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This from the 1950s :
Peter Barrie, New
Exchange Buildings, a business owned by Barnett Hutton of 3 Broadway , Nottm.
Mr. Eric Knowles, the manager.-
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Not seen this before, a remastered live Beatles concert in Washington, the first one after appearing on Ed Sullivan.
The beginning is almost comically amateurish as the screaming audience are on all 4 sides of the stage and Ringo sits with his back to the band !
First Ringo and then Paul try and rotate the drum stage with no luck.
This rotation of the drum set and mikes goes on throughout and with the way Ringo was bashing those drums (but still holding the rhythm), it's a wonder the kit held together.
George opens with Roll Over Beethoven.
It's a wonderful film that encapsulates early Beatlemania and marvelous that with such basic equipment the vocals still sound great . Macca does all the intros and considering the conditions does a rousing Long Tall Sally finale.
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Actress Jill Pearson had 3 different names , her birth name as Jill Smalley, her first acting name as Jill Stuart and then after marriage , Jill Pearson.Her marriage to one of the Pearson Bros family:John Laurence Pearson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence H. Pearson, of 15, Oundle-drive, Wollaton Park, Nottingham, and Miss Jill Marie Geraldine Smalley, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart H. Smalley, of 57, Chaworth-road
26 June 1952
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4 hours ago, Cliff Ton said:
I wonder if there's a connection with Smalleys, whose are still operating on Derby Road.....
Could be !
In 1939 living Chaworth Rd , W.Bridgford is Jill Smalley (later Pearson) ,born 1932 , living with parents Stuart H Smalley and Lillian M. Smalley (nee Cannell). (Presume Lillian M. was known as Mamie and also Peggy ! ).
Stewart H Smalleys occupation "Mens Hatter and Raincoat Retailer". He died 1985.
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Posting this , as a query about the Golden Cage shop on Derby Rd came up on FB a few days ago.
Wasn't much response to my answers but I found it interesting in that the shop was run by members of the Pearson Bros store family , one of whom, Jill Pearson, was also a movie actress and when not filming helped in the shop apparently.
Can't say her name springs to mind but she appeared on Coronation St in the 1960s and one film mentioned was "I Love NY" and another called "Marathon" with Christopher Plummer.
She had a daughter with the exotic name of Jane Paradise who also was a director at a firm called Robotec.
This is an amalgamation of articles from the mid 1980s about the Golden Cage shop and the ladies that ran it :
This trend of women wearing mens suits delights the staff at Golden Cage in Derby Ròad who pan
eight decades of fashion between them.
The shop is run by Mamie Smalley, 80, her daughter Jill Pearson and grand-daughter Jane
Paradise, with their friend Celia Radcliffe, and they recently turned the whole
of their antique shop over to old clothes.Older customers come in to reminisce with Mamie while young girls admire
the ballgowns that Jill Pearson wore in the '50s.
Jane's fashion memory does not go back so far but she's starting to sell the kind of clothes she wore in the 60s.
Clothes currently on the rails include a ballgown of Jill's from the 50s and styles her mother would have worn back in the 1920s.
Sequinned flapper dresses hang alongside garish prints from the 50s.Further back there is a novelty rail for youngsters who are going to fancy dress parties.
Dress prices start at £5 and rise to £155 for a full- length beaded evening dress. But it's the tailor-made dinner jackets which have the greatest fashion appeal at the moment, says Jane.Jane Paradise set for new Golden career.
GO-AHEAD businesswoman and mother Jane Paradise, has been taking time out from her family life to play a central role in two Nottingham city centre retailing battles.
For Jane is a member of the Pearson family that was trying to save the famous store of that
name from the clutches of a development company.
While the fight for the 98-year-old department store ,founded by her great-grandfather, reached its climax and ended up in the hands of developers.
" I suppose retailing must run in our blood because I love the shop says Jane who is the also marketing director of Robotec, the Nottingham automation firm.Jane, who took the shop over from her mother Jill at the Golden Cage has been fighting flooding and internal renovation issues costing a five figure sum.
It's a lot of money for a small operation she said.
Golden Cage sells a wide range of period clothes appealing to trendy up-market customers from as far afield as London and exports have been sent to Japan for Harris Tweed Jackets
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10 hours ago, Rob.L said:
It’s true what they say about Italian electrics.
Hey don't diss Fiats !
I've had my little 08 Panda for 13 years now (tempting fate !) and it's been a brilliant little car , done everything asked of it , including a few trips from Cornwall to Northern Holland and numerous trips to the Midlands.
Now on 111,000 miles and went through its MOT last week with just an advisory for rust on the exhaust. Must have been worse than they thought , as the very next day of it passing its test , the back exhaust box sheared off from the pipe.
£100 for a new back box fitted .
The only electrical gremlin so far has been when you get a power steering warning light and the steering stiffens up . It's invariably caused by either a faulty earth strap or a failing battery and is a known problem .
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9 hours ago, Oztalgian said:
What was the logic behind "freezing" the pension anyway? Was it just to save money?
