Enigma. 1,533 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlxa_eM0Kuw 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 That must be in 1965 or early 1966 as we see an AEC Renown as well as the trolleybuses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 150 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Didn't know that the present day Burger King on the corner of Milton Street used to be Hopewells. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Hopewells were also almost opposite on Parliament Street at the same time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 624 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Lovely evocative video. Thanks for posting Enigma1st. If you look carefully as the camera follows the trolleybus down Mansfield Rd you can see me and my mate with our noses pressed against the window of the secondhand shop about halfway down on the right hand side. Just kidding of course but living on Russell Rd we used to regularly walk across the Forest and down Mansfield Rd into town. As a 15 year old in 1965 and still at school we had lots of time but no money. The shop I'm thinking of was double fronted and had all manner of stuff just chucked into the windows with no attempt to display the goods attractively. The shop itself was crammed full of interesting items like guitars and air rifles etc. Another second hand shop that seemed to be around for years was the Bits and Bobs Emporium on Gregory Boulevard next to the Post Office. The guy there was like old Arkwright in Open All Hours. He used to wear a brown overall just the same. He was a mean old sod. He offered me 25/- for all my Meccano when I was trying to get the money together to buy an electric guitar. Never forgotten it because it was such a derisory offer. My mum bought me my guitar for my 14th birthday. She took me into Jack Brentnalls and I chose a cheap Japanese solid called a Freshman. There's a picture of one here: http://guitarz.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/1960s-selmer-freshman.html Took me 6 months to learn how to play it. I used to use a tape recorder as an amp. Saw one on eBay about a year back. The guy was asking £500 but I don't think he sold it. My sister took me to the Odeon to see A Hard Days Night that birthday. The following summer I went to the Gaumont to see Help. My bandmate and I went to Nequests to buy the sheet music for The Byrds Mr Tambourine Man because we couldn't work out the chords 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Great video. I was watching this one and some others on my husbands pc last night. He had found them on the Nottingham Post site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 darkazana....any links to the Nottingham Post videos....please? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 There are some links if you go to the page below and scroll down http://www.nottinghampost.com/VIDEO-Nottingham-city-centre-1972/story-21315284-detail/story.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Thanks, DaveN....much appreciated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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