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I mentioned them in an old thread. The grandparents in Radford had one but in those days I didn't know what it was called; it was you who told me ! https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/20276-duraglit-brasso-and-companion-sets/?tab=comments#comment-646250
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I don't think the word SCULLERY was confined to the Radford area. Emily Ward, my relative who lived in Garden Street from the late 1920s always referred to their huge kitchen as a scullery. However, Emily wasn't born in Radford. She was born in Clapgun Street, Castle Donington and, after that,in Lambley. I think the word was fairly widely used among a certain generation.
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My grandmother also used the word scullery for the kitchen. Pre marriage she lived mostly on Harold Road, Radford. She had a brother, my great uncle Albert who lived on Glentworth Road. Perhaps something to do with the area?
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My grandmother who lived on Grimston Road, Radford, was the only person I knew who used the word 'Scullery' for the kitchen area. I've come across it in print in various places over the years, but she was the only person I heard use it in everyday speech - she never said 'kitchen'.
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I was lucky. I was within walking distance of them I lived on Faraday Road (just down from the White Horse Pub). Grandma Brooks lived in Miall street and Grandma and Grandad Newberry lived in Guthrie Street. When I returned to Radford for the first time in 2001 I was saddened to see that neither house (or my own) was still standing. Didn't recognise the area at all. I spent a lot of time with my grandparents, both before and after school as both my parents worked and left home early in the morning and didn't return until early evening. I left England in 1964 and never saw any o
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Without the internet i would not have found this great forum, it popped up on my screen when i did a google search for info on Boden st in Radford where my dad lived as a child.
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Manning Grammar School
Beekay replied to mary1947's topic in All other Nottingham Schools Discussions
@RadFordee, last time I swam in Radford baths was circa 1960. -
Manning Grammar School
Beekay replied to mary1947's topic in All other Nottingham Schools Discussions
Not quite Manning, but Radford baths were half doors too. Can remember going upstairs changing booths up at the deep end. When the attendant wasn't looking used to dive off the railing. -
New Basford I know well having worked in the area. Both the Old and New Basfords were not great for shopping. It was either Radford, which is now very run down, or Bulwell where I spent 7 happy years at school. I admit Highbury Rd. and Kersall Drive isn’t Bulwell ‘proppa’.
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Pelham & Thurland Street Area
philmayfield replied to DaveN's topic in Web Sites about old Nottingham
My company banked there. The manager was Eric Tiffin back in the 70’s/80’s. He used to host lunches for his larger customers at the NatWest area HQ on Radford Boulevard, the old Player‘S offices. Many’s the time I’ve sat with local luminaries such as Frank Sytner and Nat Puri. I often wondered if the guests had large overdrafts or big credit balances! -
During our Berridge visit in June, we met John Preston who was at Berridge from 1956 to 1962. He has kindly provided copies of his school photos. This is the earliest, 1956/7. Back row:. Susan Blatherwick, John Preston, unknown, unknown, unknown, Sharon King Middle Row: Michael Irwin, Jimmy Sinclair, unknown, unknown, Alan Dunn, Susan Meakin* Front Row: Stephen Attenborough*, Linda Thompson, John Rowson*, Marjorie Wright, unknown. Teacher, Miss Peet* *Indicates there is some uncertainty about the identity. John Preston li
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I was talking to a former primary school friend recently and he mentioned that, as a child, he visited family members who lived in Lonsdale Road, Radford. That reminded me of an older cousin of mine who married in 1960 and moved into a house in Forster Street which is the next street along, moving in the direction of Radford Boulevard. I was only two or three years old at the time but I well remember going to see my cousin and recall that there were iron bollards at the end of one, or perhaps both, of those streets at their junction with Hartley Road. Does anyone else, perhaps Beek
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Grimston, Wordsworth, Glentworth Rd area in Radford
Cliff Ton replied to letsavagoo's topic in Old Radford
I don't know the answer, but one possibility...... Players had the large building on the right as their Head Office from at least the 1920s. Some time in the 1960s that early building (which I just remember) was modernised/enlarged/redesigned to become the one which is basically still there today, hidden under the student frontage. That may be when they annexed the building on the left and built the 'new' bridge to link up. I've now just noticed an earlier post in this thread which I'd missed, and partly answers my question. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/to -
