Craig Strongman 13 Posted December 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 My mum is racking her brain trying to remember all the shops that were on Northgate, so far I believe there were 57, I'll get the list from her and post them here when I can. I 'll start the ball rolling, Bob & Sadie Cartwright, beer off, Simpsons groceries, Butlers hardware, Stuarts decorators, Breffits butchers, Dixons barbers, Rogers barbers, Orgills drapery and clothing, Stan Boswell chip shop, Drivers chip shop Tweeds dairy, Guys hardware, Timothy Whites chemist, Penns tobacconist and sweet shop, Grants green grocers, Alan & Kevins fancy goods, Walkers beer off , Wallis electrical, Marsdens grocers, Burrows butchers, Rowena hair dressers, Kearneys dry cleaners, Tomlinson (my auntie) drapery, and thats all I have time for at the minute. Please add your remembered shops. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Can't recall original name but later Northgate Supplies? a s/h junk shop double fronted at end of potters terrace, opposite grants grocers corner of monsall st was Mrs Vickerstaff's old time grocers on opposite corner and the cobblers other side, then Jeff Woolleys (he was in England swimming team) parents had a sweet shop between monsall st and gawthorne st. can remember all the others postionwise but no idea of names. Seeing as you mentioned Tweeds there was a garage/car sales? near there, I bought an escort off him christmas 1973, may have been back of a private house job, chap who ran such now owns that block of "new" shops just up from the cafe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 !! Lundrette at the end of Potters terrace, when I lived there (number 5)in early seventies........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 'a' missing from 'Lundrette'................. !rotfl! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 re Potters Terrace, That was the wholesale shop I mentioned late 1950's early 1960's, had couple of mates lived on there John Sheldon and John (plus twin sister Pat) Stokes, bet well gone by time you lived there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Strongman 13 Posted December 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 I was at school, and had a part time job at The Coop on Egypt Rd with Mick Barret, whose mum and dad ran the launderette at one stage of its life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 I was at school, and had a part time job at The Coop on Egypt Rd with Mick Barret, whose mum and dad ran the launderette at one stage of its life. Were these the birds you had in your coop.Craig? Egyptian Fayoumis, These small, active, lovely chickens have been raised along the Nile River in Egypt for centuries, and even though quite common there, are practically unknown in this country. Would be worth a fortune ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Strongman 13 Posted December 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Nice tasty bird there!.........OK, I didn't leave a space, Co Op! I'll be mistspeallllling stuff lik Bip sooooon. !rotfl! PS, why can't I leave a larger space between the word Co Op and I'll ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 I never lived in Basford but visited 'Basford Wakes' on a few occasions. I don't suppose it still runs. When did it finish? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 I lived @ 39 Monsall St briefly, 73 - 74. Remember San Boswell's chip shop very well ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Re last new posts, Basford Wakes, last time I recall such for definate was around 1968 (going on motorbike I had at time) then again seem to recall going with my kids so post 1975? this was at Billy Bacons Field, the "overflow" on Shoulder of Mutton car park ended long before. Monsall St, lived just round corner till 1965, according to google no.39 seems to have vanished? was it btween Egypt Rd and Northgate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Near the bottom of Monsall St near the junction with Northgate. Now a park. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 yes know where you mean, just below cobblers on northgate corner, used to be 3 storey houses if I remember right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Spot on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 yes, lived in that area for 18 years, was padgets stores still there in your time? (front room of terraced house lower down) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 yes, lived in that area for 18 years, was padgets stores still there in your time? (front room of terraced house lower down) Can't remember it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 If any of you Northgate folks are interested, in the latest Basford Bystander [#138] there are photos taken outside the Horse & Groom in this edition. The front cover picture is of an outing to either Mablethorpe or Skeggy, taken Aug 15 1961, quite a large group of kids on there, plus a few adults. Inside are 2 older pics, again outings by the look of them, with horse drawn charrabangs [spelling? American spell check can't cope with that word, LOL] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stokesy 0 Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 re Potters Terrace, That was the wholesale shop I mentioned late 1950's early 1960's, had couple of mates lived on there John Sheldon and John (plus twin sister Pat) Stokes, bet well gone by time you lived there? When I lived there the shop at Potters Terrace was owned by a Mr Pearson (he lived in Langtry Grove) it was a pawnbrokers on one side and a menswear on the other side of the shop.This was in the 50's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Ayeup John, I only remember that shop first as a s/h "junk" shop, (would now be termed house clearance) and later as start of "Northgate Wholesale", though must have come round your house a lot earlier? as recall Sharon being born, plus her Op. and of course our holiday at Mablethorpe As the former that shop was a great source of bonfire rubbish! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lisa 3 Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 i lived on Egypt Road and then Northgate as a child but that was 70's - 80's before that i lived on Ainsley Estate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldgadge 1 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 My mum is racking her brain trying to remember all the shops that were on Northgate, so far I believe there were 57, I'll get the list from her and post them here when I can. I 'll start the ball rolling, Bob & Sadie Cartwright, beer off, Simpsons groceries, Butlers hardware, Stuarts decorators, Breffits butchers, Dixons barbers, Rogers barbers, Orgills drapery and clothing, Stan Boswell chip shop, Drivers chip shop Tweeds dairy, Guys hardware, Timothy Whites chemist, Penns tobacconist and sweet shop, Grants green grocers, Alan & Kevins fancy goods, Walkers beer off , Wallis electrical, Marsdens grocers, Burrows butchers, Rowena hair dressers, Kearneys dry cleaners, Tomlinson (my auntie) drapery, and thats all I have time for at the minute. Please add your remembered shops. Kearneys dry cleaners, CAIRNEYS dry cleaners, and Joyce Tatlow had a drapers/haberdashers across the road from Tomlinsons. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Mrs Vickerstaff's, groceries, plus gas mantles and hansome cab spares, ? cobblers, opposite grant's (lesley was my first girlfriend) woolley's sweet shop, there was also a plumber's, and s/h furniture/junk shop, later self service laundry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Laundry on the end of Potters Terrace Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 I remember the "Walker girls" 3 sisters if memory serves me right? think every street had a corner shop on left hand side (going towards Radford Rd) till Chelsea Street? then there was a sweet shop (with a weighing scale you couldn't see! lol) corner of Rawson Street plus a good few on the other side Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Strongman 13 Posted May 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Kearneys dry cleaners, CAIRNEYS dry cleaners, and Joyce Tatlow had a drapers/haberdashers across the road from Tomlinsons. Ages since I was on here, but anyway, the Tomlinsons shop you refer to was my auntie's place, I also went to school with James Kearney/Cairney Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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