DaveN 1,118 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Some photos which should bring back memories of Alfreton Road for some members (Post website) https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/gallery/see-old-photos-nottinghams-alfreton-2111723 6 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Yes, many memories among those. My mum bought her veggies at Wealthalls and my sister's best friend and fellow Peveril pupil lived on Prospect Terrace. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Why do I think that Anglia coming up Alfreton Road in the first picture just got into The Windmill's car park just in time for the second picture to be taken? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,152 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Thanks for that Dave,,Alfreton road full of memories over the years,,reckon that grey mini van could have been the one Marsdens gave me to travel the midlands in, Had a week in farrands AR to learn conversion to decimal currency,,used to frequent the Windmill mid 80s while converting Donna to Nottingham ways, ending with a nice curry next door,,also in my VG gibson days,,late 80s,,dealt with a store at the top end,,called Alfreton supermarket,,ran by a great character called Mick,,had coffee in the back of his shop once a week with many Nottingham ladies of the night,, 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Excellent!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Really enjoyed seeing those. I used to ride down there on the bus every day to Stockhill lane on the way home from work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 1 hour ago, The Pianoman said: Why do I think that Anglia coming up Alfreton Road in the first picture just got into The Windmill's car park just in time for the second picture to be taken? Yes, it would be good wouldn't it. If only the first pic wasn't about 15 years later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Photo #2 looks like funeral folks waiting outside The Windmill. #3 I stood at that bus stop every night after work for my bus home. Olivia Jude's shop was just past it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Brilliant. I remember Wealthalls vividly. Dads chippy was on the end of the row of shops to the left of the picture of the Capitol Cinema.. To the left of it is our old house on Truro Crescent. The first detached one on the bend at the top. Superb. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 And there's an old thread about Wealthall's here https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/5294-greengrocer-with-brown-bowler-hat/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,280 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Some terrific pictures there DaveN. Just about all of my family lived somewhere on the aerial photo that included all of my schools. Bentink, Windley and Berridge. Also St Michaels church opposite Bentink Rd School was still there. ps Also looked like two of my aunties on the Blackpool trip. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,280 Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 Walked past Raleigh St a hundred time and cannot recall a thing about it I was a dreamer and just 'arrived' at places. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 There was a house just up from the crossroads, on the same side as Bentinck School, which was a doctor's surgery. It would be Victorian and was a 3 storey building. During my latter days in Nottingham, it was the practice of a Dr Verma but, many years earlier, it was the practice and home of a married couple, both GPs, named Cox. My relatives, Emily and George who lived fairly close by in Garden Street, were good friends with the doctors' housekeeper, a lady named Vera Smith. Male Dr Cox died and his wife retired to Mapperley Park. Vera stayed on as her housekeeper/companion eventually outliving the remaining doctor who, I gather, was a bit of a cantankerous battleaxe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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