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Interestingly, JP Knight (1828-1886), the inventor of the traffic light,was born in Nottingham.
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#26. Somewhere on that map must be the old Brough motorcycle factory on Haydn Road. Is it the rectangle opposite the hosiery factory?
It was the building on the bend of Haydn Rd. opposite the Meridian playing field which was bounded on one side by Quorn Rd. I should know - I was responsible for arranging the demolition! We did have the Brough owners' club up for a viewing prior to it being knocked down. The larger factory/warehouse which was built on the site in about 1975 has since been demolished and the site is now occupied by houses.
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If they had put some commuter parking around the area of Clarendon, they could have used a few railcars each way. I'm sure quite a lot of folks from that side of town would have used it. Should have been relatively inexpensive. The infrastructure was already there.
Btw. Where did the Sherwood Rise tunnel come out in Basford? I used to live over in that direction but don't ever remember seeing it back in the 60s. It might have been possible to have had a commuter line right from the ring road.
It came over a steel bridge wth blue brick supports over Haydn Road where there used to be a high level station. It was next to the Stag Furniture factory and the Cooper Brothers hosiery factory - both since demolished. There was a coal yard and sidings on the Nottingham Rd. side of the station. The track continued on over Valley Road. It's all built over now.
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It would have been 1959/60 when I was around 17.
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Yep - we all had Bert Weedon's book. Learnt a few chords but changed to G banjo.
Was that a Hoffner guitar?
That looks like a Hofner Committee, the model I used to covet in Jack Brentnalls window. Had to settle for the cheaper Congress which I still have!
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I drove down that stretch of Haydn Road daily from 1972 until 1997 and although I remember the existence of the bridge I'm pretty sure it was not there in 1972.
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I suppose someone should ask the Queen for her suggestions.
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The "don't offend the ethnic minorities law".
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quote ="The Pianoman" I agree. Land of Hope and Glory for me. Written by this country's leading and most English English composer!
Good tune but slight religious overtones. I think we need something completely new. I'll work on it! -
MPs to vote on national anthem for England Yes, yes, yes and about soddin' time!! And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen? And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic Mills? Bring me my bow of burning gold! Bring me my arrows of desire! Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire! I will not cease from mental fight, Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built JerusalemIn England's green and pleasant land I have so envied other countries for years, including Wales and Scotland, who have rousing anthems that stir the blood. God save the Queen is a dirge and couldn't stir a pudding. Let's just hope the MP's make the correct decision. And, and by the way, maybe once they adopt something better for an anthem they'll stop England cricket playing in blue.
Too religious. More suitable for Womens' Institute.
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Just read it, Phil. It's roundly ignored in this part of the country. It seems most of us are capable of treating the junction as a roundabout for the purposes of priority, without the need to attempt to drive around it.
Some of the Highway Code is advisory and a breach could be a contributory factor in a prosecution but S.188 is a "must", unless the vehicle is too large to pass round, so it is a breach of the law to pass over the white dot. I sure we all do it at times but it could lead to a prosecution if an accident happens.
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Henry Farmer was a subsidiary of Pearson Brothers. They sold pianos and organs and other musicalia. The shop was directly accessed from Pearsons. My old firm, back in the 60's, were the auditors and accountants to the group.
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A friend of mine's father was a director of Redmayne and Todd at the time. For a while they displayed the FA cup in the shop window. The cup was removed at night for security purposes. It was taken home where it sat on the sideboard whilst they enjoyed dinner!
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Read S. 188 of the Highway Code and that will answer the question.
