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  1. Liverpool Pathway. Nottingham woman with a urinary tract infection.

    in General Chat about Nottingham

    Posted

    Dave, that is so touching and you are such a loving caring man. I admire you for what you did for your girlfriend's mother and I have no doubt at all that she appreciated you both. She was evidently still relatively young when she started having strokes which is such a great shame. My father, on the other hand, was in his 92nd year and was ready to go and join my dear Mum who died of cancer 25 years ago. Dad was a very talented sportsman in his youth but when he retired from football and cricket he devoted all his time to Mum and us kids. When she was cruelly taken at age 64 and he was only 66 we didn't expect him to be able to live without her for long. He was fiercely independent but physically he was in a bad way, probably due to the sport he played in his younger days. He managed to stay in his own home right to the end, with the help of Zimmer frame, stairlift, etc. etc. but he was getting dementia too. We moved to Nottingham 9 years ago to take care of him and I visited him every day. He refused to have carers in the house, just me. It was very stressful and exhausting, particularly as he couldn't remember half the time that I'd been there. He had falls which sometimes caused cuts on his head, arms ......... Then the fall he had 3 weeks ago required him to be admitted to hospital. They couldn't have done more for him, he was treated so well and with dignity. The funeral was today and we gave him a really good send-off, he would have been proud of himself if he'd been able to listen to the eulogies given by my brother and my two sons! I'll have to get myself a hobby now, with all this extra time I'll have on my hands (once we've sorted his house out of course). Still, you lose one and you gain one ........ Our first grandchild is due in 4 days time!

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  2. Arkwright Street

    in 'The Medders'

    Posted

    Hi

    I used to live at The Queens Hotel during my childhood, spent a decade of my life there and it holds a lot of memories. yesterday I was talking about the past and thought i would Google it. was surprised to see an application for demolition, but can understand as it looks an eye sore now. just a pity it couldn't be saved as a restaurant/bar has a lot of potential.

    My Uncle worked behind the bar at the Queens Hotel in the 60's, to get some pin money.

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  5. Jacky Pownall Second Hand Shop

    in General Chat about Nottingham

    Posted

    It was still there in the early 80s, I think the sign is still there. I went passed Sneinton market last monday at about 10am, the only stall there was the fruit and veg, I cant see it lasting much longer.


    I tend to agree with your comments about Sneinton Market although I drove by yesterday (Saturday) and it was buzzing. I don't think that the Council have achieved anything by spending so much money on the site. It just looks like a mini Old Market Square (boring) and most of the time it is used by lads on their skateboards.

  10. Underwear, Knitwear & Associated Companies

    in Nottingham Companies Then and Now

    Posted

    My Mum worked in the offices at Allen Solly in Arnold. The ancient old building is still standing but is now occupied by small businesses. I think the company closed down in late 70's, my Mum then got another office job with EMEB til her retirement in 1984. I had never seen any Allen Solly knitwear on sale in the UK for years and years but recently I've seen the name in shops in the USA, probably stuff made in India !!

  11. Hello from John Berry

    in ++ Oo R Ya'? ++

    Posted

    The L Shaped Room Goldsmith Street in the 70s...boarded up.Looking north.The open space on the left in the distance is the cemetery.... with the Arboretum gates opposite. Edit...I've just noticed a guy leaning out the upstairs window...is he checking out my arrow? :huh:ntgm000678.jpg

    Remember it well, spent many Sunday afternoons there around 1965/66

  12. Liverpool Pathway. Nottingham woman with a urinary tract infection.

    in General Chat about Nottingham

    Posted

    My Dad passed away in QMC on Saturday. He was 91 and had a fall 11 days previous. I cannot praise the doctors and nursing staff enough for the care they gave to my Dad. He had several scans to try to determine why he wasn't improving and eventually the doctor decided he had a chest infection and he was given IV antibiotics as he was not able to swallow very well. He was still being given the antibiotics when he died. The doctor asked us if we would like Dad to be fed through a tube. We said we didn't want that. As far as my family is concerned, the NHS is brilliant and it must be realised that it is only the cases that go badly wrong that reach the press. There are thousands of patients admitted to our hospitals every year who are discharged again fighting fit.

