Whatever happened to......?

[philmayfield 5,360]

Back in the 60’s I had a Mk 2 Healey Sprite, the key of which fitted both the door and ignition of my mother’s Wolsey Hornet. They were both BMC of course but two in one family must have been a rare coincidence.

[meeowed 314]

I have done it myself in a moggy minor  At the garage we had a board of keys if someone got locked out you took that and one of the keys would fit meeowed

[Brew 5,007]

The Mk 3 Cortina could be opened with a teaspoon!

[IAN FINN 571]

Yes Jillit must be the same surgery but i can not remember the Alma Inn,yes do have a vague recollection of Dr Cox i think he was my Grandparents doctor.We lived at Nuthall so not too familiar with shops and pubs on Alfreton rd.and area.l know when doctor Laval made house calls he had a car it was an austin A40 Devon or Dorset depending on two doors or four doors it was a pale green,also did you know G.H Boot the motor factors on Forest rd east we brought car accessories in the sixties when my father had a garage at Watnall dont know if the they are still there now.My Grandparents both worked at Players on Radford Blvd.my grandad enjoyed his fag allowance they worked there for many years until they retired in 1963.

[Jill Sparrow 9,574]

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.

[letsavagoo 795]

Dr Laval and Dr Stebbings went to Mary Potter health centre.

[Rob.L 1,027]

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.

 

[Oztalgian 2,858]

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.

[mercurydancer 1,104]

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. 

[letsavagoo 795]

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. 

[Beekay 4,275]

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.

[Jill Sparrow 9,574]

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. 

[Compo 10,102]

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!"

[Beekay 4,275]

I always thought it were Fred Karnos circus. Fred being a turn of the century comic impresario. 

[Compo 10,102]

It were both Beekay.

[Beekay 4,275]

Is that where you get your jokes from? His book of humorous wittisism. 

[HSR 276]

 

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? 

[Compo 10,102]

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]

[Jill Sparrow 9,574]

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?

[Cliff Ton 9,955]

...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)

[Jill Sparrow 9,574]

1901 census. Handwritten but looks like Bryden. I will have another look.

[Beekay 4,275]

Could it be Boden street Jill?

[Jill Sparrow 9,574]

Doubt it, Beekay. Definitely has a y in it.

[Cliff Ton 9,955]

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  

[Compo 10,102]

There's no Bryden Street in my 1960 Burrows map of Nottingham, but there is a Dryden street.