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I remember as a kid watching the milk floats coming out of the Coop Dairy at the bottom of Westdale Lane. They were eagerly awaited by the local residents within fifty yards of the Dairy, all waiting behind their garden gates to pick up the manure as the horses past. They always seemed to do it just as they left the dairy, maybe because of the strain of starting the days work. One of the 'drivers', a guy with the surname Earl who lived locally on Albert St., Next road to you Carni, when ever he had finished his round in Burton Joyce, climbed on the roof of his float and drove it like it was a

Mess, These are super pictures of the High Level. Also I found very interesting the Pictures on the site listed under Nottingham showing the old & new Bridges. Great Post Mate.

The Mind has been jogged again by the photos at 29# & 49#. We (dare I say, My generation) knew this as The High Level Station. I never caught a train there but did alight there once, I don't remember from were but am pretty certain I came out onto the street close to Andy Bones bike shop on that side of Arkwright Street. One other picture, Post 21# the Burtons shop on the corner on Broad Marsh. Firstly it was opposite the only decent Hat Shop Nottingham ever had, Dunn & Co., and secondly Burtons Shop was over the best kept public snooker hall Nottingham ever had. This was kept immacu

What is the purpose of the Ethernet cable to the computer in relation to using the G-Box?

An old Nottingham saying which I have not seen mentioned on this site, ( someone will quickly correct me if I'm wrong). It means, some things are not what they seem. 'IT MIGHT SAY 'PLAYERS' ON THE SIDE OF A BUS BUT IT DOS'NT MEAN ITS GOING THERE'.

mick2me, You seem very interested in purchasing the 'G' box. This I cannot understand. Are you intending to use it on your TV set only or your Computer only and are you already using XBMC

Lots of Shops & Youth Clubs have been mentioned in Netherfield. Two places I remember are Walkers shop, which stayed open fairly late, sold a bit of everything, Sweets, Puncture Outfits, Torches, you name it, it was there. Located about opposite the church a couple or so streets up from Chandos St. The other place I remember was I believe Forester St Youth Club which was in a Chapel & run by a 'Coal Merchant' named Wilf White. Super club which had to close because of complaints of noise from Forester St residence. It moved to a large house & factory unit on Conway Rd opposite the

My Dog will love that.

One of our local traders had what I thought was a good idea, he started charging 5p for carrier bags several months ago. He said he was somewhat p--d off by people asking for a bag for odd items like a can of coke or a bottle of milk so decided to say to them "Certainly Sir, one of our Charity Bags, that will be 5p in which ever charity box you wish". Others making multi purchases are not asked. Apparently with only two exceptions he tells me, everyone conforms. The two objectors, one wanting four pints of milk & the other twenty cigarettes both walk out to the local Coop and both walked

Davidw Nottingham Daily Express report is on the Nov topic I quoted Google 'Industrial Exhibition Fire 1904' to find it.

As I stated in my first post in July this year, I had spent some time looking through the site and found it very interesting, particularly where posts would be instantly corrected by another member if incorrect or ambiguous information was given, and the debates that followed from these. I felt that I could contribute to this, hence my joining. Two of the topics, both about the same subject, which I found very interesting & had no previous knowledge of were Post 1# of THIS topic & Post 1# of Midlands Exhibition Nottingham Fire Disaster, dated 28th November 2006, both by Mick2me. A few

I have never been on a Nottingham tram so I took the 9 minute plus video ride from Station Street to the Forest. It seemed a fairly slow ride, somewhat boring I thought. I know not what day of the week it was or the time of day, the impressing was that it was probably early one Sunday judging by the other traffic about and the emptiness of other passing trams. The thoughts running through my mind were, 1. This ride must be heavily subsidised, if nothing else the driver has to be paid for. 2. Because of the lack of parking ticket dispensers along the route the city was loosing a lot of revenu

That's quite a list of unsolved, whilst looking down them I expected to see a case about a hitch hiker, young girl in her early twenties I believe, I understood a Sutton in Ashfield lad was questioned according to his brothers wife. That aside, I am surprised they have time to chase up these old cases, one police force recently confessed to investigating only 40% of current crimes because of work load, and nearer to home, I asked the local force to get me details of a driver who damaged my vehicle whilst I was in it last June. They were given Reg No. Make & Colour, a simple routine task I

Whilst looking at pictures in the ABC Carlton/Long Row area I remembered a little shop run by the R.M.I.B. were these sold Brushes & Mats etc. made locally by blind people at the RMIB premises on the corner of Clarendon St & Chaucer Street,(NTGM005525 Cliff Ton). I was privileged to see these old guys at work in the brush room on many occasions whilst carry out repairs there. There were small circular benches which they would sit around with a pot of boiling pitch at its centre. They each had a small tray of Bristles from which they would pick a few, tap the ends on the bench to level

Commo at 29, Absolutely right mate, Churchill's cafe between the Carlton Cinema & Mount St Bus Station. Regarding the other elusive café/restaurant, there were two Greek brothers kept three restaurants in Nottingham. Because 2 doesn't go into three, only 2 of them could be open at any time. They were the Moulin Rouge on Trinity square between Milton St.& Forman Street, Another near the now closed Sony Shop,(probable No.5 Mansfield Road), the third, a few doors up from the Carlton cinema towards Derby Road. Of the later two I remember the name of only one. The Silver Grill, I believ

I think you will find that like many Buildings & even Streets in the area it is names after either the Owner, Landowner or even an Investor. In this case, probably one of the Walton's of Walker Walton & Hanson Estate Agents, of Byard Lane. They were the agents for this building at the time of BT occupation.

There was a coffee bar between the Carlton cinema & Mount St Bus Station in the Fifties/Sixties that stayed open until about Midnight at Weekends, not Wimpey's thought. I don't think they had been invented then.

White Dog Muck! No wonder the kids don't play Hopscotch any more if there is no chalk on the pavement.

I remember them filming in & outside the Eight Bells pub a few months after it was closed. when I saw the film I remember one of the sequences in it.

Another eighty years of history turned to rubble, what a shame my fond memories of the Odeon are not there for others to see. Shows like Little Richard, The Stones, & my all time favourite Bill Haley & his Comets in 1957, did it rock that night, not a person in their seat for the final number Rock Around The Clock, the visible bounce of the balcony was frightening. I didn't get to see The Beatles there but had seen them earlier at Coop House (Elizabethan Rooms for 6/6d), in 1963 I think. There was another venue gone without even noticing. Why did the last sixty years go so fast, and

We used to call the Lions Charlie & Freddie. Charlie for Craddocks Shoes Side,(corner of King St). Freddie for Farmers Haberdashery Side, (corner of Exchange Walk). For the tight fisted type it was always at a cinema, 'See You Inside'.

Yes I did, but quite a while before you. By 59 I was sunning it on BFPO170. Daughter went to All Hallows in about 76 and then on to Gedling.

Hints don't work either. Try Clues, but make them non-cryptic.

Sorry Rob & Mick, I'm in the wrong era. Thinking about it, it was probably about mid 60's when I last went there. It was an alternative to Heart of the Midlands/Fiesta/Aquarius. I think it was a converted cinema.

Pullmans on Parliament St., opposite side of the road to Hockley & Barker Gate. They did School Uniforms. By the way Carni, was 'Willo' still the headmaster when you went to All Hallows?