BulwellBrian
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I remember "Marble Arch", I'm probably missing something very obvious but why the name?
Sarcasm! it was red brick. I went through it twice a day going to High Pavement.
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Try using the census records & see if you can find them, if you can find them in 1911 you will get the whole family living at the address, then try going back 1891, 1881, 1871, 1861, 1851 and 1841. but watch out for altenative spellings in the early years many people could not write and you get what the census taker thought was said,
Good hunting.
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Chemists wash their hands before going to the loo!
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Regarding "Have a go" - there was a question that stumped a lot of contestants - I think it went on for more than one week : "My watch is five minutes fast; I think it's five minutes slow; I think it's two o' clock. What time is it really?"
10 minutes to 2
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The prime reason for both the Great Northern lines north & west of Nottingham was coal traffic. The Great Central was more important for freight than passengers.
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If something was on the floor in the house my Dad said it was on the dog shelf.
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I always liked the WBUDC livery. The NCT bus behind looks like one of the low bridge ones for the Clifton route via Wiford Lane.
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If there was nobody about my Dad would say "Its like Aberdeen on a flag day".
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I used to catch the Paddy Bus trolly from the Old Market Square to Bulwell on a Sunday Night coming back from seeing my girl (now my wife) in London. I used to be on the 9:15pm train from St Pancras which went to Edinburgh with some sleeping cars. If the train was on time I had to move quickly to get the bus if the train was late I had to get a taxi which was hard on the pocket when money was short. This would be in 1965/1966.
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that was often said about people who came from bread and lard island west bridge ford meaning all show till you take off thetop layer kath.
My dad always said of West Bridgeford was fur coat and no knickers.
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Dandelion leafs are not a laxative but a diuretic.
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I think babies were also born at the City hospital, especially if there were potential problems. The doctors at the Firs were based at the City.
My twins were born at the Firs but my wife's outpatients were all at the City. I was born at Peel Street.
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The photo shows 514, one of the 8'0" wide 6 wheel trollies passing 535, which was 7'6" wide.
There were two series of 6 wheel trollies, KTV 500-KTV 524 were 8'0" wide and were normally on routes 38/39.
KTV 525-KTV 601 were 7'6" wide ond were on routes 43/44.
Routes 40/47 were normally 4 wheel trollies:-
Same place.
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My dad used to show me pennies and say its a Honalulu penny, I had to grow up a bit before I understood. If I remember right the bun pennies started in about 1861. I have some somewhere but I havn't seen them for years.
When my twins were small they used to ask if they could see the money we used to use "in olden days"! - proper money it was.
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Here's another one similar registration.
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I remember Trinity Square with the buses on the outside of the square. The 4 routes 6, 17, 18, 28 were integrated, the buses came in on one route and left on another.
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I Remember the one on Hockley didn't it have a wooden floor?
Did all Woolworths have a wood floor? I am pretty sure the one in Bulwell did and the Big one in Nottingham.
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We had a sneck on the back gate in Bulwell.
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I remember Whitebridge but that was after the area was rebuilt (around 1964?). Which of the old roads led to Whitebridge? My old map shows Oxford St (where Oxford PH is now), Deptford St (opposite PO), Albert St (almost opposite Broomhill), Northcote St, Chatham St, Latimer St (in that order, heading for Bulwell). Were the allotments after that?
I presume the White bridge is the footbridge over the railway. There was a footpath that connected the ends of Albert St, Northcote St, Chatham St, and Latimer St. But not Oxford St & Deptford St. the tanning factory was in the way, but if the gates were open you could get through the school yard.
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My da used to say I'm going to turn my bike around. Meaning he was going to the. Loo
My dad said "i'm going to see a man about a dog".
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It amused me that when we went from Bulwell to central Nottingham we went down Nottingham, My uncle who lived in Mansfield went up Notts.
I also remember the expression - u gret wessuck - said with meaning when someone did something stupid.
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Note the different tender from the Canada photo and the painting in post 261.
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Does anyone remember Whips and tops,and hopscotch(still going today) Blind mans buff,Two little Dickey Birds sitting on the wall,One named Peter one named Paul,fly away Peter fly away Paul,come back Peter come back Paul,and all the bits of paper stuck on the back of the story teller.
Yes Whips & Tops, chalking pattens on the top of the tops, Chunky fat tops and toadstool types that you could whip up and fly them through the air, we called them window (pronounced winda) breakers. They seemed to come out every spring.
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Nice photo, we see them round my place sometimes.
Railway Photos
in Pete's Nottingham Transport Forum
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Thinking more about "Marble Arch" it must have been there before Bestwood Estate was built, other GNR bridges were also red brick, they did not wear as well as the Blue brick ones. I presume there was a farm originally when the bridge was built.