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'Talk of the Midlands' at Derby. What happened to that?

10/4 to that one

Was that before the 70/80s Beefsteak?

The artists appearing at the regions night spots used to double book back in these days. My mate used to taxi them about from time to time. He related to me that on one occasion he had to take Tommy Cooper from the Commodore to the Aquarius at Chesterfield. Tommy came out of the Commodore late, jumping in the cab he said "Get me there on time and there's a drink in it for you. As they turned into the Aquarius car park Tommy reach over the drivers seat and pushed something into Bobs breast pocket saying thank you very much. Tommy got out and Bob felt his pocket which was bulging. At the edge

In the Lace Market Area there is or was what was called the 'Danger Main'. This referred to the Water Main which was more than the normal or average pressure. Apparently its existence was to assist the Fire Department in the event of a fire in the 'Rabbit Warren that existed there. On Warsaw Gate at No. 21 (if memory is acting correctly) was a Hydro Lift from the Basement to (I think) the Third Floor. The Lift Cage looked quite normal but instead of being suspended on steel rope, it had a steel ramp underneath pushing it up. This must have been about forty foot long and about six inches in

That's a great picture Cliff Ton, It shows something that only the pigeons had seen before, without a ladder. It also gives light to the required skills needed by the signal men in the north & south boxes.

To get your bearing in this area, go back to post 32 in this topic, the guy walking in the street is directly over the tunnel to Weekday Cross & is walking towards the station that was directly ahead of him. Ignore the Thurland St/Clinton St caption this will confuse you.

It certainly is Paulus, the last owners of the pub was a Mr Li & his sons James Daniel & Mark. They opened it as a Cantonese Restaurant a few years before the planned ice stadium project. I loved to eat there, when it closed I felt Nottingham had lost its finest Cantonese food. James still runs a takeaway on Mapperley Top.

Bamber, there was another tool/ironmonger shop across the road from Paynes called Carr & Co. There were no tool shops on the Clinton Street's. I forget which was east & west, but on the one nearest Clumber St. was a Large Paint Shop with a Snooker Hall above kept by a guy called Roy. on the other street was a Locksmith. Two other Tool Shops in the area were Pools Tools at the top of Hockley & Kays Tools on the corner of Hockley & that little street that goes through to Cranbrook Street.

Maybe it was Leslie Walsh, in answer to the first post. Cliff Ton's response in post 2 leaves me confused as to what action to take regarding another matter. It came to my notice this morning that I am about to receive a sheaf of old documents relating to railways, stations etc. around Nottingham. These include apparently things like the original plans for the building of Victoria Station & the Hotel, a copy of the window cleaners bill for cleaning the hotel windows, copies of hand written receipt for money paid to home owners of the properties in streets above the station before the h

Hi Compo, In reading another post, my mind shot to Dan Crosslands shop and after looking on the site for it I was surprised that neither it or Albion Chambers got a mention particularly as we are talking about Nottingham history here. I thought it would be immediately recognised. So here is what you want to know. On Parliament Street there is a Fothergill building originally housing the Nottm. Express & later the Nottm. News & Guardian. Next to it on King St. is another Fothergill building that used to house Jessops & Sons On the ground floor on the corner of these two street

Do you remember, Dan Crosslands big corner shop, next to Albion Chambers, and who's RRA was the sole display in the window?

When my daughter had her fourth a few months back she was home within two hours. The midwife attending to her the next day said this was the youngest child she had seen in its home. Noticing a tiny blood shot eye her attitude changed and she asked many questions that brought my daughter to tears. It turned out that the problem had been noticed as the time of birth but not logged. I am so pleased that this midwife did her job correctly despite the upset she caused, by getting involved and taking up her precious time by checking the facts with the maternity unit and taking the time to phone and

hi ayupmeducks, This Matricom G-Box is very interesting. In your evaluation of various android devices did you consider the Stealthx iMXS Box. as at WWW.RetailGadgets.co.uk This one also looks interesting to me, but I would value your opinion.

Hi Plantfit, I know about the parking problems you had, I mentioned them in the 'Nottingham's Crap' thread. The photo in Trevor S' post is not the one that was pointed out to me. The one I saw was in the left hand front turret in one of the slits. My memory of this is so vivid that I intend to pop into The Mechanics Institute at the earliest opportunity to check the reference library or dig out one of the 'Thoroton' guys for more information, as much as anything to find out if my mind is intact. I mentioned in my previous post Capt. Popkess & my old Boss. Two stories relating to this a

Back in 1958/59 the first Aston Martin DB4 came off the production line with a price tag of just under £4000. In advertising the car it was stated that it could do 100 mph & stop again in under 30 seconds. How's that for braking everyone said. It had a top speed of around 135 mph and did 0 to 60mph in about 9 seconds. This was the first David Brown car to have all round disc brakes. In May of this year a GT model of this car sold for £3.25 million. It would surprise me very much if this car were not subject to MOT requirement. On a lighter note. In 1959 the then Area Manager of M

I remember the Gents Toilet in front on the Theatre Royal, in the 50's I fitted a regulator to the extract fan down there. It used to blow skirts up Maralyn Monroe style, does anyone remember that?

Do you remember Whatyercock. Where did that come from?

Over the years we have all fell in love with Nottingham, otherwise we would not be on here reminiscing about it, we have all said how the city's councils & planners have been stupid/short sighted/criminal and whatever over many things that have happened but the love we new is still there. It may have been the friends we had, the pastimes we followed or just the familiarity of it all. My thoughts are for those that follow, The children especially the grandchildren, what is the legacy we leave, playing fields disappear, all sports have to be paid for, youth clubs have ceased to exist because

The Old Boy with the Dog! If that was at the bottom of Drury Hill just around the corner on Middle Marsh next to the PDSA Collection place, That would be Stan of Stans Trimmings. He did a good job, once made me a replacement Canopy for one I ripped on a Watsonian Avon Chair. I cannot remember the year but it was in February & I took it to the 1st Dragon Rally that weekend.

During my time at Drury Hill, I worked for a man who was a friend of Watson Fothergill. One day whilst walking along Thurland St. we stopped and he told me this little story. Pointing to the bank, he explained that Fothergill was the architect responsible for it and at the time of a site visit with his client to discuss additions & variations (now known as extras were the money is made), Fothergill jokingly intimated that he may be forced to put a 'monkey' on the bank. This was the slang of the day for a mortgage, as in 'monkey on my back' etc. The bank owner immediately offered a wager

I understood the highest point in Notts. was near Mutton Hill on the Annesley to Mansfield road. I am sure I saw a plaque to this effect up there.

Hi Michael, I don't think I ever went to the Locarno but I was always at the Victoria Monday & Fridays, great nights in those days. The two things that come to mind are, the Jiving which was not allowed, usually done during a Quickstep, which prompted Bert the Usher to play the Carbon Ark Spotlight on you as a signal to cease your demonstration. The other was after the bar closed at 10.30 several of the lads learning the new dance craze down there, 'The Quaker', dancing twice round the floor & out the fire escape door by the stage for your 'Oats'. Looking at other posts it appears

On December 29th 1952 I started work at no.4 Drury Hill as an appenticed Electrical Engineer. The first place I went to, to learn the trade was at the Sun Alliance building, situated at the top of Drury Hill and to the left on Low Pavement first door on the left.. The caretaker name was George who lived on the premises. George also doubles as what would be called a courier I supose. In this duty he would wear a smart Blue Military Style uniform. Some of you may remember a special name for this getup, it slips my mind at the moment. Company of something or other maybe. Anyway, on this day, Geor