Blondie

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  1. On 16/02/2017 at 11:20 PM, davidh2308 said:

    I loved the Textile School and am forever grateful for the opportunities it afforded me, thanks particularly to Jack Stamper

    I remember 'Peanuts', along with Guy Gisbourne, Joan Clark, Jean Plowright who sadly died at such a young age. 

    I remember Jean Plowright very well, Kit Poxon, also David Wimbush, Valerie Braddock, Ian Severn who married the head girl Jennifer Moore........they must have been in your year - I came from Hucknall was there 1958-61..

     

  2. On ‎18‎/‎02‎/‎2017 at 0:04 PM, davidh2308 said:

    Following on from my previous posting on the Textile School, I remembered that of all the Teachers the two who were the most difficult to please were Miss Wenn..who seemed to hate all students of the male gender and Mr Rippon who once told me that I would be lucky to get a job as a dustbinman.  On the final day before leaving Mr Rippon instructed us to rub down the rust spots on his old car and make good the paintwork using paint that was in his boot. Being good pupils we did as we were told except that when we opened the boot we found a can of black paint and a can of white paint (the car was black). We used the white paint....revenge was sweet! We went home before he left so never saw his face.  Miss Wenn had a 3-wheel 'bubble car'. On that last day the boys lifted it manually and deposited it in the 'bottom playground'' and then left for home. I often wonder how she retrieved it.

    I hope that the above is covered by the Statute of Limitations and that I won't now get arrested for these misdemeanours.

    I think I can remember these incidents when I was there - so you must have been in the same year as me 1958-61.......... I thought that Mr Rippon was a psychopath an ex army bloke who seemed to love beating people, he was also having an affair with a teacher there, although he was married.......Miss Wenn hated men because she was an unmarried mother, living alone with her child in a flat somewhere in town, I remember her bubble car, but I did like her, it was Miss Maud who I hated - my dad worked at the pit, she hated colliers and she referred to him as a 'filthy collier' and humiliated me continually in front of the class, no matter how hard I worked, I got low marks - a waste of 3 years of my school life.........................was your name David Harrison ? - it seems to ring a bell............

  3. On ‎11‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 11:26 AM, davidh2308 said:

    Another memory of the Textile School.....well almost......Sometime in the 1990s I had a project at an Elderly Persons Home off Woodborough Road. As part of that project I had to give a presentation the the Management Committee on the scope of the work. I had been warned that one member of the Committee was an extremely 'picky' elderly resident and to treat her with care if I wanted a quiet life. As I entered the Committee Room I saw the lady in question who pointed a bony finger at me and said 'I remember you young Harrison'.....it was Miss Norris herself, still a very formidable lady. The job went well and I was saddened to learn of her death soon afterwards. She must have been in her 90s but what a memory!

    I remember a Harrison in my class, 1958-61, I was Lynn Housley - I remember Miss Norris very well, a small, thin lady with bad feet - she was also a Magistrate.....

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    On 27/12/2014 at 1:29 PM, Rollo said:

    Looking for something else, and stumbled on this forum. Not thought about the place for many, many years.

    I was pupil at the school from 1957 -61, and left with 3 'O' levels (not the most auspicious beginning!), but I remember the years there as being ok. The school at that time was based in the back part of the big old brick school, and I think there were younger kids in the front part. School dinners were taken in the front as well- cant remember much about the room but I do remember the food that was bought in in containers. There must have been an assembly room somewhere also.

    What was your name Rollo as I must have know you ? - I was there from 1958-61, my name was Lynn Housley from Hucknall, - You must have been in the same class as Jennifer Nathan, Ian Severn and the Lowry twins, they were on my school bus.......Most of what you say is about right, there was a lot of freedom and a long lunch hour, but my life was made unbearable by a few bullying spiteful pupils and 2 teachers.....I hated the place, thought I was going to do well there and would be taking French and interesting subjects - no cookery classes either......I achieved nothing there and would have been better off staying at my old Secondary School which I begged my parent's to take me back too and they wouldn't.....I think it must have been the worst 3 years of my life......My school reports were terrible - I did well at my Junior School and the Secondary School beforehand.......It was a dump on Bath Street, a few scruffy classrooms belonging to the Victoria School just up the road from Sneinton Market.......It was made worse by the fact that my family had no money - I never had money for the tuck shop or the out of school nice clothes and outings.....the thought of the place, the teachers and the bullying pupils gives me the shivers..........

  5. On 29/08/2010 at 10:31 PM, marshallk said:

    Does anyone know anything about Reg Guest - popular guitar/vocalist around Notts in the 60s and 70s?

