Cliff Ton
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I'd heard of Boom but never remembered to listen to discover what they sound like.
An interesting concept; they don't have a centralised studio, each presenter operates from their own home.
And there's a local connection, because one of the founders is David Lloyd, who used to be on Trent....among many other stations.
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On 7/23/2019 at 8:32 PM, benjamin1945 said:
Public eye starting,,are you all watching,,think he'll put the kettle on tonight,, lol
Talking Pictures are starting showing them again this evening at 8pm.
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I know nothing about this other than what you see and hear. I found it by chance when looking at other things.
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I lost track of who-does-what in commercial radio a long time ago. These days it seems to concentrate almost entirely on looking at the past. When Radio Trent (and the other commercial stations) started in the 70s it was a genuinely new and different format for radio in this country. Gradually it all became more bland and anonymous - identikit radio. A pity, because it could've been good.
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Home Ales from the other side. Mansfield Road is across the top of the photo, with Coronation Buildings clearly visible (and still there today).
The road along the bottom is Nottingham Road leading into Arnold.
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It finally reopened again today. Maybe it will be more successful than the previous attempt.
https://westbridgfordwire.com/pictures-nottingham-castle-reopens-to-the-public/
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My parents never owned a house or paid a mortgage in their whole married life; they always lived in rented.
They moved into the house on Clifton (council rented) when it was newly built in 1952, and lived there until the late 1990s, when they moved into warden-aided accommodation, which was also council rented.
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I also remember mortgage rates of 14% - 15% in the 80s and 90s.
However the big difference between then and now is the cost of a house and size of mortgage.
A house bought in the late 1980s cost £30,000 (amazing but true...and it was a new-build). When rates were at their highest - 15% in the early 1990s - my monthly payment was £222.
To get the equivalent figures today you'd need to add several zeros everywhere.
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1 hour ago, mary1947 said:
It was a Barn-Owl The owl would come flying up the road each night one side of the road just a few houses and on the other side it was just fields
Over the years I think I've seen most birds which can be seen in the wild around these parts, but as far as I know I've never seen an owl.
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1 hour ago, DJ360 said:
In my memory, the term Beer Off, was definitely applied to shops, not connected to pubs, which sold draught and bottled Beer.
That's where I first encountered the name Beer-Off. Where we lived on Clifton there were two Beer-offs within short walking distance. I don't know if was coincidence or otherwise, but both were normal grocery shops which obviously had a licence to also sell alcohol. I'm pretty sure they only sold it in bottles.
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Yes, and there's only one more Bank Holiday between now and Christmas.
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Nice to see the return of reason and common sense......and hopefully various other spin-offs.
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Now you've pointed it out, I can see that on the photo. It all adds up with the map
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A photo from the early 1920s showing the absence of Home Ales.
St Paul's church at the top, and Daybrook Square with the Morley factory at the bottom.
The Home Ales building would be roughly in the two square fields (?) below the church and almshouses.
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2 minutes ago, letsavagoo said:
Pretty much identical to the Raleigh building on Lenton Boulevard. I assume they were built similar times with a common architect
Both designed by Cecil Howitt....the man also responsible for the Council House and the Newton Building. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cecil_Howitt
Fothergill Watson gets the publicity, but Howitt is easily up there with him for leaving his mark on Nottingham.
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This might be of interest to anyone local enough to get there.
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47 minutes ago, Jill Sparrow said:
Musters Road in the 60s was, I think, flat and bedsit land.
Especially at the Trent Bridge end. But in recent years many of the big old houses down there have been re-gentrified and look really nice as a result - visible if you click along from here, especially on the right-hand side.
https://goo.gl/maps/gA18CjUmXgJPm5g9A
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14 minutes ago, letsavagoo said:
This post has made me realise that this is what I hoped Nottstalgia was about.
That's very similar to the comment I made a few days ago when another old thread was resurrected, and it reminded me of how things used to be.
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11 hours ago, DAVIDW said:
1911 Census theres an Annie Ward born Nottm 1905 , living 3 Little John Street, Nottingham with parents Samuel and Annie.
Little John Street was off Peas Hill Road in St Ann's.
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And this is the gentleman in question.
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Simon sent me the image of the address, and as soon as I saw it I immediately thought the street name begins with M.....although I'm not sure it's Manor on here.
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Here's a collection of roads in Sneinton in the early 1900s, named Hxxxxx Street. There may be others.
Hampden St
Handel St
Harold St
Haywood St
Henry St
Hermit St
Hutton St
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What Jill says is often correct
The facility for attaching files (which you see on the lower left, when you type your message in a Reply box) is a total waste of time and space. You need to use one of the Free Image hosting sites https://shorturl.at/exzH6
Alternatively you could send a copy of your image to me, using the Private Message facility (which is the envelope symbol at the top right......doesn't always show depending on how you're viewing the site).
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The steps on the Council House.
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When will you be making your debut on 'Repair Shop' ?