... 1,411 Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 Does any one remember great clowes on castle boulevard or baker and plum Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 If you search through the site ,I'm sure you'll find threads about these and more. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,693 Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 I remember my wife going up Derby Road every week to Baker and Plumb in the early 70s . She wanted a "tudor" dark oak-style dining table and a matching , small welsh-dresser . I think the two together were about £70 . At the time , they said they didn't do HP but she could pay installments and when it was paid in full they would deliver . So every week she would make the trip from Thorneywood on a number 31 to the Square , trudge up Derby Rd with our eldest in his pushchair to Baker and Plumbs until it was paid off . Still got the furniture , except the dark "oak" table has now been painted cream and the dresser is a pastel blue ! An old advert from 1937 : 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 I worked in the warehouse ofbaker and plumb worked like crazy in the morning slow after lunch so a game of golf was in order first draw a circle in chalk golf hole second take a yard stick gollf club take a dead box of matches golf ball and play ;;not brilliant but did pass time .also worked at Great Clowes during strikes spent a lot of time there working in the dark.those were the days when jobs were easy to get and if you moved around you were judged to be lazy hence people working at boots or raleigh all there working lives which meant i had more jobs before i left school than some people had all their lives .thats weird. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,494 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Where exactly was Great Clowes? The name rings a bell but I can't remember where it was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 It was on the right hand side heading towwards radford the end awaay from town quite big i dont know how long they lasted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,494 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Does any one remember baker and plum http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM019212&prevUrl= Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Nice one cliff ton nice cars also forgot it used to be two way traffic on Derby rd ta Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Austin A40 Farina, Austin Cambridge, Triumph Herald and a Morris Minor Traveller, with a Ford Pop nosing in on the car park. Is that Mrs DAVIDW posing in the doorway having completed the purchase ? Like the hat ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,693 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Commo , no not MrsDW , lady in pic, looks more like my mum ! Think we may have over estimated how much the table and dresser were , probably more like £35 for the two but still way more than we could afford outright at the time (or now ) ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 The sort of cars i cleaned when i was at school mud and a bit of water brought that chrome up like new coulnt afford duraglit think brown sauce worked as well but not usually carried in my pocket. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Was it spelt Great Clowes but pronounced "Great Clewes"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Compo, that's how we always used to pronounce it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,494 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Does any one remember great clowes on castle boulevard Courtesy of Lenton Times, I've got a feeling it might've been this place http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/images/gallery/castle_boulevard/castle_boul_1978.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 My sister worked at Baker & Plum late 60s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Re #14, was this at one time the site for Texas Homecare which I remember being somewhere down Castle Boulevard in the early 70's ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Thanks commo I had worked out what all the cars were except the one in the carpark mystery solved Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,494 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Re #14, was this at one time the site for Texas Homecare which I remember being somewhere down Castle Boulevard in the early 70's ? Commo, the building in the photo was demolished to make way for what became the MFI showroom/warehouse. That in turn was demolished and has been replaced by this http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;PTPN001662&prevUrl= I think there was a Texas on Castle Boulevard, but I have an idea it was at the other (i.e. Castle) end. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Anyone remember Jew's Wood yard at the bottom of Arnot Hill Road Arnold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,519 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Yes I do, and I went to school with Philip Jew, the son I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 I think compo was right about spelling and pronnouceation Clifton ithink that was their car park but the building was to the right asyou lookat the photoi i think long time ago Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 I am sure there was a show widow on the boulevard seem to remember it had a big sign Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Texas was on Castle Boulevard in the old Cottee & Edwards garage - opposite Oscrofts/Wass/Trust. The MFI site was the Hickling & Pentecost dyeworks that burnt down in 1980's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 I am sure there was a show widow on the boulevard seem to remember it had a big sign Hello Mr Charlesworth sir - A show widow you say? The mind boggles ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,693 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 I have tried searching the site and can't see it mentioned but the DIY place we always used to go to was Big D at Rise Park . Which at times was great and other times a bit ropey . This was before all the B&Qs and Homebase etc . Did it become a Madeleys (some connection to Paul Madeley of Leeds Utd ) ? Or was that somewhere else . It was a national concern , as I know there was a Madeleys down in St Austell when we moved to Cornwall early 80s . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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