Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 A lazy Sunday at Highfields in late summer 1959. I have always disliked being photographed and, at that age, reasoned that if I couldn't see the camera, it couldn't see me! Mum and big sister enjoying the sun. Often went to Highfields. Happy days. Thanks CT for posting the photo. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 I'll bet you wouldn't do that now. Or am I risking a swift clip round the ear ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 Listen, if I kneel down on the floor these days, it takes me an age to get up again! There are lots of photos like that one in my family albums. I'm either trying to hide or I'm blurred because I'm in the process of legging it. Nowadays, I just hide behind the menu, like Ben! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Jill Sparrow said: ............., reasoned that if I couldn't see the camera, it couldn't see me! Cats work on the same principle (as I'm sure you know). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 7 hours ago, philmayfield said: All I’ve managed in the last eight years is a picture of a seagull in Scotland! That's some zoom lens you've got! 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 792 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 Boating at Highfields swimming at Highfields playing tennis at the courts on University Boulevard great times in the early 60s i wonder what it is like now? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 Sometime not sure of the year Highfields froze. I think I was a young teenager (yes fellows I was once) I took my ice skates down to Highfields, bus into slab square then the Beeston bus which passed Highfields, It was great just skating out doors till it started getting dark, and I had to walk about 100yards to the bus stop. I did'nt walk though I ran. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 Adding to Random Photos. This just happened to be lying around. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 I suppose that doesn't look too different today, apart from the absence of The Gaumont and The County Hotel. Oddly enough, I have a long case clock that is reputed to have come from The County Hotel. Some friends of mine worked at Shipstone's Brewery in the offices, years ago. Also employed there was a man named Arthur who was a real magpie when it came to collecting things. Somehow, he acquired two long case clocks when The County Hotel was demolished. When he passed on, my friends ended up with the clocks. Some years ago, they gave one of them to me. It's a 'marriage', ie the case doesn't belong to the movement (or only part of it does) but it's quirky and it suits me. The clock maker lived in Great Dalby which has connections with my father's side of the family, so I was pleased to have it. Yesterday, I moved it from the sitting room to the dining room. To do so necessitated dismantling it and reassembling it in its new position. Of course, it's now sulking but it will recover. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,002 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 Great photo Clifton reminds me a times gone by, I had a Ford Zephyr as in the right hand corner of the photo. Mine was the 6 with a 2553cc engine, how did I afford the petrol, the best thing about it was the front bench seat, I say no more about that as I am now a happily married man. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 2 hours ago, trogg said: I had a Ford Zephyr as in the right hand corner of the photo. Mine was the 6 with a 2553cc engine, I always think of them from the original series of Z Cars. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 Another random picture from yours truly...In the cab is my dad, standing on right is my Uncle Ken (dad's brother). The other fellow is Frank Fisher. They're in the gates of Grove Garage, on Greasley Street, Bulwell. The truck is the one I used to drive in c1968... 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 490 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 The County hotel used to make the best Pimms in Nottingham Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 May have shown this afore. At niece's wedding, May 22'. Just to show I do scrub up well ! Another random Notts photo... 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 The County Hotel, my mother's favourite meeting and drinking venue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 County Hotel has been mentioned several times. After it had closed and awaiting demolition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 891 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 And the 2 shop sunblinds on the left, Jack Brentnalls music shop where we lads used to ogle at the Hofner and Danelectro guitars after the Gaumont club on sat mornings. I've still got a nostalgic feeling whenever I see a pic of a Hofner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 A slightly better view of the Jack Brentnall shop. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/11909-sign-of-four-joke-shop-goldsmith-st/?tab=comments#comment-424962 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 How many Good Hotels have we lost The County Hotel ,The Black Boy, The Flying Horse, to name a few. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 I bought Hofner Congress guitar from Jack Brentnall’s around 1960 for about £25. I added an electric pickup. I still have it. He had another shop in Burton Joyce. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 490 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 Goodness me, I’d completely forgotten about Jack Brentall’s. I used to go there for sheet music for my cello. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 I used to get my sheet music from Nequest’s, next to the Empire stage door. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 792 Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 I like your car Beekay could i be your chauffeur please? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Yes Ian, do you have a peaked cap and can you commute from Canada. Also, you will need white gloves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 956 Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 I know the Nequest family quite well. The current family, direct descendants of Nequest music own Bunnys Bikes which have had a Nottingham presence for many years. They were on the corner opposite castle rock next to Kingstons motor cycle shop but moved when that was cleared for development in the 70’s to a shop next to the canal near the train station and again moved a few years back to their current shop at the Abbey Bridge end of Castle Boulevard. Nice family. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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