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My one and only "package holiday" was back in the 50's when I went with my parents to Paris. There was no East Midlands Airport in those days. The holiday company was "Skyways". We had to make our own way to London and get a bus from Victoria coach station to Lympne airfield in Kent. This was a grass airstrip and the aircraft was an ex wartime Dakota. It was a strange experience climbing the aircraft steps and walking downhill to ones seat - the aircraft being a "taildragger". It flew at around 10,000 feet so it was bumpy all the way. It landed in Beauvais, some way north of Paris so we were taken in another coach which delivered us to our seedy hotel. Paris was an eye opener for a teenager. We had an evening trip around the night clubs finishing at the Moulin Rouge. Travelling across France in the 50's revealed a lot of war damaged buildings. I even saw General Eisenhower and General De Gaulle at a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe. I've returned many times - the most memorable being when a friend and I hired a light aircraft from East Midlands and took ourselves there just after we had both learned to fly. Now that was scary!
Phil
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Well, I'm with you on the splendid staircases in the Co-op but no recollection of the railway. I'm sure someone will be along about that!
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Hurts Yard was lower down, towards the Council House. I bought my wife's engagement ring at Twemlows, which was on Hurts Yard. I think the one Dennis is asking about was just 'The Arcade' as I remember, and ended ended up as a flight of steps onto Upper Parliament Street, facing the Co-op.
Twemlows was on Greyhound St. which runs from Long Row and doglegs into King St. I also bought an engagement ring from there!
Hurts Yard, which is still there, runs past the side of Pearson Bros. old store and comes out on Parliament St. and, yes, the Granary Cafe was up there.
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Can't imagine a Scotsman chucking one away with money in it.
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Didn't realise shopping trolleys had got that far north.
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Now that's real poetry!
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Many years ago one of our "early doors" crowd at the local was going on about how he loathed shell suits. Naturally next day the rest of us bought shell suits and turned up that evening to give him apoplexy!
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Hi Brian.
Harry Latto was metalwork. He used to travel on the Daybrook to Basford North train with us every day. His early morning duty was to light the forge. Arthur Boddy was woodwork in the room next door. He was totally mad and used to throw chunks of wood around the room.
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Brenda - we went both to Puccini's and L'Angolo. I used to go on business many times to Milano and Firenze. I was the customer so I was entertained at some fine Italian restaurants - not just the posh ones - the good ones. One chap I knew was the son of the Mayor of Florence at the time and he had cousins everywhere that kept restaurants. I remember some good times!
Back in Nottingham it was good to dine at yours and remember the true taste of Italy.
Phil
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Yes, followed you until you left for Italy. I once hired the whole of La Buca for a gang of us from the Sherwood Flying Club. You put on one of your excellent gourmet evenings. Just one of the more elderly members had cause to complain because you served rabbit. He said he had eaten enough of that during the war!
Good wishes to both of you.
Phil
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Henry Mellish
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Hi Rob.
Yes, I well remember the Barry Fisher incident. I knew Barry - we were in the senior cross country team together. I was one of the many who crowded round the notice board in the 5th. Form corridor to see the outpouring of vitriol over Eric Hutchinson. "Hutch" was not the pleasantest of masters and there was a measure of truth in what was published. The amazing thing was that Barry had the nerve to pin it up - he must have been very upset about something. He received the statutory thrashing from the Whale and was expelled. I recall it did him no subsequent harm and has done well in his life!
Discipline in those days was instilled by fear and not by a mutual respect. Many of the masters,"Hutch" and Frank Clark for example, were senior officers during the war and we we treated like the "erks" who served under them. I don't think they really wanted to teach but it was a case of finding a job once demobbed.
I kept my head down and avoided any "violence". Some of those guys certainly could not get away with their behaviour today. Having said that, I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Mellish ("spell-check" suggests Hellish!) and am still in touch with a few of my old friends, all of whom have done exceptionally well in their careers.
The majority of the staff were exceptionally good. Bob McCandles and David Sparrow (physics), Pablo Atkins (chemistry), Jim Key and Harry Hadwen (biology), Shad. Adams (english), Froggy Marshall and Freddy White (french), Newton (latin), Brian Brocklehurst (music), Charlie Evans (art) and many more.
Starting to feel nostalgic!