Cliff Ton

Great post MH, and almost certainly the longest post anyone has ever made on Nottstalgia.

I reckon you've become a bit of a minor celebrity there. People are deliberately going to Bulwell to see you........like they go to London to see Piccadilly Circus.

You've been taking too many cliché pills.

They had interesting choices for names of children born in the early 1900s. Probably the first time I've come across anyone named Astra.

I've been asked by Jill S to post this photo (and its description). Explanations will no doubt follow shortly.

I remember The Archers on the radio in my younger days; I wouldn't say I listened to it but I was aware of it. I also remember the end credits being read out, and Edward J Mason is one of the names which immediately registered with me. That's made me think of weekday evenings in the early 1960s.

Yes, the original point of this forum was for people to ramble and wander and rabbit on about things they remember from their past in Nottingham. You seem fairly well qualified in those areas so feel free to add to your list of memories. In your list of schools I'd not previously heard of Mountford House; I don't know if you're aware but it seems to be still operating. https://mountfordhousenursery.co.uk/

I don't dislike early Beatles material but I prefer them in the later days. This is one of their best, and a great old promotional film to go with it.

If someone had written that ending to the Test in a book or film, everyone would've said it was ridiculous and impossible.

The opening lyrics to that song are.......... Well you can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a woman's man, no time to talk Ben's theme tune.

Stuart Broad makes me feel old because I can remember when his dad was playing for Notts.

I was aware of her musical career, but her 'greatest hit' Nothing compares 2 U is one of those songs that I can't stand, and if it comes on the radio I switch off. I have sympathy with some of her extra-musical activities.

From a different angle, this is the same location several years apart, which shows where the toll gate was.

?? !! A great post MH, but that reference has baffled me.

I might've posted something similar before, but this is the area before the first Bestwood Estate was built. The road running horizontally across the centre is Arnold Road, with Hucknall Road coming in from lower right. The open fields would soon to be filled with housing.

In certain weather conditions (very still, no wind) we could hear the clock striking on Clifton.

All the Bestwood posts have gone to the Bestwood thread. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/12073-bestwood-estate/?tab=comments#comment-215975

When I click on Stuart.C's link, this is what I see.

Not sure you've interpreted it right Col. That image shows the area north of Arnold Road, including what used to be the site of a school playing fields (I think High Pavement). It's now all been built on. And it's full of flats ............. https://goo.gl/maps/QR6jnp1rjHjNveEe6

This kind of thing ? My two aunts who lived on Garden Street, Radford, later moved to a flat (maisonette) on Bestwood, here on Eversley Walk. https://goo.gl/maps/91uxg9zphpNv3B5P9

This one. https://picturenottingham.co.uk/image-library/image-details/poster/ntgm004804/posterid/ntgm004804.html The architecture fits Wheeler Gate.

Chris Bart-Williams. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66297415

Has it affected your ability to eat cream cakes ?

Carni hasn't posted here for a while but I've often seen her browsing.....and I've also seen her on Facebook. I think she's just become shy.

Just been out in it today, and it's a bit cool. Wearing clothes I hadn't used for several months, and turned up the heating in the car.