glaisdalelad

Good to see all the interesting recent postings. Thanks katyjay for the photo of Sandra, she looks a fair bit different to what I remember but is still recognisable and was still lovely. Of course the photo was taken six or seven years on from when I knew her and we all changed so much in what seems now to be such a short period. I can vaguely recall that Sandra wrote to me just after we had moved to say that she had won a “Miss Popeye” competition, does that bring back any memories. One thing I particularly miss living her in Spain is bonfire night. Although they have lots of firework events

Well it’s back to my threatened series of memories of the time I lived in Bilborough. I have so far covered Medicines, Woods & Fields, Canal, Toys, Games we used to Play, the Railway Bridge and The Radio. Now for the Television TELEVISION WHILE LIVING IN BILBOROUGH As we grew older, about 9 - 11 years we would go home and watch the magic of television which we had from about 1953 as I remember everyone gathering around for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The first time that we had seen television was at cousin’s house in 1952. The turning point for television came in 1953 with the

Hi Katyjay It sure is, and to think that we were only 14 and 12 at the time. Yesterday I reached the grand old age of 70.

Welcome Bilbrolas After a long hot summer here in Spain with lots of visitors I now have a bit of time to get back on this forum. Interested to read recent postings on Sandra Eggleton who, if there is not another by that name, born in 1946 and lived in Bilborough, was my very first girlfriend in 1958 -1959. It was with sadness that we parted when I moved with my family to Portsmouth in the summer of 1959. If I remember correctly she lived on Monckton Drive near to the junction with Graylands Road.

Some Images of the radio in the fifties

Hi Bit of a lull in my jottings due to unforeseen circumstance, 16 burglaries in our small urbanisation in Spain. Fortunately we were not one of them but our next door neighbour was. Thanks for all your comments and memories to date. So far I have covered, Medicines, Woods and Fields, The Canal, Railway Bridge, Toys and the Games we played, the next one is about the Radio or the Wireless as we called it then. Hope it brings back some memories, RADIO My most vivid memory of radio is when we used go to my Grandad and Grandma’s on Saturday for lunch. After we had had our beans on toast or t

Memories of Games in Images

Hi Think I am getting a bit hooked on this. MelissaJKelly, things sure have changed and although to me my childhood was great I also see what my Grandkids have so I am sure that in the future all generations will say ‘The Good Old Days’. Bilbraborn, love the bit about your Dad saying about the squirrel collecting all the nuts up. If you used to like the Meccano Magazine there is a great site where every issue can be looked at or downloaded in PDF format the address is http://meccano.magazines.free.fr/, Mess, sounds as though that Chemistry set did pay off. I wonder if some of the things

Great set of postings. Bilbraborn, very interesting memories on the trainspotting, it certainly prompted a few of my own. Firbeck, I seem to remember always taking my ABC book with me, I must have been lucky that it was never lost at the time. LizzieM, thanks for your comments. Well here goes with my next topic which is fairly long I’m afraid. TOYS Such a variety here and I include those homemade ones that gave us as much pleasure to make as to use. Toys over the years included, Cap Guns, Whip and Top, Meccano set, Cats whisker radio, Chemistry set, John Bull printing set, Potato faces, Di

Wollaton Pit sidings from the railway bridge I thinks

Couple of photo's from when I cannot remember. But they are of areas that I recall so I presume they must be from the 1950's. The first one is of the railway bridge on the Old Coach Road

Hi Bilbraborn and Mess, thanks for the comments again. Very interesting about the photo of the new bridge being on the Woodyard Lane. I found this photo on the internet quite a few years ago and it was annotated as being on the Old Coach Road. At the time I remember that I was a bit confused about the house on the right of the photo which I could not remember although as a kid I recall a hedge in that area which I might not have been able to see over. I checked the photo against the previous one of the stone bridge and as the telegraph poles, the trees and the basin all seemed to be the s