plantfit 7,533 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Ayup all, Every Saturday we had to visit my granny in Bulwell, she lived down Albert street next to the school, The mornings were took up at the sixpenny rush either at the top of the street (now the Co op) or at Leno's, the afternoon was spent tormenting my grand fathers chickens in the long garden he had ( it went through to Deptford street) If it was a hot day we would pick coal tar from between the cobbles and make our own marbles, obviously getting a clout for getting the stuff all over our clothes, the prefered method of removing the offending tar was by rubbing butter or marg on it to soften it. later on when it was getting dusk the street gas lights would come on, automatically in the late 50s, we would shin up the lamp post and blow the mantle out but the gas would still be exiting the pipe, after the lamp body had filled up with sufficiant gas we would light some newspaper and let it float up the lamp standard, on reaching the lamp head the gas would explode and blow the windows out of the lamp head. I just wanted to get that little act of vandalism of my chest, sorry if I've bored you. Cheers Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dodie 51 Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 My cousin went to Albert Street Sunday school, I can remember going to their Sunday school anniversary with her. I also went to some club could it have been a miners welfare to a party when a youngster, I remember my uncle played the piano there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,533 Posted February 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Ayup Dodie Ah! yes I can remember that club now, Just down Albert street from the picture house, I dont think it was a miners club though.Some Saturday afternoons when my uncles were at my grannies they would go to that club and I would be allowed to tag along and watch them play snooker. I'll have a think to see if anymore memories come to light about the place, Remember the factory at the bottom of the street, I think it was some sort of engineering works? Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rosie 0 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Hi,I came upon this forum through a google search Albert Street + Bulwell. Not finding what I was looking for on the Internet, I thought I'd ask here.I visited Nottingham in the mid 1960s and stayed in what had stuck in my mind for all those years as Albert Street, Bulwell. I was recently trying to locate this place on a map on the Internet, and could not find it. Thought my memory was failing me so I looked for an Albert Road, no luck either.I found an Albert Street in Hucknall and thought I might be confused between Hucknall and Bulwell, since the name Hucknall rings a bell as well, but it somehow doesn't fit with the visual images I've kept in my mind. I seem to recall Hucknall was where the buses from Nottingham city centre were heading to but we got off the bus before that. And this Albert Street was a small street on the left hand side of a main road, Nottingham city centre being behind us. The house I was staying in (my penpal's) was right at the beginning of the street, we never went to the other end of the street but I somehow had the feeling it was a dead end. I remember it as quite a straight narrow street.Now I've found this thread about an Albert Street in Bulwell, I'm starting to think it might not be my mind being age confused. Is there or has there ever been an Albert Street in Bulwell? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 hi rosie - albert street did exist and it was down the right hand side of the co-op on highbury vale bulwell - the co-op used to be highbury cinema back in the day 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Welcome to Nottsalgia Rosie, you've come to the right place to find the answer as you've already discovered. To add to what Enigma1st has said, this is it. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Must be your lucky day, because I also found I had this. And even more surprisingly, this. http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM006993&prevUrl= 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,533 Posted August 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Hi Rosie, it was a dead end,however at the bottom to the right was a footpath that took you to the pedestrian bridge over the railway and onto the river Leen,on the left side at the bottom of the street was a factory,not sure what they did,somesrt of engineering works,the picture house now the CoOp is still on Highbury vale but the end of the street is now built over,next to the picture house/CoOp going down Albert street (it was on a bit of a hill) was the working mens club,a bit lower down on the right side was a small "shop" for want of a better word and the lady who owned it was called Eileen she used to sell ice cream and lollies (suckers to us kids),Iv'e probably mentioned all this stuff in the opening post but it's nice to go back in time so excuse the ramblings Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 I had the pleasure of going to Highbury Infants School and then the Junior School but not the Senior School. The Infants was closed when Cantrell Road School was opened (must have been about 1950/1 as my Brother went there). I also went to the 6d rush at the Highbury Cinema. There were two shops on Albert Street, the top shop and the bottom shop, they were both on the right hand side going down the