jimmy87notts 22 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Just wondering, Is there any buildings long gone from the Nottingham streets that held memories for yourselves. For me, Its Godfrey House on Burton Road/Main Road, Carlton. An ancestor built it, A very grand house in its day, long gone now. Whats yours? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Vicarage street off Alfred street North ,i lived there with my parents and Grandparents in the early 1950s,and the blacksmiths on Alfred ST North where my lovely Granddad worked.And all the corner shops up Alfred Street,Who's names i have sadly Forgotten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Loads of places from my past ....... Ashwell Street Infants in Netherfield, the house where I spent the first 8 years of my life in Netherfield, Kingswell Junior School in Arnold, Digby College and the building where I worked for 8 years on High Church Street in New Basford. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Vicarage street off Alfred street North ,i lived there with my parents and Grandparents in the early 1950s,and the blacksmiths on Alfred ST North where my lovely Granddad worked.And all the corner shops up Alfred Street,Who's names i have sadly Forgotten. Carni , did you know a Lewis Street off Alfred Street ? Or was that demolished earlier ? I was just looking at my grandfathers entry on the 1911 Census and that's where he lived with his family before moving to Carlton Hill prior to 1913. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Trent Bridge Secondary School, Green Street, The Meadows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 The Shell petrol station on Castle Boulevard - used to be where the Park Apartments are now. Parents owned it and I spent many days working there, weekends and school holidays and the like back in the late 50s, early 60s. Still trying to find photographs of the place! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 DavidW I am sorry but i cant remember any of the streets,i remember the Tattooist,a Fish and Chip shop,Sweets and Tobacconists, a cafe,all corner shops and i can picture lots more little shops but no names,If anyone has a photograph of this area of Notts i would love to see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Not quite Nottingham but the old Radcliffe on Trent Junior school on Main Road. School day memories from 51 to 57. First awareness of that strange phenomenon, the Train Spotters, at the back fence every break watching for engines passing on the lines close by and then marking them off in their little books. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 DavidW I am sorry but i cant remember any of the streets,i remember the Tattooist,a Fish and Chip shop,Sweets and Tobacconists, a cafe,all corner shops and i can picture lots more little shops but no names,If anyone has a photograph of this area of Notts i would love to see. Carni , there a number of photos here of Alfred Street (north , south and central) . Can't see Lewis Street . Click to enlarge and there are more pictures , many of the flattened area , on the subsequent pages at the foot of the page . http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?&user_keywords=ALFRED+STREET&operator=AND&town_village=&date_period=&database=Nottingham&action=search&keywords=Ref_No_increment%2CDisk_No%2CLocal_Accession_No%2CMap_Reference%2CTown_Village%2CLocation%2CTitle%2CDate_of_Image%2CDate_Period%2COther%2CForm_completed_by%2CKey_Terms%2CThemes%2CKeywords%2CPhotographer%2CArtist%2CEngraver%2CPublisher%2CForm_of_Acknowledgment%3BCONTAINS%3B%25ALFRED%25%3BAND%3BRef_No_increment%2CDisk_No%2CLocal_Accession_No%2CMap_Reference%2CTown_Village%2CLocation%2CTitle%2CDate_of_Image%2CDate_Period%2COther%2CForm_completed_by%2CKey_Terms%2CThemes%2CKeywords%2CPhotographer%2CArtist%2CEngraver%2CPublisher%2CForm_of_Acknowledgment%3BCONTAINS%3B%25STREET%25%3BAND%3BDatabase%3BMATCHES%3B%28%5E%7C+%2B%29Nottingham%28%24%7C+%2B%29%3B&page=3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 DavidW Thankyou so much for the link (i hope thats what its called,i am learning)i have really enjoyed looking at the pics,the old factory i worked at in the 60s RAYWARP seems to be still there though closed,but Vicarage st where i once lived up the side of the Mechanics has gone,I am going to see if i can find any more photos of the area before it was modernized,any ideas anyone has will be appreciated.Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 My mum worked at Raywarps as a machinist in the 60's 70's I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 For me, Its Godfrey House on Burton Road/Main Road, Carlton. An ancestor built it, A very grand house in its day, long gone now. Whats yours? Hi jimmy87notts The Godfrey House to which you refer was this the beautiful old house on the corner opposite the health centre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 The coaling plant at Colwick Loco sheds known locally as the cenotaph. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 for me its got to start with my old house were i lived for 12years 14 ethel grove deabil st netherfield, then all the sheds and the surounding terraces traffic my sister jean lived there untill they pulled them down locamotive terrace were some of my friends lived lnw terrace were my sister kath lived as well as my good friend sheila hugginsstill see sheila sometimes 60 years of being friends. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 and i forgot the ritz cinema and the lattes casuaty little woolworths on hockley one of my first jobsand i was nologer a girl but really growing up and becoming my own person not wemmy gel or so and so sister starting to go out and about down town of to whitehart on my own if no one else wanted to go meeting new people who did not live netherfield and carlton making new friends from all over the place . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Not one building, but a group of them. Drury Hill. Went up and down there hundreds of times when it existed, getting to and from Broad Marsh bus station. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 East Midlands Gas Board junction of Woodborough Road and Huntingdon Street, started my apprenticeship there Jan 1962. Basford gas works learnt to shoot there in an underground range. So many places long gone. Colin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy87notts 22 Posted May 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 For me, Its Godfrey House on Burton Road/Main Road, Carlton. An ancestor built it, A very grand house in its day, long gone now. Whats yours? Hi jimmy87notts The Godfrey House to which you refer was this the beautiful old house on the corner opposite the health centre It was fch782c, yeah Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philby 21 Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 henry mellish school i was interned educated there from 77 to 82, its only recently been demolished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Yup tis totally flat now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Not long gone, but going... going... The old Forest Fields Grammar School on Carlton Road. The demolition crews are going through it like a dose of salt. I wonder what will happen to the adjoining City College. A strange kind of educational institutiion because it doesn't appear to have any students. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Thats the site of the new NCT bus depot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Does anyone remember one of the finest buildings in Nottingham with wonderful newly built labs and hall ? Mundella Grammar School. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 DAVID W, Lewis Street was off Alfred St Central, on the left going down towards Commercial Square and St Anns Well Road. Truman Street came before on the same side, then after Lewis St came Dane St and Cooper St. They all ran up to join Peas Hill Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 DAVID W, Lewis Street was off Alfred St Central, on the left going down towards Commercial Square and St Anns Well Road. Truman Street came before on the same side, then after Lewis St came Dane St and Cooper St. They all ran up to join Peas Hill Road. Thanks Commo , I can't remember any of that area at all . I'm sure that my grandfather also lived on Trueman Street as well as Lewis Street . That was mentioned either on a Census before 1911 or one of the kids birth certs . Never realised those two streets were adjacent to each other . Cheers ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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