DJ360 6,728 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 My Mum, who passed on last September, always said she spent her early years somewhere called 'Nut Yard' which would likely have been in either Radford or Bobber's Mill. She was born 1923, and by 1929 was living in Grindon Crs Bulwell Hall. My maternal family's association with the old Gatehouse at Bobber's Mill is well documented, but I can find no reference to 'Nut Yard' anywhere. Can any of our local historians help? Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Found this Col hope it helps.http://www.nottinghampost.com/Help-Norah-recall-happy-Bulwell-days/story-12259317-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Not much in the news archives for Nut Yard . However there is one death announcement in 1918 for a Thomas Hill , husband of Ruby Hill and the address is given as Nut Yard , Chapel Street, Bobbers Mill if that helps . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Re #2 Nut Club ! I thought this was it ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 I think I've now discovered it. It's not named on here but I've identified it from another map which is not detailed enough to reproduce here. Based on what DAVIDW has said, it was here on Chapel Street, Bobbers Mill. Chapel Street below the red arrow is now named Cyril Avenue as a continuation of the road which already had that name. The main road running up the left side is Nuthall Road, and the "Inn" to the left of the level crossing is the site of the Wheatsheaf pub. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,728 Posted February 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Thanks to all but especially to Cliff for the above. Quite amazing, thank you. I shall try to have a look next time I'm back in Nottm. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 I reckon Nut Yard was down the side of the white building. https://goo.gl/maps/guGLqiDLdx92 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 At the recent meet-up when I was speaking to DJ360, he mentioned this thread which I'd forgotten he started. So here's the closest you might get to a photo of Nut Yard. It's the short row of houses below the arrow. The days when Bobbers Mill level crossing was the only way out - the road bridge was still being built. The footbridge is still there. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,728 Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 Cliff. That pic is wonderful. Thanks so much. I'm pretty certain my Grandad Jack will have worked that signal box at some point and he certainly lived in the railway house next to the footbridge at some point. His Dad John Whyman born 1858 may well also have lived there. I'm struggling to work out how my Mum lived at Nut Yard too, but I'm thinking maybe Grandad Jack got somewhere in Nut yard and moved out of the Railway house when he got married. I'm intrigued by what appears to be a garden area at the back of the railway house. I have a couple of old photos which could well have been taken there. I'll try to post them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 There is mention of a John Whyman , "signalman at Bobbers Mill crossing" in 1909 . He was a witness at the inquest of a 17 year old called Fred Cuthbert who was killed by a train . John Whyman was the first to inspect the body . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,728 Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 David that's brilliant. Do you have a reference or link? The photo above is of Claude Taylor, of whom I know nothing except that he married my Grandad Jack's sister Ida. I'm wondering if the pic with the locomotive in the background is taken behind the railway house.Col 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 This is fascinating. I grew up in this area but had never heard of Nut Yard. I did know that Cyril Avenue had formerly been Chapel Street as the name plate said so and I recall that my mother had a friend whose family had kept a shop there. She once showed me a photograph of it, taken around 1890. When I was at school the Marshall family lived in the Railway House. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freckles 196 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 I remember the Marshall family I was at berridge juniors with John Marshall and I know he had a brother called Victor.Must have a school photo somewhere. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Col , article was in Derby Daily Telegraph 16.09.1909. Like you Col , am stuck in mobile skin so you will have to follow link to my flickr for article .....hope you can read it ! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7413/28018060856_b8b41fa0b6_b.jpg 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 I'm intrigued by what appears to be a garden area at the back of the railway house. I have a couple of old photos which could well have been taken there. I'll try to post them. There seems to be quite a garden at the front and back. And looking at how close the railway line is to the garden, your photo might have been taken there. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 #13 I was at school with Peter Marshall who had a younger sister whose name escapes me. Also Berridge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freckles 196 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Will try and upload a school photo this might take a while ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Would be interested to see that, Freckles. Peter doesn't appear on any of mine. May have been in a different class but he was my age. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Thanks Freckles. Looks slightly before my time but clearly taken in the junior playground. I will send it to my sister who was born in 1950 and also attended Berridge as she may recognise some of the faces. if you can remember any names that would be helpful as it might jog her memory which is usually quite poor but you never know what she might be able to come up with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,728 Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Thanks again David and Cliff. Also fascinating that people here know who lived in the house after my ancestors. David, I've been able to read the article with out too much difficulty. If I have time later I'll see if I can transcribe it and post here. I'm especially intrigued by the assertion of the deceased Mum that he was not in the habit of 'reading pernicious literature'. Not sure exactly what that alludes too, but it says something about the moral climate of the times. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freckles 196 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Oops I deleted the photo from flickr and it disappeared from here ,does that always happen ? will read the thread about putting pictures on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Yes, your photo has to stay in flickr. If you delete it from there, it won't be here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 I'd already saved the photo, Freckles, so it's safe and sis can have a look at it. Just remembered that the shop I referred to earlier was the same building that used to be, and possibly still is, the Mill Cafe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Can you remember any names, Freckles? I must have known some of the families. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Freckles, I've done a bit of editing and got your photo where everyone can see it without the complications of flickr. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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