Vintageann

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  1. Anyone remember Skills toy shop at the corner of West End Arcade and Angel Row? It was owned by one of the Skills brothers, the other one owned Skills coaches. It was an incredible shop, packed with every toy a 1960's kid could wish for. The shelves were crammed and the aisles narrow. My favourites were the Sacha dolls, they looked so classy. I worked there on Saturdays when I was at school as well as when I went to college, full time in the holidays.
  2. This venue, formerly of Nuthall Road, gets mentioned here and there but I think merits it's own topic. My first recollection was of going to ballroom dancing classes there, must have been late 1950's. It was a great show venue and some fabulous acts appeared there. But it was also a hot spot for parties and celebrations. I came across the bill for my/our wedding reception in November 1969. 56 guests at 20 shillings each (A pound for a sit down meal!!!) plus 3 at 14 shillings (must have been kids). Sherry for the toast...9 shillings. The deposit was £5. The whole event for a little over £62. A
  3. I worked at Bosworth nursery from 1968 to 1971. Children could attend from age 3 years. I have some photos of nursery children from that time. Were you there then? I also have a note of the new starters in Jan and December 1969. In those times children did have an afternoon nap, on canvas beds each with a little blanket. Aaah!
  4. Living in Rushcliffe in 1969/71 we often went to the Musters. I recall walking there from our flat on Wilford Lane, wearing my purple hot pants and over the knee platform boots. There was a male solo singer who was always on. His set began with.....'I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden'. We still sing that line whenever we remember the Musters. Whatever happened to him I wonder?
  5. The garden of the long since lost Cocked Hat in Aspley. It had several different sections including a formal rose garden, and more wild overgrown areas. But as a child my favourite part was at the back...the play area with swings and see saw. My parents and grandparents would be inside and I would be brought out a bottle of red pop that my granddad called 'Dragons Blood'. And some cockles if I was really lucky.
  6. Hello katyjay. I watch BBC news in bed having been brought my morning coffee by my lovely OH. As soon as the papers arrive I read them, including the Nottingham Post, which comes in the morning, as it's NO LONGER the "evening' Post. Just the Post!! Doesn't seem right does it?
  7. My very first job was shelf stacking in a little mini supermarket on Alfreton Road. Then when I was old enough to legally work a full Saturday, I went to Woods greengrocery also on Alfreton Road. The first week of two was fine, I was on the cut flower department. Then however, I was moved to the fruit and veg section. Never brilliant at mental arithmetic, I had to calculate things like ' a pound and a half of potatoes at 1/11 a pound plus a quarter of mushrooms at 7d a pound plus half a pound of tomatoes at 1/6 a pound'. I tried my best but it clearly wasn't good enough because I suddenly got
  8. My first single was a 78. Bought from a record shop (remember those?) on Hyson Green. It was my 'Goose Fairing' , ie a Goose Fair present, from my grandparents. (I was an only child of only children, hence very spoiled in terms of the 'olden days'.) It was Jim Dale, 'You Shouldn't Do That'. Never heard of it? ......."oh oh oh, you shouldn't do that, oh oh oh, you shouldn't do that, oh oh oh, you shouldn't do that, well you know that you shouldn't do tha a at. Just one little hug, you'll fly around like a lightening bug.' Etcetera. Just thank your lucky stars you're reading it not listening t
  9. That's right. Used in this case to let me know she disapproved what I was up to. If only she knew!
  10. Still a lot of the brands around now. Rimmel, Max Factor, Number 7 and Cutex. Not sure about Outdoor Girl, Miners or Angel Face. Prices a bit different though! My Mary Quant mascara cost 12/9 and that was the most expensive item in my collection. Apart from my mirror which cost 6d, the cheapest were Rimmel eyeliners at 1/9. My mum used to call it Rimmel Rammel. There's an old Nottingham word for you. I think these were the days of block mascara, where you used to wet the block (OK, who didn't spit in it??), and apply with the little accompanying brush.
