DAVIDW 1,681 Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Hi all , Mapperley born and bred and started my schooling at the "wooden huts" on Westdale Lane . Later though , most of my pals from Gedling School used to live in Burton Joyce and I hung out there a lot as a spotty youth . Also did a bit of D J ing at the Saturday night dances for the student union at Digby College , must have been about 1965/6 . The most famous group we had was The Fortunes as far as I remember . I was brought to this site because of the recent interest from the BBC about the GEM / ASDA store at West Bridgford . Though I left Nottingham over 30 years ago to work in Cornwall I have an interest in that store as my Dad built it ( he had help !) and also I worked there on the non-food departments , from the very beginning in 1964 until I left in 1977 . After leaving ASDA , I worked for the North East Midlands Co-op (NEMCO) based in Ripley , ( though we did have a large department store in the main street of Eastwood to come back on topic ) . Now retired , we still have relos in the Nottingham area and sometimes get back and still maintain an interest in the area and always follow Forests ups and downs ! . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Welcome David - you will find a LOT of stuff here about the Co-Op and many of us have connections. My dad was the Foreman Painter at Long Eaton Co-Op for a number of years (about 1958-1970), and I worked as an order boy at the Grasmere Road branch in Long Eaton. I well remember all the fuss when GEM opened, but I think I only went there once! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Welcome David Whats the BBC connection? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 I was an Apprentice/Electrician for the Nottingham Coop Helped to build the Coop supermarket Westdale Lane in 1969. I think it was near your school? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Welcome David Whats the BBC connection? The message on your site from the BBC producer about a programme to be broadcast in the Autumn about shopping in the 50s/60s/70s http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10485 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 yes mick about 400 yards or so up towards maperley digby collage just round the corner from co op i remember it being built i lived cavendish rd at the time..went to digby colage sep 1966 till the christmas did not like it so left and started my working life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 sorry welcome to you david Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 I was an Apprentice/Electrician for the Nottingham Coop Helped to build the Coop supermarket Westdale Lane in 1969. I think it was near your school? Yes I remember that Co-op though I had moved to West Bridgford by 1969 I think . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Welcome David - you will find a LOT of stuff here about the Co-Op and many of us have connections. My dad was the Foreman Painter at Long Eaton Co-Op for a number of years (about 1958-1970), and I worked as an order boy at the Grasmere Road branch in Long Eaton. Thanks for the welcome . The Co-op society I worked for were nothing to do with Nottingham Co-op at the time . Each society had its own management structure so I'm afraid I knew nothing about the Nottingham Co-op (apart from shopping at Parliament Street occasionally) . As I said we were based in Ripley and took in such places as Belper , Heanor , Alfreton, Eastwood , Langley Mill and Jacksdale until we got swallowed up by Derby Co-op....I hated working there in the main store in Derby town centre and so went to work for the Co-op in Cornwall instead . Good job I wasn't on the shop floor much I never did understand the stamps ! :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 i lived cavendish rd at the time..went to digby colage sep 1966 till the christmas Thanks for the welcome . We must have been there at the same time , as I think I was there 65-67 . Digby was different to school , more grown up but more of a cramming place I think . I'm sure I scraped through one of my A levels in a year . We had to attend evening classes too and rather than go home to my lonely bedsit used to hang around for a couple of hours in the canteen , smoking and eating chips ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 The Derby Coop Store is closing down in April. I was in there the other day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Welcome to Nottstalgia, DAVIDW. I look forward to reading your posts. Like Limey states (#2), there is quite a bit of stuff regarding the CO-OP on Nottstalgia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Welcome DAVIDW, you will find a lot of interesting stuff here, and the combined memory of the posters on here far exceeds that on my laptop! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Welcome DAVIDW, you will find a lot of interesting stuff here, and the combined memory of the posters on here far exceeds that on my laptop! Cheers , Yes after a mornings browsing , I can see that ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 sorry david its babs most of the other regulars know me quite well by now so i dont often sighn off as babs , used to like the trampolines at lunch time at the collage, my main problem with digby was i realy struggled with my course because i am dyslexic and was put on a o level course that was to difficult for me to keep up with at the time now days i am sure i would get extra help but then i did not so decided to leave. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 sorry david its babs most of the other regulars know me quite well by now so i dont often sighn off as babs , used to like the trampolines at lunch time at the collage, my main problem with digby was i realy struggled with my course because i am dyslexic and was put on a o level course that was to difficult for me to keep up with at the time now days i am sure i would get extra help but then i did not so decided to leave. No problem Babs . You are right I don't think dyslexia was even known about then . Shame you didn't get on . Wish I had done more really instead of scraping through whilst there . One of our gang , whilst there , is now a district judge whose name I often see in the press . Think I was too much into my music and chasing girls to concentrate ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 because of my dyslexia and missing quite a lot of schooling due to illness when i was young i was very far behind some kids of same age so went through school in bottom stream this being so we were not encourage to really push ourselfs and when i got to collage the course they put me on was way above my educational level at the timeand i could not cope with the homework and studying on my own . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LOCOmike 0 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 hey, nice to meet you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Welcome to Nottstalgia, LOCOmike. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 We just look past Bab's Spelling....she's a lovely gal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 I agree with you, Fynger. I think babs is a special lady to come onto Nottstalgia and often struggle with her posts because of her dyslexia. In my opinion she is a very important member who has, and has given, so many memories in such detail. I've never had a problem with reading her posts and I hope she'll always remain a member of Nottstalgia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
systema 13 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 I like to read Babs posts - so many things I never knew about Nottingham. Even though I came to Nottingham at 18 I know more about it than my own home town. We have a friend whose daughter has dyslexia and is (a quite young) assistant headmistress of a school in Yorkshire because it was recognisied when she started school unlike it being totally unknown when we were kids. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 thanks for the kind words every one as i said to micheal in a pm a few years back i would not have deared to write anything on a site like this, but nearly every one is so helpful and friendly on here that even those i have not met are like friends ive yet to meet. the fact that i have got a good long term memory has helped with my posts on here and i was lucky to have had a varied and interesting youthnot always easy and i made a few mistakes along the way but i hope i have learned by them all in some way. and i know when i come on here even if something or some one has upset me you lot and your post always make me smile. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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