hill. I think there was a murder or something at the bottom shop while I was at the school. The school caretaker lived in a house between the school & the factory. The factory had a steam hooter that sounded at shift changes. The infants & Junior schools were mixed but the senior school was boys only & the boys came from all over Bulwell including Bulwell Hall Estate. At the end of school there was a trolley bus standing off the wires outside the cinema but showing 44 Bulwell Hall Estate on the blind, this was to take the boys home. The Methodist Church was built by the Primitive Methodists. One thing I remember is that the Infants school was used as a polling station for elections and we got a days holiday, the ballot boxes were collected at the close of the poll by a city transport double-deck bus with a policeman standing an the platform, it had to reverse all the way down the street. Memories from the late 1940's early 1950's so apolgies for any errors. Brian. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 When were those streets demolished? Mid-1970s at the latest? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 The caption on the Picture the Past photo says "circa 1966", but don't take that as gospel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 I think one of the famous old boys of Highbury School was Kenneth Clarke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Highbury Secondary School for Boys , Albert Street , Highbury Vale , Bulwell c1970s external shot of the school - as you can see in the photo the demolition has already started on the properties 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rosie 0 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Thanks for all this info, maps and photos. It all fits in with my memories (really reassuring to see I wasn't confused after all). Thanks to the maps you guys have posted I can spot on google street view the exact place where Albert Street used to stand. I was there in July 1966 so probably just before the demolition started, I never went back.I remember the "little shop" -that's where I stayed- I don't remember the lady's first name (Eileen doesn't ring a bell, but we might be talking about different periods) I remember her husband's and daughter's.Albert Street was my first contact with Britain half a century ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 I think one of the famous old boys of Highbury School was Kenneth Clarke. Kenneth Clarke was head boy at Aldercar Comprehensive or so the plaque over the entrance to the school hall says. His parents had a shop on Upper or Lower Dunstead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 I used to work with someone who lived on Northcote Street, which was up to about 1970, so I know it would have been after that time when those streets were demolished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Kenneth Clarke was head boy at Aldercar Comprehensive or so the plaque over the entrance to the school hall says. His parents had a shop on Upper or Lower Dunstead. I'm sure he was at Highbury at some point. Didn't his dad have a shop in Bulwell? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 I don't have any dates when his parents shop was in Langley Mill and I don't know the dates when he was at Aldercar Comp but I believe he was born in Langley Mill but would stand corrected if wrong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,533 Posted August 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Don't forget that famous Nottingham tramp Boris went to that school, The little shop you mention Rosie,the lady owner had a Siamese cat first time I ever saw one of those,that would be late 50's early 60's Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Re: the Kenneth Clarke shop; see #36 and onwards here. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13495&page=2&hl=clarke#entry330134 Today 25 Highbury Road is called "Best Food". Draw your own conclusions about that. https://goo.gl/maps/pmYl9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,533 Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Thanks for posting that picture Enigma 1st,that bought back some memories, the lamp post was right outside my grandparents front garden,I spent many an hour in the summer months sat under there rolling tar from the cobbled street edges and turning them into marbles,climbing up the lamp post to blow out the gas light when it came on,and watching my father and uncle tinkering about under a car bonnet on some old car he had Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OrphanAnnie 296 Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Is Highbury Hospital still standing? My daughter was born there in 1974, you could see the maternity ward as you walked up to the hospital as it jutted out at the front. There was also a registry office further down, my sister married there Valentine's day 1978 or 79, there was snow on the ground. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Yes Highbury hospital is still there but has been modernised quite a bit and some of the old buildings gone - the registry office is still there too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elicia 0 Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 Hi - can anyone remember the fish and chip shop on Deptford Street - my grandad was bought up by the Hydes who owned it and would love to get an idea of where it was Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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