Alpha 176 Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 Jill, GCW and I have been corresponding recently about Patsy Taylor when she lived at the corner of Fretwell Street and Bobbers Mill Road. Interestingly, do you have any recollections of Patsy at all? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted May 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 @Alpha I remember Patsy only vaguely as she was much older than I. My mother sometimes mentioned her as being a bit, shall we say, flighty. I know GCW was friendly with her as they are more the same age. I think I've mentioned elsewhere my aunt Edna's teasing of Frank Taylor when they were young by arranging dates and not turning up. Edna was extremely good looking and usually had a trail of admirers in her wake of whom Frank was one. In the end, he gave up and married someone else! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 On 5/9/2021 at 8:13 PM, Jamhel said: I realise this is an old thread but..my grandma and grandad were Annie and William Wiley who lived at 88 Bobbers Mill Road. This thread has really interested me - I recognise some of the names from visiting my grandparents in the 1960's/70's. I have passed the link to my dad (Peter Wiley) who is mentioned in one of the posts as he will possily have other memories of the area. I lived next door. I have many memories of the Wiley family. Mr Wiley had a workshop in his attic and was really talented with woodwork. He showed me some basic tool handling with wood. I can recall the night he died. His neighbours really did get together and gave what support they could. I also recall Mrs Wiley. My father maintained her garden for quite some time. He did it for nothing but Mrs Wiley became quite imperious and saying that the work was not good enough, so my dad had nothing more to do with her garden. Vaguely I recall some relatives to the Wileys who had Northern Ireland connections. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted May 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 During my recent chat with Gerald Chandler, he mentioned Jeffrey Wiley and recalled that he lived with his grandma on Bobbers Mill Road. He knew her quite well and remembered that she had a quince bush in her front garden. She used to give the quinces to him and he would take her a jar or two of quince jelly made from them. Jeffrey, I think, arrived at Berridge in the penultimate year of junior school and it was thought that he had previously lived somewhere in the Eastwood area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 I recall the quince bush. No idea what they were but I do remember it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,270 Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Quince jelly with a strong bitey Cheddar yummo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 A few years ago, when we'd come to Nottingham for a meet up, Chulla brought us a huge bag of quince from his garden. I made lots of quince jelly that year! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted May 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 On the subject of the houses where @mercurydancer lived, I recall a family named Cheetham. I think the Chap's name was Donald, although I don't know why. There was a daughter named Sharon who was around my older sister's age. Certainly older than myself. I think they lived at the first house after Darley. Around number 98, or 96? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted May 16, 2021 Report Share Posted May 16, 2021 I recall Sharon very well. She was actually my age, and I played with her a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted May 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2021 @mercurydancer Was there an older sister? I'm sure my older sister was at school with a girl who lived there. I think I knew Sharon vaguely from St Stephen's Sunday school. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Maybe Jill, but I dont recall. Sharon was in the Brownies for certain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted May 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 I'm told there was an older sibling named Carole. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamhel 2 Posted May 23, 2021 Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 On 5/14/2021 at 9:11 PM, mercurydancer said: I lived next door. I have many memories of the Wiley family. Mr Wiley had a workshop in his attic and was really talented with woodwork. He showed me some basic tool handling with wood. I can recall the night he died. His neighbours really did get together and gave what support they could. I also recall Mrs Wiley. My father maintained her garden for quite some time. He did it for nothing but Mrs Wiley became quite imperious and saying that the work was not good enough, so my dad had nothing more to do with her garden. Vaguely I recall some relatives to the Wileys who had Northern Ireland connections. Jeffrey Wiley was my step-brother. As you say, your parents gave a lot of support to my grandparents. Unfortunately as my grandma aged in the 1970's she did become quite 'difficult' and 'demanding'. I have memories of playing with the children who lived around where my grandparents lived when I visited. This would have been during the 1960's. I vaguely remember Kim and Gaye Machin. I also think there might have been a couple of boys who lived further along towards the church. I occasionally went to church with my grandma on a Sunday. I notice on an earlier post you mention you are researching Hyson Green soldiers. My grandad's war records are on Ancestry etc. Alternatively I can forward a download to you if would like. I asked my dad about the factory across the road and it was Smith's brass foundry (I think this was queried in someone's post earlier). If anyone has any queries about the area I can see if my dad is able to come up with anything. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted May 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 I have a vague recollection of Jeffrey going to Sunday School at St Stephen's. Kim Machin was a close friend towards the end of the Berridge years. She isn't on the photo but she appears on others in the Berridge thread. She went to Bluecoat and I went to Manning. We lost touch after that. Her family were nice people and, of course, Major the dog! How is Jeffrey? I hope he's still with us and keeping well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamhel 2 Posted May 23, 2021 Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 Sadly, Jeff had a fatal brain haemorrhage in 1995. Funny but I have no recollection of the dog, Major. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted May 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 I'm so sorry to hear about Jeffrey. I didn't know him well but that is tragically young. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted May 24, 2021 Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 Hi jamhel The factory across the road was not quite a brass foundry but a castings factory for huge valves used mainly in the north sea oil industry. I would very much like to hear about your grandfather's military experience. I still have a toy duck your grandfather made for me. I am saddened to hear of Jeffrey passing away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted May 24, 2021 Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 Major the dog deserves his own thread. I joined Notts police and Major was something of a legend then. Not with major, but in training, I put the padded suit on and the dog attacked on command. I was possibly at that point one of the fittest constables that notts constab had. I fought like hell against the dog but it took me down. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted May 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 I remember the first time I met Major. I was 9 and not used to dogs, never mind ones his size! He came into the sitting room, where I was sitting on the sofa. Major had a good sniff at me, then put a huge front paw either side of me, thus effectively preventing my escape, and licked my face. He was a real character and Kim and Gaye loved him to bits. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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