IAN FINN
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Why & when did you leave Nottm?
IAN FINN replied to Caz's topic in Our Caz's Nottingham Ex-Pats Forum
Hi Mary1947 i left Nottingham and area for Canada wheni was 22 years old ,we come back to England quite often as we have many friends and relatives Notts.Derbys. area, also had few school friends in Jacksdale and Ironville and Somercotes years ago.I was lucky enough to visit many clubs and dance halls and cafes in Notts.Those were definitely, The days my friends and they will never end i still have hundreds of 50s and 60s songs on cds that i listen to while working on my cars. -
Hi Miss Kolts welcome to the Nottstalgia chatline it sure brings back lots of great memoried i see you were born at Watnall what was the name of the street?.My father built a garage at Watnall across the road from Holly Rd.I knew quite a of people from Watnall and surrounding areas,we lived on Spencer Dr. at Nuthall,look forward to hearing some of your memories of Watnall and Nottingham bye for now Ian Finn Canada.
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Hi Martin the hidden wartime building was next to the garage owned by my father John Finn Ltd,the building was operational during WW2 right up to the late 50s.My wifes cousins husband was in the RAF and stationed Watnall when ii was about 11years old i saw the soldiers marching down the main road from their barracks across the road from the Royal Oak pub down to the hidden wartime building.
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Does anyone remember Glorias Cafe on Wilford rd. i would go there for lunch while on day release at PCFE in the early 60s i think it was just short walk from Castle Blvd.
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Thankyou Stuart and Michael for the maps and pictures brings back memories,my grandad and i cycled to Sutton st.from Nuthall and leave our bikes there while we went to watch the Magpies.We would see some of the players in the sweet shop on Meadow Lane before the match, i dont think the players got paid much in those days a few names i remember are Wills Wylie Hatley Robey ithink the goalkeepers name was Jimmy Linton,
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Does anyone remember Sutton st my great grandma and grandad lived there i think it was either 9 or 11 it was right behind Notts County ground just off Meadow Lane,l do not see it on maps anymore i just assume it has been demolished when i visited i would have 9 or 10 years old in 1957
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Hi Mick you said you put your girl friend on the bus at Mount Street for Nuthall,can you remember her name and where she lived as i lived in Nuthall until 1970.
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Hi Mick the bus your girlfriend caught from Mount Steet to Nuthall would have been a B1,C5,B3 or B4, depending where she lived Nuthall the B4 turned right at the 3 ponds and went through Watnall to South Normanton.I used these buses regularly while attending PCFE in the mid sixties.Nothing like the old Mount Street Station where once in a while i would see my mate who drove MGO and we would go in the bus drivers and conductors canteen for cuppa,Great Times,bye for now
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Hi Cliff Ton thanks for letting me know about restoman if you are in the Watnall area please check the bunker out and let me know, if i get back to Notts i will check the area out.By the way i have been down the bunker and saw the old plotting room and table and toilets anthe doors where the trains dropped supplies off on the spur line attached to the main LNER line down in the cutting just before the Watnall Kimberley tunnel.Thanks again Ian Canada.
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Hi there restoman my father built the garage at Watnall at the side of Common Lane,in the early 60s we went down to the bunker and welded up the doors to stop vandals from getting in.My wifes cousins husband was actually stationed there in the 50s we went down the bunker when it belonged to the Kimberley rifle club,Gerry is now living in Matlock and has some great memories of what it was like in the bunker
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I lived in Nuthall while attending cowsheds school mid 50s there was a plane flying over then there was an explosion and the plane was on fire and assumed it crashed ,the test pilot flying the plane was a man named Parrish i think he is buried in Nuthall cemetery does a
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Does anyone remember a fellow named Johnny Harrison who played in a band at the Commodore late sixties early seventies he lived Watnall and had an antique shop Kimberley,we were both friends of the great Johnny Hobbs a fantastic musician.
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My father owned the garage just down the road from QH.John Finn Ltd which is now Rod Blanchard Motors,i remember one evening in 1967 or 1968 i was by High Park Cottages and saw an old man laying on the lawn ,tried to waken but did not respond,the next day i saw my friend who told the game keeper had been murdered by 2 youths who tried to steal a rowing boat to go onto Moorgreen reservois,i called the police who came immediately to question me,i had to go to court as a witness.Does anyone remember this incident?,speaking of the cottages near the Queens Head Mr Sisson do you remember a family th
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Hi blondie do you still live at Newthorpe?My wife has distant cousin who lives at Giltbrook,i lived at Nuthall and my wife Jill lived in Kimberley,in the60s i used to go to a youth club on main street Newthorpe which was also church.Jill moved Canada in 1957 and i moved to Canada in 1970 where we met and got married many years ago
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Hi mick2me just to let you how muchl am enjoying nottstalgia chat line,you are doing a great job being the admin. man and keeping the old gang in order,keep up the good work, and every one else to.
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Thanks Cliff Ton will keep in touch.
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David do you remember Brian Powles he was Nevs mechanic before he started racing himself 154,ithink he took over the garage on Trent Boulevard i read some where he had passed on so sad
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I got into stock racing from 1964to1966 seasons enjoyed it but very expensive hobby i raced with the best Ellis Ford the intrepid Albert Griffin Nev Hughes who helped me out getting started a few locals,Fred Wallis Ray Watkins Dave Fox Fred Ball Laurie Hooton just to mention a few.l raced at Coventry a couple of times with Trevor Frost Aubrey Leighton Barry Hebborn those were the days.
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Major Barber and Barber Walker & Co
IAN FINN replied to tombarber's topic in General Chat about Nottingham
I knew Sir William Barber very well,we used to service his car which was 1956 Bentley Continental he also had a ex army Commer which he would drive up Scotland to drive around his estate.My father had the garage at Watnall about 2 miles away from Moorgreen.Sir Bill was very generous at Christmases calling in at the garage and leaving a large amount of cash as a Chrisrmas gift for everyone to share.l believe his wife was an alchohlic and did not see much of her,l knew Bills chauffeur and gardener very well his name was Harry Cook he would bring the Bentley to the garage for servicing when he go -
I went to barbers with my grandad in the late fifties it was on King st. or Queen st. on the left hand side going up the hill,it was in a basement with many barbers in there.
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Anyone remember the Whistle Stop ,i think it was on Mansfield rd.7
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I was at pcfe day release from 63 to66 went for lunch i believe on wilford road called Glorias cafe the meat pie and chips were to die for,i always remember listening to the radio giving out the FA cup draws out.
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Hi blondie do you still live at Newthorpe?My wife has distant cousin who lives at Giltbrook,i lived at Nuthall and my wife Jill lived in Kimberley,in the60s i used to go to a youth club on main street Newthorpe which was also church.Jill moved Canada in 1957 and i moved to Canada in 1970 where we met and got married many years ago
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Some one mentionedabout Alf Henshaw a Nuthall an Kimberley historian and photographer,iknew him quite well in the early sixties as i would service and repair his car when i worked at my fathers garage at Watnall,John Finn Ltd.Alf at that time lived on Newdigate rd two houses from the cutting which was the Nottingham to Derby line just before the tunnel into Kimberley station .There used to be some good books on Kimberley history and railways,you can buy these books at Arthur Plumbs hardware shop on James st. Kimberley i am sure Alf has contributed pictures and literature to books.
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GAshley is saw a picture of skills bus in the nottingham history book i think it was travelling through Austria.The road it was on was surrounded by swastikas.
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Does anyone know the name of the picture house that used to be on the nottingham side of bobbers mill bridge and radfordblvd.
