Radford Bridge Road pre 1930

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#25 The sort of car your headmaster drove..

[Cliff Ton 10,464]

Stu, you're right. My headmaster at Fairham did indeed have one of those old Rovers.

[The Pianoman 1,532]

Yes. My Headmaster had a Rover 3 litre.

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Spotted that Malc.

[Cliff Ton 10,464]

Radford Bridge Road in all its glory in the mid 30s, on Britain from Above.

[Bubblewrap 3,815]

The group of terraced houses at the top right of the photo was known as Radford Woodhouse the street at the very top was Gate Street.

Gate street was where my Maternal Grandparents were born(next door to each othere & only days apart) in 1887'

Please note the railway line running across the top this is the Trowell branch,

Note the allotments on the right one of my great uncles had one of those in the 1930/40/50s

[The Pianoman 1,532]

I must assume now that the house immediately at the back of The Crown is No2 Radford Bridge Road. My Father was born there. He was always adamant that the house was demolished to build the Crown but I can't quite see that myself, certainly looking at that picture and the ones Poohbear posted earlier in the thread.

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#30

Smashing shot Cliff..I see McAlpines Fusilier's are on the go!!

[radfordred 6,284]

The house that's behind the Crown that can be seen in the 1930 photo is number 6, the area behind the Crown is now the car park.

[The Pianoman 1,532]

Thanks. So my Dad must have been correct when he said it was demolished. No 2 must have been right on the corner. He did say though that it was immediately opposite the lock and that is right at the end of Radford Bridge Road as can be seen in the pic at #30

[radfordred 6,284]

On the 1930s picture those new build houses middle right are still there on Southwold Drive off Western boulevard.

[radfordred 6,284]

Top left in the britain above photo.

Lime Kiln Cottage (now The White House) is still there.

[albert smith 803]

The mention of Vane St. takes me back to Christmas Eve 1945, a crowd of us teenagers used the Youth Club beneath the Methodist Church at the bottom of Sneinton Boulevard. Kathleen Rick lived on Vane St. and invited us to her party, breaking up around 10.30 pm saw us loading the girls onto our cycle cross bars ( no buses after 9 pm was still in force!) pedalling around the boulevards we passed 2 policemen outside Redmayne & Todds we shouted "Merry Christmas" and they shouted "same to you mad buggers" and we carried on. The girl on my cross bar was named Betty Wakefield but Kath & Tony Burt were the only two to make it to the altar. Sweet memories!