LizzieM
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my sister worked at thornes in 60s too ill ask her if she knew izabel too.
Babs, what's your sister's name? I may remember her but there were over 200 employees and it's a long time ago
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re lyms rolls its still in the bath st window along with the old hand cart they had when they first started up.
And do you know what? Good luck to them, they got into a business that was never going to fail, there's nothing so certain as death!!!
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I never ever saw The Who live, but as mentioned on another thread, I did get their autographs outside the George Hotel one Sunday afternoon. I do remember seeing Charlie and Inez Foxx at the Dungeon though. I frequented the Parkside Club around 1969 to 71 with friends who had a lot more money than I had! Had good times there but a lasting memory is the ladies loos which seemed to me like padded cells, all quilted silk and very odd! I heard that a few years ago that 'Miss Kathy' who was in charge of the 'hostesses' in the Parkside had a big funeral through the middle of town with the horse drawn hearse and all the trimmings.
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That's sad. He was at the next table to us in Mezzo Restaurant, London a few years ago. A LARGER than life character, RIP.
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One egg laid yesterday morning Beefy, hopefully more to come. I've been watching the webcam from Miami !
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Or something very similar......
That's interesting, Sandfield Road was called Hicklings Lane. How long ago would that be Cliff?
Stu, Thanks for the Jonah's article, my memory isn't too bad after all.
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Love that map Cliff, the new estate where we moved to was originally called Hill Farm Estate, and there's Hill Farm on the map! Thanks.
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Yes Stu, you're right. I remember a railway bridge going over Thackeray's Lane but can't remember Daybrook Station at all. The line went under Arno Vale Rd and then along to this scary tunnel. From there I have no idea where it would have gone and us kids weren't brave enough to find out!
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When we lived in Netherfield I don't remember venturing too far from home, other than hopping over the dyke which ran at the bottom of our garden and going up to the Burton Road playing fields, but we did used to build dens and dams in the dyke. Seemed to spend a lot of time playing marbles, hop scotch, whip n top and skipping! At the age of 8 we moved to a new house in Arnold which was surrounded by a building site. I was just about the only girl up there so had to play with the boys and became pretty good at football and cricket! We'd play on the building site, climbing scaffolding, until the watchman caught us but that was all part of the fun, making sure we didn't get caught. I loved roller skating and had a Triang scooter that someone nicked when I hid it under a hedge while playing. I was given/lent a bike by a lady on the road, I loved that bike and rode all over the place, one time I went into town and was so proud of myself! We'd play down on the fields where Brookfield Road now runs, and egg each other on to crawl through a concrete pipe that took a stream through to Killisick somewhere. Nobody ever dare do it! We'd also spend many happy hours 'down Jonah's'. This was a dirt track that led from Sandfield Road down over a stream to the old railway line, not being a train buff I have no idea which line that would have been when in operation. This dirt track became Greendale Road. There was a railway tunnel that none of us would go in further than a few yards, it was so dark! I seem to recall being taken down there for a Nature Walk whilst at Kingswell School, collecting different leaves and wild flowers to draw and write about in our nature books! Yes we had a great outdoor life in those days.
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I do remember those terraces, Lizzie. I used to get sent to Redhill Post Office which was on the northern end of that row next to The Waggon and Horses. Just trying to remember when they were sadly demolished? They're marked on the map above on post 165.
Stu, I believe the row of houses was demolished in 1963/64
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It was before 1966, that's when I left school, and I know my friend moved up to Bestwood before then.
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Thanks Kev, that's great. So at the side of The Ram then. Wish I could pick out Some of th other other wording a little clearer. Fantastic though.
A friend of mine lived in a terraced house between The Ram and Wagon &Horses
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Hi Stu, wish you were here, it beats Skeggy.
Bryan
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Right now I'm sitting with my husband in Denny's restaurant, Kings Highway, Ft Pierce, Florida. Opposite us at the table is Mudgie49 and his lovely wife Denice.
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Wonder if I'm eligible ...... I went to see Santa there for a few years, got the photos to prove it. :-)
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Without bread how are you going to eat all yer gravy?
Ok you can take the girl out of Arnold but you can't take Arnold out of the girl ...... I do have to have a slice of white bread and butter to soak up the minty gravy after a roast lamb dinner!
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Systema, it took me years to wean my Dad off bread and butter with fish n chips. Think it was all to do with the war years and shortage of food ....... They needed to fill up on bread, must have been really hard and I'm so glad I was born after the war, although I'd be happy living on sandwiches!
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Lucky you Jackson, I worked all day on a Saturday in a hardware shop, selling paint, paraffin and bundles of firewood, amongst other stuff, and got a £1 for my efforts. 10 bob of that went on paying for my full length leather coat on the knock!
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Back in the 50's treats were rare, there was still sweet rationing when I was little but every Thursday, Dad's pay-day, he brought home a Mars bar each for my brother and me (and like Compo's they were cut into slices to make them last longer) and a Cadburys Dairy Milk for Mum. Only had fizzy drinks if we sat in a pub garden in the summer, always got a packet of Smiths crisps with the blue twist of salt too. We'd occasionally get an ice-cream if Mr Whippy came round, but the seaside was the place for ice-cream, summers were always hot then .........weren't they??
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Did anyone hear him talking to John Holmes on BBC Radio Nottingham one Sunday morning a few months ago? It was so good to listen to him, I imagine the interview could be played back again now, as a tribute.
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Well done Babs, I really enjoy reading your posts and am very impressed with your memory!
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Notice the "Y" and the "Z" on the Petite Typewriter shown in the linked article are transposed! Was this common on British (or European) typewriters? Or perhaps it was to dodge a patent of some sort?
That was well spotted Limey! I've used a typewriter, word processor and now computers for nearly 50 yrs and there has always been a QWERTY keyboard. The US laptop we have was confusing to begin with, the @ is on uppercase 2 but other than that there is no difference.
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Fabulous photos!
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In the past we've had squirrels digging up bulbs and plants we've put in tubs, but that's been in daylight, cos we've seen them do it. Why don't you get a basic CCTV set up? Alright for me to talk ....... we've had one still in a box for over a year now!
Evening Post 1969
in 60's Nottingham
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Can't say I recall her Babs, I worked in the engineering dept offices for the Chief Engineer and the Development Engineers, and then for the Personnel Manager, before they called it the HR Dept !!