  13. Hello from Canada

    in ++ Oo R Ya'? ++

    Posted

    Hello Cedarboy

    Welcome to Nottstalgia. I grew up in Arnold too and my husband's brother and family live in Victoria. We've had some great holidays on Vancouver Island and will hopefully get there again this year. Hope you enjoy being part of the Nottstalgia community.

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  14. Hello from John Berry

    in ++ Oo R Ya'? ++

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    Welcome to Nottstalgia, JohnBerry. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories. The Downliners Sect are a blast from the past, I'd forgotten all about them.

    I've got Downliners Sect autographs, on the next page to The Who in my book!!

    Just some of the other autographs in there ...... Sons of Adam (who became Sons and Lovers), Quotations (and I wrote on the page that they were the backing group to The Walker Brothers, but perhaps they were the support group?), Hickory Stix, The Herd, Beat Preachers, The Incrowd and Roadrunners.

    So glad I saved that little book, it holds so many memories :-)

  16. Miss Dorothy Ann Chapman

    in ++ NOTTSREUNITED ++

    Posted

    Hello Thanks for the quick reply, the book is a BIble which seems to have been given to pupils starting secondary school.

    The original label has been removed but she has written her name on the inside and her age 12.

    The Bible also has "Nottinghamshire County Council Education Committee" To the boys and girls of Nottinghamshire.

    I still have my school bible, and hymn book. Neither have been opened since I left school though! The bible has the same writing inside, Given to the boys and girls of Nottinghamshire. It's quite big and has a navy blue cover. I'm sure we were all issued with one when we started senior school, in those days. Doubt they are handed out now, it would upset too many other religious groups.

  17. Knocking on doors & running away.

    in 'The Medders'

    Posted

    Or they could be "Nottingham Knockers " ! Seems like there has been plenty of training !!

    I don't know if they operate on their own turf but there are groups of lads that buy stuff like dishcloths and ironing board covers from a Nottingham wholesaler and travel to other towns in a shared car and try and sell them door-to-door at inflated prices .

    We even get them down here 300 miles away and they look puzzled when I ask what part of Nottingham they are from , after hearing the accent .

    http://www.essex.police.uk/news_features/features_archive/2011/march/warning_over_nottingham_knock.aspx

    David, we had those lads door knocking and trying to sell us all that rubbish when we lived in Hertfordshire. I recognised the accent and this lad said he got the stuff from Rolleston Drive, Arnold. He looked very wary at me when I said I grew up there and knew the area really well. I didn't want or need their tat but would send them off with a couple of quid. Get the odd doorstep seller here in Nottm but not that frequently these days. They all give you the sob story that they're trying to get back into work after spending time in a young offenders institution.

  20. birdcage boutique bridlesmith gate

    in 70's Nottingham

    Posted

    Like Jackson, I could rarely afford to buy anything in Birdcage and the other boutiques. I spent most of my money in Chelsea Girl, Richards and C & A. I did splash out one time and got Paul Smith to make me a pair of beautiful navy trousers, with turn-ups. These were from his little shop in Byard Lane. I loved 'em !!

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  21. Most hated weeds.

    in Kat's Gardening Forum

    Posted

    What about Japanese Knotweed Compo? We had some of that sprout up right by the wall of our old house when we lived in Hertfordshire. Absolute nightmare, we tried everything to get rid of it. It grew like triffids. Had to move house up to Nottingham in the end!!!!!

  25. Ericsson's

    in Nottingham Companies Then and Now

    Posted

    When I first started work at Thorns in 1967 (High Church St in New Basford) I believe it was affiliated with Ericssons, the name Bendix Ericssons was a bit of a giveaway! It then changed to Thorn Bendix and then to Thorn Automation Ltd. and that was all in the space of about 6 yrs.

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