Jill Sparrow

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  8. Bring back any memories?

    in 50's Nottingham

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    I could not use one of those. I have a phobia about toilets, since I was a child. Fortunately ours was indoors and upstairs. The phobia, I'm certain was caused by the infants toilets at Berridge. They were outside in the playground, dark and flushed automatically with no warning. I don't know how the mechanism worked. Maybe NBL could explain it?

     

    There were 3 toilets and the cistern ran along the wall but was larger in the end toilet. It was painted green. Caused me nightmares for years as a child and, even today, I never leave myself in the position of needing to use a loo with a high level cistern.

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  10. How's your day?

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    I taught for a year in Lincolnshire and can't say I liked those I met.

     

    Our next door neighbour's daughter, when I was a child, married a man from Louth. His mother in law disliked him. He had been a market gardener in Louth and grew all sorts of things in his garden in Clifton. CT will know who I'm talking about.

     

    My mother was very good to our next door neighbour, did her shopping, helped her out wherever possible. I remember the son in law bringing my mother a bag of home grown tomatoes for which he charged her more than the local Greengrocery going rate. His mother in law and his wife both clouted him.

     

    A more money-grubbing person I have never met!

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  11. 21st March 1918

    in pre 50's Nottingham

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    A huge number of British soldiers were also taken prisoner during this period, including George Henry Ward, Jack's cousin who later lived in Garden Street. He had been on leave for 2 weeks and in late February 1918 had married Emily Phoebe Smith in Lambley parish church. Within days of returning to the front, he was a German POW. Fortunately, he came home safely and went on to be a much loved figure in my young life.

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  16. Old Bulwell Photo's.

    in Images of Nottingham

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    4 hours ago, trogg said:

    Chambers the butchers, I can recall going in there with my mother for meat also an older sister and B in L worked there. B

    There were two butcher's shops named Chambers in Bulwell. I believe the proprietors were related. I was at school with Denise Chambers whose parents kept the shop in Coventry Lane/Road. The other shop was near the market place.

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  19. Mansfield adultery

    in County of Nottinghamshire Chat

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    55 minutes ago, philmayfield said:

    Mansfield has been ranked 64th in the top 150 most adulterous towns in the UK. Bugger all else to do in Mansfield I suppose. I thought Mansfield was a nice family town - perhaps it’s because they’re all related!

    I'd be intrigued to know where Sutton in Ashfield ranks!

  20. Southwell Workhouse

    in General Chat about Nottingham

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    Yes, David. Archie Saunt is my great uncle. He has always fascinated me but I have never seen a photograph of him. In fact, I think I've just found him.

     

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    If I hadn't found this on the Nottinghamshire website, I'd have said it was my grandfather, Louis, Archie's older brother who survived the war. They look like twins.

     

    My mother said Louis kept a framed photo of Archie on his bedroom wall, in which Archie wore his KRRC uniform. She said he looked exactly like her father. I do not remember ever seeing the photo. This image shows that he was a snappy dresser, just like Louis, who always wore stiff collars and a bow tie. I am thrilled to have found this missing piece of my family jigsaw!

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  22. Catfan's Blog.

    in Members Blogs

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    Same thing happened to me when when my cat Spock passed on. Vet's excuse was that immunisation reminders and suchlike are sent out by a completely different company.  It didnt happen again!

     

    The lovely Monty looks very much like my little ginger puss, Bruno!

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  24. Southwell Workhouse

    in General Chat about Nottingham

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    Very true, CT. Lucy's death certificate gives her place of demise as 700 Hucknall Road. Her cause of death as cerebral thrombosis and senility. It was certified by T W Sheldon MRCS. She was 74.

     

    My mother, who didn't remember her grandma, said that Lucy's remaining children told her they were taking her out for the day ...and Bagthorpe is where they took her! Mum said that, when she was a child, the very mention of the name struck terror into people! I'm not surprised.

     

    Lucy became a widow in 1925 and obviously struggled to look after herself. She had a tragic life, poor lady, as did so many others of those times.

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