mercurydancer 1,104 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 My mother was adopted, so I have very little information about her at all. I have plenty on my father's side but very little about my mother. There is a family tragedy connected to this adoption. By pure chance this weekend I saw my mother's birth certificate for about 30 seconds. I could not see much of it and could not really read the handwriting. This was my mother's birthplace. What I could see was something like " 16 Fairfield Street" This was in Nottingham, as the registry office was in Nottingham. I am a little vague about the address. It was possibly Fairford Street or something like it. It is also likely to have been in the Hyson Green/Radford area. The birth was in 1934. My mother was adopted to a place in Hyson Green which I again cannot identify. It was Edsor Grove possibly. I saw a photograph taken during the war and it is a row of terraced houses linked by a narrow bricked path, not possible for a car to pass. I think this place was close to Radford Road, and on the right as you head into the city. Possible close to Berridge Road. Possibly between Bobbers Mill Road and Berridge Road. Certainly not as far as St Paul's Church on Radford Road, where my parents were married and I was christened. I visited the area at the weekend but there is nothing left of that area now. I cannot work out the geography at all. Could you mapmeisters and general geniuses about Nottingham help me in this? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 mercurydancer, There was a Fairfax Street and Fairfax Terrace off Radford Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Thanks Robbie. I know I am working with little information. It is all I can go on at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 There are some news reports in the archives mentioning a Fairfield Street , Radford . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 David Thank you. I never knew my maternal grandfather but it is certain he knew of me. He lived in Radford. My father's family would not permit any connection and I was too young to understand. I know when he died but within the family it was something, to this day, that is not talked about, but enough came out that there was something, even to my naive mind. My maternal grandfather certainly drank in the pubs (mostly the Clock off Birkin Avenue) and knew of me when I was of age to drink there. I could not identify him but my family would recognise him and in the passage of time I cannot be sure of what happened. I was certainly prevented from talking to him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 This was Fairfield Street. For present day reference, Highurst Street, Montfort Street and Althorpe Street still exist. The main road running along the lower part is Ilkeston Road. Canning Circus is just off to the right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted September 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Thank you cliff ton That is almost certainly where my mother was born. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Cliff Ton Do you have a map for the Radford road area for about 1960? I am particularly interested in a row of terraced houses possibly Edsor Grove? Also, do you know how I can find the residents of Fairfield Street at any time between 1934 and the early 1970s? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 I can't find any reference to anything called Edsor Grove, or similar. Any other suggestions, or other roads nearby? To find who lived on Fairfield Street you need to look at electoral registers. I think I'm right that you aren't in Nottingham, but I could wander in to the archives and have a look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Can see a Hedsor Grove, Selhurst St ,Hyson Green Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Thanks to DAVIDW, problem solved. It was here. Bedford Square on the right is approximately ASDA now. PTP have Selhurst Road, so Hedsor is just off the right. And if you want to see what has survived today.......... https://goo.gl/maps/HXYeb5ZPd9u Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Thank you both. The location is correct as I went to Hedsor Grove as a small child and we walked from Bobbers Mill Road. I must have walked past Selhurst street thousands of times during my life and yet did not recall it until I saw that photograph. I think the place on the left in front of the Traveller (cant see if its a mini or a moggie) was a fruit and veg warehouse. I can recall the smell even now. Fresh oranges and the earthy smell of potatoes and carrots. Actually Cliff Ton I was in Nottingham yesterday and called in at my favourite shop very close to there (Bombay Sweet Centre) to stock up on bhajis and other lovely stuff) and never thought about Selhurst Street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Cliff Ton I live near Durham and usually regularly visit my parents in Selston who arent too well, to look after them rather than do anything else. This means that I can get for a pint at the Plough and some onion bhajis or a curry but not a lot else. I would be grateful for any digging you can do for Fairfield Road in 1934! Hedsor Grove was the home of my mother's adoptive parents. A closer look at the map and the warehouse I am talking about is on Berridge Road. That fits in with my memories in that it was before Hedsor Grove on my walk from Bobbers Mill Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Possibly the only photo you'll ever get of Fairfield Street - it was cleared in the early 1940s. (the red arrow at the bottom). The road crossing diagonally is Ilkeston Road and Canning Circus is just out of sight at the top. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Christine Mitchell 0 Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 I have just joined the forum today. My Dad lived on Fairfield Street before he married in 1933 and I'm trying to find out who else lived at the same address for my ancestry history. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Welcome to Nottstalgia Christine. If you haven't already tried it, you can get information about residents at Fairfield Street at the Nottinghamshire Archives http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-leisure/archives They have the electoral registers for this area and you'll find the names of all the adults who were living there at any given date. (and I've now replaced the missing photo of Fairfield Street). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Christine Mitchell 0 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 My Dad lived at 15 Fairfield Street, Radford sometime up until 1933, when he married and moved to Baldwin Street, Radford. I don't know who else he lived with at 15 Fairfield Street, I am having difficulty tracing it on Ancestry Uk at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Christine Mitchell 0 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Hi Cliff Ton, sorry I've just seen your reply to me, I'll try those archives, thank. It all intrigues me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 16 hours ago, Christine Mitchell said: I have just joined the forum today. My Dad lived on Fairfield Street before he married in 1933 and I'm trying to find out who else lived at the same address for my ancestry history. Can you tell us your dad's name. We might be able to help here as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Christine Mitchell 0 Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Hi, My Dads name Ernest Spencer born 28th December 1906, as few of my ancestors lived at various numbers of Fairfield Street but my Dads marriage certificate to his first wife states that he lived at number 15. That was in 1933. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bing 78 Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Get a copy of your dad's birth certificate. Fortunately there was only one Ernest Spencer born in Nottingham in the December quarter 1906. You should be able to find your dad in the 1911 census to give his parents and maybe some siblings. Look either side of his family house in the census because relatives often lived nearby. The 1939 census, although all details are not yet released, could be of help. Voter's lists might be held at the Records Office. Possibly the baptism registers of the nearest church might be of help. There wasn't a census in 1941 because of the war. Join the Nottingham Family History Society. I hope that lot is of help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Christine Mitchell 0 Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 I have already got my Dads birth certificate which shows his address and is also the same address in the 1911 census which shows that he had a brother. No father was on that census. It's after 1911 that I've lost track of them all. I have all my Fathers info since he married in 1933 but it's between 1911 and 1933 that I don't know where they lived, I cannot trace his Mother(my Grandmother) or his brother at all after 1911. I will have to check the records that you suggest. I also don't know whether my Dad had any other brothers or sisters between that time. I thought the 15 Fairfield street address which was on my Dads marriage certificate to his first wife may reveal that info. His first wife died in 1935 after child birth and I also don't know what happened to the child. Thanks for your help Bing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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