ilkolad 9 Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Anyone heard of Radford Folly? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 Size of that Lake ! Do the buildings or Factory chimneys give us a clue ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 I'd still like to knew where this is? Anywhere near St Peters Street Park perhaps? Any of the new members any idea? A true story about St Peters Street Park. In the 70's there used to be a park keepers hut there. The park keeper was a very obliging chap. he used to allow an asian gentleman who did not have a phone, to use the park keepers phone. The grateful asian gentleman used to put 10p in the honesty box. When the rather large phone bill arrived, many of the calls were listed as being made to pakistan! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayagorawiya? 4 Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Is that building still there ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 www.picturethepast.org.uk <LINK> states that the folly was located near New Road and Maun Avenue?, and the remains were demolished in 1957. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 I wonder if Member Radfordred knows owt about this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 I wonder if Member Radfordred knows owt about this? no this is all new to me but i'm working on it . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 apparently its where the Chettles industrial estate now stands. Took this today 9-10-05 GT cars garage flattened - looks like the rest of chettles yard to follow . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 I drove past this last Saturday, for the first time in years. The old pubs on St Peters Street closed down. Keep taking them, lest we forget. Look forward to more. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Was that pub near their called The Rose? I too passed by their some weeks ago and the pub was boared up i beleive it's been like that for over six months. Been in there only two or three times, i wasen't inpressed with the decore or the beer. Just down the road is the plough with it's Brewery in the back called the Nottingham Brewery after the Brewery that once was on Mansfield road. It's one of those pubs that's not change alot over the passing of time [great] stone floors and original wall paper and black outs...and the beers good too.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Is Ernie still at the Gregory. Thanks Red. More Images... !bravo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tutanic 8 Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Did you ever frequent the Plough on St. Peters Street? That was my mother and father-in-laws' local. They lived on Hamilton Terrace, just off Ilkeston Road. Do you remember anyone called Henry Cooper, not the boxer, he used to have a garage down that end in around 1968/69? A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Is Ernie still at the Gregory.Posted: Apr 1 2005, 11:21 PM Was it Ernie, the Landlord of the Gregory, Mid 70's? thats twice you've asked that !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Didnt get an answer yet ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Didnt get an answer yet ? http://www.nottstalgia.com/forums/index.ph...=359&hl=gregory Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Missed the end of that thread Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tutanic 8 Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 We used to go in there when I first met my other half, many moons ago, almost forty years! A !cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 There is now a map showing the Folly and Radford in 1920 HERE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smileysal 3 Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 aaah, so the old Churchvale Road in the 1920's is now known as Hartley Road? Thank you. It's taken me ages on multimap to find the sight of the folly. Also, where the flour mill and the Grove were on the 20's map is now houses. Thank you. Will have a nosey round there when im next in Nottingham. Sal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 B) Take pictures if you have a Camera Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 860 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Thanks for ressurecting this topic Radfordred, I'd not seen it before and I'd never heard of the place. It's interesting that it survived into my lifetime, I wouldn't be surprised, knowing my old man and his knowledge of the wierd and wonderful in Nottingham, that I was taken to see it's sad remains when I was a kid. I'd be interested to know what happened to the original house that formed the basis of Radford Grove, you can see it in the background on this photo from Picture the Past, taken in 1927. Another building in the area I remember from my childhood was a mill over the Leen, we used to pass it on the bus everytime we went into town. I vaguely recall it being fairly intact, then the ground floor was knocked out of it and a large RSJ was put underneath where it spanned the river, then the river was culverted and all that was left was the mill house that I presume has gone now, this is from Picture the Past 1985:- Just out of interest, while Googling Radford Folly, I found it wasn't the only one in the world. This is Radfords Folly, a Cold War airfield built in the Philipines at Subic Bay for the US Navy that cost more than the Panama Canal to build and was abandoned by the US in 1992: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Radfodlad 0 Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 I have just picked up on this topic so I may as well have my two penneth, for what it is worth. Looking at the map of where the Folly is situated, it was somewhere where John Players packing case factory stood. I lived, for most of my childhood life on Knighton Avenue and only sold my parents house on there a couple of years ago. Knighton Ave and Radford Grove Lane formed a horseshoe shaped road from Churchfield Lane. No 1 Radford Grove Lane still exists and was the old farm house in its day. The Folly must have been located adjacent to that as the River Leen runs along the bottom of its back garden as it does at the bottom of the gardens at the bottom of Knighton Avenue. The building right at the back of Radfordreds picture, could well be the farmhouse that still stands. I have many fond memories of living around there as a kid. My earliest, was of me being brought back home on a regular basis by the fork lift truck drivers from the packing case factory. I would wander down there, fascinated at them loading/unloading what were known as `Hogheads` from Players lorries. I worked in the packing case factory for a short while during the 6 years that I spent at Players, such is the irony. The Folly was before my time, but that is where it looks as if it was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 The lake must have been fed by the Leen..shame it's gone, along with St Anns Well another popular place for the Victorians to spend a Sunday afternoon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Never noticed the sign on the bridge until yesterday (could be new ?) the bridge is shown on the 1920s map Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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