BulwellBrian 107 Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Thanks for reminding me of one of my worst memories, I think they were trained at Belsen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 The only thing missing is the camp guard with his Alsatian. Sent a shiver down me spine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Like Dennis (#12), I also went to the clinic on Canal Street. I attended the Arkwright Infants School on London Road and the class would walk to the clinic for our torture. I hated having a cold sore or a spot on my face because they'd slap a dollop of blue/purple stuff on it to make us look like clowns. I've just had the thought of the class walking along London Road as we returned to school. The people who saw us must have thought that we'd been paintballing...lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Like Dennis (#12), I also went to the clinic on Canal Street. I attended the Arkwright Infants School on London Road and the class would walk to the clinic for our torture. I hated having a cold sore or a spot on my face because they'd slap a dollop of blue/purple stuff on it to make us look like clowns. I've just had the thought of the class walking along London Road as we returned to school. The people who saw us must have thought that we'd been paintballing...lol Either Iodine or Gentian Violet.....................................the blue/purple stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Dad worked down Calvo so Iodine was one of his favourites for cuts. Had to be dragged down from ceiling many a time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 At the beginning of the 20th century, before it was occupied by dentists, it seems to have been a House of Refuge (Female). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 I think part of it has reverted to something like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sneintongal 12 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 oh gosh,ugh horrible my memories of chaucer street and leenside dentists,they were absolute nightmares,so many children sitting so frightened then having a black rubber mask held down on your face,as others have said then sitting at a sink continual rinsing and so much blood coming from our mouths,i know i had need for only small fillings but yank them out was the order of the day,worst was waking during the night at home as a blood clot was coming from my mouth,sorry for graphic details but thats the way it was,many many years before i had courage as an adult to visit a "proper "dentist,but realisticly times have changed and maybe they thought they were doing the right thing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 my brother is a dentist (well hes just about retired now) Stewart Drage. Had practices on Bramcote lane Wollaton and Derby Road opposite The Savoy cinema and latterly The Village Dental Practice in East Leake. I always went to him for many years (primarily so i didnt have to pay) but also coz if he hurt me I could kick him with no regrets!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jigsaw937 0 Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Went to Chaucer street to have my tonsils out back in the fifties such dark memories Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 Now it’s no longer fashionable to have your tonsils removed, I wonder if you can have them put back in @jigsaw937 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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