benjamin1945 16,160 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 That were like sittin atom wi me Mam by fire afore i went to bed........nearly drowned ind tu bogs sat in me pushchair sucking a sucker when i wa two....they (me aunts) said i wu still sucking it when they pulled me out............eeh they wu days........ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Thought i had lost my Bulwell accent ...what with travelling and working all over Britain...........then a few years ago i was talking to a shop owner in Scunthorpe...when a nearby lady said to me...'''are you from Nottingham''?.........being surprised i said 'yes' is my accent that strong?..........she replied ''i'll even take a guess.''Bulwell''?............bit flabbergasted i said ''blimey yes''.......she laughed and said ''you sounded like my late husband he was from Bulwell..!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Dark Angel said: Think I need someone to translate. Without really having any connection with Bulwell, I could understand most of it. It were Nottinghamese. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Even with the cultured people wot I mix wiv there is still a faint trace of Nottinghamese. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 You were at school in Bulwell, Mr M. You've been contaminated! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Yes but the school was at the posh end of Bulwell, almost in the upmarket area of Basford. None of the boys were local to the area and came from far flung parts of the county. Stapleford, Beeston, Arnold, Woodthorpe, Gedling, Kimberley, Jacksdale, Awsworth, Hucknall etc. so there was a wide range of Notts accents. By the time they reached the sixth form even boys from Awsworth and Jacksdale were able to speak coherently! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RadFordee 68 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 @philmayfieldI dont think I have ever heard Basford being referred to as upmarket. I wish I had known this before as we could have got a few more thousand for our house there when we sold it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 I worked in Basford for 25 years, OK it was Haydn Rd. so yes, that was the posh end of Basford - almost Sherwood! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Aahh just listened ter that powim.. It wont that ard ter understand.. She ed quite a genkle Boowul accent ter be onisst... @philmayfield...Ahh tek it yerronabaht 'enri Mellish... funny place that were... All the clever boggers frum Boowul un Bestwood wor at Igh Pavemunt..wi me.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Henry Mellish started life as a boys’ county grammar school. Sometime after I left it became co-ed. It went comprehensive and ultimately became a ‘sports college’ with the intake coming from the local area. It went right down the pan after that and was put into ‘special measures’. When I attended the closing ceremony some years ago it was a total dump. I think it was combined with another Bulwell school. The fine building was demolished and looked like a bomb site when I last passed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Hi Phil. Re: Mellish. It never really occurred to me to think about why Mellish was so close to me, yet I knew nobody who went there. 'County Grammar' is of course the answer. I suppose its proximity to both Basford North and Bulwell Market stations would have been handy for some of the lads from a transport p.o.v. Most of the Pavment lot came from Bestwood, Boowul, Arnold, Sherwood etc. One or two travelled in from Clifton, which must have been a right royal PITA... I've been trying to remember other Nottm grammar schools from the time. Bramcote Hills was one.. but I've gone blank on the others.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Carlton Le Willows and West Bridgford were other county grammars. Until the train service was discontinued I walked from Woodthorpe to Daybrook station, took a four minute train ride to Basford North and walked through the housing estate to Kersall Drive. The walks were considerably longer than the train ride. The Kimberley contingent arrived at Basford North from the opposite direction. Others came by ‘bus from far away places usually involving a transfer in the Old Market Square. The closest contingent came from Hucknall. My friend, Allan Bell, whose father owned the garage just over the border in Hucknall could catch the 44 from outside his door and was the only person who went home for lunch! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 I’ve never been familiar with Bulwell, having grown up the other side of town, although for years I was a patient at John Carberry’s Dental Surgery on Ragdale Road because he moved from Mansfield Road and we, (all the family) followed him to Bulwell. However, last Saturday afternoon we went to Bulwell to check it out. I didn’t even know there was a railway station and tram stop there until that day. We parked in the station car park and popped into the Horseshoe Inn (?) and never met so many friendly people! As soon as we entered the place 2 or 3 people came up to us and introduced themselves. There was a strong smell of cannabis around the place but then we get used to that wherever we go these days. The market was thriving and that was the first time I’ve seen Bulwell Bogs too. Might even go back again one day! 5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 I must lead a very sheltered life. I don’t know what cannabis smells like. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 2 hours ago, LizzieM said: As soon as we entered the place 2 or 3 people came up to us and introduced themselves. Anybody we know ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 521 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 I was at WB County Grammar, just spent the 6th form there when it went comp. What a cracking school, loved it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 57 minutes ago, Cliff Ton said: Anybody we know ? I didn’t know anyone when I walked in the place but now have lots of new best friends! There were 3 ladies sat in the corner sipping on their Barley Wine who asked me if I was looking for Ben …… 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,151 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Talking of schools, I attended Radford Academy for sons of retired Gentle folk. It were a good school, it were Approved. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 521 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Goodness Barley Wine, don’t think any ever passed my throat but my sister in law loved it, usually in the Flying Horse where she met my brother. The rest is all history as they say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 521 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Also Cherry B or snowballs. I was quite ill with too much cherry b one night and remember asking the guy in the MGBGT (who I was trying to impress) to stop the car on the bridge so I could be sick over the side. Not exactly the result I was hoping for! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 Talking of Bulwell , did anyone attend my school Alderman.w.derbyshire secondary ? The career teacher was useless , said to me wot you want to do lad for career ? I said jockey , he said wot disc jockey ? I said no , horse race jockey , couldn't give me any info how to embark on that career , But I got a job out of the horse and hound magazine ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 It wasn't an orange MGB GT was It! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 Grammar schools? What about Mundella in the exclusive area in the Meadows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 13 hours ago, LizzieM said: I didn’t know anyone when I walked in the place but now have lots of new best friends! There were 3 ladies sat in the corner sipping on their Barley Wine who asked me if I was looking for Ben …… That'd be Beryl..Maureen...and Valerie........awarded them all 2 Cherries for their Cherry Bs and Babychams back in 63.... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 Mundella was a city grammar. I had the choice of going there but it was at least one bus journey away and didn't appeal. Several of my peers from primary school did choose to go there. Bluecoat was nearer but in those days was a church school and church attendance was mandatory. A letter from the vicar was needed to gain admittance. Both Mundella and Bluecoat were coed. The remaining options, High Pavement and Manning, were not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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