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Thanks for the information Cliff Ton and Anne of Aspley, I had already googled it but all I got was links to other newspaper pages on Genes Reunited and Find My Past. It would seem the club lasted a long time because the entries in the British Newspaper Archives run from the 1920s to the end of the 1940s. Regards Paul

I have recently been scouring the British Newspaper Archives and have found an entry concerning my mother in the Nottingham Evening Post. Dated Thursday 29 April 1948 and under the heading "Tinker Bell's Thanks" my mother, amongst quite a few others, was thanked for their donations of stamps and silver paper. Unfortunately mum died last month so I am unable to ask her about it. Does anyone know who Tinker Bell was? And what the resulting donations were used for? Regards Paul

Hi all. Due to various circumstances I have had to discontinue the Old Meadows website. I am hoping that it will only be a temporary situation but as yet have not decided what to do. I would like to thank everyone who has supported and contributed to the site over the last 11 years. People can still contribute to and contact on the Old Meadows Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/theoldmeadows

I didn't know that there had previously been a shop on Arkwright street.

In the late 60s and early 70s I was lucky enough to have an aunt who owned a hotel in Chapel St Leonards and was even luckier to be able to spend all the school holidays there up to the age of about 15. The main pirate radio station I remember from those days was Radio North Sea International, which I believe was broadcast just off that coast somewhere. Some nights the reception was better than others. On bad reception days I would listen to Luxembourg or the American Forces Network. Another pirate station which springs to mind, albeit much later was Laser 558, which I think broadcast on the

I too spent many hours at the Mushroom bookshop. At the time I was "in to" Chariots of the Gods and such. I also had a copy of Supernature by Lyall Watson. I also used to visit the vegetarian store just around the corner, Ourobouros, I think it was. The Mushroom bookshop is now the Oriental Mart Chinese supermarket,

I was only recently trying to remember the books we had to read at school. I was at Mundella 1968 to 1973. I can remember The Hobbit, Three Men in a Boat, Greenmantle ( a follow on from 39 Steps) and I think Pygmallion. We occasionally had to read parts out to the rest of the class and I remember when we were reading Three Men in a Boat at one particular part where the three are having a picnic by the river and having problems with a spirit stove the class, and the teacher were laughing so much no one was able to read. I would be interested to see if there is anyone at Mundella at the same t

Hi Everyone. Just thought you might like to know that the Boer War plaque was finally found at the Industrial Museum at Wollaton Park. Regards Paul

Barry Foster also lived in the Medders for a while as did Leslie Crowther, who was born in West Bridgeford. Leslie Crowther lived on Wilford Cresent close to the library.

Hi everyone. I've not been on Nottstalgia for a while but thought I'd let you all know that a problem with the link to the homepage at http://www.theoldmeadows.co.uk/index.htm should now be fixed. Also I can be contacted on the oldmeadows facebook by typing "theoldmeadows.co.uk" in the facebook search box. I look forward to catching up with some of the threads I've missed. Paul

Hi All, I've been trying to find the ROF NOTTINGHAM website. I know it disappeared for a while but I am almost sure It came back. I can not find it at the old url or on google. Does anyone know what's happened to it? Regards Paul

Hi everyone, I am having a problem getting the attached images to open. (They won't open at all). Is it just me or is it a forum problem? Regards Paul

Thanks for that Littlbro. From the map I can see it's not where I thought but further up the road. I shall have to go and have a look at it sometime Regards Paul

I am looking for information about a building used as a nursing home or similar establishment in the 1930s. The address of the building was 17 Annesley Road, which I think, was between the old Co-Op building and an old church. The rear of the establishment was on Ogle Street. It could be the the building that has now been converted to apartments. If possible I would like to know the name of the establishment and if it was a council or private operation. Any information would be appreciated Regards Paul

The old Meadows web site first went live on the web on 1st January 2003. Since then there have been over31,000 visitors to the site. Recently, however, many people have experienced difficulty in accessing the site so as a result I decided to remodel the site completely. The first phase of that is now on-line and ready to be seen. I have many pages to add over the next few weeks. Hopefully the new menu should work correctly although some of the links are not yet live. As with previous editions of the site, if you have any photographs or memories that you would like put on the site, if you would

Hi everyone, I am presently updating and "refitting" the old Meadows web site and wondered if anyone knew the name of the pub that can be seen in the background of a photograph of me taken in about 1960. I seem to think it was The Cresent. The photograph itself is taken on Ryeland Cresent looking toward the junction of Mayfield Grove and further away Bruce Grove. Behind the photographer would be the large wooden gates that opened on to the railway, although I can never remember them being open. I am hoping the site will be ready to go live over the Easter holiday so if an

Hi All, I have been trying to help find the whereabouts of a memorial plaque that was on one of the walls of the old Turney Brothers leatherworks. The plaque was a memorial to the former workers who were killed during the Boer War. It would seem that when the building was demolished the plaque disappeared. Do any of the forums knowledgable residents have any ideas? Regards Paul

I always remember the smell from the old wash tub that my grandmother would use with the ponch and mangle every Monday morning and then the smell of the stew that would be put on the stove after the washing was done. Grandma, or Doll Brown, as most folks knew her lived in a terraced house on Midland Cresent. No kitchens in those days, 1950s and 60s, how did they cope without all the technology we have today. Mondays dinner was nearly always stew from Sundays leftovers. Sunday joint roasting, somehow doesn't smell the same nowdays. The smell of old folks wardrobes and cupboards, and did anyon

My first school was good old Bosworth Road Infants and Juniors School. I don't remember the infants teachers so well but some of the junior teachers that I remember were, Mr Gent the Headmaster, Mr Palmer, Miss Francis (could have been infants) Mr Garside, Mr Miller, Miss Bailey and Mr Blueman, the caretaker. I never excelled at anything at school (my brother, Martin, was in all the sports team) apart from reading. By the time I was six there were no more books for me to read in the infants. I'd read all the "Pirate" books and the "Janet and John" so one day I was taken out of class ( I didn'

Even though any of the radio shows mentioned were " a bit before my time" as we say, I still enjoy listening to Hancock's Half Hour, Beyond our Ken, Round the Horne , Navy Lark and The Men from the Ministry. I often listen to them on CD after going to bed instead of reading. They're still funny even 40 or 50 years after they were made. BBC Radio comedy has got to be amongst some of the best made, and many of the shows often went on to television fame afterwards. !! !!

Just looking on Google and it would seem that Trent Pool was part of Boots Sports and Recreation Ground and was on Holme Road. Paul

Hi all, I was at Mundella between 1968 and 1973. I can't remember how we used to get to it but we had our sports day and cricket practice at a place known as Trent Pool which was just up from the Forest Ground. I seem to remember we went down the road at the side of the Trent past the Boat Club and the Forest ground. Paul

Looks to me like Adam West, TV's Batman

I was a regular at lunchtimes whilst "studying" painting and decorating at Basford Hall College. Loved their ham cobs. Paul

Ive been researching mine on my fathers side for about 8 years now and have found ancestors, mostly in Lenton, Dunkirk and Beeston but some in London and mostly agricultural workers and bootmakers as a lot of people were in those days. Up to now no skeletons in the cupboard but theres time yet.