    He ran a trio "The Reg Guest Trio" and entertained as a resident at the Cherry Tree Pub on Collyer Road Calverton on Wednesday nights.

    He also played the clubs and Miner's Welfare clubs when such venues were operating; sadly many have folded following the collapse of the Notts coalield mining industry.

    He was at the Grey Goose Gedling one night a week.......he certainly liked the ladies, I had 2 friends who he led on, fell in love with him and ended up with depression.....

     

    He played at the Grey Goose Pub in Gedling every Friday night for ages back in the 60's - A young lady I knew went every week to see him and developed a very bad crush on him (he led her on) causing her to have a nervous breakdown - I think he did like the ladies......

  6. On 23/08/2017 at 10:54 PM, benjamin1945 said:

    Actually did some work for the Vivviene Westwood set up.......and like Paul Smith......very expensive......good quality no doubt but the difference in price from shall we say ordinary outlets. is out of all proportion............when i did some work for them i was wearing a great 'Crombie' purchased in a sale at Primark £20.(a few years ago).............customers were asking me 'can i get one like that in here'............certainly upstairs sir,.........but the price was about £600,................

    I knew Paul Smith in person in the 60's - he drank at the Playhouse Bar on a Saturday night.......Nice Chap, friendly.....

     

    Was in the late 60's - nice shop, very pricy though......

     

    On 26/10/2014 at 9:51 PM, arkwright said:

    Didn't he own 'Just Paul' on Front Street, Arnold as well?

    No he didn't but I got some nice outfits from Just Paul back I the 70/80's and reasonably priced........

     

  7. On ‎09‎/‎05‎/‎2009 at 0:50 PM, Chrissiec said:

    Hi Baz - Until I came across my old diaries, I too had forgotten a lot of names from the past. I'd forgotten how much fun we had in those days!

    Chris(tine)

    The 60's was the best time ever, great fashion......I was everywhere in Nottingham from the beatnik cafes , coffee bars, Locarno, Palais, Coleman's. Rainbow Rooms, Ice Stadium, Bowling Alley in the early 60's to the Salutation, George Hotel, Playhouse Bar, Boat Clubs, Dungeon, Hippo, 99 Club, endless parties in the late 60's, trips to London and Skeg......Met im indoors at the 99 club, was my most favourite place, crowded, noisy and classy, met so many lovelly people back then........Have so many happy memories of that time.......I married in February 1970, end of a great era.......

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  8. On ‎01‎/‎01‎/‎2017 at 11:36 AM, philmayfield said:

    Wanted to my make my annual new year's day trip to Skegness today but no-one wants to come with me because it's raining . So if you see a sad and lonely figure with a multicoloured umbrella walking along the promenade it will be me! 

    Awe bless........

     

  9. On 19/06/2012 at 9:49 PM, Compo said:

    That's amazing - he must be about three hundred years old by now!

    It was John Simpkin who will be in his 70's now..........My hubby Malc Taylor owned the butcher's shop at the bottom of Bells Lane and we were friendly with them, not seen or heard of them for years - he married his secretary Sue and moved onto Parkside in Wollaton, that was back in the 1970's............

     

    My hubby and his dad owned the butcher's shop at the bottom of Bells Lane, Joe Taylor & Son.........We left 30 years ago and the area has changed a lot, looks shabby, there was a Newsagent's next door..........The 2 shops have been taken over by our Asian friends.........

  10. On ‎20‎/‎06‎/‎2012 at 11:24 AM, jackson said:

    This area backs on to a surprising little wood on Tilbury Rise - lots of trees. As a child, I used to go exploring in here. :)

    I remember the area as my hubby and his dad ran a butchers at 28 Bells Lane called Joe Taylor & Son........we lived behind the shop for a few years, My friend Mary Lucas lived on Tilbury Rise, maybe she is still there........the area has changed so much in the 30 years since we left............Embassy Tyres across the road belonged to John Simpkin's family.......

  11. On ‎16‎/‎05‎/‎2016 at 9:58 AM, benjamin1945 said:

    I'm addicted MM,.......keep saying going to cut down but do'nt,.....i buy 2 Dailys sorry 3 cos the Post is now a Daily.plus Hucknall Dispatch weekly plus Bygones and Basford By-stander bi-monthlys.,

    the Daily Mail is my main Daily,cos i tend to agree with MOST of their views (not all),the Post cos its local same with the Hucknall Dispatch.

    I still have a daily paper and a Sunday paper, (The Mail) as I always do the crossword and send it off..........One day they will pick me out to be a winner........

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  12. Why not try contacting the Hucknall Dispatch weekly paper.....leave a message, I am sure someone will be able to help you as a lot of the original Hucknall folk never leave the town..........

