pashel
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I like graveyards, though a lot of people think it's odd. I see them as full of history, not morbid at all. I loved the cemetery in Haworth and the central cemetery in chorlton manchester. It's vast, keep me visiting for a long time.
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I had a crush on Steve merrick! I sent a request to him and he played it! I stayed home to listen and was in trouble with my sister, turning up late for a shopping trip.
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That was very interesting. I lived near there, ilkeston road, in the 70's.
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When I was 17 i found pills in my mums bag, it's hard when you realise your mum was planning such an awful thing. That's a long time ago, but it hurts that she would have left me that way.
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I lived on gawthorne street in the 70's, with my mum and sisters. Haven't seen it for years!! There was a shop at the top of the street, owned by ted, he weighed me a quarter of sweets once and took one out because it was over the weight!
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Gosh that's a sad story. I remember it was one of mums favourite pubs, we lived in hyson green when I was born, her whole family did, later we moved to bilborough, but her heart never left hyson green, I remember all the streets you mentioned.
i know my grandad, my mums dad was invalided out of ww1, not sure about the details.
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Does anyone remember the grand pub? I think it was in the hyson green or Radford area.
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They still do sausage meat sandwiches? As i remember the cafe was famous for them. My mum used to work there in the 70s and i used to babysit for their daughter, Avril? April?
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Does anyone remember the mill cafe on bobbers mill? Run by the West family?
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I lived in Newstead a few years ago and was amongst the first staff to work in the new branch of peacocks on the high street. Is is still open?
I know it was sold to Edinburgh woollen mill and a lot of branches were closed down.
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I believe they were part of a big family. Kathleen was originally a yeatman. Had a lot of brothers and sisters. Jack, Maude, Les, Evelyn, Harry, he was a Soar. Married to Irene.
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Does anyone remember these? They moved from hyson green in the sixties to Bilborough. He was a conductor on Barton buses. Sometimes went to the beechdale pub or the Grand in hyson green.
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My sister ran this pub for a while in the 80/90s for a short while. I visited once or twice but i didn't live close by.
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Thank you Benjamin 1945. Feels good to say it after all these years. As an adult I would probably like to know about his time in the war, I didn't know why he had a bad leg. Think all our generation had fathers or uncles who fought in ww2. My uncle died of fever in a Japanese war camp.
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Hi Terence, I remember Mr Auckland. He took my class sometimes for RE. One day some of the kids told him I hadn't joined in something or other he had set up for us to do. I was very, very shy. When nothing happened I heaved a sigh of relief. But as we all passed by him at the door when the lesson was over, he took my hand and gave it a stinging slap. All the kids gathered round me asking if I was going to cry. I hid my hand and stoically shook my head. I'll never forget him. An adult man slapping a little girl. Like to see him do that now!
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Hi catfan,
You left soon after I started, but my sister's went there for a while. Pat and Margaret. Mr oaks was very much my favourite, English was the lesson I enjoyed. Always top of the class. Wish I had known about the reunion I would have gone for sure. I had a look at my old house on Google a while ago. Really strange seeing it again.
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You remember Mr Terry! I think I was only in his class when Mrs lomass? Lomax wasn't in. She was scary. I remember so many names from those days and wonder what happened to everyone. Pity there wasn't any school reunions, not that I know of anyway. I remember Karen froggatt very well. She was funny and very kind to me.
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I was at John player school 1962-1974. I lived in Bilborough. I remember Mr oaks was the English teacher. My favourite. There was a miss parsons too who taught us girls dressmaking. And Mr Terry. Think he was a maths teacher. I loved English. Hated maths.
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When I was young my mum used to take in lacework from Birmingham. The house would be full of lace and loose threads, like my sister's I used to join in to earn some pocket money. I was ace at making lace dollies. Well aged about 7, I thought I was!
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Pamela soar was very shy, I think. Think there was a family called Sharp lived on deneswood. My dad lived on highwood till about 1979.
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Wow brilliant reading all those familiar old places. Takes me back! I live in Manchester now this is a good place to call in on when I'm homesick.
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Who would have Soar for a surname! We lived on highwood till about 1971, I think. One of the soars married, think she still lives in the area? Don't know what happened to the others.
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Pamela soar, yes. Did she have sisters? We lived on highwood avenue for a while and i remember the name being mentioned by my mum. Funny the things we remember.
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This soar family were mostly girls, no brothers, I don't think. There was a pamela and a marilyn, cant remember the others. I'm sure at least one of them went to John player school.
Anyone like graveyards?
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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I've been twice, think you need a few weeks to see it all! No wonder they have tours.