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P.S. Also found out yesterday that my uncle Frank Radford kept the Horse and Jockey in Bulwell Mkt for a while in the 60s. Anyone remember him? Col

https://www.flickr.com/gp/136033576@N07/R7cz4Q OK. As you can see from #277 above, I had no trouble posting my signal box image from Flickr. But now, I can't get the above link.. also from Flickr, to post 'inline'. It's a lovely pic from Springfields Hosiery Finishing in Bulwell and features my Mum as a girl, in white, on the left. I'm guessing she's about 15/16, which would make it about 1938/9. If anyone can advise why I can't get it 'in line', or advise exactly what 'that image extension' is that I'm not allowed to use, I would be deliighted. Thanks. Col

OMG Enigma! That is the very place my Grandad. Jack Whyman MM worked when I was a kid. Jack died in 1969. I've been in there and actually turned the wheel that opened the crossing gates. Fabulous memories. All the more poignant just now as only yesterday we said our farewells to my Mum, Joyce (nee Whyman) who passed away recently aged 91. I have a picture of a similar signal box, with my Grandad Jack at the open window. I can't say exactly where it was, but it may be Bobber's Mill. There you go! This picture is dated: July 22nd 1927. Col

Benjamin. Re: #24. Obviously people came and went, but in the 50s we would have had the Girlings next door at No. 38, with the Barbers next to them. Girlings were unusual in that they had a car. Morris 1000 and at some point I think a Beetle. Kids were Lynne and David. At 42 were the Gambles, related to the Devney's who live much nearer the Padstow end.Kids were Pauline, Susan ?, and Graham. At 44 Sanders with their lad Gerald and at 46 Bramley's, with Pauline, Peter and Harold. At 30, Armstrong's with their lad David and at 28, Chambers with Richard, Judith and Barbara. 26. last I reme

That's the one! Thank you so much for posting it.! I've only seen B/W pics of it so far, sent to me by a cousin! It's not still there is it? I'm going to try to save that pic. It's really odd to think that my Great Grandad, Grandad, Mum and uncle all lived in there at some point. Also my Mum used to talk about living somewhere called 'Nut Yard'. She said it was scary in the dark, but I can't find any reference to it. Col

I've not read the bulk of this thread but it seems my family were Bulwell through and through. My Grandad Jack Whyman lived at No. 4 Grindon Crescent until he died in 1969. Prior to that he was a Railway Signalman and worked the box at Bulwell Crossings (St Alban's Rd/Bestwood Rd Junction.) Before that he lived in the Railway House at Bobber's Mill, which I believe was only demolished a couple of years ago. Jack won the Military Medal in WW1. Jack's Dad John Whyman also lived in the Railway House and John's Dad William was a lock keeper on the Derby Canal at Borrowash from about 1848 to 1898

I moved onto Southglade Rd. (No. 40) around 1951/2, when I was barely 3. Prevously we lived at 76 Glaisdale Drive, Bilboro. Back then, there was no Beckhampton, no Rise Park, or Top Valley, or Bestwood Park. There was just Bestwood Est. It was bordered by Andover to the east, Arnold Rd to the South, Landcroft, Gainsford and Padstow to the west and Southglade to the north. It was a sort of paradise. I could cross over Southglade on a spring morning and pull green Hawthorn shoots out of the hedge. We called them 'Bread and Cheese' and they were quite edible. At the bottom of Southglade wa

@ #47 and 47. Yep! That's Graham. Last time I saw him he drove me up to the Charlie II in an ancient Renault Dauphin. About '71 I reckon. Have had a few emails since including hearing of the sad death of his Bro Bob, who was a very good friend at school. I recall fab evenings above their parent's shop in Andover Rd in the mid 60s. Listening to Buddy Holly and tape recordings of Beatles BBC shows. Seems so long ago. Well actually it was. More than half a century. 'Gulp' Col

360 Club now sold and being converted to flats. Mal Redman who was one of the old stalwarts and now does his own soul nights posted some pics of the interior just before the builders got stuck in. I'll try to post them too. As I understand it, Steve Austin ran 'Pulse Discotheque', which was active around Nottm (including 360 I think) but after I left for pastures new. I met Steve at one of Dave Pickering's 360 Club re-unions sometime around 1997. Held at Bestwood Miner's Welfare. Dave now regularly comes up to Liverpool which is handy for me. We meet up at Lime Street. Go for a feed an

@ Norm the Storm. I remember you all well. Pete and Billy did a very creditable 'Sam and Dave' tribute, plus some excellent renditions of Otis type stuff. If I can, I'll post a page from my 1969 diary showing the date. I've also got a cancelled cheque from what we paid you! Bill later appeared on 'New Faces' or similar and released a couple of singles.

Re: #41. Guilty as charged M'Lud. It's just a habit from another forum where I don't get moaned at within 3 or 4 posts of bringing my scintillating wit, charm, intelligence, integrity, good looks and limitless knowledge back for the benefit of al!! Col.

Have you posted about Marsden's on 'Stuart Frew's site?

