LAZZA

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  1. On 10/10/2016 at 9:20 PM, woody said:

    Did my apprenticeship at Monks in the late sixties and finished just as the Nottingham factories were closed. I started at Deering Street under the watchful eye of Frank Walker in a training centre above the foundry. After nine months we were let loose on the shop floor and I moved over to Bell Street, just off Arkwright Street. It was a friendly place with several real characters working there. There was a good chip shop just round the corner and a pub next door so most were happy one way or another. The first bit of kit we got was a feeler gauge measuring one and a half thousands of an inch thick which was the standard you were expected to work to. It was a happy time in general and I would have not left if we hadn't all been made redundant.

    It’s possible that I worked with you as I was in the training school with Frank walker.not long after coming out of the training school was made redundant.Charlie Ellis was the machine shop forman, his son Chris went into the fitting shop.we were the same age.

  2. I think this is the second year at junior, about 1962, the teacher is Betty Bakewell, my sister in-law. Was odd being having her as a teacher didn't know if to call her Betty or Miss Bakewell? I'm on the front row sitting second from the right.

    hi roy,i recognise a few faces allthough im not on this pic.going from left to right on the back row in the middle of the girls is George Falconbridge,second from the end is Peter(nobby)Hanner, On the middle row,rt to lft 5th is i think Meesher Congratiuk ,a polish lad so not sure of the spelling who i believe still lives in the meadows at he back of the bus sheds on bunbury street,8th along is David Elliot and at the end is Haydon Simcox.

  3. He was joint owner of the gateway hotel ,step brother George falconbridge.did go to trent bridge but older than you I think Michael.

    i knew george falconbridge ,he was in my class at trent bridge so would be around the same age as me,63.i used to be good friends with his cousen Jim carrier,he lived in the same terrace.A lot of school friends lived on bunbury street,i lived on kirkby street which ran across the bottom of bunbury st.if you look at old trent bridge school photos there is a picture of george in my class photo

  4. Does anyone kow where Orange Street was ? I have found Orange gardens . My grandfather was born on Orange Street in 1900 and would be iterested to know what kind of house it was. I am assumig some type of terrace. His family moved to Colwick Road some time between 1905 to 1916.....

    orange st ran between bunbury st and Arkrwight st, and Bell st ran off it .There were a few houses that were directly on orange st, arkrwight st end, and the rest of the houses were in terraces that ran off orange st., maybe about 10 houses in each terrace, and I think there was about 4 or 5 terraces, my grandma lived in the one nearest to bunbury st.

  5. Fine Fare was definately there, not sure of the year but I would think about 1968 if not before? I remember collecting cards from Birds Eye fish fingers from Fine Fare,I was after the Paul Mcartney card & when I got it out it was all greasy!

    The ladybird shop Smithylass is refering to was there as early as 65,I know that because my mum always bought we girls a new outfit for the bank holidays,& so we could march with my dad on the Embankment with the buffs. My dad died in 66,so it would have been there at least a couple of years before.

    As well as the pubs Ilko remembers, I remember the Magna Carta,the Greyhound, the Town Arms & also the Plumtree Arms

    Caz

    there was also a pub called The Star. Midland station end of Arkwright st.one of many of my dads old haunts
  6. Is'nt the building above, the one planned for construction?

    Also there were at least two other restaurants on Arkwright Street.

    The "Hong Kong"? I think was the name Near to the Navy association club.

    (which is still there). The hong Kong was one of the first chinese in Nottingham

    There was also an Indian, I cant remember the name of it, but it was owned by

    David Meah's dad. (he also had one on Alfreton Road). It was almos opposite the Bridgeway Hall.

    Near to Orange Street was petes Chippy.

    I got kicked out of the other chippy nearby for using their salt & vinager

    on Chips bought from petes :D

    the other chippy was the Robin hood.chips not as nice as Pete's
  7. Doe's anyone remember S.A. MONK on deering street in the meadows? They also had a smaller factory on Bell st in the meadows and one on castle boulevard.The main factory was in Sutton in ashfield.It was an engineering factory that manufactured industrial knitting machines.I started my apprenticeship there in 1968. Two years later we were all made redundant, as they closed the Nottingham factory's and moved everything to Sutton in ashfield. They employed a lot of people that lost there jobs.

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  8. Lazza what was your surname.

    my name is Larry rigley and lived at 28 Kirkby st .I remember the Charlsworth surname but can't put a face to it.most of my mates lived on bunbury st. Mick allcock, Garry Clifford, jimmy carrier, peter Hannah, and David Elliott, although he didn't live on Bunbury st
  9. I think this is the first year at Junior school in 1961. I'm the one on the front row at the extreme left.

    I remember a few names , left to right on back row is 4th along I think is David Elliott, 6 George falconbridge, 7 is john Hammond. Mid row, 4th along, Josephine ? 8, Mick allccock , 9, peter Hannah, 10, me! Larry rigley.I also remember you Roy.
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  10. I remember Chambers very well! i Was misbehaving in his class and he called me to the front to get the cane, there was a big fireplace in the classroom and I had to bend down can put my head in the fireplace! There was'nt a fire, then he canned my backside which made me jump and I banged my head as well!

  11. I think this is the first year at Junior school in 1961. I'm the one on the front row at the extreme left.

    Hi Roy,I recognise a few on this photo.Going from right to left,Back row 3rd along whith the glasses is John Hammand,Next to him 4th along is George Falconbridge.Middle row going the same way 2nd along is ME Larry Rigley,Next to me ,3rd along is Peter Hannah,and 4th along is Micheal Allcock,who was then a great friend of mine.I recognise a few more but there names escape me.I have a similar photo but it must be a different year as there are a few different faces.I would have been about 8 yrs old in your photo

    Cheers Lazza