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I swam every week at the Northern baths in the fifties and sixties,a toffee crisp afterwards was a great treat. After my dad died in1964 carrying the tin bath and filling from the copper across the yard became to much for my mum.Friday night became bath night ,as much hot water and pink carbolic soap as you wanted.It was always misery then waiting in the cold for the bus back to Bulwell.The bathrooms were private,spotless and tiled in white metro tiles luxury then.

Hi Janet ,was the Cocked Hat then owned by the Mannering family? I went to school and a French exchange with their daughter Carole,might have the wrong place age you know! The one I am thinking about was facing the park and bowling green not long after the roundabout to bulwell and Broxtowe.I think there was a pub called The Red Lion on the way,but that has also be knocked down!

I think that the coffee bar was facing the bus on the photo that had its side full on? There was also a sports shop there and just around the corner from trinity sq there was a fabric/curtain shop facing the vic centre.I bought my first curtain material there in 1969 There was also an arts cinema that I think was facing the old Jessops entrance ? Down from there on the way to the square was a small yard that had an antiques shop,as you turned into the yard there was a smart coffee shop on the corner. I can not remember the name of the cafe on Trinity square but I remember the glass cups and

It's been interesting reading this from the other side.My first husband taught at Fairham ,was in Penny House and taught Biology.I agree with some of the staff comments but I saw the other side as well. We're any of you in The Oh a What A Lovely War production it was brilliant !

What about what time is it Mr Wolf? And Cowboys and Indians always s had sore knees,mucky hands and grubby faces.we also have fished for sharks in Bulwell park lake just stifle backs really in jam jars tied in string!

This is a bit away from the cranes topic but could anyone help me with my dads old place in Colwick? It was called Clayton Gauges,the Colwick bit was my dads and they made gauges in sand boxes,I loved to sit and watch said process as a child in the late fifties and early sixties.The other part of the business was based in Arnold and my dads brother William headed that bit.It was a small foundry we used to get of the bus and Then I think we crossed over the railway lines? Any help would be most appreciated This is really random but does anyone remember Colwick cheese?

I think quite a lot of info has gone before,I started not knowing what my grandparents were called so it's been interesting and very sad.i have found the Mormon site very helpful and genes reunited where someone picked up my family and helped me out. The saddest bit is one of my mums relatives lived at the Pearson bleach works along with a huge family,it sounds very bleak. I found a lot of the family had worked in the leather tanning business in the late 18th and early19th century.it was a huge thing then as well as the lace and hosiery.castle boulevard was a big part in the industry. Enjoy

Welcome new members ,I am one myself everyone's very helpful The Adelphi Bulwell was our port of call every Saturday morning.we sang along to the bouncing ball,if you sat underneath the circle you got pelted with ice cream cones and worse. Next weeks film was introduced and stopped as the bad guy made an appearance or Zorro pulled out his sword then,More next week!i think it cost a shilling ! No popcorn and Hagen Dass in the fifties!

I really enjoyed reading all of this and then Mitzons was mentioned! They had the best rum truffles in the world and all the sweets were displayed on glass in lovely cabinets! The Easter eggs were works of art ! When did it close? Up the side of Mitzons between Pearsons there was an alley way and a cafe but I can not remember it's name? My first coffee set came from Pearsons,used once in 1969,then kept in the cupboard if only we had Flog It in those days we could have a fortune of China,glass and furniture stored away now. Lovely orange and brown memories Thank you

Thank you for that,it was a long time ago but the photo brought back many happy thoughts.We used to get the bus from Bulwell market then carry the cases up to the office great times!

We always went to Mablethrope on Skills in the early fifties. We used to stand outside the office with our suitcases until the driver arrived and we would all pile on.I seem to remember The Anniversary Seat? Which was a long bench just inside. I was a terrible bus traveller,they always stopped for a break just beyond Lincoln where the rush for the loo and the line for The Ladies went on for ever.I was usually sick at this stage on my new buckskin sandals and had to suck barley sugars for the rest of the journey.Sorry to anyone who had to share a coach with the perfume from my shoes! Oh the

Pearsons was wonderful especially at the back.there was every possible want and dream for a new bride in the sixties. I watch Flog it and see many things coming on that were once bought there. Whitefrairs glass lots of china etc. They also had Mitzons chocolate next to them,does anyone remember their truffles,treats only, there was also a very smart furniture shop on the corner on the way to TrinitySquare ? Can anyone remember it ,lots of trend setting stuff in the late sixties and seventies,browns and orange were the first choice!

These were around the corner from my mum on Henry road.mum had quite a few friends who lived there , all of them very proud of thier shiny new homes. There was a good community at the beginning where are all these people going to go and what's in store for the site? There was quite an upmarket clothes factory around there at one point.On sale day people would stand waiting for ages to get in.The brand beganI think with G ? Even in the sale we could rarely afford the sale items. My mum took in students then after her death I sold it to what I thought was a private buyer but it became three

Random answer to above but is there still a cattle market on London road?

I remember this beautiful place,when I was a child in the fifties you had Arrived if you could eat there.From my mums stories and my auntie who is in her nineties now ,during the war it really saw some action. They were both nurses at The General Hospital, the great and the good had some very memorable dances etc there and some interesting trysts. Like all buildings if only the walls could have talked. Now in exile in Yorkshire I have not been into town since the late 1970s.