Graham
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My Grandfather was a Caretaker to Jesse Boots Factory on Parkinson Street c 1910. Anyone have any photos of Parkinson Street about the time ?
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Margaret
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I have ancestors that used to live in the early 1900s at No 4 Fisher Gate. Any one any photos of Fisher Gate about this time
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Margaret
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I have posted before but I would like to revisit.
There is a Housing Development called Fields Farm, very close to the old Trowell Pit, Stapleford Nottingham.
It appears to be having immense difficulties with flooding. Does anyone have any knowledge of whether the land it was on was once mining soil
They are having to use pile drivers to stabilise the housing. It looks as if they may be building on rafts.
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If you leave the Victoria Centre going North up Mansfield Road, go through the traffic lights where the road turns right to Woodborough Road , then go first right (sometimes a long wait to turn!) At the next set of traffic lights, opposite,where you wait to turn right onto Huntingdon Street, was where the old Welbeck Street was situated.
My wife ,was born in Welbeck Street in the late 1940s. We have not been able to find any photos of the old street and houses
Any photos, or reference to any photos would be very much appreciated
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Thanks for the above response. The 2013 posting is very informative but the photos never materialised.
I would be very interested to know if any photos, especially with the Green Dome , actually exist?
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The Golf Club was opened in the 1990s
Was it built on the site of a former hospital?
I seam to recall a large building on the hill with a green roof
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Noisy as Billy Balls Tap Room and Throng as Throps wife.
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That's should read Throps Wife
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Noisy as Billy Balls Tap Room and Throng as Thrips wife.
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Hope the food won't taste of diesel !
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Having a family is never boring. Putting yourself as No 1 ahead of everyone else in the family is Boring !
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Remember the TSB on the corner. Friendly staff and no security shield!
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We have recently had a new Virgin TiVo box and yes it can take a while. If the TV has not been used for a while (eg overnight) it has to " Wake up" and that can take about 40 secs. If it has been used within a few hours it takes 10 to 20 secs.
Its never instant.
It will turn itself off if its been in use for about 4 hours but an on screen notification is given.
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Anyone know what's happening ? The garage has been demolished.
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I went to York House in the autumn of 1967 as a student at what was then Trent Polytechnic.
I recall that we had at least three floors of the building.
Yes it was a basic 60s building with no frills but we had a good view of the railway for the first few months.
Our main building was The Newton Building and we did a lot of visits to the public library next door.
On many days we went to The Mayfair Chinese restaurant on Mansfield Road where you could get a three course lunch for less than 4 shillings. I can remember one bloke walking out because his mushroom fried rice didn't contain a mushroom.
One day we went to the Yorker pub and Jet Harris formerly of the Shadows was downing a few pints. Shame he became an alcoholic and died of this illness.
We went on a geology field course in 1968 and I did not possess and walking boots. I remember purchasing a stiff leather pair from the Army and Navy Surplus Store nearby. Remember them? They had a hell of a lot of surplus! Nothing lightweight and very little waterproof apart from oilskins !
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Stoke Bardolph. At least you could collect tomatoes in season ( if you see what I mean )
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It was about 150 yards up Hartley Road on the left (on a corner)as you came from Radford Boulevard
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Can anyone remind me of the name of the butcher we used to go to on Hartley Road Radford in the late 1960s ?
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I repeat everything said above. Good luck to you both..Fortitude
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We went to a butchers in Radford not far from Radford Boulevard. Can't remember its name.
A Sunday sirloin roast was less that a quid in the 1960s!
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A Dansett Record Player . And yes it was so dodgy it could well be called a toy .
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Yes that was its name.
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Still exploring this topic as my wife lived on Elvaston Road in the 1950s.
Its good to walk through the area now
From Martins Pond take the track round the pond and take the footpath through Harrison's Plantation to the Raleigh Pond. Cross over the Woodyard Lane to see the old site (now a housing estate and note in the corner of the state an entrance to the canal allotments which are built on the site of the old canal.
Come back and walk along Woodyard Lane to the railway bridge and look east for a great view of Nottingham.
Retrace steps going back through Harrison's Plantation until you reach Old Coach Road walk up the road to its end and return. Retrace steps back to follow the Old Coach Road until it reaches the Torvill and Dean Estate.
Turn left and trace some old remnants of the canal eventually reaching Bridge Road and note the old cottages (built about 1874)
Here, where the old canal reached the Wollaton Road was the site of the EWollaton VCanal Bridge demolished in the 1960s. (the land here was once a petrol station which was on the old canal).
Turn left and walk along Russell Drive and back to Martin's Pond.
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Thanks !!