Vic49

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  2. Early 60's

    in 60's Nottingham

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    I just re- read my original post and what I meant to say regarding the marriage ...was my fathers sister married my mothers brother.. That' OK isn't it.?

    Just making sure you are all paying attention....

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  3. Early 60's

    in 60's Nottingham

    Posted

    Some interest in my original post. Our family name Preston and the occupier of 34 Grove Road was Bradley (mothers maiden name). That house as of last month is now empty and for sale. Someone referred to the proliferation of student accommodation....on our trip to the UK last month I did notice that many of the old Victorian terraces had conversions done to accommodate students. I also noticed the high rise flats are being demolished. I lived in Abbey Court for a while after getting married.

    My cousins living there were Pauline and Peter. Peter was a bit of a teddy boy with drainpipes and long matching jacket, bit of a lad by all accounts. The area was quite rough back then, judging by the intimidation I received having spent two years in Malta. My streetwise skills were not very developed and I found the treatment of the girls in the playground a bit off.

    Back then there was a shop opposite where I bought my first train spotting book, with all the numbers of the steam engines listed.. The other kids in the street, marked off all the mumbers of the trains as they passed over the bridge not 50 yards away. I did this for awhile, but found it pretty pointless..

    Grove Road also had a fantastic fish & chip shop about half way down, plus ther was a a factory toward the Castle Boulevard end called Elastic Yarns, I found out later that my mother in law worked there for awhile.. More to this saga later.....

  4. Early 60's

    in 60's Nottingham

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    My family ,the seven of us had just returned from a stint overseas in Malta.Our Dad Flt.Sgt T.R. Preston and Mam Dorothy (Doll) with us kids with an age span of 5 to 22 .we all had our own agendas, never really a together family. We had to compress ourselves into a small terrace at 34 Grove Road Lenton with crusty uncle Horace and aunts Flossie. It was a bit bit odd , but at the time we thought it normal that Dad's sister had married my fathers brother. I can't remember much only that is was a culture shock, us all being compressed into a terraced house below Abbey Bridge, sleeping 3 to a room with a boozy uncle who preferred the pub to any other social interaction. I had to attend the local school with the locals who must have thought we were a bit different from the norm with no particular accent, maybe even a little bit posh...We waited patiently for a permanent place to live, it semes like forever. ......

  5. Help Me Remember - Lace Market

    in General Chat about Nottingham

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    I have a large(ish) scale map two feet to the mile of the area & there are tens of lace, hosiery & ilk factories in the area.

    I'll Go through some of directories over the week end.

    I'm busy tomorrow but I'll see what I can find

    I am a recent new member, Following on from this discussion, I hav an old original ordnance survey map circa late 1800's of the Lacemarker area and castle. It is 1:500 scale and detail is extraordinary.

    I can provide a scanned copy to anyone interested at cost.

    Cheers

  6. Hello from Oz

    in ++ Oo R Ya'? ++

    Posted

    I am a newbie too... Living in Cairns, Far North Queensland.

    Been in Oz 30 plus years with wife and daughter. We recently went back to Nottingham after an absence of 10 years. The changes we noticed was the proliferation of pound shops...plus a few iconic shops had either gone or reduced in size. I noticed also the fantastic range of real ales, as opposed to the domination of the likes of Home Ales and Shipstones... which were frankly rubbish.....

    Cheers

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