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Great discription Craig. Mine was dark brown, made to measure of course with 3" pocket flaps, 6 buttons on the sleeves, twin 12" vents and 17" paralells. Not forgetting rolled lapels on the jacket. you couldn't be seen with pressed (old man) ones. Bought it from Austin Reeds near the Old Bell Inn. I also had it in the Knock. Perfect. How did you feel on the first outing?
This has set me thinking! I had an Italian suit made at Alexandres which, if I rememger, was oppostie Marks and Spencers. It may be the Orange shop now. It was light grey with a black stripe, the jacket had three buttons and small high lapels. I used to get most of my clothes from Continental house on Hockley or Jeffs at the top of Alfreton road. There was also a tailor on the opposite side to Jeffs but a bit further up, he was next to the monumental masons.
One of my most prized possesions was a pair of brown cuban heeled boots, with a seam running up the front. They came from Stead & Simpsons and cost me £3. 9s. 11p. They took a lot of saving for! What about the shirts? The button down ones and those with the pin through the collar wern't too bad but the girraffe necked ones were really uncomfortable.
Happy days
Cheers, Johnl.
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I loved your post poohbear, you lived in my old stomping grounds. You jogged my memory regarding F Inger's sweet shop, {I think her name was Florrie Inger] I'd completely forgotten about that. Wasn't it in a little strip of low cottages? I think they may have been pit houses many moons ago. A girl I went to school with lived in one of them, Carol Hassell. I think we all thought Llanberis Grove as posh, because non of us knew anyone who lived in a private house, only council houses. Plus they were the first private houses we passed coming from our bus terminus {#22}going towards town.
I see your map is old enough that Bar Lane wasn't even there yet. My grandad worked on building Saxby's factory on there. I remember Stansby's chemist nr the Co-op.
Kath
Along fron Stansbys there was an electrical shop called 'Lee and Goodjohns' They sold Dinky toys and always had a big display in the window which each toy sitting on top of its yellow box. My dad used to go there to get replacement valves for the old bush tv. Further still there was a garage which was , I think, Breffitts. Then there was the coal loading hoppers where the line which crossed melbourne road terminated.
Cheers, Johnl.
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Hello Katjay
thinking about shops, what about Buxtons mobile shops? They were old single-decker buses painted red with the windows covered in. There were several of them based at bulwell I think and they would tour the estates. Also another job that has gone was the bakers van, the guy used to knock on the door with a large wicker basket full of bread and cakes.
Have a nice day, Johnl.
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Hello Frank, I'm still getting used to this! Yes it was my year that made the plaque. The metal work teacher at the time was a Mr Childs. I wonder what became of that plaque when the old acadamy was demolished. I made a set of four tiles based on cave paintings of hunting scenes, they were on the wall outside Henton's office.
Yes the prefects did have their own room it was in the arch above the heads office. I don't think they did a great deal of studying there though!
Cheers, Johnl.
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Hello katjay, I saw on one of your other posts that you were talking about the shops at the lower end of bells lane. I can't remember who ran the grocers shop, i remember Pinkets the newsagaents though. I used to go on errands there on my triang scooter. Can you remember a girl called Denise mc phearson? she lived on eltham drive. It was a nice place to live in those days wasn't it.
Was the butchers shop Frank Taylors?
Cheers, Johnl
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Hi, the headmaster was actually called Mr Henton, I never knew malcolm's name was Pridgeon! Can you remember Keith Brooks, Micheal Leet. The deputy head was called Mr Connell when I was there, I think his wife owned a hairdressers on Aspley lane. Dis you go on the canal trip to Newark? I can't recall Mr Potter.
I was 59 on August 3rd.
As you say, 'small world'
Cheers, John.
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Val, I was at Crane from 1959 until 1964. It was a decent school then, it's very sad how it deteriorated.
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Hi Robt, the knights had 2 children,both older than me. They were Peter and Maureen.
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Good evening, Ive just joined. I lived in two houses at Aspley. 143 Amesbury circus and 14 Rosslyn drive, I went to the william crane school.
We went to Amesbury circus when our house at radford (Dennison St.) was demolished as part of the slum clearance program. I guess this would have been 1958 or 59. We moved to Rosslyn drive in 1962. I would like to know what happened to some of the people I knew then.
People from Amesbury circus judith Williams who lived next door but one to us, the Knights who were next door. I can well remember playing on the park in the middle of the circus, in fact we had to walk to the park from school to play football there!
From Rosslyn drve there was John Basford who I still see periodically, Alan Pritchard from Fullwood crescent also from Fullwood crescent Alan Watson, he was older than us but I met him when I went to work at Boots.
A few other names from school are Andy Wolfe,Malcolm Pigeon,Martin Andrews, Chirs Goodhall. Some of my teachers from when I was at Crane are: Mr Mayfield (maths),Mr Johnson (english), Mr Jackson (History) Mr Banham (music+maths) Mr Dryden(maths) and Mr Mitcham (woodwork)
Looking forward to your replies (if any) John
The passing of the independant, local garage.
in 60's Nottingham
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Reading about pubs and shops closing set me thinking about the local, small garage. There were many of these across Nottingham in the fifties and sixties. One that comes to mind was Frank Widdowson's on Russell drive at Wolaton. I thinks it's a valeting centre now. He had a small showroom with two or three cars for sale, a workshop at the back and a small yard. In the yard there were always interesting old cars and motorbikes that Frank was going to get around to 'doing up' I once bought a car from him, the warrenty was simply, 'if you have any problems just bring it back'. Nothing in writing but he was as good as his word.
There was also Beanland motors at the end of Beechdale road. They were once a Volkswagen agency but lost it when the beetles finished. There was a guy on St.Peters street behind Players car park, his name escapes me but he was alawys busy with customers from Players. There were so many. One opposite the White Hart at Lenton (now the red cross buiding).
The main thing about these garages was that you could wander in to the workshop and ask the guy if he could have a look at you car and nine times out of ten he would stroll over and sort it out. (yes I know engines were simpler then) Mostly he would repair the item, this is virtually unheard of now. You get a new unit and that's that.
There were many more of these small workshops, I would be intersted to hear of a few more which may jog my memory!
Cheers, Johnl.