newly incorporated according to my internet search!
No recollection of filming, but a little bit before my time here.
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The pub was almost certainly the Charles II as it was the only one on the estate, though the Duke of St Albans is just up the road in Warren Hill area. Charles II is long since closed and boarded up, with the building on the market for approx £500k.
As regards street names, these can be found on the maps page of my web site at
http://www.risepark.plus.com/map_of_rise_park.htm
Hover mouse over the spot marked "Shops and Buses" to see photo of the area as it is now, with Charles pub partly hidden just behind the bus at the terminus.
Or view more detailed photos of the pub on the "Pictures Old and New" page.
As regards building of the estate, I have been looking for old photos (without success), to add to the Bygones page. Any out there ???
(Picture the Past has none either - apart from the aerial shot used).
Clicking signature below will go to Home page
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I was one of the 400 busted by the police last week in Notts for not wearing a belt. Fair enough...it's the law. But I wonder if the 9 cops it took to pull me in, for breaking a law that hurts nobody but myselfPaul.
Yes, it's your choice (but probably not advisable)!
Just wish they'd catch the bloke who seems to 'tailgate' me everywhere I drive. Mobile phone in one hand and a fag in the other. Couldn't escape him, even when I took a weeks holiday in Yorkshire last week. Even caught up with me a few times on the M1 !
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(I seem to have managed to post this topic in the wrong forum! No way to move it) ??
My wife still treasures her signed photo's of David Whitfield and Tommy Steele, and remembers her visit to Dicky Valentines dressing room (to obtain his autograph!!!!), after a visit to the Empire.
And there were regular visits from ? Wilson, Betty and Kepple - the Egyptian Sand Dancers, who shuffled about on sheets of sand paper - very popular light entertainment, we must have been easily pleased.
Later memories, when the variety theatres were in terminal decline, were visits with my mates to see the Raymond Revues. Glimpses of (apparently) naked young ladies posing in tasteful and dimly lit tableaus at the back of the stage. But fobidden, by the censorship laws, to make even the slightest movement - could only pose like statues in an art gallery. Oh how we felt conned out of our 6d!
And we didn't even have the benefit of theatre glasses (binoculars) in those days.
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Can ayone add to, or correct, my possibly inaccurate memories of this Variety Theatre in its heyday. Very popular in the early 50's, before the days of television - when packed houses were the norm rather than the exception.
Never could afford the Stalls, Dress Circle, (was there an Upper Circle?) - but only the balcony (The Gods).
Queues for artistes such as Dicky Valentine, Lonny Donegan and Des O'Connor or popular comedians would stretch all round the block, with a very long walk to reach the end.
Once the doors opened, the queue would wind slowly all the way up the painted concrete staircase to the ticket office, which I believe was at the top of the building. It was not unusual to queue for an hour or more, only to find the "House Full" sign had gone up, meaning a wasted journey into town. Unless you wanted to remain in the queue in order to get into the Second House.
There was then a rush to try to get a seat somewhere near the centre of the very steeply banked, curved rows of plain benches (best view of the stage far below).
But, having got seated, the uniformed doormen would move along the rows instructing everyone to 'utch up - and forcibly packing people tightly together in order to cram in a few more at the end of the row. The art being to immediately shift back a few inches in order to gain a bit of elbow room if possible.
Then one watched the show, knees or boots of the person behind digging into your back, through a thick haze of tobacco smoke drifting up from the two (or three) floors below. Bit different from the Concert Hall that now stands in its place. But at least the prices were affordable!
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Smells ?
Try watching telly in the evening next to our dog, after he's had a belly full of tripe sticks!!
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I've just started a new web site (link in the sig) which is a personal exploration of the sights and history of our fair city so no doubt I'll be asking lots of questions
Good new site, wish you success with it.
Nottingham 21 is also very comprehensive and with a constantly growing selection of excellent photos - and information about the city.
Could also try my own site, dealing with more 'local' matters, per signature ??
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Ideal days for sorting out a blocked chimney too. Mum couldn't afford the luxury of a chimney sweep, so what better time to pile old newspapers in the grate, get the flame roaring up the chimney, and set light to the mass of soot that lined and blocked it. Clouds of black smoke to add to the yellow Smog - but who was any the wiser?
(Falling soot and sparks sometimes made a bit of a mess of the hearth rug though, and cleaning up -without a vacuum cleaner- was a bit of a chore!).
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We also had many a journey back from Claremont School to Valley Road, when the bus conductor (or conductress) walked at the side of the bus, holding on to the front mudguard to guide the driver along the route by following the kerb.
Not too bad until we topped the hill where Hucknall Road crossed Perry Road. A wide crossing - and no kerb, which made things very difficult. Sometimes we abandoned the bus at that point as it was quicker to navigate on foot, but once managed to get hopelessly lost!.
But the buses did keep running for as long as possible. Even the trains didn't stop for leaves on the lines!
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For the past 60 years or so I have referred to the area of land alongside Hucknall Road (now mostly golf course) as Bulwell Common. (Shown on maps as Bulwell Forest). As have many other local people!
But the City Council say that they have no record of any 'common land' registered in the Bulwell area.
There has certainly been free public access to the area from time immemorial
Understand that the City Council now have sufficient information to officially designate the footpath from the Bestwood Park Drive traffic lights, and leading across Bulwell Common, as a Public Footpath.
But objections have been received, presumably from the Golf Club. This means that the matter may now have to be put to an (expensive) Public Enquiry, and the Council will need evidence in support of the proposal.
