PeverilPeril 3,268 Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 9 hours ago, RadFordee said: @PeverilPerilwhat years were you at windley? i also went there from 1970-74. A bit before your time - 1947/50. Boys on the lower half of the school and girls on the upper part. BK - Windley was on Forest Rd about a 100 yards up from Alfreton Rd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,268 Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 Wow CT! - what a great collection of pictures of Alfreton Rd. Only seen a few before. Must go through them all again... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 Cheers PP., thanks a lot for jogging me memory. Getting a bit rusty you know. just a thought, I'm going to try screen shots of those pictures and then I can look at them at my leisure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RadFordee 67 Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 @PeverilPerilthanks for the reply, yes you were there well before me, i was only at the old building for my 1st 2 year there & then we moved across to the newly built school which was on the corner of forest rd & ayr street. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RadFordee 67 Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 The new school seemed very posh compared to the old building. even had indoor lavviesswish eh. @Willow wilsondont remember there being a cobblers opposite newdigate st when i lived the, in my time there was a cobblers next door to walter rideouts fish shop ted jones & his wife marjorie, i also loved all the smells you mentioned in there & all the pairs of shoes held together with a rubber band & a paper number ticket on them waiting to be collected along the wooden shelves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 891 Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 4 hours ago, RadFordee said: @Willow wilsondont remember there being a cobblers opposite newdigate st when i lived the, RadFordee. Approximately, in the 50s into mid 60s there was a cobbler straight opposite Gagg's motorbike spares shop; Gagg's was at 106 Alfreton road, 100 yards or so down from Newdigate st. That would put cobbler in the current Tesco carpark location prior to, say, relocating. Other than that I don't know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RadFordee 67 Posted July 28, 2022 Report Share Posted July 28, 2022 @Willow wilsoni'm thinking that the cobblers in that location was probably gone in my time there or that i was too young to remember it there(born in the area 1963) i do remember gaggs though i think it was next door or very close to norman greaves herbalist shop? & 2or 3 shops down from tommy stevensons newsagents which was next door but 1 to the generous briton pub. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 28, 2022 Report Share Posted July 28, 2022 There's a link to an old article on Gaggs in another thread. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/10235-motorbike-shops/?page=7&tab=comments#comment-689947 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RadFordee 67 Posted July 28, 2022 Report Share Posted July 28, 2022 Thanks for the link ct i shall be having a look at that later, am trying to read through lots of the older topics, only trouble is i'm not getting any housework done since i joined ns. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted July 28, 2022 Report Share Posted July 28, 2022 What's housework? Was that on the timetable at Manning? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RadFordee 67 Posted July 28, 2022 Report Share Posted July 28, 2022 Probably should have been jill, would have been more useful in life than one of mrs davys maths lessons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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