carl hebb

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  1. Crazy prices now whish I had bought a dozen SME3009 arms back in the seventies or a few Garrard 401 Turntables when they cost around £35, why the price? idler wheel drive goes against all modern Hi Fi principles. !!!!
  2. What bugs me is when they put the credits in the corner of the screen to advertise the next programme.I some times actually want to check some ones name or see when it was made, its bad enough full screen the speed they display them and the date.
  3. you might be surprised what it would fetch
  4. Funny you should say that, there was an old lady outside our shop on Ilkeston Road with facial hair I said the obvious look at that ladies Beard. Told off. My half brother said Dad who had a moustache looked down at gran( mum,s mum) from behind remarking she had a better moustache than him, it seems mum was upset I was very young not taking the incident in, Happy times nonetheless
  5. It was along time ago for me, I used to visit Gran every Sunday with mum and dad as my half brother lived with her, he was always getting ready polishing his shoe and putting on his Brylcream before going out drinking with friends at 17!!. There was a neighbour there called Mrs Pratt who had an enormous growth in her face, poor lady and I remember getting my legs slapped for pointing at her I was about six or seven.
  6. Happy memories here on Sunday visits , this was pre1964 ,the outside toilet and metal bath still used.No one complained although mod cons were available, and in general use by this time. Top left of Melton Terrace a small provision store was still evident., serving The Meadows area. Bullet holes were visible on Melton Terrace where a German Plane had fired at mother whilst I was in the pram fortunately missing on a visit to Gran,s house precise date unknown. Uncle Fred Baker Gran,s second husband visited The Greyhound Pub on London Road very often . It seems T
  7. David Jacobs remember that event he had a make shift stage supported on beer crates , mum commented on it being a bit unstable.
  8. Yes that was Ralph in the tunnel who also ground the skates I think as a part time income, I will never forget the smell of his burgers they had a smell and taste being unique. I always joined in with the speed skating being only nine at the time and very chubby but they did not seem to mind if I stayed on the inside with their hands behind their back and passing me in a flash, lapping me several times . it was for me a lovely time1962 and1963 before we came to live in Cornwall I will for sure visit the new Stadium on my next visit to see family this year but no doubt it will ,I feel not be
  9. What memories!! the wife was always present with the organist, hands to the front together and a fur coat. Ralph cooked the burgers and gave a skate grinding service this was 1963. Thelma Perry gave me lessons the ex European Figure Champion, for the price of five shillings and six pence , about twenty seven and a half pence surely not at todays conversion rate am I right ?. Dad used to go to the Cricketers for a drink leaving mum with me during the lesson on Tuesday,s one night the Ali / Liston fight was on, being viewed on the pub tv and dad asked he could have the other c
  10. My Father had a lock up shop on Hyson Green (HEBB,S JEWELLERS) opposite St Peters Church I think? and almost opposite a shoe shop. On the next block was Hancocks Furniture shop a friend of dad,s. I believe his son Tony has a shop down the road now. We lived in a shop/house on Ilkeston Road,and when dad came home mother would ask him to take her to "the pictures" he would say he did not fancy the film. The reason being that he had ,locked his shop on Hyson Green in the afternoon due to lack of business and been to see the film . A friend of mum saw him leaving the cinema on one oc
  11. Merrikins also had the shop on the block next down to the Martial Arts, then the YMCA it was an off licence, around 66ish Mr and Mrs Parker took it , moving from , the previous mentioned Provisions shop 258? next to the Jolly Higglers across the side road. (Downwards) as previously mentioned Merrikins came to Cornwall soon after us. I can still remember the trolley buses being connected to the cables above by using a long pole happy days indeed.
  12. A bit more info going upwards next to the YMCA at least as far back as 1961 was firstly Wilde,s newsgents I think the next three could be residential any ideas folks? The far end , was a toy shop selling loads of games and jigsaw puzzles, we called her Co Co because of her over use of lipstick but not to her face , and next was the excellent fish and chip shop, I think a wool shop might have fitted in between somewhere. My last school was on the next block and Mrs Morris was the Head teacher .
  13. You are correct, I remember running down the side of Moons from Schooner Street On Old Duke Street , and slipping on some oil In the summer of 63 and tearing my shorts. Moons repaired cars and sold petrol , The beer arrived being hauled by two white horses to The Jolly Higglers next door to the pub was La Roche what seemed then at nine years old a large butchers establishment. Moons has now gone as I walked down there on my last visit 2016 I believe long gone. I have returned to the City three times in the last six years ,always compelled to return there with a touch of sadness , they were
  14. No Sue you are looking at Sketchley,s dry cleaners side on view on the mentioned block next up was Moons garage where the chap is standing a large covered workshop where the other two are standing was erected in our time.Next block up just out of sight was dads shop/house behind it now grass at the front by road Opposite was the YMCA now martial arts? On our block was Merrikins (fruit and veg) then our place next to us a café , old Nellies house next (very narrow) and finally Annie and Wilf Parker (general provisions) who treated me as a nephew, they used to call my mum Flo As our name
  15. We left in 1964 it was dads wish to escape the rat race My Cornish wife and I have visited three times in recent years and we love the city I like to stand where our shop was at 262 Ilkeston Road now a piece of grass , feel safer here than in our nearest Cornish town of Newquay in summer season I left at ten years old now sixty three enjoy it folks!
  16. I remember a child being hit by the caretaker wearing a brown Arkwright coat if you know what I mean whilst going in, could,nt do that now . My parents ran the jewellers shop HEBB,S just above the picture house next to MOON,S Garage we left for Cornwall in1964 it was dads wish