Cliff Ton

You're beginning to tie yourself in a knot trying to read everything at once! It was me who posted the link, and here it is again for anyone - including LizzieM - who might want to play "Spot the relative". http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/streets/cottesmore_school.htm

Melissa, following on from my PM to you the other day, I've just remembered another link I have in common with you...my mum went to Cottesmore - but in the 1930s/40s so I don't think she coincided with anyone you might know.

If anyone wants to jump threads to Radford Baths and Boden Street.......... http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8262&hl=boden&page=1

At the moment it is right on the edge of all the massive roadworks for the widening of the A453. I'm not sure if the site of the Man of Trent might disappear under the new road scheme there.

That is certainly one theory. The subject came up in this thread http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4773&hl=+local%20+nicknames&page=2 Start at #27. The debate got a bit heated - strange for here - and there seem to be several explanations for the name Ponderosa.

Still there. Most likely now occupied by a large number of students. http://goo.gl/maps/hXAqI

Two pubs which have been closed for a while now, but I went past the area recently and if anyone remembers them from their younger days it might be a bit of a shock. This is the former 'Man of Trent' at Clifton. Completely flattened. First pub I ever went in on the estate. And not quite on Clifton, but this is the Clifton Bridge Inn at Silverdale; also known as the Ponderosa and mentioned in the thread about pub nicknames. It's been closed for quite a few years, and the demolition seems to have come to a halt as well. The letter box is just a hole in the door, and by poking a camera

That's a nice find taxiray, but have you noticed that the NEP have done their usual thing of missing out an important bit? They don't provide a link or an address to the site they are talking about! For the benefit of anyone who wants to dig a bit further, it's here http://maps.nls.uk/site-map.html Scroll down until you come to the heading of Maps of England and Great Britain and then start clicking.

I've PMd you. And apologies to everyone else for hijacking a thread which started about a website for Raleigh

So it's a small world innit ?!?! His name rang a bell, although I'm not sure if he will know or remember me. (And obviously my real name isn't Cliff or Ton) Shawn grew up in Clifton. So did I. The back garden of the house where he lived backed onto the back garden of the house where I lived. My mum knew Shawn's mum (Marion). When I was young - less than 9 or 10 - there were times I was in Shawn's house when he was a baby, because I was with my mum who was visiting Shawn's mum. So he obviously wouldn't have really known me when he was about 2 and I was about 9. And as we all

Does he have 3 sisters, and his mother's name was Marion?

Melissa, where was Shawn Kelly born? (general area, without giving away any private information)

Melissa, you may know this already but......... if you go to the Central Library in town you can have one hour free per week on the FindmyPast website to search all the online census returns. (1841-1911). I've spent hours in there because it's very addictive. If you want more than one hour - or if you aren't a member - you pay £1.20 per hour. http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/familyhistory

Take a look here, you might find something interesting http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/streets/cottesmore_school.htm

And here's most of them. I've managed to cobble this from the Old Maps site which used to be good but is now a pain to deal with. For modern day reference, the road coming in from the left is Shakespeare Street joining Mansfield Road (Melbourne Street).

If you haven't discovered this feature yet........ click on the piggy and babs avatar in the post above; on the left hand side you will then see PM this member; that will enable you to send a private message to the person concerned.

I don't understand this thing about it being "right" to use the fork in the left hand and wrong to use the right hand. Who says it's wrong or right? Why is it wrong to use your fork in your right hand? Is there some legislation which prohibits it? Presumably society will crumble and there will be anarchy on the streets if someone dares to use a fork with the wrong hand.

Not much. I go to the map page, click on Add your Location, then put my location in the box. It thinks about it for a while with a Progress Bar, and then coms up with this -

If you took it from Youtube, it may be that it has gone from there. The person who put it on Youtube may have deleted it, or maybe Youtube themselves have done something for copyright reasons. If it used to be there but now it isn't, there's probably not anything you can do!

Looking at that old photo of the Market Square, it's noticeable that today's version has absolutely no greenery at all. In the old versions there were always various trees, shrubs, flower beds etc etc. On an average day now, it's the total lack of colour which makes it so boring.

Well spotted!. Done.

A convenient coincidence http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM010766&prevUrl=

It's not impossible but increasingly rare.........pubs where you don't have to put up with background music. (Wetherspoons being an honourable exception)

I'd give my right arm (and other bits) to see those two appear any where these days. Unfortunately, it ain't going to happen.

I don't think it was. I think this is the one and it just goes to the back-yards.