    I am certain that the shop was called Locks back in the 50/60's, run by an elderly couple back then .....there was another hardware shop further up the High Street called Lodger's, run by a family called Allwood's, they had a son Peter and a daughter called June who will be in the 70's now, thy are connected with the Empire Club on Beardall Street.........There was also a bread shop called Butler's a couple of doors away, they had a son called David who would be about 72 now.........I left Hucknall in 1968 and things have changed a lot since then............

     

    Maybe Hucknall Council Offices can help you...........

  13. 14 hours ago, sweetpea said:

    , ( maybe they could help you)Wonder if anyone can help me please?

    I recently discovered that I had a great aunt who owned a shop in hucknall opposite the byron cinema. 

    I'm trying to trace more about her business which I understand was either a hardware store or haberdashery. 

    I know she died April 2012 at the age of 98 and her name is May Barnett.

    If anyone has any information on this shop or her then I would be very interested to hear from you.

    Many thanks.

    I remember the shop as I was born in Hucknall in 1945, my name was Lynn Housley and I lived on Station Terrace......... the shop was called Lock's or Lodgers, an elderly couple ran it back in the 50's/60's.......there was 2 hardware shops on the High Street and I believe the one you mention was Locks, was almost opposite the Byron Cinema, next door was Flossie Brown's hairdresser's (called Tudor Salon), the other hardware shop was further up the High Street, opposite the old Woolworth's store was called Lodger's run by a family called Allwoods, they had a son called Peter and a daughter called June who were connected with the Empire Club on Beardall Street - (Maybe they could help you, they would be in their 70's now)............I cannot remember any family called Holmes, but I recall Betts Street and Gilbert Street, old houses which were pulled down...........There was a popular Newsagents on the corner of High Street /Station Road called Roy Allsebrooks, maybe if you contacted them they could help you............

    The other shops joining up to them were, Skeavington and Payne, electrical shop, Sarah Bodill's hairdresser, Butler's bread shop, a Tobacconist, another bread shop and a fish and chip shop.........Lots of families called Browns, Butlers and Bodills live in the town.......... they were mostly shops and building companies....................hope this helps you.......  good luck

     

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    There was 2 hardware shops on the High Street back then, Locks and Lodgers, I cannot remember which one was which, I think Lodger's was the one further up the town, run by a family called Allwood..........I think the one we are talking about was called Locks, we shopped there, sold all sorts of Hardware...........It was a very old shop back then in the 50's an old man and woman served in there..........

  15. It was behind the bus stop, the Hardware shop, was called Locks or Lodgers, next door to a hairdresser's called Flossie Brown (Tudor Salon) on the High Street, I knew all the shops in the ow back then, I grew up in Hucknall, was born 1945 and lived on Station Terrace........

  16. On ‎06‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 5:01 PM, FLY2 said:

    Well I'm absolutely speechless. I know the Search Facility has been nigh on useless I assume from day one, but my experience this afternoon takes the biscuit.

    I was looking for 'How's your day', and typed in 'How's your day' expecting an immediate response. No way ! The system couldn't find it. I then typed in 'hows your day ' again, nothing except that I was told to wait three seconds before re attempting.

    I then managed to scroll down Activity, and found it , so I compared the spelling. It actually is 'hows you day?'.

    Unbelievable..... Talk about Key Words..... Just how near do you have to be to get a positive reply. 

    No, I'm not complaining, but just what more does one need to do. Maddening ! 

    Well.I never feel like coming on here anymore as it is all too confusing and it has lost that friendliness.......why can't we go back to the way it was before ?.....

  17. On ‎07‎/‎09‎/‎2014 at 11:15 AM, DaveN said:

    In the 60's I worked in the offices of a wholesalers of ladieswear, menswear and childrenswear.
    It went under various names Walker Reid, Luvisca and Chaffinch.
    It was part of the Courtaulds group as were Bairnswear and Meridian - both in close proximity to the bulding where I worked on Nottingham Road at New Basford.

     

    My hubby's friend, Ken Basford worked at Walker Reid in the 60'70's - I had a friend called Betty Robinson who was a machinist there as well.....

    We ran a shop opposite there in the 80's/90/s - the factory was closed then and it was called ELS they sold furniture.......I remember the factories on Nottingham Road in the 80s/90s, the staff came into our shop for filled rolls, pies etc at lunch time.....they were good customers and a nice crowd.....All changed in the 90's when the factories all closed down, the area was almost derelict.......Clothing Direct took over from ELS.....That's when we left........Our shop is a hairdresser's/Barbers now called 'Cutters'..........

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