Grimston, Wordsworth, Glentworth Rd area in Radford
Willow wilson replied to letsavagoo's topic in Old Radford
I think there are 2 bridges in question here. The 1929 bridge was further away from Radford Boulevard than the present larger structure as stated above (StuartC) which is flush with the building line on the boulevard. The big old 1884 Player's factory on the right in the '1929 bridge' picture caught fire in 2015 during conversion to students accommodation. The fire was attended by fire services from Derby and Leicester as well as Notts. They were in attendance for 10 days, the building being mostly demolished to get to the seat of the fire. It is being rebuilt 'in the style of' the origi -
Grimston, Wordsworth, Glentworth Rd area in Radford
Cliff Ton replied to letsavagoo's topic in Old Radford
Could it be this ? Going across Player Street at the Radford Blvd end. The building on the right was Player's offices. Now the whole thing is student accommodation. https://goo.gl/maps/Yr88JtxD9wjT5BZ96 -
I was born just off Churchfield Lane, in the shadow of Players factory. Left early 70’s when my parents bought a new house in Lenton although I more or less moved in with my girlfriend back in Radford.
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@letsavagoowhere in radford were you born? i was also born in radford & lived in the area till the mid 70's, we did have fireplaces in the bedrooms on gamble st but they were boarded up hence the ice on the inside of the windows in winter.
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The terraced house in Radford where I was born and lived the first 16 years had fireplaces in all the rooms, upstairs and down with the exception of my bedroom which had been the upstairs bathroom but the bath was moved downstairs to the pantry and the ‘bathroom’ became my bedroom. The only fireplace ever used was the main living room other than there was a fire lit in my sisters bedroom when she was very ill with German measles. I can still remember 60 years later how odd it was to walk in a bedroom in winter and it being lovely and warm. I regularly had to use a finger nail to scrape the fro
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Mentions of Tony Whelpton
David sheridan replied to Tony Whelpton's topic in Welcome messages to new members
I see turning into Radford road , there is the shipstones brewery , is it still manufacturing beer ? -
Thanks bk thats a long way to bring coal, & thanks phil m look forward to any more info you supply, has brought back another memory from my childhood in radford.
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Thanks for the reply ct, at the time i only knew of the radford premises so it's interesting to learn that maybe the same family operated in other area's & am very surprised to hear they are still going too.
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If anyone else is interested, this is the photo in question. https://picturenottingham.co.uk/image-library/image-details/poster/ntgm013850/posterid/ntgm013850.html I'm not sure how far the Nevin empire reached over the area. The vehicles which operated in Clifton were labelled A & V Nevin, and I know some of the family lived in Wilford village. There's no reason why the Radford branch shouldn't be related, although I'd never previously heard of them operating in that area. Later generations of the family occasionally crop up on FB Groups connected with C
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It appears that wicksteed are still manufacturing playground equipment today, we took our grandkids to our local play park in hilton derbyshire earlier this week where they have just installed a lot of new stuff all bearing the wicksteed name, i did take a photo but have no idea how to post it. And i also remember the large slide on radford rec at the corner of ilkeston rd & lenton boulevard had that name on each step.
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As you were all so very helpful with information when my other half, hey arnold, posted a query about dob park place a couple of days ago i would like to kindly ask if any of you could help to locate somewhere for me. I was born in the early 60's in my grandparents house in adcocks yard, which i know was on russell street radford, as this info is on my birth certificate. I would really love to know where on the street the yard was. I have had a look through the radford map pages on the site but no joy there, the houses were demolished in the late 60's. Thanks in advance for any info.
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And the 71. All went along Highbury Road, Vernon Road, Radford Road, Bentick Road, Alfreton Road, Canning Circus and beyond. Also the 42 to/from Northern Baths, same route. If memory serves correctly: 43 to Trent Bridge, 42 to City, 44 and 71 to Colwick Road. At the Bulwell end, 42 to the baths, 43 to the Market, 44 to Bulwell Hall and 71 to Rise Park.
