alan s 156 Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 I follow a few amateur photographers & old photo sites on Twitter & one posted a couple of pics & wasn’t sure of the location, he’d taken them some years back but was unsure if they were Nottingham or Bolton. A programme for the Theatre Royal was spotted in one of the pics, pointing to Nottingham. I never got the hang of pic posting on here so I’ve supplied the link. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alan s 156 Posted March 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 Oops! He’d got them the wrong way round Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 Tapped on the link in top post, but it just came up as "twitter refused to connect". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alan s 156 Posted March 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 @Beekaythey’re his own pics & he concluded he’d developed them back to front so deleted them & reposted the correct way round. Try the second post, works for me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 If it's the young lady looking in the shop window, then I've got em on post 2. Just thought I might be missing summat. Thanks Alan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 Not sure this is the right place, I think you need a Nottingham nostalgia history type site? This is more word games & bad jokes. Where's @IAN123.when you need him, he'll know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 There’s an instrument in the window. Might it be Papworths on Alfreton Rd? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, radfordred said: Not sure this is the right place, I think you need a Nottingham nostalgia history type site? This is more word games & bad jokes. And don't forget What Are You Listening To Now. I do believe you post in that? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 891 Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 Is that a Newark Advertiser in the LH window. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 The reflection in the window on the far left shows a medium-sized street with housing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 I think it could be the shop on the corner of Portland St. and Pelham St. in Newark. Now a barber shop but I do remember when it was a music shop run by a black chap called Denny Goodwin. He is a well known local jazz guitarist. I once bought a set of bagpipes from him! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 Yep owd @ian123 knows his stuff Nequests it is? https://picturenottingham.co.uk/image-library/image-details/poster/ntgm002646/posterid/ntgm002646.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 I'm not sure it's Nequest's. It's a shop I knew well. I used to buy sheet music from there. Why would there be a copy of what looks like the Newark Advertiser in the window and where are the chimney pots that are reflected in the window? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 609 Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 I'm inclined to agree with Phil on this. I too was a regular visitor to Nequests in the mid 60s and my recollection is that they only sold new stuff and the picture seems to show quite a lot of second hand bits and bobs. I'm similarly confused by the houses reflected in the window. The Nottingham Post Newspaper offices were opposite Nequests and the road was quite wide and a busy thoroughfare with no parking. BTW the instrument in the window is a bassoon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 Nequests? is it 'eck as like... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 957 Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 Looking at the 2 pictures posted 8.28 on the 18th. The left hand picture reflection shows a row of residential properties, lots of chimneys and tv aerial. The right hand picture clicking on the link giving the best quality and zooming in to the right of the ladies hat I see what seems to be a shop front in the distance with the the letters SERV over the top, maybe service and below some of those mesh wire fronted boards where they used to clip in newspaper headlines etc. So I think this must be on a corner or near a corner as this apparent shop is at right angles to the featured shop front. Incidentally the Nequest family still run a shop in Nottingham, nothing to do with music. I know them well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 957 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 I meant to add that it seems odd that taken in the 1970’s the shop has some odd items. 78 rpm shellac records, Jack Payne one of the record covers. Not contemporary with that period at all so window dressing or poor sales since 1940’s! You might have better success posting this on one of the Nottingham history pages on Facebook. I’d do it but don’t want to infringe copyright. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 483 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 It's on or near a corner, you can see the double dashed white lines across the middle of the right hand picture. Looking very closley at the right hand picture, I don't think it's a reflection, it's a corner shop with glass on both elevations. Behind the woman's head where the newspaper racks are, the pavement is similar in style and almost lines up with the view through the glass, probably slightly distorted by being seen through 2 panes of glass at 90 degrees. Past the front of the womans face and seen under her chin looks to be probably a cast iron column holding up the corner of the building where the 2 glass panes meet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 891 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 On the left hand side of the PTP Nequests pic there is a shop door entrance next the brick column. On the original pic there is no shop entrance on the left next the brick column Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Your lot must have bloody good pc,tablets, phones etc. With brilliant enlarging facilities, to gather all the information as seen on here. I've tried zooming in but not as good as you. Gonna throw my gear out the window ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 483 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 P.C with a 19 inch wide screen for me, don't bother with tablets, comes out too small. And I only use whatever image viewers that come with Windows, not the sort in the picture, I thought it was said originally the photographer was working at Ratcliffe power stn, but can't see that comment anymore. If so they were probably staying in one of the many Commercial hotels or lodgings in West Bridgford so the shop could have been West Bridgford or maybe the Meadows if he walked up into the City There's another Theatre Royal program lower down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 21 hours ago, letsavagoo said: I see what seems to be a shop front in the distance with the the letters SERV over the top, maybe service I think thats "Senior Service" fags advert behind the lady so not much help really . Shop's got an odd assortment of goods , theres even a programme for "Colwyn Bay Repertory Theatre" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 957 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 You beat me to it DAVID W. I realised it could well be Senior Service. You can just make out the last letter ‘R’ of the previous word. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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