mick2me 3,033 Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 I visited the Variety club but once, very Early 70's. My only memory is a guy playing the organ very well. When he got up to go to the bar, the tune never stopped? Strange! !clapping! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 My Dad remissness with her about the Variety when he frequents Nottm races , i believe she may own an horse , she also ran Vandella entertainment agency many moons ago . As a spotty faced apprentice back in 1968 working at a garage on St Anns Well Road a guy used to bring his flash american car in for petrol & servicing etc.. His name was I think Trevor Budworth & he had something to do with strippers/ entertainers call em what you like. Many times he would turn up with said "Lady" in the car with him, on the car I think I saw an advert for "The Amber Vandella All Girl Show". Think they lived in Mapperley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 anyone know where the moulders is or was, i remember it was a buffalow lodge where my dad used to go. they often organised trips for the local kids to places like drayton manor and also the queens coronation party which i attended somewhere on denman st. mg 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,874 Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 I think there was a pub called the Moulders arms on Bovill St off Hartley road. This was a fairly new pub, perhaps replacing an older one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M.WILSONSKY.COM 1 Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 reading all the entries on old radford brings a million memories flooding back,after my birth in 1943 my first "home" was with me mam, and dad when he came back from the services, on top of Hollinsworths the off licence on Denman street,we moved to 30, Hornbuckle Street and stayed till I was about twelve Bentinck School, Brassy street rec,I remember the rec when it was still a bomb site,a great playground! Trolly buses,Skills coaches and the toy shop that belonged to them too,they sold Pelham puppets and all sorts of model cars,animals ect. Loads of other stuff too,maybe I'll put a bit more on when I've got a bit of time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 The Moulders Arms was tucked away on a side road near the junction of Hartly Road and Alfreton Road. I'd go there in the 70's. I don't know if its still there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,874 Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Still there. You can see it on google street view. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 dad spent many a happy hour in there at the buff lodge, late forties early fifties 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Icarus 5 Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 I lived at No 14 Edinburgh Street in Radford from around 1949 until they pulled it down in the 1960s. At the top of the street was the Royal Oak pub, and the toughest bunch of kids around were the Brassy street gang, led by the fearsome Teddy Towle (is he still around?). There was a church hall on Independent Street where we used to go for Sunday School. They also ran a cub/scout group from there, and the best part was always going down to the basement after meetings to have a farewell cup of cocoa before we went home. On the corner of Edinburgh Street there was a newsagent's run by Bill & Grace Thompson. Bill was a kind man who was known from time to time to buy shoes for kids in the street who didn't have any that were wearable, and whose parents couldn't afford replacements. After Bill died, Grace sold the shop. She remarried, and lived to be well into her eighties. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,874 Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 My missus was born at 23 Edinburgh street in 1953, her family left there in 1955 their surname was Higgins. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 My missus was born at 23 Edinburgh street in 1953, her family left there in 1955 their surname was Higgins.Perhaps her family are connected to mine in some way then - the Higgins of Radford! What was her Dads name? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,874 Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Her dads name was Claude but he hated the name, he liked to be known as Bill. He was born in 1927 but sadly no longer with us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lulla 0 Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 My Grandma and Grandad used to owe the Denman Street cafe...I had some great times in that cafe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 My Grandma and Grandad used to owe the Denman Street cafe...I had some great times in that cafe. Was that the one below Radford Boulevard? sold great breakfasts............... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SamPanther 7 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 my birth mother and her boyfriend Kenneth Smith used to live above the cafe on Bentinck road, Radford in the early 1980s and I think Ken owned the cafe too, but not sure? I also lived there, but only for afew months when my birth mum had me in july 1982. I don't know much about Ken, but i've been trying to find him since 2002, as i'm adoptied.. but i havent found anyone that knows him or knew him.. only my birth mum Phyllis. wonder if anyone else has heard of Ken? i know he also used to work as a fork-lift truck driver, but don't know where he worked?. I keep searching for him now & again online, but havent for ages. i think he'd be in his late 60s - 70s now? thats if he's still alive? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 I might know of Ken, was he a boxer? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SamPanther 7 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 I don't know if he was a boxer or not? as I don't know much about him.. but I've replied to your message. I'm going off the letter he wrote for me in 1985 & what my birth mother can remember.. and my parents too. not much i'm sad to say, i don't even know his date of birth. but i'll keep searching Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Thanks for that eagle eye observation, MG. Never spotted the SNAKE BELT. And worn in the traditional fashion too, GREAT! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Sanderson's Pies banner too! Sando's Pies of Bulwell...staple diet of my youth... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OLDACE 196 Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Hi Sussexred, I have just read the post about 27 Hartley Road. In the spring of 74 I was doing agency work at British Gas at Dunkirk. One day another worker turned up, it was Jim Howarth who lived at the Hartley Road complex. I started visiting there, I remember Bonner and Sam who were in the Hell's Angels, Hans who had a fabulous hi-fi (Bang & Olufson). I remember Darg and the rest, also Merv and his misses Soron. I was partying with Soron and her fella (he's a biker, all 6'5" of him) at the Simmer Dim Rally last month, she said she never really figured out what was going on at Hartley Road,but she presumed everybody else did. I said I was the same. I often went there after the clubs shut about 2.30am, there was always a few people awake. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 I remember a bungalow not that far away from hartley rd that was similar,lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Hi Sussexred, I have just read the post about 27 Hartley Road. In the spring of 74 I was doing agency work at British Gas at Dunkirk. One day another worker turned up, it was Jim Howarth who lived at the Hartley Road complex. I started visiting there, I remember Bonner and Sam who were in the Hell's Angels, Hans who had a fabulous hi-fi (Bang & Olufson). I remember Darg and the rest, also Merv and his misses Soron. I was partying with Soron and her fella (he's a biker, all 6'5" of him) at the Simmer Dim Rally last month, she said she never really figured out what was going on at Hartley Road,but she presumed everybody else did. I said I was the same. I often went there after the clubs shut about 2.30am, there was always a few people awake. is that the same jim howarth whose dad worked at nottingham uni and lived attenborough way? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Owdtite 2 Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 While we are on the subject of Hartley Rd, if you were walking down from Bentinck Rd and on the left hand side about 500yds down can anyone remember the general grocers that were run by the Oakland Family in the 60's...I know they had a son called Dennis and a daughter named Beryl...I think Beryl was a hairdresser at Pendreds above the bank in the OM Square.. I think they sold up and went to live in Pelham Cres in Beeston. Owdtite... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OLDACE 196 Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 is that the same jim howarth whose dad worked at nottingham uni and lived attenborough way? Hi Hippo Girl, Jim was a student at Nottingham Uni and I think his father was at Uni. Jim was a really friendly outgoing chap, working with him was a laugh a minute. He worked during the Uni holidays. We were taking old cookers off gas board lorries and then loading them on the scrap merchants lorry, we got the job sussed, and spent half the time in the hut listening to the radio and chewing the fat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Hi Hippo Girl, Jim was a student at Nottingham Uni and I think his father was at Uni. Jim was a really friendly outgoing chap, working with him was a laugh a minute. He worked during the Uni holidays. We were taking old cookers off gas board lorries and then loading them on the scrap merchants lorry, we got the job sussed, and spent half the time in the hut listening to the radio and chewing the fat. hi Oldace, must be the same Jim Howarth, was a good friend of my bro.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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