michele 0 Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Hi, I just wondered if anyone on here had any old photographs of Clower's funeral service which used to be at Canning Circus up until 1976 when it closed, before it was Clowers it was called Wentworths funeral service in the early 1900's. After it closed it change to Mr. Haddocks, then Something Special, a Beer Kellar and now more lately The Ropewalk. Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Ive not got Pix but remember it being a Funeral Parlour....with the big arched windows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Welcome to Nottstalgia Yes I remember working there as an apprentice electrician for the Co-op late 60s. So it may even have been one of those places that were owned by The Nottingham Coop at that time. No pictures though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Going back a bit further than I remember, but here's Clowers http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM012114&prevUrl= http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM019169&prevUrl= http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM019170&prevUrl= And a few alternatives http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM004873&prevUrl= http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM004874&prevUrl= 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Could this be what you are looking for Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 In cliffs first picture do I spot Nottingham Cooperative Society Ltd? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 I take it pic 1 comes after pics 2 and 3....the co-op seem to have cleaned the place up...also added a window to the side of the taller building....but then the window has gone again in the newer pics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
michele 0 Posted November 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Thank you so much for this, it's part of my family history and I've been looking for a picture for years. It was owned by Richard Clower as an Independant family run business and then taken over by GNCS the Greater Nottingham Co-operative Society which also sadly doesn't exist anymore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Nottingham Coop became GNCS(Greater) when it took over Long Eaton Coop, and Boston Coop (Including Skegness), around 1970? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Remember the building well as my dad was taken there in 1973 when he died, think it was the Co-op by then. It is one of those things that become etched into your memory, like where you were when president Kennedy got assasinated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Well remember in the Evening Post, the phrase 'Flowers to Clowers' , in the sad news bit...................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Remember it very well. Went there as an apprentice with EMGAS to install a water heater in the embalming suite (that's why I remember it so well) would be about 1963. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 I think the Co-op owned it a long time before 1973. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mary 1 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Hi Michele My father worked for R Clower & Son, then the Co-op until he retired about 1973. I was wondering what is your connection with the company. Did a relative work for them? I would be interested to know if they knew my father, Ernest Crabtree. Mary 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 my mates Dad worked there in the late 50s early 60s Mr Rippon,he was a stonemason Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Welcome to Nottstalgia, Mary. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Benjamin 1945.....was it Clowers where, from the footpath outside, you could see through a large window into a room and watch the stonemasons working on the gravestones etc ???? It would have been back in the early 60s from memory. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert smith 803 Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hello Michelle & Mary, this is a family photo from late 1953, the bloke at the back smoking a pipe is Walter Wright with Eva his wife beside him. He worked for Clowers until emigrating to Australia a year or two later where on going into a similar job he was greeted with open arms & numerous 'perks', obviously not a popular job. Their wedding present to us 3 years before was the use of 2 of Clowers 7 seater Humbers for the afternoon! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
michele 0 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Hi Mary, I'm so sorry i haven't replied to you, i haven't been on this page for ages. Mary, I knew your dad Ernest Crabtree, he used to look after me and chat to me most days at Clowers, me and my mum and dad still talk of your dad with great fondest. My dad worked there from being a young man and we lived in the flat above clowers, hence the reason why i knew your dad, i used to sit and talk to him for hours. My dad retired abround 14 years ago and i worked for the co-op for 18 years before myself and my husband purchased our own funeral business in Nottingham. Mary it would be lovely to be in touch with you. Michele Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Michele Mary hasn't logged on to this site since March this year, so may not see your message here. If you send her a PM (Personal Message) you will have a better chance of contacting her. Hover your mouse over Mary's name on her post above, and you will see the option to "PM this member". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
michele 0 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Hi, Thank you so much for your info regarding a PM, i've sent one through to Mary. Michele Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I went to Clarendon College with a lad who worked there when it was The Co-op it would have been around 1969/1970 his name was Steve ????? his surname I can't remember. He then went to work for Players and he and his wife were stewards at Players Sports and Social Club on Asley Lane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I went to Clarendon College with a lad who worked there when it was The Co-op it would have been around 1969/1970 his name was Steve ????? his surname I can't remember. He then went to work for Players and he and his wife were stewards at Players Sports and Social Club on Asley Lane. Just remembered his surname.....it was Bullard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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