Anyone in favour might like to post their views here - with particular reference to the number of years they have used this path, whether they still do so, how they refer to the area in general etc.
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Just a couple from my dear departed Mum, that might have been appropriate for a member who no longer seems to be listed!
"Little boys should be seen and not heard" and
"If you've got nowt worth saying, why don't you keep your trap shut, unless you want a clout round the ear 'ole"
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Tee Bee, great photo's there mate, sorry for duplicating them, didn't notice your website before, too much on here to go through, got there in the end though...
!cheers!
No apology needed as regards the photo's, just delighted to see that they have made it on to Google and that someone else has found them! New to this site myself, and still trying to 'get to grips' with it all. There's so much to it! !
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Hi Bill
Thanks for the research and suggestions. But am not sure that the sign near the car showroom is the answer to the question, as it has only been installed quite recently. Not sure who commissioned it, and the several other similar 'sculptures'. Possibly the City Council, who perhaps have a hidden agenda to ensure that the Common idea is not perpetuated. They have recently re - leased the golf course to the club at a lucrative rent, and transferred maintenance over to them. Saves them the expense!
As regards the photos that you found, the first two were actually taken by myself, and there are also several others on the Bulwell Common page of my web site, and also in my Gallery on the BBC website (10 photos).
But the area does seem to be generally accepted by us 'oldies' as Bulwell Common, and the station on the Bulwell side was also so named.
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Phew! Just managed to plough through the 19 pages of topic. See that Katyjay started it long time ago with mention of Rise Park, and there has been some reference to the Charles II since then.
This has probably been closed and shuttered for around 12 months now. Deteriorating slowly, but on the market (delicenced) for £450,000 - plus VAT - if anyone wants to take it on. Some recent photos on http://www.risepark.plus.com/pictures_page.htm if anyone interested.
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Cheers, your Google rating increases, the more sites that link you.
Thats why I updated your sig to show your site address.
Ta, it's not easy finding top spot in Google nowadays, though I've managed it with most of the other main engines. They all work on a different basis.
On Googles 8th or 9th page at present with my main search term, but in 2nd place if typed in without spaces betwen the words!
Will let you know if the new link improves matters.
P.S. Nice to see that the current scores (posts) seem to be around six in favour, one 'on the fence' and only one against the use of "good written English".
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Thanks for the good 'reviews'!
Have now added a reciprocal link to Nottstalgia, but please don't expect a huge jump in visitor numbers - I'm getting just over 1000 a month at present.
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I always had a period of 21 years in mind, but not sure where I got that from. Hence the oft seen notices on some paths and car parks to indicate that the area is private and not dedicated to public use - or words to that effect. Thus making it clear that the Common use argument cannot be used.
Don't think there are any such notices here though - except one at the beginning of a regularly used footpath warning the public "not to cross the golf course as it is dangerous to do so". But that has fallen down recently.
Perhaps needs the lawyers on this one?
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Nice to see the topic getting back on track! Thanks for the information so far
I think most likely explanation is given by Zeb - common useage leading to local name!
But the issue could be important as I believe there is likelihood of a Public Enquiry in the offing relating to certain footpaths and rights of way on and across the Common / Forest
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For the past 60 years or so I have referred to the area of land alongside Hucknall Road (now mostly golf course) as Bulwell Common. (Shown on maps as Bulwell Forest). As have many other local people!
But the City Council say that they have no record of any 'common land' registered in the Bulwell area.
There has certainly been free public access to the area from time immemorial
Does anyone have any further information on the subject, as I have been unable to turn up anything conclusive on internet, local libraries etc.
There was certainly a railway station (now housing estate) called Bulwell Common, with a Bulwell Forest Station on the oppopsite side. But I have also been unable to track down any photographs of the actual Bulwell Common station - other than some showing it in course of construction.
Am wondering how the station came to be so named, if this has never been a Common.
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I publish the web site referred to by Frank - http://www.risepark.plus.com (purely as a pastime)
It now has over 55 pages and more than 400 photographs - all taken by myself.
Covers the Rise Park area of Nottingham, including many local 'places to visit'. Local parks, nature reserves etc. But also some places further afield. All places I have visited recently, so not yet in the nostalgia category.
As regards the Admirals bath reference and photo - there is a reference to this on the web site www.picturesofengland.com as under:-
"From the north-east basement a flight of rough steps and an underground passage lead first to a well of ice-cold water and then to a subterranean reservoir called the Admiral's bath, after a naval chief in the Willoughby family who apparently used it for his daily plunge. At the other end of the basement, the old servant's hall includes a fantastic bell system, used at one time to summon service to any corner of the house".
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Some recent photos can also be found on Forest and Rock Cemetery
This page has information about the Forest as well as the Rock Cemetery
Be wary - Latest Con trick ??
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Only received my free raffle ticket at 5 pm last night, and had already won a prize by this morning.
So they must nice folk wanting to treat me to some freebies so quickly.
Told the young lady that I was unable to discuss the matter at the time as was in the middle of my dinner - so she is to phone back.
(Just waiting for the night shift to turn up now - though I might be having my tea at the time)
As regards getting the phone number to check whether we're out, to do a burglary. Don't think they'd get on very well with the dog, as we don't usually feed him til we get home!
And Kirbys at £800 to £1000 (That's some years ago too)! Believe that the bulk of that went in commission to the salesman, who probably deserved it after camping in the lounge for several hours trying to complete the sale.