Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Erics always had a glittering display of dancing shoes in the front window. Silver, sparkling ballroom shoes. Oh, how I coveted some of those as a child. No chance. My chosen dance form was ballet, so black practice shoes, pink satin examination shoes and heavier duty shoes for national and character dance came from The Sign Of Four. They were expensive! My mother wasn't buying silver lurex ballroom shoes as well. During teenage years, I graduated to pink, satin pointe shoes or blocks, as they were known. Made singly, not in pairs, they moulded to the individual foot and, when new, we marked them L and R on the sole! Ye gods, was that painful to start with. Toes bled. Sticking your bleeding feet in a bowl of surgical spirit was the recommended way to harden them off. Ballet is not for wimps. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Was one of the shoe shops in town called Bally? I used to love their shoes but they always seemed a bit more expensive than other shops. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted April 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: they all seemed better than Clays, Erics and the sensible clodhopping shoes of my childhood! " 2 hours ago, Brew said: First time I've heard Erics mentioned in years, it was a relatives shop yet I never went in or bought shoes from there. Never heard of Erics before. Who/what/where were they ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 The one I knew was on the corner of Alfreton Road/Hartley Road, opposite Bentinck School and in the same block as Flints Sweetshop. I think there may have been others elsewhere. They were a shoe shop. If memory serves me correctly, green fascia with E R I C S in reddish lettering. They were there for many years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 There was an Eric’s next to the Windmill on Alfreton Road, lets say they sold a cheaper shoe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 On 4/8/2012 at 12:13 PM, jackson said: Hi Mick, I'm back to the late 50's / early 60's: on one corner was Eric's, opposite was the church, opposite that was the school (Bentinck?) and opposite that was the Alma pub. :smile: On 4/8/2012 at 7:36 PM, Paulus said: Hi Jackson, you were absolutely spot on with location of Erics, I recall passing on the bus from school to Aspley, down Alfreton Road, & alighting one afternoon tpo meet me mam & gran to get some school, shoes from there, September 1964.......................but I can't recall what I had for dinner last week............ On 4/8/2012 at 9:27 PM, denshaw said: I remember Eric's a bit later. The shop was a new one near the Windmill pub opposite Forest road. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 I believe Eric's and Clays both had a lot of seconds. The shoes dad bought for my sister and myself were something like Clarke's seconds. They were good quality and lasted a long time, especially when he'd put segs in the soles and heels! They lasted too long for my sister who complained that she sounded like a cart horse walking along the pavement. I didn't mind. Did a bit of tap dancing in mine! Dad had a thing about shoes. They had to be good quality, a good fit and well cared for. As children, he was always polishing his own shoes and ours! Something to do with being in the forces, I think. Every so often, he'd take my sister and I off to buy new shoes. As we walked there, my sister would say, "Dad.....?" with a sort of wheedling intonation. The answer would be immediate, "No!" 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,419 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 The best sellers were shoes he went to the factory and bought direct. Every Wednesday (sometimes twice in a week) he travelled to Northampton in his Morris Oxford Estate and loaded it to the gunnels with boxes of shoes, no idea if they were seconds or not but were very popular so I'm told. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted April 15, 2021 Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 Eric’s shoe shop was next door to Flints newsagents which was owned by my wife’s grandparents. The shops here did very well as they got a lot of footfall from Players factories. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted April 15, 2021 Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 Brilliant photo, letsavagoo. I haven't seen that before. The dancing shoes were displayed in the window round the corner, on Hartley Road, which in those days faced the church. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,150 Posted April 15, 2021 Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 Blast from the past... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilborough Girl 31 Posted April 16, 2021 Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 I loved seeing these gentle giants on the streets when I worked in Basford, not very far from Shipstones Brewery. They were so beautiful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted April 16, 2021 Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 On 4/13/2021 at 1:06 PM, katyjay said: Was one of the shoe shops in town called Bally? I used to love their shoes but they always seemed a bit more expensive than other shops. Bally had a shop on the corner of High Street and Victoria Street. They were nice shoes but a bit "continental" for my taste. I'm a Tricker's - built like Northampton battleships - wearer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted April 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Manfield - and others - on Long Row. Seems to have actually been called Manfield & Sons. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilborough Girl 31 Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 17 hours ago, bamber said: Bally had a shop on the corner of High Street and Victoria Street. They were nice shoes but a bit "continental" for my taste. I'm a Tricker's - built like Northampton battleships - wearer. The shoes I wore for my wedding were made by Bally. I bought them in a sale because I don't think I would have been able to afford them otherwise as I seem to remember they were quite an expensive brand. I have a vague recollection that I bought them from Jessops. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diana 1 Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/24/2020 at 9:50 AM, Cliff Ton said: Thorntons still exist, still selling more chocolate than you'll ever need. https://www.thorntons.co.uk/store-locator/results/?searchPhrase=nottingham&latitude=52.95478319999999&longitude=-1.1581086 Think most Thorntons chox you get online now but supermarkets still sell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted June 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 14 minutes ago, benjamin1945 said: ........was engaged to 'Trina'' who worked in the one in Town........ Why does that not surprise me ? Would that be the shop which was on Long Row, almost next door to Griffin & Spalding ? Very old thread on the subject. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/4910-lyons-tea-house/?tab=comments#comment-56036 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 Yes...it was on Long Row........Trina also worked in some other shops on Long Row...........plus a Posh Fur shop'' round the corner on 'King street'' or was it Queen st? corner of 'Greyhound st''......can't recall the name of the 'Fur shop'' right posh it was........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted June 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 Posh fur shop........Sodens the furriers. https://picturenottingham.co.uk/image-library/image-details/poster/ntgm002632/posterid/ntgm002632.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 Thanks Cliff ton.........thats the shop.....different name in the 60s Double barrelled...i seem to recall........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted September 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2022 Quoting from another thread about Wollaton Street.......... 5 hours ago, RadFordee said: but didn't the shop on the end of that stretch next door to the stamp shop used to be Pearts bakery shop in the 80's? . I'd forgotten about Pearts, another vanished name. It seems they were based in Derby, and in the late 90s were taken over by Chaucer Foods, who are also in Derby. No doubt Ben will be along to tell us he once went out with someone from Pearts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RadFordee 68 Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 @Cliff Tonthanks for the info. I didn't know Pearts were a Derby company either, as are Birds bakery who's shops are still numerous in the Derby area, and always very busy. Are they still the same in Nottingham? As an aside, are there any bakeries left in Nottingham at all? The names i remember were Turners, Landers, Morleys and Judges. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted September 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 Birds are still operating and Judges seem to still be active on the south coast, but I think the others have either closed or been taken over. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 While Carni lives and breathes, Bird's will never go out of business! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted September 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 53 minutes ago, Beekay said: Last time I was in the area, Judges was a postcard printers in Bexhill, East Sussex. Could be various members of a family doing different things, although there's no sign of a link with Nottingham. This is what I found......the bakery side is at Hastings and Tenterden http://www.judgesbakery.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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