mercurydancer

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  1. As a nurse we always used to open a window in the room where someone had died to let the spirit out. I do it to this day.
  2. Me too, I was at Berridge Road infants then up to the "big school" of the juniors. Its still there, and I suspect that not much has changed.
  3. Michael It was for many years just outside of Yate's. Tug often went in there for a swift half whilst on duty! Yates I mean, not the police box!
  4. I just stopped off at the Plough in Radford for a swift half last week and spotted a rack of bottles of Shipstones! I thought I had the DTs or something, but it appears someone has bought the rights to Shipstones and is brewing again to the old recipe. http://www.shipstones.com/ I bought a couple of bottles of the stuff and tried one last night. It did taste remarkably like I recall. Only this time it didnt give me diarrhoea. It used to!!
  5. Born at the Firs, Mansfield Road, lived in Hyson Green until I joined the army. Ended up in north east England, about half way between Teesside and Sedgefield.
  6. I'm another one from the Firs. 1961 and another patient of Dr Cochrane.
  7. I first worked as a Sat'day lad at Parliament Street for a little while, before moving to Ascot Road where the non-food warehouse was. (1978-1983 ish) It did have a genuine cameraderie about it. I recall the old Bedford vans which had to be primed with easy-start on a cold morning to get them going at all. A strange place but I loved it.
  8. I adore the Plough and often (well, almost always) visit the place when I'm in Nottingham. it remains a proper old style Nottingham pub. They havent even taken down the off sales hatch! The brewery staff usually congregate after work and they love beer. Talking about it, drinking it, making it! Wonderful friendly guys, but they go a bit quiet if you say you prefer Fosters to anything they produce. I dont I'm a real ale fan. The Legend is superb, and the landlady, Mel, wont bat an eyelid if you ask for a Black and Tan.
  9. For most of my developing years I lived in Bobbers Mill Road (before joining the army) and I do get the opportunity to visit Hyson Green. Much of it is still recognisable, even T W Raithby's shop is still intact, although run by Polish. I must admit to some fun in Hyson Green and up Radford Road as I speak Russian, and it has a tendency to wind the Poles up a little ( or a lot). I often visit the supermarket which used to be Fine Fare on the crossroads of Gregory Boulevard and Radford Road. Even now I visit the Medina supermarket on the opposite side of the road and think, "This was Woolworth
  10. Oddly enough one of the shops I frequently visit when I am in Nottingham is Asiana supermarket which is very close to where that photo was taken.
  11. I'm an old Mundellan so I know Meadows well. Thats the building (s) I miss the most. Mundella School. The photo of the Globe near the bridge brought back so many memories. I adored the walk along Arkwright Street. How it was destroyed by town planning is a historical shame.
  12. Yesterday I visited Beamish museum in Co Durham, which is a magnificent museum a little like Crich with the trams but on a larger scale, possibly 5 times the size. Part of Beamish museum tries to recreate life in 1913. One of the attractions there is a tour down the remnants of a drift mine. It really gives a perspective of the harsh conditions. It was a real mine in 1913, and a productive one too. The mine is barely 4ft 6in high, and the visitors wear hard hats, and trudge to the wet coal face crouched down. The coal face is real, and the tools used are real, so are the Davey lamps. The guide
  13. My mother was born in early 1934 and can recall the raids when she lived in Hyson Green. She can remember running from her house to a communal shelter during a raid with a cushion on her head! My father lived in Birkin Avenue during this time and I can just remember the Anderson shelter remaining in place in the late 1960s which was in the back yard ( and between the house and the outside toilet! )
  14. For the life to me I cant find any photos of the inside of the old Co Op on Parliament Street. the staircase was wonderful. Does anyone know where it is now? I believe that it got sold off. As a piece of art deco it could have stood its place in any city as art. Any links or photos to share?
  15. Smiffy Just get posting. Doesnt matter if its new or old, just post what you know about Nottingham, I'm sure it will be appreciated.
  16. I was knocked over by a car on Berridge Road in about 1966. Got busted up a little and spent a week or so on the ward in the Children's hospital. Its strange how kids think. There was a coloured light system opposite my bed that used to illuminate and I thought it was the permission for parents to visit, which I wanted very much at the time. There was a little psychopath in the bed next to me who constantly commented that my parents would not ever visit because they hated me. Now, as a nurse, I realise that the lighting system was the lights for the entry to the controlled drug cabinets and t
  17. Another Berridge School pupil! Same here, until 1970.
  18. My home city is Nottingham and I adore the place. I dont live anywhere near the city but I miss it so. My work (from the army and after retirement from the army it tends to locate you to certain places, Teesside being one) means that I look at Nottingham how I recall it, but also that it is a hugely interesting city with the right blend of house cost, communications links, restaurants and entertainment.
  19. As a kid I couldnt stand to go to the fish market as the smell was too bad. I do remember peas from a stall there. As for progress, a place like the Central market would now be a major plus for the city. It was shortsighted to close the place. The Viccy market could never replace it. I compare what the central market could be now to the likes of Camden Market or Borough Market in Southwark.
  20. Yes it did become a Chinese restaurant and was for many years a superb one. I think it was closed in 2010. I visited it many times.
  21. Just as a side comment, I was born and brought up in Nottingham (Hyson Green to be specific) but now live and work in Teesside. The public transport here is dire and expensive. The tram system is of great benefit to Nottingham. Its only when you move away when you realise what a great city Nottingham is.
  22. Of course. My Mrs is Russian and I showed her the game with the hoop and the horn in the trip. She had never seen anything like it and was delighted to see a little bit of history preserved. I have never managed to hook the ring on the horn. Ive seen someone do it 5 times in a row and I imagine that many in this site know who it is.
  23. Definately a fan. When I am in Nottingham I get to the Plough in Radford when I can. That pub has the atmosphere of the old pubs I recall very fondly from the late 70s and early 80s. I adore the EPA. Pity I am usually in the car when I visit so I cant sample the beer as much as I would wish
  24. I often hear Sirree, but thought it was more an Eastwood/Kimberley/Underwood phrase rather than Nottingham. I heard it yesterday in a pub in Bagthorpe.
  25. Small world. I once did a horse carriage driving course in Llanidloes. Stayed at a hotel called Lloyds just up from the old town hall. Possibly the friendliest hotel I have ever stayed at.