Roughest area in Nottingham?


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#68 That post bought back some memories. In the late 70s I was part of a crew installing central heating all round that area. We worked as two man teams and were paid by the job and could earn very g

It's kept this thread alive for several pages, but I think we've earned our reward now.

Chapel - its posh there intit? A mate of mine used to insist on pronouncing it Chapelle San Le-nard, as though it was on the Riviera.

It's always interesting to see what was demolished when The Victoria Station was built .

If you think about it in that area 24 public houses alone went. noblue

Well in those days the only things to do were drinking reading and sex. But a lot of people couldn'd read!

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There never seemed to be many kids or folk from other areas when I lived in the meadows,even when I was a skinhead we went everywhere for a uscrap ,but can never remember any fights in the meadows except match days and they were usually brief because coppers escorted everyone through in those days and knowing all the back streets and entries was a huge advantage ,if we were outnumbered you could always nip into your mates house till danger passed.

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I remember the Denewood Crescent area of Bilborough being a pretty scary place when I was little. But I think St. Anne's and the Meadows are now no go areas for me.

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I didn't use the term 'no go area' - there are many of those, dependent on who you are or the time of day/night. I assumed that Radford Rd / Hyson Green area, where I was brought up, would be on the short list but apparently not. The place mentioned was the most notorious in the 40's 50's and apparently it still is.

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I bet it's Wollaton behind Grangewood Rd up to where the railway line is.

There's some dubious characters infiltrated the area. Dealers allegedly.

I left Wollaton in the mid eighties as it was getting a bit like Bombay market even then.

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Are you picking on me again Andy ? I'll mug you when you're on your paper round and nick your spending money !!!!!

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