Paradiddle
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Socram, spotted you on photo 3 - front row- Nora Batty socks!
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I wonder if any of the Gedling boys remember the school visit to the colliery? We were all kitted out with helmets complete with miners lamps and went down the mine shaft, onto a man-rider taking us to a coal face. A bit spooky but exciting none the less. Back up top, after a wash and a scrub up, we were taken to the canteen for a meal!
Here is a picture of some surface workers circa 1965, note the gantry and bucket on the spoil heap. Instead of concentrating on learning we were easily distracted, guessing where and when the bucket would tip.
The spoil tip is now being flattened in readiness for new housing.
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CP, Graham lived on Highfield Drive near Carlton Hill and Pete lived on Portland Road. More of them later and maybe even a photo, keep watching!
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Thanks Will, 1964 is a long time ago and I can remember you opening with 'The Cruel Sea' and being blown away by the intensity (or maybe the volume) of what was my first experience of live music. Don't remember anything else so don't know what else was on your playlist.
Cavendish seemed to be ahead of Gedling as far as school groups were concerned. Did you happen to know Pete Mee or Graham Pearce who I think went there and played in various bands?
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On another thread I posted a list of mainly local bands that I had seen in the mid 60's. Thought it would be appropriate to re-post it here.
The remarks regarding the quality of the bands is purely subjective.
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Thought I'd re-post the class photo that started this thread. It could be 63/64 not 64/65?
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What about these, first worn in 1960 and would you believe it, the tie still fits!
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Another good aerial photograph showing the extent of the housing (1948) with Somersby Road under development. Note how wide and posh Melbury Road is and if you zoom in top centre-right you can see the coal wharf near the top of Gorse Hill!
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Ian, spent many a happy hour in the company of Mike in the 60's. As part of a group that resided in Mapperley we were always in each others houses so I knew both his Mum and his Dad. When out and about with him we were often halted by a wall and informed "that's Flemish Bond' you know"!
Driving along Mapperley top a month or two ago I'm sure I spotted him outside the Co-op but I haven't had any contact with him for well over 35yrs. As for Elaine, I have met her but it was a long while ago.
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Ian, had a friend who learnt his trade at Thomas Fish, his name was Mike Jeffries. It would have been late 60's I think. Wasn't their 'yard' round about where the new Aldi is on Woodborough Road?
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Rob, I think the picture would have been taken in the 60's when they started building on the land behind what was once Wardles's garage (i.e.before Wheelhouse had it). We used to play football and go sledging in the fields which stretched downhill all the way to the railway line. There was a small access path alongside the garage from Plains Road.
The following picture is a reminder of what Somersby Road used to look like, circa 1948. There have been a lot of changes since then!
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Phil, remember the sledging from Breckhill down to Melbury Road - we used to call it the 'Death Run' because if you were brave enough to stay on, it carried on under a barbed wire fence!
Nice to be able to share the photo's - here's another good one, it's only a matter of time before someone spots their house!
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Crikey Cliff, going to have to check my spelling and punctuation from now on - didn't realise we were being tested!
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Zooming in on the photo have spotted the war memorial at the top of Woodthorpe Drive - the present petrol station and KFC look to be on dodgy ground!
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Here's a cracking picture of the top of Woodborough Road showing Mapperley Methodist Church and the top of Porchester Road - hope it inspires some memories
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Enjoyed many a meal in the Arcade, it was a nice place to go at the time
Here's a bit of hype from when it opened
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Could it have been Gino's?
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Here's the remainder of my list. A lot of local groups in those days (see playedinaband.com for more info) and as for the venues...
Gedling Miners Welfare - gone
Digby College - gone
Carlton Hotel - gone
Scout & Guide HQ - gone ( now the Blood Donor Centre)
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As you can see from the list I spent a fair few hours at Gedling Miners Welfare, here's a reminder.
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Lizze, heard from John Landon not long ago. He sent me some tracks that he'd recorded with 'Active Water'.
Might only be a studio band but I think he said that another ex-Gedling School pupil, Nigel Smith was also involved. Don't know him myself, must have attended the school after I left.
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Back to the music. After seeing The Tykons at school it was a natural progression to seek out more live music. Unlike some of my schoolmates who ventured to exotic places like The Dungeon and the Boat clubs, I stayed fairly close to home and below is a list of some of the groups that I had the pleasure of hearing (most of them anyway). I'm sure some of the other NS's would have been there! As you can see, I was a dab hand with the typewriter, my hand writing would have been illegible.
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mikede, remember the long walk down (and back) to Digby to play football. Boots with nailed in studs slung round my neck (after tying the laces together that is). On match days I often had the honour of applying the 'dubbin' to the leather ball prior to the game!
Mr Heal (with a limp) was headmaster and I think Mr Garwood took us for PE.
Thought I'd taken a photo of the school before it was demolished but unfortunately I can't find it!
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It is a good picture Cliff Ton, a bit before my time. Here is a more recent one I posted on an earlier thread but which is now missing thanks to PB!
I think on the one I posted before I might have 'photo-shopped' the lamp post, can't see any such thing on your pic, probably still on gas lamps then?
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If you were a pupil at Gedling School in the 60's the chances were you went to one of the local youth clubs. On previous threads The Memorial hall has been mentioned and the following ticket relates to an event organised by the church. I remember helping to prepare the field and was put in charge of a motor mower and had to try and make an area for dancing! The group stage, if I remember correctly, was a farm trailer, not sure if it was covered but then it didn't rain in those days!
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Top of Woodborough Road - Mapperley
in Kat's Carlton, Mapperley, Arnold & Sherwood Forum
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Nice list Socram, what we need is a few photo's - here one I took earlier!