Radio Pete

Hi Martin! I just chanced across your message, and what a surprise... First, thanks for posting this reply, and second, thanks for reminding me of some great memories as a kid. For your information, I am Sylvia's eldest (she had 7 altogether), and great aunt Lily was my most favourite of all! I still have vivid memories of her smiling down at me with her cheeky little grin, her green hat and black leather gloves. I guess you must have also known Gordon and Marjorie... Funny, did your nan have a car? I can remember somebody called Daisy driving us back home to Beeston Rylands. As for my mem

Fascinating photo, bringing back great memories - 31, Woodborough Road was my grandfather's shop - Oscar Shrive. He was a grocer who also sold bacon, cheeses and teas. He also sold corn and I used to love going to the shop from where we lived in Beeston Rylands to feed the corn to the pigeons! If you look at the map, the "bulge" at the front of the premises is where the garden used to be, and one of the few buildings that retained its metal railings (most were taken to be melted down for the war effort). I stood on those railings when Nottingham Forest passed by on a single decker bus with