BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 #22 Benjamin1945 There was a great dentist on Mansfield Road: Mr Arksey. He was part of a practice with a number of others until the late 1960s when he moved to his own practice on Private Road. There he had private patients but he still looked after my teeth very well as a NHS patient. Even after I left Nottingham I still went back to him and had my yearly appointment when he did the checkup, clean and polish and any drilling and filling I needed. He gave up his practice in 1982 and moved to the Queen's Medical Centre. An excellent professional and a nice man. In 1969 I went to BSM on Mansfield Road for driving lessons. The instructor was a young lady who was always beautifully dressed so I would also get dressed up. When we drove around in the summer with the windows down (no air-con then) the road workmen used to wolf whistle! We would laugh. Today this would be an issue. How times change. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,894 Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Ian you have a fantastic memory. I lived on Huntingdon St right opposite the school. I remember a few of the shops but cant remember much else. But you are 20 yrs my junior !!! Mind you we only lived there for about 5 yrs and then went to live in Sherwood. Remember the " big yard " as we called it opening onto Fulforth st. One day whilst we were playing everyone was veering out of the yard and what we saw was frightening for us. There was a horse ( or donkey!) which had been injured and there was blood everywhere . Cant remember what happened to it. We played marbles, ran up and down the fire escape. Dont know who that belonged to. Two older boys loved playing darts and took it in turn to stand against a garage door and the other one would aim and throw the darts. One day the one throwing , missed the door and hit the other one on his legs. He was badly hurt . Nasty when you are a child and see something like that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 A survivor. The sign for Judge's shop is still there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 #28. You're quite right Shirley, delivering to building sites just before I retired I often saw signs warning site operatives that wolf whistling is a disciplinary offence. In my day women loved the attention, sadly these days it is not allowed. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 How true Mick,I do recall when the builders were finishing Northern Rock opposite the Vic Hotel- there was always a whistle or some banter...and that was for me Mam!...bit of a spring in her step afterwards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 By strange coincidence, in a book I picked up only a few weeks ago..... 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Brilliant Cliff! Your input on this site is beyond words. That Commer van carried huge pole ladders and scaffolding, Northern Rock next to the boutique.. we used to pester the building society staff for purple 'savings bug' stickers. Was it Haslams or Akins turf accountants further on? Trueman's and Dolphin Motors and the Keys and moulin cinema all gave way to a new Sissons and a tax office. Panda escort mk1,and a Vauxhall Ferenga...bought at Clifton I wonder? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Good topic Ian............pick another stretch of road.......bet cliff-ton comes up with pics...............and lots of us have memories..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Was Trumans place the one on the corner of Bluecote (Bluecoat) Street pictured at #30? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Yes,Malcolm- became Daf Automart, then Mitsubishi, in the late 60's I am sure it was on the corner of Shakespeare st also.A very pale yellow...and Dolphin Motors was behind...access on North Church st. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 I work on fulforth street now. Nottingham building society head office , frontage on Mansfield road but car park entrance on fulforth street. Not sure what was there before ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 On 08/07/2016 at 5:22 PM, The Pianoman said: Was Trumans place the one on the corner of Bluecote (Bluecoat) Street pictured at #30? I posted this before somewhere else, but it fits here as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Thanks. Not seen that before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 And Lanchesters were nice motors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 The boutique by northern rock was Babels...... .....short lived Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 I'll Leave It,in Vic Centre only lasted a short time too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Cullen's almshouses still there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 went in Babels on one of my stag nights can't remember which one............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 The nightclub Benjamin? Not the clothes boutique. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim in the North East 200 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 I have posted this before but here is a copy of an early 20th century postcard 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 # 46................lizzie I lost the plot (thread) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,894 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Susyshoes. The car park entrance on Fulforth st. Used to be my play ground, we called it the big yard. We lived on Hundingdon st and the houses backed their back yards onto this yard. It was all cobbled with big wooden gates at the end which I suppose was private parking for Farrands. I also remember there being a fire escape there. Maybe the back of Farrands. Cant remember if there was anything between Farrands and the yard. I posted a few days ago on this very subject. Looking at these gates and on the right hand side the yard became an entry. The houses on Mansfield rd backed their back yards onto this entry. We always used to wait for the local doctor who would garage his car in a private garage, he would let us stand on the runners of his car to give us a lift into the garage. Dr Carson was his name. Hed always got a smile for us. To me at that tender age the big yard seemed enormous but seeing it many years after it actually quite small. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Re: Fulforth Street. I posted these in another thread showing Fulforth Street in the 1970s. Both are looking towards Mansfield Road with the Golden Fleece visible (and still there today). 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim in the North East 200 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 I am not sure if it was above or below the Peel Street junction, but on the west side of Mansfield Road there was a yard leading off the pavement with a fairly narrow entrance - I'd widened out and then in the middle of the back was a flight of stone steps leading up to a full width balcony with cast iron railings - from which led an alley to somewhere else. I as small boy always wanted to see where it went was was always told 'it was private'. Does anyone know where it went - and are there any photos? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 There was a passage way next to Flewitts leading to North Sherwood st,Had a wooden door giving appearance of a house/shop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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