RadFordee 68 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 36 minutes ago, Beekay said: Don't want your dad coming after me for corrupting you You are safe there BK he can't run so fast nowadays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,290 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 I share Jill's fond memories of the library on Gregory Bvd. Wonder what it is like now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 45 minutes ago, Beekay said: Cheers Blowbroth Not heard that one for a long time. My dad used to call me Blowbroth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,321 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 @PeverilPerilBeing a tad older than me, PP, do you remember the building between the library and the dispensary? I read somewhere that the New Art Exchange acquired the former library building and obtained a substantial grant to repurpose it. I prefer to remember it as it was. I truly loved that place! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RadFordee 68 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 31 minutes ago, PeverilPeril said: I share Jill's fond memories of the library on Gregory Bvd. Wonder what it is like now? Well its not the lovely old building that it was for starters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,483 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 Three photos of the library from Picture Nottingham; unfortunately with their irritating watermark. https://picturenottingham.co.uk/image-library.html?keywords=library&keywords=gregory 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 Beekay, doesn't your BC give the actual address you were born at? Mine does. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,188 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 Just had a look Kath, got three certificates (2 copies) but nothing said on any of them, except place of birth= Nottingham. I've an idea nobody wants to admit where I come from, don't blame em really. Jill, you could always scratch on the wall, 'Beekay Woz 'ere'. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,321 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 Is it a shortened form of birth certificate, Beekay, or the full version? If it's a full version, it's very odd that there is no address. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,188 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 A shortened version. I have no idea where the original is, or what happened to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 My fathers birth certificate is a shortened version (no birth address). I was wondering if I were to send for a new certificate would I get a full version? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,321 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 That explains why there's no address. Shortened versions don't give the parents' names or occupations, either. Piano man, if you can provide the correct reference number and pay the necessary fee, you will obtain a full copy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 Thanks. Wonders what it might reveal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,321 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 Hopefully, it will reveal what you already know! However....look at all those people who got a DNA test kit for Christmas and discovered that they aren't who they thought they were! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RadFordee 68 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 When we were allowed out at lunchtimes from HMP Manning (fourth form upwards I think) a few of us used to walk down and sit in the Hyson Green Library in the winter months as it was always nice and warm in there, unlike the classrooms at school. I can't recall at all how it looked inside but strangely I do remember like it was yesterday, the very distinctive smell it always had. Sort of old books,wood and floor polish but not unpleasant. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 533 Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 10 hours ago, Beekay said: Just had a look Kath, got three certificates (2 copies) but nothing said on any of them, except place of birth= Nottingham. I've an idea nobody wants to admit where I come from, don't blame em really. Jill, you could always scratch on the wall, 'Beekay Woz 'ere'. Beekay you need to go on “Long lost family” doesn’t matter where you came from, it’s what you are now that matters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Angel 138 Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 The house was apparently built for the doctor/surgeon who ran the dispensary. Whether that was still the situation when @Beekayturned up, I cannot say. Maybe there were complications with the birth and that’s why @Beekayarrived where he did. It was wartime so many occurrences happened in a different way. Family rumours can be misleading at times, a mixture of fact and fiction accruing over time. Whatever the outcome, be yourself, once here, the only certainty is death, it’s what happens in between that matters. I don’t know. Kick start an old thread and @Beekay gets a blue plaque!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,321 Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 That's interesting, Dark Angel. When Beekay initially said he was born in a nursing home on Gregory Boulevard, I imagined it would have been one of the large properties towards the Mansfield Road end of Gregory Boulevard, where Ellerslie House is situated, but who knows? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,197 Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 Mandala House, next to Page Kirk Accountants belongs to NHS. Could this have been the building? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,321 Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 From what I can see on Streetview, the Mandala Centre incorporates Ellerslie House. When I was at Manning, Ellerslie House was a home for elderly people. Whether it had ever served as a maternity hospital, I don't know but I'm pleased to discover that it's still standing. It's a lovely building. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,197 Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 Next door to Mandala House used to be the Hosiery and Allied Trades Research Association, now Page Kirk the accountants. The HATRA building looks to be relatively new, say 50's/60's but I can't recollect what was on the site before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Angel 138 Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 Think Ellerslie House used to be a wounded service mens home. Not sure it would have been used for maternity purposes. Could have the wrong building. The building mentioned by @philmayfield may have been a hotel, however, I could be wrong. There was definitely a home for wounded service men Mansfield Road end of Gregory Boulevard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,188 Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 8 hours ago, MRS B said: Beekay you need to go on “Long lost family” doesn’t matter where you came from, it’s what you are now that matters. MrsB., to be quite honest, I have no interest in Long lost family, Find my past, or any other ancestor search. There is nothing I can do about what happened previously or change any of the events, so what's the point? The bloke I've always believed was my dad has always been my dad, so to find out now it was some bugger else will make no difference to my life now. What I do remember about my childhood was, we were ďragged up rather than brought up. It was survival of the fittest. I'm not going to air my dirty laundry on this forum, so I'll just say that, because of my childhood, I've tried to do the best I could for my own family. Tried to give my two sons a decent life, while they were alive. I never expected to outlive them. They were both disabled and because of this I always tried to do the best for them. I have no regrets about my life, other than I'll never be a grandad. That's it ! rant over. Barrie. 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,321 Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 Dark Angel is correct that Ellerslie House was in use during and after The Great War as a convalescent hospital for wounded service personnel. There are photographs in existence of Edward, Prince of Wales (later Duke of Windsor) visiting the wounded and, no doubt, trotting out his stock phrase of, "Something must be done!" Edward has always intrigued me and I was quite excited to be informed that the choir would be visiting Ellerslie House to sing Christmas carols to the residents on several occasions while I was at Manning. Unfortunately, we only visited the large residents' lounge. I would have loved a guided tour of the building but such wasn't on offer! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,197 Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 I spent an interesting few years on ancestral research at the behest of my cousin in Australia. Prior to her interest I had never considered it. It wasn’t so much the compilation of the family tree but actually going to places to find gravestones and records. I’ve been up in the hills of Derbyshire, the wilds of Lincolnshire, remote parts of Gloucestershire and old cemeteries in Nottingham. I guess the main reason my ancestors gravitated to Nottingham was due to the expansion of the railway system. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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