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Remember Mr Williams well although he was the PE and games master the best spots coaches were Mike Graham and Phil Barwick who coached the rugby both played for Notts RFC in the 50s/60s Joe Morley coached the swimming

Michael You have my greatest respect and admiration your post is humbling

Thanks Beefsteak i'll give the photobucket a try first

Have some photos to post but seem to be struggling any help appreciated Please

What would a night at the HOM be without one Saw Norman Wisdom and Les Dennis and Dustin Gee both great nights

Thanks I'm not sure how to use this facility any help would be appreciated

As I recall GS Gants was an engineering factory on the corner of Brand st opposite was Marjorie Butlers shop she had two sons Derek and Roy and a daughter also Marjorie who was a WRAF.This shop later became a bokies. Then came the chippy (Goys ) a hairdressers (I think ) Post office/newsagents ( Burrows ) A butchers (Godfreys ) Sweet shop (Stantons son John across Grainger st was Hicklings grocers Son Robert Daughter Marion (a real looker went to Mundella next a clothes shop then a greengrocers part of the cumberpatch dynasty (John) then the Jacklins then the beeroff ( Job Whysal ) Further al

Hi Mike remember it well the paper shop was the post office nestled between the Butchers (Godfreys ) and the chip shop (Jack Goys ) Was your delivery on Daleside Road/Trent lane to the Freeneys Son was Leo Daughter was Jean?

Hi Michael Thanks I have an interest in all things to do with Submarines especially those about personnel I will look through my stuff and see what I have on the sinking of the Hogue especially the stuff on U boats and their exploits. By the way did you get my e mail about meadow lane and its streets?

Worked as a paper boy from Bill Whites shop on Meadow Lane in the late 50s early 60s. My round was Sneinton Hermitage, St Stevens, Road Notintone St, Sneinton Hollows, Sneinton Road early starts before school and then after school Saturday morning and evenings plus the Football post/News as an extra round during the season and Sunday mornings Hard work but loved it. 15 bob (75p) a week brought my first bike a Viking Ian Steel 21 inch racing wheels, drop handle bars, 10 gears from George Mellors shop on Colwick Road at the princely sum of £21 pounds he let me have it on HP at 11 shillings a we

Hi Thanks for your response I don,t know the person you refer to however HMS Raleigh was the RN training base for new recruits over the age of 17 it is located at Torpoint in cornwall the training was of 16 weeks duration whereas HMS Ganges was the training base for Juniors ( Boys aged from 15 to 17 at Shotley Gate Nr Ipswich in Suffolk Training at Ganges was 12 months duration.

Hi ashley Unfortunately no the fitters were a seperate breed and rarely mixed with footplate staff as they held them responsible for breaking their engines through misuse and abuse

Any former Royal Navy out there I,m a former Ganges boy 1963 56 Recruitment Joined at Carrington Street recruiting office with Alan Saxton (Beeston ) and Tony Wilde (Gringley on the Hill )

Hi P&B I was fortunate to work at Colwick loco in 1962 when I left school They actually used to pay me to be around engines all day got to fire them and even got to drive some. Little did they know that as an avid spotter I would have paid them for the pleasure. However the 49 shillings they gave me helped to fund my away days to York Doncaster Crewe Tamworth etc they even gave me free travel passes to help me get there. These were headyt days the sounds and smells of a busy loconever leave you. Unfortunately Dr Beeching had already begun to swing his axe so mine and Colwicks days were nu

Hi P&B non of those sounds familiar can remember Stan Needham, Ellis brothers, Terry Murden, John Scothon, Dave Handley, John Bestwick can,t remember any kids scrounging tanners though Regards

Any of the engine cleaners from that year still about?

I was home on leave watched the match on tv (Black and White ) went out on the town in Nottingham that night. it was heaving

Happy to help Families on Grainger street I have lots of information on families in the area but my typing skills and stamina are limited if you are happy to leave a phone number or e mail address i will contact you

I didn't go to school with you or your brothers Arthur and John but I am the same age as your sister Margaret we lived opposite you on Grainger street I remember your mum and dad Arthur and Phoebe. Your dad was the only one on the street with a car he drove my mum and dad up to scotland in it Some journey in the 50s no M6 in those days. I am happy to help further if I can

Passed this spot every day on the way to school. The house in the middle belonged to a family called Smith( Eric and Madge daughter called Margaret ) Eric was ex Navy worked as a with BR as a platelayer mainly in the Melton Mowbray area.

A bit of a gap between now and the last post but I am new. I was a member of 138 squadron ATC based on Trent Lane from 1959 to 1963 when oddly enough I joined the Royal Navy going on to serve in Submarines for 10 years. Clearly I was impressed by the Airforce. During that time we went on annual camps to RAF Ballykelly,RAFKinloss We also did air experience flights at RAF Newton Syerston and Swinderby remember being in the mess at Newton with Apache by the Shadows playing constantly I have been a fan eversince. The Squadron did have a resident airframe it was a De Havilland Vampire we also had a

Is/was Meadow Lane considered as part the Meadows or Sneinton." Discuss"

Dissapointed not to find Greenwood secondary in this forum There must be some of you out there. Particularly interested in period September 1958-July 1962.Kelvin Atkins,Cocky Bell Malcolm Birch,Alan Pickance, Stuart Loverseed David Scothern Terry Murden ,Danny Smith, Melvin Johnson et al. Teachers Joe Morley Taffy Broom Dickey Bow Lievers Mike Graham Phil Barwick. Head was Skilbeck.

Hi all just found the site and I am suitably impressed I was born in the first half of the last century ( 1947 ) lived on Grainger St Meadow lane. I attended London Road Infants, Arkwright Junior and Greenwood Secondary 58/62. Then joined the Royal Navy served for 12 years travelled and lived all over the world . Returned to Nottingham in 1974 on posting with new job have lived around the country before retiring now live in North Staffordshire. Reading earlier posts brought back lots of memories of The Meadows, Sneinton, Colwick Road etc I would love to share those memories.