Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 The thread about Radford Mill and Radford Baths reminded me of two aunts who lived on Garden Street, Radford. Their house was in this space which is now used as a car park, like this......... http://i.imgur.com/uq37HLd.jpg Picture the Past have a photo of Garden Street in the 1950s; this is looking towards Denman Street. My aunts' house was on the extreme left of the photo, just about visible. That's where the low railings are in the car park picture above. http://i.imgur.com/k4woy2m.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 It looks like the council are getting ready to demolish this. http://www.thisisnot...tail/story.html With the demolition of Radford baths, the high rise flats and the 2 mills, there is going to be a lot of land available for development. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Just been looking around on Google street view. I seem to remember in the 1970s down Garden Street there used to be flats behind Radford Mills, that I used as a short cut to go to Alfreton Road, whan I finished work in the mills. Can anyone tell me when they were pulled down and replaced by houses ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted October 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 MELTONSTILTON, there were several developments of flats in Radford which didn't have very long lifespans. If you go to Picture the Past and search Radford Flats you'll get quite a few photos of most of them (including Hyson Green which obviously aren't the ones you are referring to) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 Clifford Court Bamton Court Are some names I remember, some are Gone, some still there? Any other names? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 This seems to show almost all of them in one shot http://www.pictureth...008794&prevUrl= Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 Looking up Garden St to Denman St on the picture I remember the shops but only one springs to mind "The Home & Colonial" the local co-op where mam did her shoping(Because of the Divi) was on Alfreton Rd, I remember the walk up Boden St to get there and of course I have never forgotten her divi number 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 Argyle court....low rise maisonettes...demolished not sure when Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 Apparently not before 1982 http://www.pictureth...008133&prevUrl= Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Really thrilled to find the website with memories of Garden Street and to see the photos- especially the one taken in the 50s/60s. I was a regular visitor to number 4 Garden Street in the late 50s/ early 60s as it was owned by my relatives George Henry Ward and Emily Phoebe Ward. Number 4 was originally a Beer House named The Cherry Tree Inn but I believe it reverted to use as a private dwelling some time around the Great War. George Ward worked for a Mr Smith who owned Smith's bakery and who lived in the nearby Lenton area. George was responsible for maintenance of the bakery's machinery and also acted as chauffeur to Mr Smith- he even wore a uniform!! Mr Smith kept a Rolls Royce which was housed at 4 Garden Street in a garage probably built in the 20s/30s, adjoining the house. Initially, number 4 belonged to Mr Smith and formed a 'tied' house as part of George and Emily's employment. Emily Ward helped out at the Smith residence in Lenton and George could be called out at all hours to repair bakery equipment or to drive Mr Smith about in the Rolls. When Mr Smith died, he bequeathed number 4 to the Wards and they continued to live there until the propetry fell prey to a CPO in the early 1960s. Number 4 stood opposite the 'tower' of Radford Mill, not far from the junction of Ilkeston Road and Garden Street. The house had no bathroom or indoor toilet. At the rear was a cobbled area with various dilapidated outbuildings and a loo right at the bottom of the yard. At the side of the house, approached from the rear and behind the garage, were storage premises reached by a metal exterior stairway. I believe someone stored either paint or oils there. On the other side of number 4 was a factory called 'Vann's' I beieve. Walking down from Denman Street, I remember a row of very old cottages on the right hand side. I believe the road was cobbled and it was certainly lit by gas lamps. I spent a lot of time at Garden Street and was very fond of the house: in fact, I feel quite emotional now just writing about it! It broke my heart when they pulled it down and I couldn't go there any more. Over the years, (being a keen family historian) I have tried to research number 4's history. I have even appealed to readers of the Nottingham Evening Post for anyone who has photographs or memories of the place to contact me- to no avail. I visited the area in the 1980s, before I left Nottingham, and found a nursery school on the site of number 4. Apart from Radford Mill, nothing else had survived. It was horrible. I am trying to locate the 1911 census for number 4 Garden Street. The Wards lived there from the 30s, through the Second World War and on nights when George went firewatching, Emily refused to remain in the place on her own, although the cellars beneath it would have made a fine air raid shelter. As a small child (I was born in 1957), Emily once took me to see the upper rooms. The roof leaked and I remember seeng pancheons dotted about the floor to catch the rainwater. They only used one bedroom and I am not even certain that there was any electricity above the ground floor. By the time I visited the house, George was retired and the Rolls was long gone. There was a Hillman in the garage by then and a greenhouse in the yard where he grew tomatoes and chrysanthemums. It is all a long time ago now but memories of Garden Street are very precious to me. It's wonderful to see that other people feel the same. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Nice account Jill....thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted December 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Nice one Jill. It was me who started this thread (and posted a few of the photos) and you've set me thinking about the subject again. Seems like you visited Garden Street more often than I did. I was there maybe a dozen times in the early 60s; my aunts moved when the place was demolished - they were at no 27. It's just about possible our paths may have crossed! You are about the same age as me. I've always remembered it quite strongly, especially the communal yard at the back with the toilet for everyone. If you noticed the fourth picture down at post #1, I'm pretty certain that is in the yard. I've also done a lot of family history research in the past couple of years, and the next time I visit the Central Library I'll have a look at the census for your place. I can also look at the electoral registers at the County Archive - it gives me a break from looking for my own stuff. And these which you may not have come across….aerial shots of the area. Once you get your head round the angle of view, you'll realise that Garden Street is shown in all of them http://www.pictureth...008791&prevUrl= http://www.pictureth...008792&prevUrl= http://www.pictureth...008793&prevUrl= http://www.pictureth...010191&prevUrl= 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Lovely memories Jill, thanks for sharing them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 Cliff Ton, I can't thank you enough for the photos. I've looked at aerial photos in Nottingham Evening Post's Bygone publications but they all seem to miss Garden Street. If you happen to come across the 1911 census for number 4 (and my relatives would not have been living there then) I would love to see it! Yes, you've started me thinking about Garden Street again too- especially at this time of the year as we always went there on Christmas Eve and walking home with Mum and Dad over the wet cobbles under the gas lamps is one of my happiest memories of a really wonderful childhood. Must be a sign of old age...! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Just done a bit of trawling among the census returns and it looks as though 4 Garden Street- along with the even numbered houses- were built later than the odd numbered ones. Number 4 was not there in 1881 but the odd-numbers were in existence. The earliest mention of Number 4 (when it was The Cherry Tree) was in 1885, landlady Amy Ward (no relation to my Wards). There seems to be some confusion about how big the house was back in those days as it seems to encompass numbers 2-6 at times. As I said in the original post, there was a big garage at the side dating from either the 20s or 30s and I wonder whether part of the original building had been demolished to accommodate that, so perhaps I did not know the full extent of the house in my childhood. Odd how a building which hasn't been there for the last 50-odd years can still exert such a fascination but I'm sure I'm not alone in that, am I? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I could write these word on a myriad of threads on Nottstalgia but this and similar always serve to remind me how different an upbringing in the suburbs around Nottingham felt to what has been described from a childhood in the likes of particularly Radford and The Meadows for example. It almost seems like a different world. Nevertheless a very interesting personal comparison to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Radford mill demolition time lapse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Went past the area a few days ago and all the buildings around Radford Mill have been cleared. Garden Street and Norton Street now have wide open views. It's not now connected to anything else. Turning 180 degrees towards Denman Street, this factory/warehouse has survived. From Garden Street you can see across to the Globe pub, which has been derelict and boarded up for longer than I can remember. Must be a record for the Nottingham area. And from Garden Street you can see across to Norton Street and the former Congregational Hall. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Another place where I worked for years now gone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Norton Street, remember 'Krazy Kuts' at the Hartley Road end? Have recently written a scene set around this area in the 1960's........ PS: Old Radford lives on................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,121 Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I actually live just off Norton Street so was lovely read everyone's memories. I'm often around Garden Street so will be thinking of you all when I'm next there. Amazing pictures Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Never noticed this before on the tower of the Mill building. I think a few people here worked for Viyella at various times. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,121 Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Mum worked in that building but not for Viyella. Anyone know what they're planning to do with it!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Fill it with students probably... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted August 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 I was a regular visitor to number 4 Garden Street in the late 50s/ early 60s as it was owned by my relatives George Henry Ward and Emily Phoebe Ward. Number 4 was originally a Beer House named The Cherry Tree Inn but I believe it reverted to use as a private dwelling some time around the Great War. George Ward worked for a Mr Smith who owned Smith's bakery and who lived in the nearby Lenton area. George was responsible for maintenance of the bakery's machinery and also acted as chauffeur to Mr Smith- he even wore a uniform!! When Mr Smith died, he bequeathed number 4 to the Wards and they continued to live there until the propetry fell prey to a CPO in the early 1960s. Number 4 stood opposite the 'tower' of Radford Mill, not far from the junction of Ilkeston Road and Garden Street. More than 4 years after Jill's post, Old Maps now have better quality images of the area. This is Garden Street in the 1950s, and Jill's Number 4 is clearly marked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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