"What determines the “frozen pension” list of countries where British expats won’t ever see an increase in their benefits? The government’s policy is seemingly illogical and random. For example, UK pensioners living in Trinidad have frozen pensions, while those residing in Barbados enjoy annual indexed increases."
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Thanks Stuart C. For the explanation I think I grasp some of it .
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8 hours ago, Oztalgian said:
Wonder if those of us overseas who receive a British pension or part thereof will see any changes.
Unfortunately I believe your pensions will be frozen at whatever rate it is currently . It apparently affects half a million expats in countries such as Australia, Canada .
If I'm reading it right those expats in Europe and a few other select countries get the increase.
More here :
https://frozenbritishpensions.org/the-problem/
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Just signed the petition for increasing the old state pension to the same rate as those on the "new" pension rate.
I still don't understand why there are two rates.
No one has ever explained the reason to me.
In April those of us born before April 1951 will get £169 per week , whereas those born after April 51 get £221 per week, a massive difference and if they apply a blanket percentage each year the difference in money terms will increase even more.
My wife missed out on the new rate by being born just 22 days too early , just so unfair.
Article here on the petition that has already achieved enough numbers for Govt response.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/money/basic-state-pension-petition-response-32386871.amp
Direct link to petition
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1 hour ago, Cliff Ton said:
A sign of getting older..........
When you have to fill in a form online which includes your date of birth......
I keep saying to my wife "I don't know how old people are supposed to do all this" , when logging onto certain online sites (forgetting I'm in that category myself).
As well as your email and password, a number of sites won't let you in until you have inserted a six figure code that they send separately to your mobile phone or email address.
I can cope at the moment but one day maybe it will all be too complicated !
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5 hours ago, DJ360 said:
Hi David,
I asked around but got no feedback at all.
@DJ360 Thanks for asking for me , really appreciate it.
Since posting my previous message , I joined a FB page for Newton Heath and got a fair bit of info on him . It confirms that we had the right parents for him but unfortunately still no closer to finding any living relatives .
Also confirms what I suspected in that he worked with Jimmy Savile and his sidekick Ray Teret !
Indeed with information from that FB page found an article and photo of him in a Manchester paper from 1965 where along with Savile , they were organising outings for crippled handicapped children !
Whether Dave moved abroad to get away from JS and his cohorts who knows ???
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11 hours ago, DJ360 said:
So, first trip to the Cavern for a while
@DJ360 Similar story to Beekay's above and I know its not Liverpool but I'm on a genealogy board, trying to help a Danish chap find any relations to a recently deceased, 1960s Manchester club DJ called Dave Booth (born 1942). He billed himself as "Englands top soul DJ".
After working in Manchester he lived and DJ'd in Denmark from 1970 until his death , leaving no partner or children.
I put an appeal on a couple of Manchester nostalgic FB pages including one for 60s/70s Manchester clubs but had no luck. People remember the clubs he worked (one called Ray's Place) but not him.
Highly unlikely but just wondered if any of your Lancashire pals may remember him . If it's the right Dave he may have had a Belfast born mother ,called Ruby (nee Morrison) and a sister Ann who married a Harry Beardsworth.
(Unfortunately there was also another Manchester indie dj also called Dave Booth who worked later in the 80s/90's which caused a bit of confusion)
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28 minutes ago, Beekay said:
@DAVIDW, but I made too much so I poured the rest into an ice cube tray and froze it.
Good idea !
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23 hours ago, Beekay said:
But they're all lovely with Mayflower curry sauce mix !
Mayflower curry sauce mix is my go to ingredient to add to my gravy and only about a pound from Home Bargains or Iceland.
As theres only two of us, usually make it in a mug, add one teaspoon of the curry mix to three teaspoons of any gravy granules , (sometimes add a dash of Worcester Sauce).
Add the boiling water and its always tasty !
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10 hours ago, Cliff Ton said:
33 & 35: Frank B Barnett - Outfitter (related to R Barnett at 31 ?)
Using the name given by CT have found an article that answers my own query.
The building despite its ornate tower and many upper floors just seems to have been small shops !
From an article in the E.P. dated 18th Sept 1928 , it details the reason for demolition of the old corner shops and from the text, the photograph may have been dated to between 1926 and 1928 as the upper floor of the Three Crowns had been removed at the earlier date because it was structurally unsafe.
"A STREET IMPROVEMENT.
£15,000 CORNER SCHEME IN
NOTTINGHAM.SIX SHOPS AND PUBLIC-HOUSE INVOLVED.
Within about a fortnight the execution of an improvement to one of the busiest spots in Nottingham will be commenced. It is the
setting back of the frontage at the junction of Upper Parliament-street and Market- street.
Few people can have failed to observe the unsightly appearance of this corner. with its public house and adjoining shops breaking into the line
of Parliament-street and causing congestion by the enforced narrowing of the roadway and pavement.
Two years ago the public-house (known as the Three Crowns became structurally unsafe, and the upper portion had to be taken down.
