Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 In the 70s or early 80s, I believe a Dr Verma took over the practice. After that, it became a dental practice. I think the house is still there but what its current usage is, I have no idea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 Dr Laval and Dr Stebbings went to Mary Potter health centre. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 5 hours ago, Brew said: The Mk 3 Cortina could be opened with a teaspoon! The key to my Mk1 Escort also fitted my dad’s Ford Consul and Granada. I dare say it would also have opened many other Fords, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,296 Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 The security on Ford cars during the late sixties early seventies was woeful. Whenever I parked my Cortina when going to an away game with the Forest I used to take the rotor arm out. All you needed to get in them was a wire coat hanger a pro could do it in seconds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 On 12/1/2019 at 1:30 AM, IAN FINN said: Did anyone ever go to the surgery of Dr.Laval and Dr Stebbings? They were located on the Nottm side of Bentinck rd. and Alfreton rd.i went there with my mum when i caught those kids diseases like measles,mumps,whooping cough and dlptheria this would be between 1950-1958,i remember in the waiting there were many people it was silent with a large clock on the mantle piece ticking very loudly.The doctors made house calls in those days which was better than having to wait in that scary surgery. I recall Dr Stebbings well, at the Mary Potter centre well into the 80s. I Do remember him laughing when he was taking stitches out of my private parts after being bitten by a dog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 On 12/1/2019 at 8:35 AM, jonab said: I remember Laval and Stebbings at the Health Centre on Gregory Boulevard (Mary Potter? - although I don't think it was generally called that at the time). I’m 99% sure that the health centre on Gregory Boulevard was always called Mary Potter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,149 Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 I can add the other one per cent Let's., I remember it being built. Our gp surgery was transferred there from no.2, Player street, when our doctors I think, retired. They were Dr.Hickton and Dr. Epstein as I recall. Can't remember any other gp, but I bet there was. I were only a youngster at the time. Had my very first 'flu jab there and was ill for about three weeks. Only changed my gp., when I got married in 65' and transferred to 1a, Bailey street, Basford. That was Dr. Keavney, and Dr. Keavney jnr. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Letsavagoo is correct, it was always called The Mary Potter Health Centre. I, too, remember it being built. Walked past it every day on my way to and from Manning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 Whatever happened to the saying "Fred Karno's Army"? The last time I recall hearing it was when in the RAF. I was on a mobile radar unit and we would prepare for a trip to a given location when suddenly and very frequently we would be re-directed elsewhere. Someone once said "It's like bloody Fred Karno's army is this!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,149 Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 I always thought it were Fred Karnos circus. Fred being a turn of the century comic impresario. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 It were both Beekay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,149 Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 Is that where you get your jokes from? His book of humorous wittisism. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/clarks-polyvelts A fashion accessory sported by the majority of the teacher's at my school.. Along with the leather elbow pads on the tweed Jackets. Could you buy jackets like this? Or did they sew them on themselves? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 The patch idea originated in Universities. Poorly paid professors sewed patches onto their tweed jackets as they wore out, in order to make them last longer. During the early 20th century manufacturers began to make the jackets with ready sewn patches. [Source: a number of different history sites] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 Does anyone know where Bryden Street was? It's no longer in existence but I came across it when researching recently. Might CT have a map showing its location? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 ...just happened to be passing here. i can't see a Bryden Street anywhere in any of the lists or maps I usually look at. What date did it exist ? Approximate area ? Could it be Dryden Street ? (which still exists) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 1901 census. Handwritten but looks like Bryden. I will have another look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,149 Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Could it be Boden street Jill? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Doubt it, Beekay. Definitely has a y in it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: 1901 census. Handwritten but looks like Bryden. I will have another look. Handwritten in that ornate Victorian style, where a D could easily look like a B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 There's no Bryden Street in my 1960 Burrows map of Nottingham, but there is a Dryden street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Thanks for checking, Compo. I will have another look. The family I was looking at had moved by 1911 to Clipstone Avenue, near Peel Street. Still there but looks to have been redeveloped. It's a strange tale, involving what looks like bigamy, with links to Berridge Road School! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 Whatever happened to, children behaving in restaurants ? It seems like kids can refuse their food because the game on the phone/tablet is more important. Or they can run around willy nilly. In my day, and no doubt in yours, you got taken out for a meal and had to behave. Discipline has gone out of the window it seems. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 Waddo, some children behave when they're eating out. Our grandchildren do and they're not the only ones I've seen. Perhaps we only tend to notice the badly behaved ones? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 Margie, it's nice to know that there is some decorum, unfortunately i have not come across it these last few years. I still say that moral standards on the whole have declined as far as children in restaurants are concerned. Good on you for bringing your children up correctly, and that's been passed on. And know, i am not being patronizing, just sincere. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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