  11. Last week in the Market Square there was a promotion for Avon, and I took home a catalogue. Not having looked at Avon for a very long time I was surprised that the cream perfumes are no more. Anyone remember those tempting little screw top pots, each individually designed and with their own delicious rich and creamy fragrance? My favourites then were....Wishing, Rapture, Here's my Heart, Somewhere, To a Wild Rose, and Pretty Peach. Even the names are evocative of the time, don't you think?
  12. OK then. If you ever bought shoes from Shoefayre near to The Bell. This was in the days that shoes were displayed in the window and you asked the assistant for your size in the desired style. The assistant would bring out your choice of shoes and you would try them on in front of her. They might be a bit snug but you really wanted them. So, the assistant would say ' I could put them on the shoe stretcher if you like, but if I do that you'll have to buy them'. You might have said 'yes please' and seen the assistant take the shoes away into the back room. Then heard a motor starting up. Shoes ca
  13. Worst job, lasted one day. Factory at Kimberly wrapping toffee apples, on piecework. The cellophane cut my hands to ribbons.
  14. That's probably why it was falling to pieces. When it rained I had to stuff something in the footwell because the spray squirted into the passenger seat and soaked everything. Obviously before MOTs were ever heard of. I think we part chopped it for a Vauxhall Viva. Classy or what?!
  15. Well maybe we had it after your good self then. Not sure when we actually bought it...or sold it ....but we definitely had it in 1971 because that's when we had the bump in it.
  16. Ford Thames van, £15. Painted it purple and laid carpet samples in the back. Someone in a posh car once ran into the back of it, his car was wrecked but the back doors of the van just elegantly curved inwards. Reg numbers were 007 but can't remember the letters.
  17. I had several of these of varying duration whilst at school and then college, from age 14yrs when you could only work a half day. Most of us did. Anyone remember the department store Henry's? Not as memorable as Toby's etc, but it deserves it's place in history. On Wheelergate, it was a sizeable shop with a ground and first floor. It's now a pound shop and was a Virgin record store for a while. I worked on the jewellery counter, but once or twice got roped in to the cafe for washing up duty. That was gross, rinsing all the fag ends out of the saucers. All your mates who didn't work on Saturday
  18. Thanks for sharing this. I watched the 1972 one also. Incredible...cars moving freely around the city centre!
  19. I lived at the top end of Bilborough, right by the Midland General E1 terminus. It was great having the bus wait there, They ran every half hour I recall, I could delay leaving the house until I heard the engine start! But then I had to be fast! The other bus was the Corporation 16a, that went past and stopped a bit further at the end of Bilborough Road. Across from us, over Bilborough Road, was Sandy Lane, not sure if that was just the local name or the official name for it. You could wander up there to Strelley Village and beyond, to Cossal, Trowell etc. I recall watching the M1 being built
  20. I used to love going to Toby's...a proper shop. But one thing used to drive me crackers was they expected all browsers to be potential shoplifters. The assistants, on the ground floor at least, were positioned inside a rectangular counter/display. Whilst you browsed, they moved to stand in front of you. As you moved, they moved. It became ridiculous at times, the temptation was always there to deliberately shuffle to and fro around the counter to see how they kept up!
  21. Thanks for posting the photo Moz. As you will confirm, I don't look like that anymore. We all seemed to cut one another's hair in those days, didn't we? Well, the girls anyway. Not at home either, but in public or club loos. I had several disasters myself with my hair, and sorry to anyone I might have chopped away at.
  22. Anyone recall that The Dungeon held a 'Short Skirt contest'. I was appalled even then. Who won that I wonder? Also a comedians night. Neither of these events are from memory, but are noted in my 1966 diary.
  23. Sorry about above post...tried and failed to post the Dungeon photo. I am a newbie after all! Probably the only place I am a newbie now. Yes Melissa but my Glen was (is) a girl. My OH knew a Glen Norris he says.