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Trent Bridge brings back a lot of memories for me. Fishing for gudgeon from the steps, alongside the pleasure boat landing stage as a kid. Trips to Pleasure Park Colwick on the pleasure boat. Taking out a rowing boat when I was a bit older. On Sundays when I was fishing the rowing clubs were out training with their coach cycling along the embankment, shouting instructions. Us kids used to shout 'EEEEASY OAR' and laughed when some oarsmen stopped rowing. I think that justice was done 3 years ago when I tried to join Nottm Rowing Club as a senior - it turned out that I was to old to get insuranc

1967 i was on a thousand a year + car and expenses. However in 1953 I started at the Gun factory on 27/6 per week but that increased to 32/- p/w 6 months later.

LizzieM .. I was a cycling pal of the late John Aslin. I rode a few road events and on the track with him before he went semi pro. He was mentioned in a book about the great Jaques Anqueil when he rode in England - "a local rider who gave me some trouble" as I recall.

Yes the Spread Eagle, Alfreton Rd. My Grandparents and several aunties and uncles lived next door. The rear yard backed onto Peveril St and us kids were allowed in there. Granddad was their best customer!

Judging by the picture of the Folly lake, it was bigger than the area behind St Peters and could have well extended to New Rd. The small ruin that I mentioned was just about where something is marked on the map. Granddad may have been right.

I like cake Carni - are you marrid? My greatest achievements - cycling grass track league champion on Melbourne Park C1958. A few cycling championships in my 60's and indoor rowing British champion about 4 years ago. Current WR holder for over 70's indoor rower..I could go on but would be bragging

Back to the Radford Folly map...New Street is shown below the Folly. I remember this from 1946/51. It was more of a track then. The area of land between New St and the folly was scrub land borderd by a stone wall. A small steam (not the Leen) ran up against the wall, where I used to play and fish for minnows and newts. My granddad told me that the stream was all that remained of a boating lake. I vaguely remember a small ruin on the Folly side of the scrub land.

I never heard that one but there were several wartime stories that were quite believable. Such as when a gun failed in the war due to bodged welding on the shielding that resulted in a gunners death. The welder was identified by the crown inspection stamp and 'disappeared'. They say he was hung. btw Tricky - I started there at 15 in 1953, Served my time + 1 years then made redundant. Excellent apprenticeship that was identical to RR.

I also went to Bentink Rd The church was St Michaels and all Angels. I was a choir boy there. Rev Cannon Leaper lived in a large house opposite the Forest gates Mt Hooton Rd.

You are correct. I lived on Peveril St and walked past Skills etc on the way to Windley School Forest Rd. The bank was opposite and just down from the bank was the first Indian restuarant in Nottingham - The Ko i Nor. The owners son was my pal - a Royce Udin. Almost facing Skills on Alfreton Rd were various shops including my Aunt Min's greengrocery shop.

The bombings must have been of a random nature otherwise the ROF or Chilwell Depo would have been targeted. I worked at the ROF Kings Meadows Rd and no bombs dropped on the 34 acre site. One just missed the perimeter wall and an air raid shelter. In winter, some of us lads would climb over the perimeter wall at lunchtime to ice skate on the pond formed by the crater. I used to play in some ruins near the junction of Alfreton Rd and Bentink Rd, They looked burnt out so may have been fire bombed. Nothing on the map though. In 1943/5 we were still doing air raid drill and making for the shelters

If i still lived in Nottingham I would miss Thurland Hall - up the lace Market. Worthington E in the smoke room where women were banned, Some things were brilliant in the 50's. I remember the Flying Horse because I let a full pint glass slip out of my hand when in my late teens - used a mug ever since. I visited Nottm a couple of years ago with a group from Staffs and ended up leading a guided tour. Of course we had to go to 'The Trip' which was an old haunt in my student days. I was delighted to see that the 'ring the bull' game was still in existence. I had to try my hand after a 50 odd yea

Thanks Lizie and Michael. My first memories about Berridge was the new boys initiation ceremony. I started in 1949 straight from Windley School (Forest Rd). Us newbies were told to 'run the gauntlet' or face a harsh penalty. the 'gauntlet' was the space between the woodwork shop and the iron railings on Berridge Rd. We were told to run through a double row of senior boys who thumped us on the head and shoulders. If you refused to do it they would stuff you in a dustbin and roll you down the sloping playground; a very painful experience when the dustbin handles crashed onto the tarmac. I only s

Hi all. Just found this site when looking up Pipewood camp where I spent 4 summers 1949/53. I was at Berridge during that period. I lived on Peverel St., where there were assorted shops and hosiery companies in those days. I loved Pipewood. It was a wonderful escape from our house which was shared with an off license and with my bedroom overlooking the fire escape of a hosiery factory. Sounds like a glum place to live but the neighbours were respectable people in those days and life was OK. The teachers I remember at Berridge were Mt Kendrick (woodwork), Mr (Buffalo) Cheeseman (science), Mr