catfan 14,201 Report post Posted August 10, 2018 On 8/7/2018 at 8:52 AM, philmayfield said: I think they just used to shove a whole pig in the machine at one end and the meat products came out at the other. As you say, nothing was wasted. I used to like the pork pies made by Jack Baily’s at Upper Broughton but on my last trip I found that they had closed. I am always in pursuit of the perfect pork pie. Where can I catch one? Iceland in Bulwell do nice pork pies ! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,292 Report post Posted August 10, 2018 I have to drive 35 miles to Iceland for my fixes. Brains Faggots. Pickled Cabbage. Piccalli. Turbo Curry. Crosse & Blackwell beans. HP Beans . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,201 Report post Posted August 10, 2018 Problem is then they are thawed out when you get home ! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,292 Report post Posted August 10, 2018 You'd laugh Mick..the woman said to me the other week. "It's only you buying them..most gi' 'em the dog"...they are ony €1.99 for six! The treacle sponge ..they sell...is about the only thing that i can identify in a positive way ...school. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 49 Report post Posted September 1 Does anyone know if Midland Magnto is still on Canal st i used to get dynamoes rebuilt there in the 60s. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 94 Report post Posted September 1 Midland Magneto & Electrical Co. Ltd. The Embankment 15 Traffic Street Nottingham Postal Code: NG2 1NE 0115-955-2233 They were here, next to the railway bridge, now Tram bridge; https://www.google.com/maps/@52.9487485,-1.1453025,3a,60y,5.16h,90.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soY3eUUQ6HVAXwj9rf0j03g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 315 Report post Posted September 1 midland mag went a long time ago can you remember cliff he swanned round there like royalty We had all starters and dynamos repaired there I know they moved to new premises but I dont know if they are still trading I saw a 1930 electric sports car in there powered by milk float batteries meeowed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 3,459 Report post Posted September 1 Midland Mag. They were an institution. Each man was an expert in his field. The good thing was you could get to speak to the person doing the job and not just pass the faulty part over the counter. Now you just fit an exchange unit if you can physically get at it to remove it. They used to close the shop for their annual day out and take the opportunity to put a photograph in the Post of all of the staff. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 8,169 Report post Posted September 1 First photo in this thread from a few years ago. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/15170-nottingham-from-above-broad-marsh-canal-street/?tab=comments#comment-455733 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fogrider 163 Report post Posted September 1 On 11/26/2013 at 3:15 PM, jan.lowton said: #12 Hiya I worked at Dobson's 1966 to 68. Colwick Industrial Estate. Changed to Hilary's Blinds now I think. I worked there at the same time, late '67 to April '68. in the warehouse, Ted Randall was my immediate boss. It was him who advised me to join the City Fire Brigade. Great advice ! I seem to recall Tomorrows World coming to film demountable things Jardine Dobsons had designed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 49 Report post Posted September 1 Yes the pictures are of Brown Bros.when i went there for car parts to pay for them with cash or cheque the parts person would put it in a container and a vaccum system which sends it upstairs and a few minutes later the receit and change returns through the same system, does anyone know what this machine is called? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 3,459 Report post Posted September 1 They were Lamson pneumatic tube systems. An American patent. Some systems used wire cateneries. Horne Bros, the mens outfitters, had pneumatic tubes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 94 Report post Posted September 1 Air tube cash transfer systems are still used today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,095 Report post Posted September 1 Not seen any for a good few years, but I know that my cash goes either down the tubes, or up into thin air ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 94 Report post Posted September 1 Supermarkets use them, but they're out of sight and the tubes are plastic not brass anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,095 Report post Posted September 1 Ah, come to think of it, I reckon I've seen them in Tesco's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 49 Report post Posted September 5 Does anyone know the company that had the oxygen and acetylene and other gases ithink it was on Nottingham rd.on the left hand side between Western Boulevard and Bobbers Mill bridge as you drove towards Nottingham,i would go there to get oxygen tanks and acetylene crystals for my dads garage,he had an antique acetylene tank where you mix the crystals with water to make the gas a very scary device which needed quite a bit of maintenance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 94 Report post Posted September 5 The only other name I remember where you could get Oxy / Acc bottles was Airproducts. Apart from the fabrication businesses that would swap bottles if you had aquired them elsewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 49 Report post Posted October 13 Is the C and A shop still around i remember going in there in the mid 50s with my parents was it across the road from woolworths and what did C andA stand for and what did they sell ?Also is British Home Stores still around? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 8,069 Report post Posted October 13 Neither C&A nor BHS are still on the British High Street Ian, although I think I’ve seen C&A in other European countries, I think they originate from the Netherlands. BHS went down the other year, one of Philip Green’s businesses. I remember buying a woollen skirt suit from C&A in the late 60s and on the first wear I got a rash around my thighs (it was a mini skirt) Turned out there were fleas in the hem!! Got my money back, no quibble!! 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,095 Report post Posted October 13 C&A were still operating in Switzerland, Italy, Germany and France a month ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 3,089 Report post Posted October 13 Last time I was in Paphos Cyprus Woolworth were doing OK... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 94 Report post Posted October 14 C&A closed down in the year 2000. C&A was founded as a trading company in 1841 - 43 years before Marks & Spencer - by two Dutch brothers, Clemens and August Brenninkmeyer. Using the initials of their first names, they opened their first C&A store, in Sneek, in the Netherlands, in 1861. The family expanded in to Britain with a London outlet in 1922. (source THE INDEPENDENT) ********************************************************************************************************************************* 1928: A group of American entrepreneurs set up British Home Stores. The first store is in Brixton and nothing in the store costs more than a shilling (5p) - double that of rival Woolworths' maximum price of sixpence 2016: Struggling with debts of more than £1.3bn, including a pensions deficit of £571m, BHS files for administration. Failure to find a buyer means it will be wound down, with the loss of up to 11,000 jobs (source BBC News) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,461 Report post Posted October 14 There is a C&A in the main shopping area of Nice and another sort of warehouse type place at Villeneuve-Loubet between Nice and Antibes/Juan le Pins. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites