Chilwell Depot

[katyjay 4,345]

dave, we will doff our hats to you when we meet. Or tug on a forelock or summat.

[davep5491 325]

No need to show deference now KatyJay, you never bothered when you and my then future wife 'wok'd at Raleh.' Even though our caste system expects utmost respect I am quite sure you would find that I am still nearly normal. I was a Prince back then and still a Prince which trumps a mere Viscount.

You might have known my cousin, her mum owned the sweet shop McCarthy's in the Commodore block opposite Aspley Library.

[katyjay 4,345]

I don't remember going on that shop, dave, but I bet Chulla did, he frequented the Aspley cinema more than I did.

[davep5491 325]

Chulla perhaps knew it as Dorothy's when it belonged to my grandma.

[albert smith 647]

I never worked at Chilwell but did have two very different connections, as the first pic. shows 'work' was involved with a load of tanks for Ashchurch-Pembroke! The 'headboard' indicates to the signalman that we are running under "OGLO" (out of gauge loading) rules,, care at junctions,passing passenger trains etc. The second pic. is my leisure activity with the Chilwell Rifle Club on their 25-50-100 yds. outdoor range in a disused brickyard off Cator lane(?), opposite the 'Charlton Arms', shown are Arthur Spalding, self, Les Carr, Ron Bacon, ?? & Tony Dickerson. The 'caravan' behind us was reputed to belong to Rommel of Nth. Afrika fame!

[albert smith 647]

We were late with the train as well!

[Chulla 4,940]

#57. Now you mention it, I do remember Dorothy's shop. Never went in, though. High on the left side of the wall there was a painted sign 'Billiard Hall, just around the corner' with a pointing finger. Saw that a hundred times as I was waiting for the next 22 bus to come along and take me home after a night at the Aspley.

[Just Me 44]

I used to live on the High Road in Chilwell , just across the road from the Charlton Arms pub. When I first moved in there, that was in 1960, before all the houses around Redland Crescent were built, I could see the monument that was erected in the depot to commemorate the big explosion that happened during the first world war. I also remember at the bottom of the garden there used to be a farm and in the field at the end of my garden was an old double decker bus where someone used to live. Can anyone remember the old brick yard. My children used to go tadpole collecting there. I was a fireman at Beeston Fire Station at the time and after the brickyard had closed down, we used to go to the quarry for training purposes, using the quarry face to practice tying a bowline around ourselves and lowering our self down the quarry face/ A form of abseiling I assume. I bet it wouldn't be allowed nowadays. Plenty more memories from around Beeston Rylands and Chilwell if anyone interested. Dennis baker

[benjamin1945 12,626]

Ey up Just me,............I used to Manage the Marsdens shop on High road Chilwell mid 60s,do you remember that?........it later became 'Green Fingers',don't know what it is now..........

[Michael Booth 7,350]

Welcome to Nottstalgia, Just Me. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories.

[Just Me 44]

Hi Benjamin....I can't remember the Marsdens shop at all. I lived on the High Road from 1960 until 1995. Perhaps you can enlighten me as to where abouts it was....my memory is fading lol

Hi Michael...nice to meet you. Did you live in Chilwell?

[taxi ray 171]

I think the shop that was Greenfingers florist is now a dental practice.

The shop is near the bottom of Cator lane.

[benjamin1945 12,626]

Yes Ray,it was near Cator lane,...........2 or 3 shops set back,on the left going towards long Eaton.........and' just me' it was 1966/7 when iwas there.......

[Nones 1]

Hi, I am new to this site and live in Australia, but am very interested in Nottingham, as many of my relatives are from this area. I have visited several times. I have read many of the posts on Chilwell WW1 with great interest. Both my grandmothers worked there. Family lore suggests that my paternal grandfather also worked there and my dad was conceived after a brief relationship with my paternal grandma. We have no idea who he was, nor where to begin looking for him!!. When I read about these times my heart goes out to the men and women who lived through them. I have a photo, possibly from Chilwell depot. It is a group photo from my maternal grandmother's album, showing maybe 50 workers, with more official looking men in the front of the photo. My maternal grandmother included her memories of working at ChilwelI in her memoires. I visited the depot, during a trip to the UK a couple of years ago. A very kind army official showed us around and shared some information about the place. Cheers, Nones

[HowardSt 0]

Does anyone remember Tommy Steel and his Steelemen doing a concert at Chilwell in the ?late 50s? ?

My sister worked in the typing pool there and I presume that the staff got free tickets.  As far as I remember, my sister's friend couldn't go so 'little brother' was taken along.

 

I still remember the show.  They had just finished filming The Tommy Steele Story and sang a lot of the tunes from that.  When it came to what should have been the end of the show, he went off stage and a little later came back on and said something like, "Well, we've missed our train so we might as well sing some more songs", and carried on the show.

 

Any offers?

 

Cheers.

 

John.

[David Peter Harrison 0]

Hi,i lived in Chilwell , By-pass Rd and Attenbrough Lane during the 1950s. My mother and stepfather both worked in the depot fixing tanks. I remember the massive movement of tanks down By-pass Rd heading for The Suez Canal , some were still being painted whilst in transit on transporters 

I left the area in 1959 when I joined The Royal Navy aged 15 straight from Beeston Fields Secondary School.