Jill Sparrow

Thanks for all the research. Interesting to know the history of the school.

Do you mean Waverley House School, FLY? I believe it was a PNEU school situated somewhere near those large houses on Waverley Street but I've no idea whether it still exists.

What a shame that it's gone. What connection it had with Manning I don't know...certainly not in my time there.

That's interesting, Phil. PTP has that photo captioned Manning School Annexe, Balmoral Road 1976. After my time at Manning ended but, yes, there were problems with burgeoning custom from the Mount Hooton Road drifting onto Gregory Boulevard toward the end of my time at Manning, even in daytime! Much to the disgust of the tweed suited/laced up brogues brigade, the raincoated contingent sometimes loitered outside the railings bordering the athletics field. Most of us were so naive, we didn't have a clue why they were there.

Ah yes. Audrey is one of my icons. A person who turned her back on the tinsel and worthless glitter of Hollywood. After enduring the sort of childhood that would have destroyed most people, she became one of the most worthwhile people on the planet. There should be more like Audrey!

Probably as convincing as Elvis Presley working as a petrol pump attendant, Lord Lucan living the life of a hippy in Goa or Princess Diana being disguised as one of Mother Theresa's nuns! Why can't people accept facts? There always has to be a conspiracy theory or someone desperate to write books about things they can't prove. I'd be the first to admit that I rarely believe what anyone tells me but some of these tales beggar belief. I suppose you've read the one about the Philadelphia Experiment, Chulla?

Is this the place? Looks much older than the Manning building and much smaller. Much prefer this type of building. What a shame I wasn't offered Brincliffe as an option. Why did the school have to disband?

The Manning wasn't a large school, certainly not compared with the secondary moderns of the time. When I left, in the mid70s, it was just as it had been built in 1930 and showing its age. There were 2 huts, sited in the south east quad, which accommodated the sixth form and what was known as the north east hut at the rear of the school. Warmest place on the site, with its pot bellied, missile spitting coke stove. It also served as a classroom and a library. It was the hut the builders used when Manning was constructed! Such conditions wouldn't be tolerated today. I don't know whos

122/123 Yes, Eileen, Brincliffe was absorbed into the Manning but that occurred just as I was leaving. It resulted in overcrowding since the decision had been taken to scrap the grammar system and Manning was obliged to accept more pupils who were educated under the comprehensive umbrella. Eventually, the quads had to be utilised for classroom space, or so I'm told. The photo must have been taken early in 74, as we are wearing winter uniform. Many of the girls on the front row have hitched up their skirts...we weren't permitted to wear them so short! In summer, we wore

#125 Manning girls didn't wear conventional ties, Loppy, at least not until the sixth form when it was a plain red tie. Prior to that, we wore a section of red and white striped petersham ribbon which was secured with elastic under the blouse collar. I've often wondered why this was adopted and concluded that a conventional tie smacked too much of the 'enemy' who were viewed with disdain at the Manning Penitentiary!

Aaaaarrrrggggggh! Wake me up somebody! I'm having this nightmare that I've gone to hell!

Thought I hadn't imagined it!

Something has just jogged my memory. You mentioned Weller Engineering, jds. My father was a sheet metal engineer and I recall hearing him mention a company called Weller Gauge. Would it be the same one? I don't know whether he ever worked there. During my childhood, he worked at Summit Engineering and before I was born he had worked for Blackburn & Starling.

Welcome to Nottstalgia, jdsnottm. Hope you'll enjoy the site. I grew up in Bobbers Mill and knew Nuthall Road very well. Went to school with a Jennifer Dench whose family lived in Newquay Avenue. She may have been related to Ernest Dench. Look forward to reading more of your memories.

Interesting item on BBC news web site this morning about the original makeshift wooden crosses used to mark the graves of the fallen in WW1 and a current project to catalogue those which were brought back to the UK after the CWGC Portland stone grave markers were put in place. I was told by my mother that her father had a framed photograph of the cross he made for his younger brother, Archie, after he was blown to pieces by a German shell. Grandad scraped up what remained and buried it in a sack during a lull in fighting. He witnessed the death and never spoke about it. The photo o

#228 The site can be very useful but when I've checked it for my relatives, much of the information about family links was wrong. However, I have corrected it and also uploaded photos of the people concerned, mostly my great uncles. That's the very least I can do for them.

#237 In the early 1970s. Su Pollard and my older sister, Julie, were sharing a flat in West Bridgford. Both were working in secretarial jobs in Nottingham and heavily involved with what was then the Cooperative Arts Theatre. Around the end of 1973, Su auditioned in London for John Hanson 's The Desert Song and was offered a part in the chorus. As she had been singing in pubs and clubs, she'd managed to acquire the coveted Equity card, so off she went. My sister is still in touch with Su but I don't think she has ever achieved her full potential. Like so many, she became

Certainly looks like the family SJW is trying to trace. Since John doesn't appear to have married, there are not likely to be any descendants who would easily be tracked down.

I can see two images of cars, no problems.

On a brief search, I have found the following information. John M Hadlow's parents were Louis Hadlow born in 1896 and died in 1962 in Nottingham. Lillian M Minter born on the 1st of January 1895 and died in 1980 in Nottingham. They were married in 1926 in Nottingham and John M Hadlow, born in 1927, would appear to be the only child of the marriage. I can find no record of a marriage for John M Hadlow but of course you have to remember that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Hope this might fit with the people you remembe

This person would now be 90 years old. To find out where they were born, you'd need to see their birth certificate which family history sites don't provide. His mother's maiden name was Minter. Do you know what his parents first names were?

I've found a John Minter Hadlow born 31.1.1927 in Nottingham who died in 1979 in Bishops Stortford. Probably not what you want to hear but could be the same person.

#227 Ah, the later model brings back happy memories. My father had the same model when I was a child. No pocket money unless I cleaned it every Saturday, inside and out.

Me too. I'll let you know when I've had a couple of glasses of red with my lunch if I can see 4!

I was born and brought up in Bobbers Mill Road so, during my childhood, most of the shopping was done either at the shops at the bottom of the road...Alfreton Road...or on the Green which, to me comprised the whole of Radford Road and Gregory Boulevard. A trip into Nottingham was rarely needed as most things were readily available in Hyson Green. My maternal grandparents had lived in Hawksley Road immediately prior to moving to Bobbers Mill in 1921.