Caz
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G'day Ilkolad, B)
Apart from living on Ryehill Terrace across from the Almshouses, my family also lived at #6 Ryehill St until about 1967 ish which was practically opposite the Almshouses. The house was next to the alley way which was the back entrance to the doctors surgery. Anyway,as a child I was fascinated by the Almshouses & the big gate & I remember my mum telling me that the old man who used to live in the aforementioned place & wandered around Ryehill St aimlessly, had a metal plate in his head from the war. Poor old bu99er. The kids jumping up to have a sticky beak over the wall must have driven them nuts,but it was a magnet. In the winter on our way to Arkwright School on London Rd, when it was misty & cold, that place was very eerie.
Ciao
Caz in Oz
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Ilkolad :D
Did I get a lovely surprise when I logged in today & you had updated your last email with a pic of Ryehill Terrace .....sob sob I am so nostalgic, never seen it from this angle I can even see my bedroom window! The Almshouses attachment was very interesting too,funny thing is I had forgotten or didn't realise [not sure which] that they backed onto London road, what a small sheltered world we lived in then hey? I remember the bonfires we used to have in the Terrace too, god knows how we managed it, it'a a wonder we didnt set the houses on fire!! I left the Terrace in about 72 I think? we had rats coming out of the drains & somehow they even managed to get into the cupboards,it makes my skin crawl. Didn't realise they were demolished in 74 I thought it would have been earlier though there were quite a few people living in the terrace when we left.
Thanks
Caz
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Hi Ilkolad,
Sorry forgot to mention that the Tophams who owned the newsagency, also had a daughter & they gave my mum a heap of clothes for me which I loved, especially the very sexy black swimsuit with the lace insert which I wore for swimming lessons at the Portland baths, I felt so good in that swimsuit but probably looked ridiculous!!!
Caz
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G'day Ilkolad, :D
Great to receive your reply what a small world, I lived at Number 10 Ryehill Terrace,before the entry. What year did you leave ? As I recall a couple of Irish boys lived at number 11 in about 1967 to 1972 ish? Were they related to you at all? Barry Straw certainly rings a few bells, I seem to remember his mum Mrs Straw, her name was a familiar name to me but why I dont know. Phil Hall was the fruiterer, I can see his yard now. I remember the very tall Jamaican lady that lived on Rye hill Terrace too & a couple of old spinsters whose names escape me. I also lived on Rye hill street @ # 6 & lived exactly opposite the old Almshouses & remember the NO HAWKERS NO BEGGARS NO DOGS sign on the gate as clear as day. Can you enlighten me as to what exactly the Almshouses were ? as a child I remember my mum telling me that one of the old residents had a metal plate in his head presumbly from the war? A vivid memory for me is getting ready for bonfire night & building the bonfire in the middle of the terrace, all the kids that lived on the Terrace added to it with cornflake boxes tea packets bits of wood etc. in readiness for November 5th. Good memories.My partner swears the bike in the pic you posted of Ryehill Terrace was his!!!! Lol
Caz
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Hello Mick,
Andy & myself left school in 1970 so we are actually younger than somebody............yippee!!!! LOL.
As I told you there were 6 Molik boys,George,Martin, Peter,Andy & 2 younger boys who you wouldnt know. I would think that Pete Molik was probably around your age & at Trent Bridge around the same time? He is now a copper here in Victoria. Yes, Orange street was where you remember it. I lived over Arkwright St in Ryehill Terrace which was off Ryehill st where the Greyhound pub was, I have spent many an hour with my dad drinking Portello & eating crisps with the little blue bag of salt, do you remember them? Richard Greatorex had at least one brother who I know had a motorbike accident,Terry I think? Never really went to the Slipper on a regular basis I led a very sheltered childhood!!
Santa Fe' was my excitement for the week. I remember seeing the Fe' with the lights on once & I was so shocked it was Just a shed!!!
Rgds
Caz
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:D G'day Mick
Great to receive your reply. Mmm sounds like the same Alan Haywood to us, he certainly had a sister, but as to her name we aren't sure. They lived on Woodward Street in the Meadows.As to the connection, my partner Andy Molik, was a friend of his along with a heap of others, Stenneth Gordon,Richard Greatorex,to name a couple all jack the lads from Trent Bridge School 66/70.
The Molik boys[6 of them] lived on Orange street, & 4 of them emigrated along with there parents to Melbourne in 1970. A couple of the boys left a few months later, you may remember them, as the Meadows was a relatively small area in which to move around. I only went to the slipper once & that was to see a band i think? so i wouldn't know you from there, what year were you at Trent Bridge??
Caz B)
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Hi Mick, :D
Was interested to see you mention a pal of my partners from Trent Bridge School.
His name is Alan Haywood & Andy hasn't had any contact with Alan since about 1970. We were just wondering if you or anyone using this site had heard or seen anything of him in recent years. We would be very pleased to receive any news at all. Love this site,only recently disovered it. We are in Australia so we love any mention of Nottingham & the Meadows.
Thanks in anticipation.
Caz
Pictures Of Trent Bridge School
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Hello Mick,
I have a heap of pics of Trent Bridge School, they were taken when I was there on holiday. I asked the headmistress at the time if i could have a look inside & she said she couldn't let just anyone walk round the school!!! I told her I was an old student & visiting from Australia but it didn't wash
well not with her anyway. I spoke to the caretaker & he took pity on me & said to come back tomorrow & I could have a look around,well I did just that. The place hadn't changed a bit except it was much smaller than I remember of course, the cloakrooms & the hooks were where we used to hang our plimmo bags & the headmasters office & so on. I will sort them out & post them , or if you prefer I can send them to you & you can add which you think is of most interest?
I have a very funny story from Trent Bridge. when we visited in 2000, it was winter & we were having a look at the buildings, the new block & so on, & we went over to what were the tennis courts, well............the security guards were on duty presumably patrolling? anyway what I thought was hysterical was the two guys were using a Robin Reliant as their vehicle,& to make matters worse they were sharing something in a vacuum flask, you really had to be there but it was very funny at the time.
Best wishes
Caz