HockeyMum9 1 Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 Hi, just started building a family tree of my mums family, and getting quite interested in Nottingham history. I was born in Nottingham but ended up in Cornwall for many years due to my dad being in the navy. Some of mum's family are from St Ann's, Sneinton and The Meadows but the Bee (grandma's maiden name!) hive as my mum calls it is scattered all over the city 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 Welcome to Nottstalgia, HockeyMum9. Oddly enough, I was looking into the maiden name of the lady who was the school Secretary at Berridge Road School for many years, including the time I attended there. I'm researching Berridge staff. This lady was born with the name BEE and was from St Ann's. Her first name was Jean A born 27 June 1927. She married Eddie Davies, from Mountain Ash in Wales at the age of 18 in June 1946. They had 2 boys, Evan b.1948 and Howard b 1952. Jean passed on apparently on her birthday in 2006. Her husband may still be alive. They lived for years in Aspley but after retirement, moved to Mountsorrel in Leicestershire. I remember Jean very well. She was universally liked and respected at Berridge. I wonder if she is related to your mum's family? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HockeyMum9 1 Posted May 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 At the moment I have the bare bones of the tree, my grandma was born Florence Ida Bee in 1921, her mum was born a Keetley, which is also a nightmare name to research! She sadly passed away in 1979 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,893 Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 Welcome Hockymum, you will find theres a lot of info availabe about the areas you mentioned. I too am into family research but every now and again I come across a brick wall so thats the time to have a rest. Ive had come across easy lines and some so difficult such as when one of a couple dies and the other remarries then he/she dies and in turn remarries and each one produces more children. Complicated? Yes but very interesting. Keep researching and you'll enjoy it. Good luck with your searches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 Ayup Hockeymum! Welcome! Field or ice? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 Might be a Darts Oche Affer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted May 29, 2021 Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 Couldn’t find an emoticon for a groan!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted May 29, 2021 Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 Sorry AG., just couldn't resist it. I'm a bit short on witty reposts at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HockeyMum9 1 Posted May 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 15 hours ago, AfferGorritt said: Ayup Hockeymum! Welcome! Field or ice? My daughter plays ice hockey, and I manage her team. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted May 29, 2021 Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 Greetings Hockeymum9, a warm welcome to the fountain of all Nostalgic knowledge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,120 Posted May 29, 2021 Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 Welcome to the site! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted May 29, 2021 Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 My daughter-in-law plays ice hockey too, and the whole family are keen Panthers (and GB, of course) fans! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 A big "WELCOME" Hockeymum to our slte ps Don't take any notice of the boys post like Walt Disney says "Boys never grow up" Do keep posting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Welcome to the elite group. A Mrs Bee lived next door to my fathers sister on Melbourne Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Hockeymum9 welcome to the font of memories of Nottingham. Melbourne Road, I remember it well. Wide and tree lined it was always a pleasure walking to Beechdale and back each day. Being help up at the Babbington rail crossing with what seemed to be endless coal trucks. Melbourne park where many good times were spent. What is Melbourne Road like now? No doubt changed though, probably not for the better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 The police were out in force yesterday when I went past on the bus. Bar Lane end. Just a point tho'. The Mrs Bee that I mentioned lived at No 27 which was at the side of that railway line. My fathers sister lived at 25. All a long time ago in the days when there was a police station on the central reservation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 We had a massive police presence here in the Trent Valley this Wednesday afternoon. About 10 police vehicles, three fire engines along the riverside at Fiskerton and the police helicopter overhead. There’s been nothing about it on the news or on the web. The local grapevine informs me that someone jumped into the Trent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 I well remember the police station on Melbourne Road. Originally, it was, I believe, an air-raid shelter and the the NCB coal engine was a saddle tank 'puffing billy'. When the trains crossed the road there were no traffic lights (never was) only crossing gates and a single crossing controller who opened and closed the gates by the footpaths. That was it, so simple, and I do not recall any accidents with traffic or pedestrians due to the train. But then the pace of life was slower, less regulated but happier. It seems that with the coming of sixties society began to change for the worst, generally with the decline of respect and neighbourliness. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 I remember the Puffing Billy when I was a child. My great aunt Lily lived on Reydon Drive and my older sister and I were regular visitors on a Sunday morning. If I close my eyes, I can see all three of us in her kitchen. The radio would be playing Two Way Family Favourites and I seem to remember that we could hear and possibly see the railway track from her kitchen window. In season, she would take us into the garden to pick rhubarb which was all that grew there. My sister and I then walked back home for Sunday lunch. Seems a very long time ago now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 22 hours ago, The Pianoman said: .... in the days when there was a police station on the central reservation. 44 minutes ago, Alpha said: I well remember the police station on Melbourne Road. Originally, it was, I believe, an air-raid shelter I didn't know the area then, but I assume this is it in the 1950s. The large building on the right is the Commodore, with the library opposite. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 Didn't that railway line also cross Bells lane, on it's way to Babbington colliery? I seem to remember where it crossed Broxtowe lane, it was by bridge, over the road. Where did the line go to when going away from the colliery? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 Newcastle Wharf I do believe, which was opposite Basford Rd and the Newcastle Arms. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 In the northerly direction it went over Broxtowe Lane and under Bells Lane, then to Cinderhill Colliery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 The single line railway went all the way down to Babbington Wharf on Wollaton Road running 200mts east parallel with Western Boulevard. The line serviced coal deliveries to Newcastle colliery before its closure subsequently delivering coal to Newcastle wharf for local coal merchants. This line crossed the LMS route from Nottingham Midland to Trowel just north (200mts) of Western Boulevard road bridge at Beechdale Road. With the construction of Western Boulevard the line ran to, and terminated at, the corner of Melbourne Park adjacent to Western Boulevard on a tree lined embankment. There's more information regarding this mineral line on this site. I have a file showing the crossing at Western Boulevard. Unfortunately it exceeds 36.44 kB's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 Jill, I spent my earlier years on Nuthall Road. Our house was on the right of Didcot Drive by the metal railings facing the Newcastle Colliery's deputies cottages opposite across Nuthall Road. Our the back garden faced the back gardens of the houses on Reydon Drive. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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