Trickydicky

Sorry this has took so long but here is the oil painting as promised 2 years ago of Radford House.

Richard Townsend here, I went to Wheldon left in 1981 and was in Thoresby. Mr Lucas is the stand out character calling us cartonian spaso's which has ingrained into my brain 35 years later but hey best years of your life. People in my year were Julian Osborne, Julian Howard, Dave Guiste

i remember Frank the butcher, he used to make all the meat for my dads bakery around the corner, cannot remember his surname but know he died from a heart attack at work in the 80s sometime, think it closed after this. Next door was Wilsons the chemist and spent lots of pocket money in Twigdons ran by a elderly couple. Happy days.

Hey that is fantastic, many thanks for your efforts and time Cliff Ton, it is very much appreciated. Rich I will post the oil painting on here when I get a few minutes. Thanks again

Yep, He was my PE teacher at Wheldon and used to line us all up in the shower and look us up and down, being kids we had no idea what he was up too.

Trevor, No, my mums family started the Hopewell Furniture store currently on Hungtingdon Street, I don't believe they had any links to Radcliffe on Trent. Rich

Hi there, yes Derek Baker was my late father and we lived at 3 Robinson Road from about 1977 when the house and the business was passed down from my grandfather, my dad was the forth generation to own it. The house was originally a farm and stables and was converted in the early 1900s into a bakery. We used to deliver to shops and houses in 3 old Bedford beagle vans later upgraded to Fords. The business died a death with the supermarkets in the the late 80s and my father sold it to a Dutchman, when he retired. The business was eventually converted into a nursery. I am still in the bakery trade

Wondered if anyone could help me, my mum died a few years ago and as a child she grew up in a place called Radford House in the late 1930s and 40s. I have a fantastic oil painting that was left in her inhertence surrounded by hedges and fields. I believe the house was sold sometime in the 50s and became a car showroom by the name of Butterworth &Walker, it was eventually pulled down in 1959. What I'm trying to understand is where exactly was the house situated, I believe it was on Ilkeston Road but unsure where, my mothers maiden name was Hopewell as in the furniture people. Many thanks