Grendad

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  • Birthday 07/01/1936

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  1. I think my mam was born on China St certainly up Chinatown. Named Brandham. Anybody know the family? Is anybody out there reading this thread? Grendad
  2. What happened to Terry Doaks? I think he owned part of the Keyhole Club and does anybody remember the beeroff owned by big George Goddard. He got through two fortunes. He owned a small bookies in Radford but got done for not useing the books properly Grendad
  3. Not just a different angle. More facts from more experts and a far more balanced presentation. We should have a law saying that a certain percentage of the news must be true like the law saying you have to ave a minimum amount of meat in a meat pie.
  4. The 1940/50 Salts were Fred and Tom. Really nice men and kind to the horse and the lads who hung on the back of the dray for a ride. Grendad
  5. We had TB in the family. Will that do to qualify? Grendad
  6. Does anyone remember a teacher at Coventry Road infants in the forties named Miss Seabourne? She left in he mid forties to marry. This lady, and she was that, showed a great deal of kindness to a scruffy little Orph when he was in need of some. I would love to know what became of her. And what about Miss Stout who was so respected by so many in Bulwell having been responsible for several generations education. Basic though it was for mosy of us dunderheads. Any facts would be helpful. Grendad
  7. The railway up Hempshill Lane was over the road, it ran alongside the corpo tip and went to Sankeys pottery. Did it go further than this? I thought it ended there
  8. My God, Fenner. What a name to remember. One night in early 1955 Im was walkinng home from Oxford Street to Hempshill Lane and a police car pulled up when I was near Bulwell market. A voice from the back asked, "Where have you been?" I said "Courting." "Where are you going?" "Home" "Where's home" "Heiron Place on Hempshill Lane" I replied. "One of Liza's lads then. Get in, I know your mam." I rode home in the car with Fenner. Everybody in Bulwell knew him as hard but fair and he features in an as yet unpublished book I have witten about life in Bulwell in the days following the miners strike
  9. Do you remember family Pallants who lived in Chatham Street. Mrs Pallant made the best cakes and bread. Ted was in our class till he went off to tech college. And the club on your street which was really friendly. I lived down Oxford St for seven years in the fifties/sixties. The house cost £250.
  10. Just back from Istanbul, what a city. No Owdtite, I went to Coventry Road school which was a short walk from the bottom of Hempshill Lane where we lived. Or was this re-named? Where was Sringfield? My son went to High Pavement, got his brains from his mam. I still have family living in and near Bulwell but I don't visit. So much to enjoy in this lovely town. I wish I'd taken photo's of old Bulwell before it was knocked down. Some of the sandstone houses were very small. Damp as well. Since I left I've only ever met one other person from Bulwell and she was also off Hempshill Lane. One person i
  11. I just have to laugh at some of the remarks so no sympathy needed Owdtite. Did you used to work on the 43/44 bus route? Has anyone out there heard of the U3A? Some remarks about education lead me to mention this organisation, one of the best things ever. Here in this beautiful little town we have more than a thousand members and eighty groups who meet to discuss, learn, enjoy lots of different subjects. I know there is a branch in Nottingham. If only teachers at Highbury/Albert Street school had been as interesting as the volunteers who lead subjects here. If you have spare time and curiosity
  12. On the road up to the park there was a family named Turner. I remember two sons Jim and Bo. Jim was the best poacher in the area. I saw him shoot a bird, as it lifted from the ground, shooting from the hip and he would kill the rabbits that bounced into the net simply by folding the head. They were dead instantly. I left Bulwell in 76 and have only been back three or four times. Grendad
  13. What pooh said? When did Bulwell kids get to read books like pooh? I was in my fifties when my son bought me a copy of W the P. I showed a friend a couple of photos of Bulwell last week, if I can find how to do it I'll post them to share. I saw a photo of Brian Growcock and it said he had been Sherrif. Is this the lad who was at Highbury School? One of the brightest was Fred Rutt who died in the same bed they put me in after another road accident in 1956, I think. I spoke to someone living in Bulwell a few wekks ago and she said crime was less because a number of criminals had been locked up.
  14. Glad I found your site to remind me, as if I could forget, things about Bulwell. This new member was born on the backside. This stretched along Coventry Rd From Fred Salt's chip shop to the Red Lion and included streets like Kett st, Stockwell st and Hempshill lane where I was born in 36. Can anyone remember Miss Stout at Cov school? or Miss Seabourn at the infants? I would be very grateful for any info about Miss Seabourne who wanted to adopt me when dad was killed at Bestwood pit. Thank you forn the name Shaw Key, I always thought it really was Shonkey and the piece about the Penguin cafe w