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Farrands, Marsdens, Maypole, Dewhurst, VG, Vernons, etc
Cliff Ton replied to Paulus's topic in General Chat about Nottingham
Don't think this has been mentioned before. Radford Road, Hyson Green. -
I didn't like them at all and lots of places had them: Roughton's, Derby Road, Farmer's on Exchange Walk and Beech's on Radford Road. Staddon's also had one.
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The in-shop smell I most remember was the one I experienced in Wealthall's greengrocers on Radford Boulevard/Grimston Road. It now sells used washing machines........ https://goo.gl/maps/ASiaUVZLvfPVx1Ux9 but back in the 60s I went there many times with my grandmother and there was an overwhelming smell of fruit and veg which I've never encountered anywhere else.
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Rub it in why dontcha ! I know I'm old to be .......your big brother. When I were 13, I cycled to Newark from Radford. My parents never asked where I'd been all day. You couldn't do that nowadays . x
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Funny how things from the past remind us of certain people/friends from our childhood, every time I see Hollyhocks they remind me of a girl I fancied who lived down the bottom of Churchfield road when I was about five years old, I posted a story about it in a Radford topic I think it was Rog
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High Pavement school, Bestwood,
RadfordProud replied to Frank Johnson's topic in All other Nottingham Schools Discussions
The references to ‘posh’ Grammar Schools and High Pavement in particular I have found very interesting. @Beekay mentions that lots of the boys were from council estates Strelley, Bilborough etc. and Bulwell, but quite a few were from Radford and Hyson Green. Our HP under 15 Rugby team at that time provided about 9 of the 15 members of the Nottingham Schoolboys Under 15 Team and we saw what ‘Posh’ was when the Nottingham team played a match at a Public School somewhere near Clumber Park. I cannot remember its name. A lot of the pupils came to watch the match, which we lost. The enormous ch -
Found the Nottstalgia forums by accident recently when looking for old Radford maps as part of an Ancestry exercise. Spent the last few days reading the many contributions. This has brought back so many memories. I was at High Pavement from 1953 to 1958. DJ360 mentions John Birds death late last year. Not only did we lose John but also Peter Bowles last March. I remember those two well, entertaining us on the coach to away matches at Southwell, Grantham, Newark etc. When we played away it was usually the 1st or 2nd fifteen and one of the younger year teams. They were 4 years o
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Now theres a thing Radfordred. Is the old variety club still there? The last time I was in there was about 1970. I remember the Organist getting up and going to the bar to get a pint. The organ continued playing. I was amazed. :o This was the coming of modern technology!
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Apparently, back in the 60s and earlier, the shop at the corner of Denman Street/Radford Boulevard (now a Pizza place) was a Chemist shop owned by John Bird's father. https://goo.gl/maps/CX67Lerj2vs59D7p8
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Hello all, I have scribbled down the mostly happy story of my childhood growing up in and around Radford Bridge Road on Gate Street. It is now published on amazon.co.uk and is called "What time is it on the moon?" i would love to hear from anyone who remembers things the way I do. oldrec
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Sorry radford had to look back at my post to see about the 5 min rule. Bliue sugar bags ?? you don't see any more maybe my mum and dad used them all up, Dad brought a all night burner (fire that use wood or coal) and to keep it going all night the Blue Sugar bags that you speak of were filled with slack and yes the fire did stay in all night. but hay!!! we got though a hell of a lot of blue sugar bags.
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The character who lived in Willoughby Street and solved the 'problem' was played by Hylda Baker. A kitchen like that reminds me of various houses in Radford.
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58 photos of Radford over the last 100 years on the Post website. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/gallery/58-pictures-life-radford-over-3160661
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I found this nice site full of interesting 'eighties images. http://www.riffdesign.co.uk/radford/radst/radpic.htm
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My first job after leaving school in October 1966 was as Laboratory Technician at Roland Green School in Wilford. I would catch the 43 into town from Radford Rd then walk across the square to catch the No 40 out to Wilford. The trolleys had all been retired by Autumn 1966. Occasionally the 40 was stopped at the traffic lights at the end of South Parade and I would hop on the open platform of the old motor bus. At the Wilford Bridge terminus I would walk over the toll bridge. IIRC the pedestrian toll was 1d but I never paid it and was never asked to. I remember the little white toll b
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Hi Cliff, while your on this subject, see if you can turn up a map of Denton street, off Denman street. I can't locate any info at all. (Radford). Had look round that area when last in Nottingham but its altered beyond all recognition. Cheers, Beekay.
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Tell you what ! If that's Paul, then he's a dead ringer for an old pal of mine who lives at Eastbourne. Known him 57 years and added to that, I used to go to school with his wife at Douglas Road junior school, Ilkeston Road, Radford.
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@Beekayi never knew that Radford Boulevard was one of them posh schools that taught Spanish BK.
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While on the subject of old radford, does anyone know how Skills started, was it when they used to take the miners to either Radford or Wollaton pits in what was known as a horse box? This was an open flat backed trailor. Just a thought... A !! NB This has been split from another topic at Sirs request.
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There was a Wheeldon family lived near me just off St. Peters St. in Old Radford upto 1958 when both our families moved to Clifton. David, Alan and Barbara were the children, father I can picture but can't remember his name, mother was Doreen.
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Talking of schools, I attended Radford Academy for sons of retired Gentle folk. It were a good school, it were Approved.
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Reminds me of my grandparents at Radford. They had a set of dominoes and I always thought it was a bit of a daft game. I used to play with them as building blocks, or do the thing of lining them up and knocking them down in a line.
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A trip down memory lane - Radford
Jill Sparrow replied to Radford born and bred's topic in Old Radford
The previous compilation of Radford images showed a photo of The New Dispensary on Gregory Boulevard. I remember that building very well as it was where I was taken as a baby in a pram for weighing and immunisations, etc. What puzzles me is the building to the left of the dispensary. The image was taken long before I was born but I don't remember the two storey building on the left. There appears to be a common gate giving access to both buildings. Was the two storey building perhaps a house or a nursing home, I wonder? In my memory, Hyson Green Library stood next to th -
A trip down memory lane - Radford
Dark Angel replied to Radford born and bred's topic in Old Radford
Some more footage of Radford. -
Photos of Radford on Post website https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/gallery/17-images-radford-1960s-70s-2745368
