Burtonjoyceoldboy

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  1. Thanks Trevor S. I'm not all that computer literate so hope this message reaches you O.K. I have a passing interest in Bilborough as 59 years ago my first girlfriend lived at 195 Wigman Road. I was still an apprentice at Manlove Alliott on Ilkeston Road and can well remember arriving back home at 6pm and then travelling back to Nottingham on the 6-30pm Trent bus before walking to Mount Street and catching another bus to Wigman Road where I arrived about 7-30pm! I then had to leave at 9-15pm to bus it back to Huntingdon Street to catch the last bus back to Burton Joyce at 10pm. I must have bee
  2. Just joined this site and interesting to hear about Wigman Road as I did my early courting there at 195 Wigman Road with Margaret who's sister Barbara married Dave Ritchie who played for the Panthers alongside Chick Zamick & Les Strongman. I served my time at Manlove Alliott on Ilkeston Road from 1953-1959. One of the fitters I served under was Frank Streets who left Manloves to work at Weller.