NewBasfordlad

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NewBasfordlad last won the day on September 19 2016

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  1. Hi NewBasfordlad,my fathers dad had a chemical factory in Old Basford i would think in the 20s or 30s,his name was Harry Finn and i think it was near Vernon rd.would there be any archives or local history about him or the factory,i remember going to his bungalow at Nuthall it was called Woodend which was located behind The Ponds pub at Nuthall

     

    1. LizzieM

      LizzieM

      Sorry Ian, very sadly NewBasfordLad passed away suddenly last year, so you won’t be getting a reply from him. He’s greatly missed on this forum. 

    2. IAN FINN

      IAN FINN

      Thanks for letting me know about NewBasfordlad so sorry to hear he had passed away Ian Canada.

  2. A good friend of mine lost his only son a few years back to something similar. He had just finished his first year at Nottingham High and was doing very well. On one Saturday he had just crossed the road near Lowdham roundabout to see someone outside the Magna Charta and dropped something in the road, without thinking he just turned round and bent down to pick it up. A car going slowly, it had just come round the turning struck his head, his life support was switched of 24 hours later. It ripped the heart out of the lads family and we found out later deeply affected the
  3. Now you just keep away from the edge CF you wouldn't want to push your luck.........
  4. These things bug me, the trousers that is, so have enlarge the picture, it is hard to tell without the original. But the guy third from the right I think has a different cap and cap badge, he also carries a Sgt Major stripes as does the guy next to him, there wouldn't be two Sgt Majors in a battery, finally he is missing the lanyard tucked in his left breast pocket. I reckon he is from a different unit on attachment.
  5. Had a shock today. I was sat talking to my 15 year old granddaughter and she asked me about the book I was reading, I explained it was about the battle for Normandy in WW11 starting at D-Day. "D-Day" she asked, "yes" I said "The great invasion the led to the defeat of Germany in WW11, don't you do history?" "Oh yes" she says "We have just done WW11 from the .........................German perspective" You can imagine the discussion we had over the next hour, talk about twisting history. Pass me the gun....................
  6. 50th Battery RFA was indeed in Dewsbury at one time. In WW1 the RFA were responsible for the horse drawn medium artillery pieces including the 18 pounder so in the first picture your grandfather would be carrying his riding crop and who would not carry it like a swagger stick when having your picture took. Usually the leading horseman carried the crop for signalling to the rest of his teams riders the moves he was going to make just like the RHA King Troop. The RFA weren't as fast as the Royal Horse Artillery but their guns carried a lot more clout and there were more of them
  7. Ian the ford is parked on ...............Hill Side that's the bridge over the Leen to the left
  8. You may be right Margie most plants are programed by nature to procreate and you certainly get a boost in production as the season comes to an end or plants start to suffer for some reason. I used to know a gardener who would stress his runners by withholding water to kick them off, he said it worked but I have never tried it.
  9. It would be way before your time Dave, my mate was 82 when he died two years ago and of course I am talking about his father.
  10. ^^^^^^^Glad my mate was right about his father and Triumph road then, I was beginning to doubt until you came along Dave. He always said his father was a gatekeeper but I know he was a sign writer as well, wonder if they did any of that there.
  11. I got the facts wrong. During the battle for Normandy David Rinder was actually with a brigade of 3 tank regiments each regiment fielding 50 tanks and they needed 1073 replacement tanks just to keep 150 in the front line, Rinder himself had 3 shot out from under him. Not that he took the record Major Stanley Christopherson colonel to be came out of 5 in one day in the desert campaign.
  12. Trogg there was a filling station on Valley road opposite the Futurist. But I also seem to remember a car dealership left hand side of Nottingham Road between Valley road and Vernon Road almost opposite the end of Scotland road.
  13. As far as I know Cripp's had a heavy plant site on Triumph Road Lenton. The info I have is old as it came from a mate who's now dead talking about his father who was gate keeper there
  14. Col, it's a very good job your here to put everyone right, when they are 'factually incorrect' but do tell me what make you so sure your always right, even I make the odd mistake, yes you heard it here folks NBL makes the odd mistake. By the way Col you never got back about Corbyn's anti Semitism, even Tom Watson as now stated 'Labour face's eternal shame' over anti-Semitism. Me I loved Mrs T, wish there was someone like here now the country needs it.