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As a schoolgirl, walking to Manning on the Thursday morning, you could smell Goose Fair roughly when you reached Radford Road. A unique admixture of fried onions, sweet candyfloss and diesel. From the Manning side of Radford Road, the fortune telling Gipsy Rose Lees were scuttling around the booths they'd set up on the forecourts of some of the large houses approaching Noel Street. The rest of them were doing the rounds of houses with baskets of clothes pegs and flowers fashioned from pink loo paper.
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I think the building has been demolished. The problem is that when I first saw the old photo I assumed Gregory Boulevard was the road parallel to the front of the building. It isn't; the photo is looking down Radford Road towards the Greg. Blvd junction.
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Yes I am correct. The two pictures above are taken from Radford Road pointing towards Gregory Boulevard. The tramline turns left BEFORE it gets to the Scoop shop. If you look at the Scoop shop from directly in front, the tram will pass to the left of the shop and the car is parked up what I must assume is/was an access road to the back of the shop(s). My dates may be wrong but Scoop was certainly AFTER it was Fred Harley. I still have the Armstrong trolley jack that my father bought from their in the late 60's/early 70's. Fred Hartley also had a huge warehouse at Hasland, (?) Chesterfield at t
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That's the building I was referring to. The side facing Gregory Boulevard has the requisite eight windows at first floor level but....it has always been Staddon's bed shop from the day it was built. If you look at it from Radford Road side, it doesn't match. On the archive photo, the Hyson Green flats can be seen behind the shop. I wonder whether there might have been another, similar, structure further up Radford Road which, like the infamous flats, has been demolished to make way for ASDA.
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https://picturenottingham.co.uk/image-library/image-details/poster/ntgm002712/posterid/ntgm002712.html That's interesting. The building looks very much like the structure built in the late 60s/early 70s on the site of the former Victorian Hyson Green police station. I passed it daily when walking to and from The Manning. It was then Staddon's bed shop. Today, that building is still there and still sells beds (in fact, it is still Staddon's) but the structure has been extended on the Radford Road side, in addition to the Gregory Boulevard side, and accommodates a numbe
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On a similar but lighter note.... My grandma who lived in Radford often came to visit us at Clifton by bus. That involved two buses - one from Radford into the City Centre, then another to Clifton. On a few occasions NCT were on strike and there were no buses from Radford to Nottm, so in mid-afternoon my grandma would walk up Alfreton Road, then down Derby Road to Broad Marsh bus station. A considerable distance for anyone of any age. Then she'd get a non-NCT bus from Broad Marsh to Clifton. Early evening (around 6.30pm) she'd do the return trip; bus from Clifton to Br
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We had Pearce's ice cream factory just up the road from us on Grant street, Radford. That were back in the annuls of time, known as 50s. Just thought I'd chuck that in for summat to say, as its so quiet.
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Andy Chawner
Born in the fifties.
Baby in Clifton.
Childhood spent in Radford.
(Lived above mum's woolshop 'Sylvia’s' on Alfreton Road).
Teenager in Aspley.
20s in Forest Fields and Western Boulevard
30s onwards back to Aspley.
Went to:
Croft Nursery
Bentinck Primary (1964-69)
High Pavement Grammar School (1969-74)
People's College
Printing College at West Bridgeford and Trent Polytechnic buildings.
Ended up owning and managing family design and printing business (Desa Ltd.)
Now in my sixties but have a teenage son so am just about keeping in touch with youth culture LOL
Getting back into geneology and trying to sort out my deceased parents' huge collection of photos and memorabilia.
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Thanks for the link CT. Much obliged. Have captured a map of Radford, but don't have clue how I did it. Cheers !
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My Aunt and Uncle lived in Denman Gardens. I believe Wolsey Avenue is now in it's place (where my sister used to live) the family have stayed very local to Radford.
