swe62

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  1. As far as I know, nothing west of the river Erewash was ever in Notts. In fact, the reason Long Eaton became a major lace making center was because the factory owners moved out of Notts to avoid the labor unions there!

    Some things never change!

    now they are moving to get away from the stupid parking levy
  2. We moved to Roosevelt Avenue, Sawley in 1954. The correct postal address at that time was New Sawley, Long Eaton, Nottingham. But it was definitely in Derbyshire. The board marking the county boundary was on Nottingham Road, Long Eaton between Station Road and Toton Corner. I seem to remember there was a wall there - possibly the bridge over the Erewash, which for many years bore the slogan "Cut the call-up".

    alledged to have been painted on by Pete Dunkley from Chinatown!
  3. I used to knock around with John Hammo Hamilton and Ivan Carter 'Jed our other mate had a 50 cc Itom mk8 from Des Bones on Arkwright St Ive still got it ,like new and only done 2600 miles since 1965 .I used to have triumphs and velos but had most fun on an ex wd BSA sv 500 combo ,happy days

  4. hi folks its my first post on here ,my mates call me swe ,ive just packed in racing vintage sidecars,i used to hang around the white hart, beeston shed ,robins etc did a bit of drag racing ,used to go to Carlton Hotel when the Nottingham drag and custom club used to meet there ,I,m still into bikes mainly Triumph,and my latest project is a chevy small block to put in a hot rod of some sort!

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