terence12 725 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Tompa, you be 1 year older than me did you hail from Bilborough originaly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terence12 725 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 This should be a pic of Old Park Farm where Tompa saw his film 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tompa 285 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 No I was born in Radford, I was put into Hartley Rd childrens home at the age of two. Went to a foster home in Broxtowe for a short while then onto another set of foster parents at Bilborough at the age 6 and lived at Bilborough until the age of 11, then back to my real mother until I left school, then into the army out of the way of it all. lol 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tompa 285 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 That's the place Terence !!! crikey how clever of you... wonderful Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terence12 725 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 i take a bow, we only live round the corner from there in the prefabs on wigman rd, no 137, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tompa 285 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 I will be 72 in November Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terence12 725 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 old git, me only 70 October 6, cannot believe it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 #349 Tompa Just read that twice to make sure I got everything right, the bloke who showed the films had one leg, Hopp along Cassidy was a film he showed, jog the memory. Yep, got it! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tompa 285 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 haha, love it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 The photo which terence12 posted in post #352 also appeared in this thread. You might find a few more bits to interest you. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11587&hl 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tompa 285 Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Portland Rd Junior school..... Ignore this, I tried to upload a photo but as usual it did not work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tompa 285 Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Crikey managed to get a photo on here..... My class photo from Portland Rd junior school, 1949 or 1950... not sure 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tompa 285 Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 60 Cockington Rd Bilborough Portland Rd junior school is just behind the house Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tompa 285 Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Another view of 60 Cockington Rd bilborough Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Tompa. Did you know either Wilfred Hill or Trevor Hill at Portland Junior? They are my cousins. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tompa 285 Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Bilbraborn: Can't say as I do. The only people I can remember are twins 4th and 6th place on the bottom row of my school class photo, # 362 I think their names were Colin and Gerald Saunders....... They never liked me and I didn't like them. lol They used to snitch on me at school Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tompa 285 Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Ingoldmells With my foster mother Mrs Coxon the fat one, and that's me pushing the pram. lol far left is Mable Green, Mam, Phyllis Musson, Ann Musson, me, and Harald Musson. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tompa 285 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 With a holiday friend, Chapel St Leonards, Cocker Spaniels Ehthelwyn & Monty. 1949 or 50 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickety 1 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 The house in the grounds of Farrands was occupied by a Bloke called Joe Scothern and his family and he and his two sons were the 'mechanics' for all Farrands vehicles,an old workmate Bernard Montgomery' (how could i forget his name) married Scotherns' daughter. Hi Benjamin, I went to Glaisdale early/mid 60s and a lad in our class lived in the Farrands house and I know he had a elder brother, the surname though was Schofield, sons name was Graham. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickety 1 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Catfan, Do you remember the Wesley's from Darnhall Crescent or the Chambers from Melbury Road? Do you remember the cold milk vending machine outside the co-op on Bracebridge Drive? I don't know why l should remember that maybe it was a novelty at the time. Did you ever play in the sandy banks, top end of Bilborough? I remember both families, Barry Wesley lived on Darnhall and I worked with Phil Chambers at Lindley & Lindley on Bobbers Mill, he was a lorry driver there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 #369 mickety THINK you're right mate, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted May 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 I can't remember if I mentioned this before but when I was a school kid, one of the old design pre-fabs on Beechdale Road near Bathurst Drive had miniature models of Wollaton Hall, the Council House and other famous local buildings in the front garden. Can anyone else remember them and what happened to them? Were they still there when the prefabs were re-built? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Blimey Bilbraborn, you have just resurrected a 50+ year memory for me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted May 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Come on Catfan, talk to me. Here I am waiting in suspenders. (sorry. I mean suspense). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Sorry Bilbraborn only vague memories these days. Your mention certainly got my brain cells going again after all these years. I can remember that garden & used to stand in awe as a young lad looking at those models, I can't say if they are still there or not. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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