Then you'd have been in the same year as Dave Armstrong and Grahame Wyville? Col

Coming a bit late to this thread. My uncle George Burgin had a shop on the corner of Vernon Rd and Gordon St. Little grocers. I went along there just last week and you can clearly see where the shop front has been bricked up to turn the building into a house again. Also at the top of Gordon Rd on the other side of Bulwell Lane, where there are now houses, Uncle George had a woodyard, where he sold new and 'recycled' timber. Behind that he had a couple of allotments where he would grow tomatoes and other stuff to sell in the shop. He also used timber off cuts bundled up and sold as fire

Hi Keith! Doubt you remember me but we used to chat at the Union on Thursdays, which were about my only night off from the 360 Club in Bulwell.and on odd occasions I went back with you and Mrs Petal for a cuppa at your place before walking the rest of the way home to Bestwood. You lived somewhere along Forest Rd at the time, opposite the cemetary. I was 'DJ Colin' of the 'Magic Roundabout Disc Show' and we mostly did the 360, Carlton Hotel, a couple of other residencies and many gigs on the 'Weddings and Funerals' circuit. Stay well! Col

I lived on Bestwood Estate and went to High Pavement from 1960-1965. My Mum lived on Bestwood Estate for over 60 years from about 1951 to 2011, when she was obliged to move into a care home. Sadly she passed away on 26th August. I left Nottm around 1970-71 and after a bit of wandering I've lived in Lancs ever since, close to Wigan and St Helens in a little place called Billinge. Whilst I'm not anti-progress, some of the planning decisions in Nottm are grotesque in ways which make Python look positively sane. I well recall coming out of Midland Station onto Arkwright St in the very early 7

I remember those airshows so well. I lived on Southglade Road Bestwood Estate and back then you could easily see the airfield just beyond Bulwell on the other side of the Leen Valley. Better views could be had by heading up the fields to what is now The Ridgeway on Top Valley. Of course back then there was no Top Valley or anything else much between Bestwood Estate and Bestwood Colliery. It was quite literally 'all fields'. Closer views could be had from the golf course at Bulwell Hall Park and even closer still from a path that ran out of the park between the end of the Runway and some ol

Not been in here for a couple of years and a real shock to hear about Carl I knew Carl very well, though I've not lived in Nottm for over 40 years now. (See post #69) I DJ'd alongside Carl and the Fables at the 360 Club, the Carlton Hotel and various 'one off' gigs way back. I still have my old 1969 diary listing Carl's Fables as a regular Sunday evening booking at the 360 Club. Just phoned my old 360 mate Dave Pickering who is never online and he too is very upset to hear this news. My thoughts go out to all of his friends and family. Col

Good Evening! A while since I posted here but since I lived on Southglade and spent much time on Bulwell Common, I thought I'd chuck my two penn'orth in. I have a lovely book, 'Railways North of Nottingham in the Latter Days of Steam', by Malcolm Castledine. Book Law Publications Nottm. ISBN 1 901945 33 2 (2004) which has many super pics of Bulwell Common Station, Bulwell Market station Basford Northern and many other places anyone from the area of a certain age will remember. Well worth seeking out. Re: The plane crash, which I too remember, though only faintly as I was very young., this w

And according to the sign next door Tom Anderson's tripe. I'm not sure he'd agree. DJ.

Been away for a while. Nice new Grandson born .(Our first) and a bit of a wobble for me with another slight stroke. Dead Arm/Hand for a few days , otherwise OK. Loved 'Jeff's'. IIRC, there was 'Jeff's for the more workaday stuff' 'Lord Jeffrey' and Miss Jeffrey' for the more mod stuff. I recall buying a pair of 'Lee' jeans there for 55s, when 'mere' Levis were 52s&6p TBH, I could never decide what I was back then. I loved motorbikes, but wasn't a 'greaser'. I liked the Mod style but thought scoooters were dangerous things. I wore Levis, Wrangler jackets and all sorts of stuff from

Turbo Twin! Completely forgot that. I don't think it sold well and I don't recall ever seeing one. I couldn't agree more about the Jubilee. On 1 level it looked quite nice, but that's about all. Frankly, most Brit bikes, especially smaller ones were hopelessly underpowered, overweight and unreliable cf the Japanese stuff, but it took the Japs a few years to get around to producing really nice looking bikes.

The Yamahas were all two strokes as I recall, hence the high pitched 'Yeeeeeeiiiinnng' sound as they passed. The Harleys would sound deep and a bit ploddy, similar to many British bikes from the classic era. I'd have thought your 250 Dream would sound somewhere between, pretty much like any lightweight twin four stroke 250.. Generally, UK manufacturers would stick to a single cylinder for 250 CC, although Norton did the 'Jubilee', which was a 250CC Four Stroke twin, and Villiers produced a 250cc 2 stroke twin which appeared in a Royal Enfield bike and I think (memory....fading fast...) a

Hello Ashley, You have me on the 'kink' frame. That's a detail too far... On the Jap machines. I reckon they were originally designed to suit the 'Mericun' market, with the square lamps and generally 'heavy' look. Still, the first 125 Benly I saw was scarily quick. It wasn't long before the Japanese cottoned on to the European 'style' and started putting on their own rather tacky versions of round mudguards and lamps, racing style tanks etc. Not quite the genuine article, but you couldn't really argue with the performance and VFM of the jap bikes.. My first was much later. A Honda CB12