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i remember when working at Vedonis, i worked nights, as a nightwatchman and boilerman, one christmas, it had snowed during the night, i had done 3 tours around the factory, i had 5 key points to use, in different places within the factory, with my machine, to prove i had done a nights tour around the workplace, and at app. 5:30 should open the valves around the factory, to allow hot steam from boiler, to circulate, warming the workplace, for the machinists. Also at 07:00am had to open the gates to let the workers in, well, that year i fell asleep, they were all waiting at the gates, in the freezing snow, 08:00 i awoke, made everyone late, forgot the chains to open the valves so for about 3 hours everybody worked in cold rooms, got a real boll---ing that year i can tell you. the following year i was asked to remove some racking and pieces of wood fixed to upright stanchions, i had a hammer and hit a piece of wood on one of the stanchions, bloody great piece of timber with a lump of asbestos fixed to it fell from the ceiling and hit me on the cheek, opened it up blood everywhere, first aid man took me to general hospital for stiches, looked a right charmer, big scar down one side of face and a black eye. still remember Vedonis with great affection, some damn fine looking girls there too.
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Cliff Ton, #1, in the centre of picture, Vedonis, i worked there in the late 70s, the house with all the chimneys opposite was the managers house, i lived there for about six months while he and his family were away at Louth opening a new factory the building that has Vedonis on top was the head office, used to go in to the boardroom in there, the factory was started by a Mr George Spencer and Mr Djanogly, in the Boardroom at one end was a picture of George and the other end a picture of his son, very happy days working there.
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know how it feels Chulla, the last of my previous generation to die was my dad, after he passed away went around the house taking photos of every room, the garden the garage etc. took photos of favouite bits of furniture, often view them, like your post they bring a tear to the eye, i think the saddest thing about losing your parents is, They raise you from birth, with all your illnesses, problems, schooling, birthdays, weddings, holidays and so on, then having shared all of your life, they, after passing away, never know what happens to their children, most are by that time pensioners themselves so health problems as well as other problems occur and your parents never know, your time on the earth ends and they never know i know its a bit morbid but i think this is the saddest thing about life. i miss my mum & dad terribly, and i am over 70, well there you are.
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another year with the most beautiful of women, (and the wife), no i mean the wife, best present for christmas, birds singing, sun coming out, wife singing in the kitchen, nice glass of (lemonade), marvellous.
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Booths, name rings bells do you remember the no. they lived at, i remember the Smiths, Brian Smith was a friend of my sister and Oldhams, Paul Oldham was my first friend at Players School
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hi banjo49strelly, lived at 21 Frinton Rd from 1955 till 1958, then Shipley Rd till 1966, my sister name is Olive Allen, On Frinton we lived opposite Tina Smedley, might remember me mum, she was disabled, had a 4 inch boot on left leg, most folk remember us for that. all the best.
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Well met, from another Broxtoweite, welcome and hello
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would dearly loved to have learned to play the piano, we had one years ago, never bothered, wish i had
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when she was young mum had a series of operations on her left leg, resulting in 4 inches of knee including the cap being removed and the lower shin being grafted to the thigh, resulting in later years of her wearing a 4 inch cork boot on her left foot, obviously she could not bend her leg at all so when she got on a bus, usually a 56 or 60 to bilborough, and it was full she would have to sit on the anniversary seat, her leg would stick out and as people got on and off they would bang against her leg, once dad got a car she would never travel on a bus again. i have to say though she never resented her leg or the people.
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Anniversary Seats on Buses, brilliant, as a young conductor on NCT used to chat up the girls on these seats, have a lay down at the terminus, happy days
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mom said watch your Ps & Qs, forget your IQs, you dont't got none
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,#Dave, #22, he married Olive, my sister, i have a photo of him and me at St. Margarets Church, Aspley Lane. can't remember his school, do remember his brother big lad, funnily CliffTon's photo #23, he drove an Austin A40, (as in pic), i drive an Austin Cambridge, as in the pic, who knows, could have been ours.
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i remember Baker & Plumb, there was a store opposite on Derby Rd sold Lino, Carpet flooring, my ex brother in law, Roy Cammidge, worked there, he left the store and went across the road to Bakers because they wanted him for his sporting prowess, good at cricket and football, he worked in the Flooring Dpt. he lived on Aspley Lane
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CliffTon, #4, picture of Derby rd, i think the window cleaners barrow and ladder belonged to my uncle Stan Wilkinson, he did all the shop windows around derby rd, canning circus, anyway the pic reminded me of him so many thanks for that
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just been out to buy me new long johns, come on winter, lets be havin yer
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Welcome BigDaz, i lived on Shipley Rd from 1955 till 1967, went to Players School, took a ride around there last month, heartbreaking, anyway nice to hear from fellow broxtoweite
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rall the best Warren, be shouting up the ammers from the great stadium in the sky now, some great footballers up there playing in that team, Alf will be looking for that great scouse git now
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MargieH, #7, Coor theres clever innit
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tis a pity people choose to leave the site, for whatever reason, i am probably the most stupidly sensitive person on here, big sulky thats me, but the importantance of this site, i feel, cannot be overstated, memories, so important to individuals are enhanced and broadened by other members, forgotten memories bought back by words written and pictures posted, lost friends found etc, and if it means trawling through off topic writings to find a tiny fragment ofwhat one relishes reading/looking at then i would happily look through them, i know bit iggledy piggledy, but hope youall get me drift, anyone, for what ever reason, please don't leave, you may have memories/pictures to share that other members find wonderful to see. It is so nice to belong, thank you.
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StephenFord, My dad was born on Ramsey St., it was a dead end, ran parallel with Babworth St., also a dead end with the White Hart pub at the end between them, i think May Terrace might have been opposite, the chapel was on Wesley St. my Grandad was a lay preacher there. i have photos of these streets but have yet to figure out how to put them on here
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bilboroughshirley #13, my mum loved to watch Shaka Zulu, watched every episode then i had to get recording on old tape machine, i found it difficult to watch it after she passed on, now i sit down, every couple of months, put her facourite cushion at side of me and when a good part comes on i chat to the cushion, as if she was sitting on it, weird at first but after a time was very good for me.
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cliff ton, thank you, cleared it up, the wife lived on Auburn Terrace for the first couple of years of her life, before moving to Glaisdale Drive, first picture of possible Auburn Terr. i have seen again many thanks
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cliff ton #1, any possibility of saying what streets are on the triangle of houses bottom left opposite lamberts,
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loppylugs #12, just about says it all, could not agree more, echoes my sentiments too
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Nottingham 1965
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brilliant, i was only twenty then, thank you