Cliff Ton

This thread means I've learned something new today. For a number of years I lived in Mapperley, off Kenrick Road, and I've driven up and down St Bartholomew's Road many times - but never knew the 'Donkey Hill' bit.

For the benefit of those who don't know the location (including me), where is/was it?

That rings a bell with me as well.

I always thought it was someone who was reckless and stupid with money, not thinking about how they spent it. Because a person with no arms wouldn't be able to pick up, count, or handle money, so they'd be all over the place with it and not have much control over what was happening. But they'd be harmless.

And D & P are still operating, but now on Maid Marian Way. http://goo.gl/maps/kquGI

I think babs' idea may be the best bet. I haven't paid to park in a city centre car park for years, and it's a bit surprising to see how much it can be. http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=19776 http://intuvictoriacentre.co.uk/Visitor-Information/Car-parking/

No...I think you're ON topic. Like poohbear, I'm trying to work out why post #50 is in a thread about Old Fashioned Sweets.

Selling school equipment wasn't really a good long-term bet, was it. Griffin & Spalding - Gone Redmayne & Todd - Gone Sisson & Parker - Gone Big Co-op - Gone Only D & P left.

All you need to know...or at least a lot of it http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9720&hl=parliament

Chris Perry can still be seen around Nottingham city centre. In the last few years I've seen him several times times when I've been in town on a Saturday morning. Even if you don't know him, you'll spot him - he will be wearing a smart jacket, shirt, tie, ....and shorts. In appearance he doesn't seem to have changed over the past 40 years; same build, same beard, same voice. I was in Fleming A, but a few years later. Tutor then was Mr Holt, but he left and was replaced by Mr Price. I never knew Hind as housemaster; he left just as I started and his successor was Mr Smart who I always thou

Thanks for posting that robinwood....there's one slight problem in that you've got your Flickr account set to "Private" so that when anyone clicks on that link they just get a message telling them they can't see it I'm sure you can sort it.

Small world. I was also taught by three of those four (Dennis Allen being the only I didn't experience). When I was there Mullaney was Deputy Head but still doing some teaching. He and Bill Chapman both left by the end of my first year.

Taken from Alexandra Court or Hine Hall? (definitely somewhere up there)

I don't know the area very well, but scroll down this thread to post #11 and you'll find the answer is a bit complicated. Apparently there were two different locations; it moved over the years. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6701

The Nottingham bits are Interesting. The views from the Castle show an area which has changed massively since the film was taken. It shows what is now the Castle Marina complex - with housing and retail parks - when it was still an area full of railway sidings and goods yards. And back then Castle Meadow Road was a road going nowhere with a few warehouses and factories. What you see here was totally cleared in the 70s/80s and is now completely different. But the scenes in the city centre (Lister Gate, not Carter Gate ) have hardly changed at all and could almost be taken today. There's now

That is actually fairly accurate. Most of the destruction of Nottingham took place before 1974. Drury Hill had been demolished; Vic Centre and Broad Marsh Centre had been built; Maid Marian Way had ploughed its way up through the medieval streets around the castle; Victoria Station had gone; the Meadows and St Ann's had been razed; tower blocks were no longer being built. The major disasters had all happened by 74. The worst things to happen in recent years are the Trinity Square mess, the Contemporary building; and the dreary, slabbed Market Square.

This photo has appeared in Nottstalgia more than once before, but it fits this thread as well. A nice example of a gas light in Charlotte Street, conveniently helping the gents with their aim.

And this is the opposite extreme http://youtu.be/xQ7AoZbuzr4

Do a Google Image search for Fat American Cops and see the problem in a whole different league.

That is the correct response. If you had heard of him, it would show that you've been watching children's TV. I'm pleased to say I'd never heard of him either.

According to the headline, one of our members is going to get a windfall. http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Hucknall-fraudster-pay-compo/story-19193492-detail/story.html#axzz2V39a4Vke

My mum and dad were married by then, but I don't think they'd even thought about me at that stage.

Must admit I don't remember that particular thread but I'm sure you're right. One which I do remember on a subject in that area, was the thread about finding the location of Melbourne Street; which turned out to be the early name for the stretch of Mansfield Road near what is now Vic Centre clock tower.

I remember the early days of the net when the only way to access was on dial-up. If you ever find an example today, you can't believe how slow and weak it was. Broadband is the greatest invention since sliced bread.

Hint taken. Not perfectly clear, but readable I hope. Learned something new - Forman Street was known as North Street until around 1900.