oldrec

Cliff Ton not sure if my reply worked to your picture of Vane street. That is a picture of the Beer Off, the hardware shop is opposite iyt on the other side of Vane Street, here's a picture.

Yes I played on the field where Beechdale Baths is now, long grass great fun and we used to slide down the banking from western boulevard on any old bit if tin we could find. There were allotments where the Library was on the other side of Beechdale Road.

Hi Bilbraborn, The hardware shop was on Vane street, one down from the corner, more or less opposite the beer off. I don't think I knew that Terrence Stevenson but strangely enough I did go to secondary school (Forest Fields Grammar) with a Terry Stevenson, he was from somewhere over near Bobbers Mill though.

Thanks Cliff Ton, I saw these threads, 1930's is a bit before my time I grew up there in the 60's and 70's the canal had gone from Radford Bridge Road by then but I remember it was still there at the top of Charlbury Road for newt and stickleback fishing and ice skating, well maybe not actually skating. It is now covered by the Torvill and Dean estate, ironic really. oldrec.

Hello all, I have scribbled down the mostly happy story of my childhood growing up in and around Radford Bridge Road on Gate Street. It is now published on amazon.co.uk and is called "What time is it on the moon?" i would love to hear from anyone who remembers things the way I do. oldrec