Keith Dawes

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  1. A few sayings I remember from the 50s 'This room looks like Sammy Pownall's' (An untidy room - The Pownall family ran a chain of rag and bone yards in Nottingham, and were often strewn with rags, etc.) ' If you don't go to sleep, the ten o'clock horses will get you'. (Up until the end of the first world war, a lot of households deposited their sewerage into tanks outside the house. They were emptied late at night, about ten o'clock, into horse drawn carts. The sound of horses outside the house late at night was used to frighten the children into going to sleep early.) Regards Ke
  2. In New Basford In the 1950s we called it a Nich ( Or was it a Snitch? )
  3. I remember just about all of the teachers who signed your autograph book - There were also a few you missed Parker (Asst headmaster)also taught RE. Nickname Fess pronounced Fez as in Fess Parker the actor who played Davey Crockett - First teacher to give me the cane.I was unjustly accused of spitting at a prefect. It wasn't me. Though I did give him a thump when we got out of school that evening in revenge. Fred Barks taught Geography (and sex education) No nickname but always known as Fred Barkes Mr Kendall Science teacher. No nickname There was a also second science teacher names Mr Var
  4. A lot of archived newspaper records 0f the period (1879) with reports of the battle of Isandlwana, generally refer to it as the battle of Isandula, the spelling used for Isandula Road. Both British and American newspapers of the period spell it Isandula. As mentioned in a previous post,so generally, Isandula seems to be the preferred spelling. a large number of streets in New Basford were named after the events and people who participated in the Zulu wars. Does anyone know how Northgate received its name?
  5. Ahh Yes, Lt Bromhead "Front Rank Fire!...Second Rank, Fire!...Front Rank Fire!... Ekowe Street and Terrace were also named to commemorate and event from the Zulu War, Ekowe was, a military garrison that was besieged. London, April 22. After two bloody battles, fought by Col. Wood's command, in the course of a movement to divert the attention of the Zulu Army during the march of Lord Chelmford's column to the relief of Ekowe, the Zulus were completely routed losing in all over 3,700 men and the gallant garrison of Ekowe relieved
  6. Melvin Brown is another name I remember, and Tommy Thorpe
  7. Does anyone remember Marilyn Stevenson and her friend Alma (I cant remember Alma's last name)
  8. Hi Craig, I do know of the Holland's (I Didn't know there was a Keith)I was aware that they lived in the most derelict part of Northgate. My only direct encounter with on of them was when I was attacked by Rodney Holland and his mates in an ambush (sounds dramatic, but it actually happened)I had had an argument with one of his mates, and they intended to give me a beating. Anyway, I got in a couple of lucky punches to his nose, the second one put Rodney on his back, he rolled over, lost his bottle and legged it! His mates jumped up and down trying to look dangerous. That concluded my first tee
  9. There was a lad named Barry Stevens, he lived about three quarters of the way up Ekowe Street, and was , I believe, a cousin of Alan Keetley's. Barry would have been a year or two older than Alan and I. Did you know Jill Gregory, Her parent's had a grocery shop on Suez Street. Jill's elder brother was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1958. He would have been about seventeen or eighteen at the time of his death.
  10. QA couple of years ago, tragedy struck Mac's family. without going into too much detail, you may recall, the murder of a vagrant on Nottingham Road.
  11. Craig, you might have known Ben Walter's better as Mac Walters. Mac, was the name he was generally known by.
  12. Craig, my sincere apologies for misunderstanding your sentence re Keith Holland. I have no idea who Keith Holland is but I expect he and his family would appreciate a little less candour. Never the less, although the sentence you used was grammatically a little unorthodox, I completely take your word that the subject of the sentence wasn't me. I hope other readers of this forum don't draw the same initial erroneous conclusion that I did.! Again, thank you for taking the trouble to set the record straight.
  13. Hi Craig, you asked, Is he the guy on the fair? Which fair? When? Did you mean, was he a fairground employee? If you do, then sorry, I don't know
  14. Sorry Craig, you have definitely got me confused with some one else. I left the Northgate Primary school in 1955. which was probably before you even went there. Miss Croydon was headmistress, during my time time. There was another Dawes family that lived in the area, possibly near Palm Street, and the smelly. one you mentioned presumably belonged to that particular clan. I can assure you that my family, and the family's of all the people I have previously mentioned were all very well scrubbed (Not one pong between us)The teachers you mentioned were not there during the time that I was there
  15. Ashley, we probably did encounter each other in our pop group days. Just about everybodywas in a band in those days. I played in many bands, including, the Phantoms, The Renegades, etc. I last guested with Ten Years After at the Tavern in the Town on Parliament street. My favourite boast is that I taught him to play the intro from 'Baby Please Don't Go' The 1964 hit by Them (Van Morrison) Of course he is now at least a million times better player then me!(Make that 2 million)