The necessity which thereby devolved upon the owners , Messrs, Bass, Ratcliffe and Gretton, to re-build the house, brought the Improvement Commitee of the City Council on the scene with a proposal to set back this and the adjoining property, and to bring it into line with the premises of Messrs A. B Gibson, Ltd.
To have limited the alteration in that however, would have made the turn out of Upper Parliament-street into Market-street almost a right angled one, and for the acquisition of the two small shops in Market-street, belonging to Mr F. B. Barnett was virtually a necessity.
When the Improvements Committee first went before the Council with a request for full powers to carry out the scheme, the Council , at the instance of the Iate Ald. F. Berryman rightly refused to consent until an estimated approximate cost to the Corporation was given.
Ultimately this was forthcoming, the figure being put at £15,000. It may be said, in passing that there is every reason to believe that the cost will be kept within the estimate.
REASON FOR DELAY.Altogether six shops, in addition to the public house, are involved.Two years have elapsed since the Council gave its approval to the scheme, but in explanation of the apparent delay it may be said that many interests and rights have had to be considered, involving prolonged and delicate negotiations.The scheme will mean the setting back of all the property between Mr. J. T. Norfolk's (clothing) shop and Messrs Gibson's premises by an average distance of 24 feet.The new line will form a curve at the actual junction of the two streets. The new public-house will be 14 feet further to the west and will have a frontage of 52 feet instead of 37.In order to ensure a continuous frontage over the whole of the new property, the yard which runs down beside the Three Crowns" (Talbot Yard) will alsobe moved, along with the public-house, but will be arched over, a portion of the public house being built over it.The new licensed premises will be of a substantial and ornamental character.Offers have been received for the Market-street portion of the site, but nothing has yet been determined in the matter.This spot will, with its new frontage, constitute one of the most commanding and valuable shopping sites in the city.The demolition of the existing property is expected to be started in about a fortnight.-
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Surprised that the map shows a truncated Talbot Yard as originally believe it ran right through to the Talbot pub in the Square.
The "Palace of Varieties" later became the Scala as shown on this later map , previously posted by CT , showing the bank in place of the turreted building. It gives the bank as 31 and 33 Market Street.
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Thanks CT , not sure why that link doesnt work maybe something to do with that pages settings ?
I had seen that Barnett name elsewhere, will check further .
Still seems an ornate building for ordinary shops.
This is a page on Martin's Bank with pics that replaced that corner.
https://www.martinsbank.co.uk/11-52-60 Nottingham Market Street.htm
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Been intrigued by the narrow turreted building shown in a photo recently posted on Nottm Way Back When (link below).
Unfortunately it must have been demolished before 1931 as that was when the classical style Martin's Bank (later Barclays) opened at the corner of Market St and Parliament St. giving the address of 33 Market St.
Today its a restaurant.
The alleyway between the turreted building and the Three Crowns pub was called Talbot Yard and that apparently ran from Parliament Street down to Long Row.
I can't find much about this old building only that in the 1900s a firm called London House sold household textiles from that address. Whether that was the whole or just a ground floor shop , no idea.
Cliff Ton or anyone , do you have any access to directories for 29, 31, 33 Market St (it looks a long building) prior to 1930 that may give a clue what it was?
Edit : unfortunately that link doesnt seem to open . CT have sent a screen grab to you via Messenger.
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Ha ! Unfortunately those stories didn't get published !
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13 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said:
The only Pearson I've come across in my researches was the vicar of Holy Trinity, Lambley.
Yes that vicars name kept coming up in the newspaper searches, couldn't find anything about other Pearsons from Lambley.
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Returning to this subject as it came up today on a FB page.
I did another old newspaper search and found an article in the S.Notts Echo of September 1922 that said Lambley Jack was the youngest son of a butcher from Lambley called Pearson.
The article basically said that young Jack Pearson was a bit of a daredevil youth who did such japes as taming charging bulls and "walking" across the Trent by a method of strapping his boots to the inside bottom of wooden buckets and striding across , at the site of where Gunthorpe Bridge is now.
It was also claimed he was one of the first to enter Nottingham Castle when it was set on fire during the riots of 1831 and that he had died after debris, including molten lead ,fell on him.
This is probably fanciful hearsay as I can see two deaths and inquests from 1831 but the names given of the deceased were 2 young boys , one called John Kilbourne and the other Sydney Nix who had gone looking for souvenirs in the debris and were crushed and burnt by falling masonry. No mention of a John or Jack Pearson.
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Walsall Conduits in the old news archives were listed as 232 Wilford Road . First mentions of them at that address appear to be 1968.
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What are you listening to now ??
in Nick Palmer's Nottstalgia General Music Chat.
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And to make it on-topic the opening picture of the video, shows Dave Rowberry (2nd from right) who took over keyboard after Alan Price left the band.
Dave was my elder brother's school pal at Henry Mellish and they formed a skiffle band from there.
He either lived on Roseleigh Ave or Fernleigh Ave, Mapperley can't remember which.