Cliff Ton

Ford Squire was the estate version of the 1950's Ford Anglia/Popular.

When I was young, I always thought that house looked really creepy and scary.

'The Point' was an album by singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Point!

Meeting us can be difficult. Meetings are our weak point. However, we are unbeatable when it comes to talking about meetings. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12681&hl=

Nah; if he went to Wetherspoons no-one would be able to decide when to start his sentence.

True. I thought about giving The Savoy a special mention in my list of survivors. I don't think there is any other cinema still operating which existed 30+ years ago.

At my dad's funeral, we travelled in one of those long, silver-grey Rolls Royces which accommodate several mourners. The progress was very stately and genteel on the way to the funeral. On the return journey, I'm not sure if the driver was bored or annoyed but he had his foot permanently to the floor and was flinging that Rolls around corners like a boy racer in a car park. Never realised a Roller could handle in that way. Like something out of a Benny Hill sketch.

Not a dirty mac in sight.

Can you imagine that now? He'd immediately be arrested and hundreds of other young boys would say they had been Peter Panned.

I agree, Merthyr Imp, that all those city centre cinemas have been replaced by "progress". I discovered a number of lesser-known ones which have also disappeared, and probably very few people ever knew they even existed unless you were in the market for going to the cinema pre-1950.

Pay attention ! http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10082&hl=odeon

Not sure why I did this. It just happened These are all (I think) of the old cinemas around Nottingham where the original building has survived into the present day. Some have a new use and some are lying derelict.

Reading that is almost like reading a bit of my own history. We were on Woodbridge, but I'm a few years behind most of the names you mentioned. There was also a Pamela Pykett, I think the same age as me. The only other name I remember from Maypole was Linda Manchester (and a sister). And on Shelly Avenue you are venturing into Melissa's dad's territory. Walked past that green on Maypole/Shelly thousands of times, either to go to the shops or to get the bus into town.

In a slightly different timezone to everyone else so far, my first car was a Vauxhall Viva in 1975. It came from Hooleys on Derby Road and cost £600. I bought it on HP (Hire Purchase for anyone not old enough). In those days there were restrictions on HP purchases, and for cars you had to pay 33% of the cost upfront, and pay the remainder within 2 years. At the time I was earning about £25 a week.

Check this thread post #81 http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3939&hl=%20picture%20%20house%20%20long&page=5

Things have changed quite a bit around there, but I think that yard/rear entrance was down this alley, if you can still recognise it. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.955001,-1.150888,3a,75y,144.35h,89.94t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sI9VLMk2gHbXiMKlKapGlBg!2e0?hl=en

It must be old; Broad Marsh Centre has shops and people in it.

Post #14 in this thread is from BornToRock who says he is the new joint owner of The Falcon. He has not posted since July last year, so I'd suggest you PM him via Nottstalgia to contact him. To send a PM, hover your cursor over his name on the relevant thread and click on 'PM this member'.

Yes, katyjay, you're correct. This is it before Bill moved in. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.954275,-1.149559,3a,75y,246.92h,90.87t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1shxtssmU6lzNzCy1C7-By-w!2e0?hl=en

I hadn't heard about Harry Ramsden's but the Fopp music store - just up the road in the same block - may be pushed out to make way for another food place. http://www.nottinghampost.com/Future-Fopp-Nottingham-uncertain-barbecue/story-21300019-detail/story.html And there are still several empty units along that stretch of road.

When he was Chief Constable in the late 30s, he was responsible for Nottingham police cars being the first in the country to have two-way radios.

I'm not sure all of his family thought he was totally innocent. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27617457

For photos of it at various stages in its life, see here http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9731&hl=%2Bcinema+%2Bcarpet#entry139052 post #13

Look on the bright side again - you've been able to post on Nottstalgia to tell us about it, so it can't be all bad !

At the bottom of King Street in the city centre a new cafe/restaurant has opened. It's called Bill's. I'd never heard of them before but they are a national chain http://bills-website.co.uk/ I'll bet the people who run the company don't realise they've now opened a branch of Bill's in the city where his mother lives.