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Hi all Radford and Sodom searchers , I am looking for info on men and women who served or were killed in the great war 1914 - 1918 . Was your ancestors in the conflict
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This map dated 1920 show what changes have taken place in Radford over the years. In 1965 I lived near the Northeast corner of Norton Street/Hartley Road. (in this map north is left) The south east corner at that time was mostly waste land with a big old house. The map shows other buildings, can anyone tell me what they were or when they were demolished? Walking along Norton street from Hartley Road toward Independant street, the Large penultimate building on the left, I believe was some kind of church hall were the Bucket Bashers used to meet. What are your memories of these long demolish
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Anyone heard from peveril peril (Terry) and radford red (Nick) lately? Rog
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Camms coaches and buses
Newarker replied to OrphanAnnie's topic in Pete's Nottingham Transport Forum
According to my Passenger Transport Year Book 1962 Camms had a garage and works at 60 Miall Street, Radford. The fleet at that time comprised 12 coaches and 3 single-deck buses. Chassis: 8 Bedford, 3 Leyland, 2 AEC, 2 Commer. Bodies: 13 Duple, 2 Harrington. Fleet livery cream/crimson which sounds more attractive than the orange/yellow stripes which were fashionable in the 80s. -
Hi all Well, like a lot of folks I'm looking for the elusive ancestors of my family who were living in the Radford and Hyson Green areas...in particular Lenton Terrace, Hyson Green which is not on a lot of maps I have seen. Does anyone know of this?? My family moved to this area around 1870 and were around Bovill Street, Independent Street, Ossington Street and Moorgate Street. ( yes they moved a lot!!!) The son ended up marrying a girl who lived in De Ligne Street,(23) and from there my family lived in Sneinton, Basford, West Bridgford and Edwalton. Their surnames were Jones and Atkins an -
Yes Jill it is known to me, although i never went to that school, some of my pals did. I was though, a frequent visitor to the pawn shop on the opposite corner. I attended Douglas Road junior school 1948 to 1953, before progressing to boulevard school. Also known as Radford academy for sons of retired gentle folk.
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Miss Sparrow has asked if I will post this photo on her behalf. It shows the Rev F G Ralph with the choir outside St Peter’s church Radford in 1953/4. Jill’s parents were married here by Rev Ralph in 1949. Incidentally I was married here too in 1974 but not by Rev Ralph.
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Hi, just seen your maps page and have been looking for ages to find a map showing Wright street off Bluebell hill and Chapel street off Ilkeston road, could you please advise me of where I could get a copy. I lived at these addresses while awaiting my father’s return from the far east in 1946 and would dearly love to show my family where this was. Best regards A.G.Smith(cimerron) -
This kind of thing ? My two aunts who lived on Garden Street, Radford, later moved to a flat (maisonette) on Bestwood, here on Eversley Walk. https://goo.gl/maps/91uxg9zphpNv3B5P9
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Unless you mean Staddon's (on Radford Road) I can't think of another. Freda Dudley-Ward was born a Birkin. The Duke of Windsor maintained a relationship with her for years but dropped her like a hot brick after Wallis worked her magic on him. The Duke purchased a farm somewhere in the south Nottinghamshire area as it was fairly close to the Dudley-Ward residence and it gave him a legitimate excuse to be in the area. He was a well known drinker in the local pub, where no one stood on ceremony with him which he seemed to like. They all knew why he was there. Freda was eve
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It is now Iceland. I think the only pub left now between the end of Radford Road/Gregory Boulevard to Cinder Hill roundabout is the Whitemoor. Newcastle Arms 'may' be coming back to life.
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Can anyone tell me was there a Piggins or Pippins Yard Radford in 1891 and if so where it was. I have the Yardley family from my past that lived there according to the 1891 Census.
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74 years ago this very day, my parents were on their honeymoon in Southbourne having married at St Peter's Church in Old Radford on 25 June 1949. My mother thought Southbourne was lovely and I have several photos of them taken during their stay.
