Cliff Ton

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  2. Anything Political

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    There were many political posts and threads in the early days - even though the number of members was hardly into double figures.

     

    People would start a thread on any old subject - political or otherwise - and then just rant. Nothing was in moderation; loony extremism was rife.

     

    That's one reason I've cleared up old material. Most of the threads only ran for a few days with a few posts, but some of the comments made were way beyond anything you'd see today.

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  3. Anything Political

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    10 minutes ago, Brew said:

    It's been said before, many times, that pure Notts content would have seen  the site run out steam long ago.

     

    Although it's called Nottstalgia - which implies Nottingham and the past - the nostalgia thing was only part of what Mick2me was thinking when he started the site.

     

    If you look at some of the very early posts and threads starting in 2004, it's amazing what was mentioned and discussed. There was probably more non-Nottingham material back then than there is now. (and over the years I've deleted some of the space-wasting topics which had accumulated).

  5. Emett water clock...and other clocks

    in Nottingham City Centre

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    I made a visit earlier today, and this shows Mr Engineer standing next to the clock; and there seemed to be a fair number of people wanting to talk to him on the subject.

     

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    I happened to be there when the clock did one of its performances, which also demonstrated the stupidity of the location; it's impossible to see the upper half of the clock when everything's happening.

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  6. Looking for Dorothy Ward - worked at Boots 1960s

    in 60's Nottingham

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    58 minutes ago, Brew said:

    I wonder if that's the result of opening up NS to Google or just coincidence.

     

    Almost certainly the result of opening up a few weeks ago. 

     

    Whatever Sue Snow was using as her search words (eg. Dorothy Ward, Boots), in the past Google would not have looked at Nottstalgia to see if those words appeared anywhere.

     

    As a test, I just searched Dorothy Ward Nottingham, and a link to Nottstalgia was the fifth result in the list.

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  18. How's your day?

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    In the couple of hours they were visible, you could've bought a Portable Electric Coffee Grinder, or Pet Nail Clippers, or a Sofa Bean Bag Chair.

     

    If anyone actually bought them, we'd be interested to know what you think of your purchase

  20. School Reports

    in All other Nottingham Schools Discussions

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    I remember the name Quadratic Equations. Back in the day I could do them - whatever they were - but I've never used them in the real world.

     

    I hated country dancing    https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/11859-country-dancing-at-junior-schools/?tab=comments#comment-204929

     

    and that is something else I'd avoid in the real world.

     

    I still have all my school reports; Infants, Juniors, and Secondary. There's no mention of the fact that 50 years later, I'd be talking about the subject to a group of people all over the world.

     

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  21. 33 Market Street

    in General Chat about Nottingham

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    20 minutes ago, DAVIDW said:

    Surprised that the map shows a truncated Talbot Yard as originally believe it ran right through to the Talbot pub in the Square.

     

    This is from around 1910. Talbot Yard is at the top, and you can see a number of convoluted alleys and passages going down towards Long Row. Maybe there was a way through.   

     

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    The PH at the bottom is The Talbot (later Yates's).

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  22. 33 Market Street

    in General Chat about Nottingham

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    8 hours ago, DAVIDW said:

    The alleyway between the turreted building and the Three Crowns pub was called Talbot Yard and that apparently ran from Parliament Street down to Long Row.

     

    This shows Talbot Yard. The tower building is the pointed end of the block, arrowed.

     

    chSVAR3.jpg

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  23. 33 Market Street

    in General Chat about Nottingham

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    The link to Facebook at the bottom of DAVIDW's post doesn't work (at least not for me) but this is the photo in question.

     

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    Upper Parliament Street is going across the photo, and Market St is just visible going down on the far left.

     

    The most up-do-date Directory I have access to is 1915 and that lists the top of Market Street as.....

     

    31: R Barnett & Co - Hard Confectioners            also 31: William Frederick Cox - Solicitor

     

    33 & 35: Frank B Barnett - Outfitter (related to R Barnett at 31 ?)

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