mick2me 3,033 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Are you asking me Mick? Yes stu Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Southwell, as mentioned in the post mate. My partner gets loads of bargains this way in the Wollaton (Russell Drive) shop too. Some incredible savings if you're smart about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 The Co - op I refered to were 4 shops of the old style,opposite Myfords engineering factory. I am sure Fynger will have remembered them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 yep....but Loooong gone now - that was Chilwell High road Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 What I was meaning was what Coop does it belong to now. ie there is still an ilkeston coop AFAIK? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 I've no idea Mick. I just go and buy food there at about a quarter of the price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Chilwell had 4 Co-op stores: High Road Chilwell (next to the Hop Pole) as mentioned above, the building still exists but is has not been a Co-op for many years. Bramcote Avenue opposite the top of Park Road, building demolished, 6 houses on the site. Corner of Bramcote Avenue and Cator Lane, again, building still there but not as a Co-op. Depot Corner, recently a Kennelgate but currently vacant. The 4 Chilwell sites were Long Eaton Co-ops. Beeston High Road branch was a Nottingham Co-op. Building demolished & redeveloped. Chilwell Road Beeston opposite Foster Avenue - demolished, now Wilkinsons store site (for the time being) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Thanks for clearing that up Bro LECS, encroached into NCS territory Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 614 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Strange that most of us have a divvi number etched on our brains. Don't want to divulge me Mam's in case I want to use it as a memorable number in a password, etc. but as with other posters, remember me Mam quoting it weekly to the milkman. I do remember the 'big' Coop on Parliament Street having lifts worked by attendants who used to pull a lever back and forth and announce what was on each floor (like 'are you being served' opening credits). They were phased out of course to reduce costs. The toys were on the top floor and at Christmas they had the best (and free) Santa in town. They also had a 'bargain basement' which was actually in the basement! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 The Co-op used to be a classy place Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Can't remember Co-op number, never forget Army number tho, 8 digits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Has the Co - op on Parliament s't gone? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 The Co-op business closed on Parliament Street but the building is still there and occupied by other shops Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HILDA 3 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Used to be 5862 then they added 20 as a prefix so then had to remember 205862 when we went to the coop at the junction of Coningswath and Cavendish Roads where J G Rolls was (is?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 My father had the Shell garage in Wollaton Vale, right next to the Hemlockstone Pub, in the early 60s. He built it in anticipation of Wollaton Vale being extended out to link up eventually with the M1. In those days, Wollaton Vale effectively ended at Arleston Drive. Sadly the extension plans were apparently put on hold for whatever reason for some time. Association with this thread??? He sold the garage to the Co-op in early 63 and I stayed on working there for a few months. Surprising the number of people who came in for petrol and didn't have or bother with the Divi number. Even more surprising that the Co-op never twigged that our family bought a lot of petrol from that garage. It was, I think, the second petrol station that the Co-op then owned in Notts. Anybody out there that remembers that service station? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 The Coop also originally owned Beechdale motors not a million miles away on Beechdale Road Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Yes mick, there was a Co-op in Beeston. I cannot remember my mum's Co-op number, so I feel really cheated in life; especially as I used to go and collect her divi for her from the uppermost floor of the Co-op, Parliament Street; I remember catching the lift up there and the huge, lift attendant in his splendid uniform calling out the different floor levels as we made our way to the top. So yes, I feel really cheated that I cannot for the life of me remember my mum's Co-op number. I can't believe you can't remember your mum's number, I thought it was dinged into all our brains as kids, going up to the top shops Co-op with our mum's shopping list in hand. They always asked for the divi number. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Anybody out there that remembers that service station? Hi Trevor S, I do recall the service station in Co-op ownership. It had a showroom on the right of the plot and I think it had some lock-up garages at the back of the site. From around 1970-ish the Co-op divi was replaced by Co-op blue stamps to compete with Green Shield stamps and Sperry & Hutchinson 'S&H pink stamps'. The Co-op sold the site in the mid 1980's and it was redeveloped for/by Q8 Petroleum (Q8 belonged to Kuwait) together with a car wash.. The site has changed ownership and is a 24 hour Spar shop with Total fuels. A health centre/doctors surgery stands on the site to the right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Hi Trevor S, I do recall the service station in Co-op ownership. It had a showroom on the right of the plot and I think it had some lock-up garages at the back of the site. From around 1970-ish the Co-op divi was replaced by Co-op blue stamps to compete with Green Shield stamps and Sperry & Hutchinson 'S&H pink stamps'. The Co-op sold the site in the mid 1980's and it was redeveloped for/by Q8 Petroleum (Q8 belonged to Kuwait) together with a car wash.. The site has changed ownership and is a 24 hour Spar shop with Total fuels. A health centre/doctors surgery stands on the site to the right. Thanks Littlebro. When we sold it in 63, the lock up garages were incomplete with no roofs or doors, the lube bay was being fitted out and the wash bay at the pub end was not in use. Off thread, what's with the photo of the Mustang??? Do you have one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Kath, I probably cannot remember my mum's Co-op divi number because I was probably bored at having to do so many errands for my mum and others on the 'Circus'. If something's 'boring' in life I tend to forget about it! At least being an 'errand girl' - although I didn't have much choice - earned me some decent money; a Capitalist at such a young age! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Off thread, what's with the photo of the Mustang??? Do you have one? I wish. I do not really rate USA motors, they have image but little style. The Mustang is IMO an exception. It is in my bucket list to tour the west coast of the USA. I have been there twice but hired family vehicles. I would love to go there again with an iconic car such as the Mustang. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 I hired a convertible Mustang for the week while I was staying in Vancouver once. I don't think they have the capabilities of comparable European or Japanese cars but it was nevertheless great fun. Lovely sound too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Kath, I probably cannot remember my mum's Co-op divi number because I was probably bored at having to do so many errands for my mum and others on the 'Circus'. If something's 'boring' in life I tend to forget about it! At least being an 'errand girl' - although I didn't have much choice - earned me some decent money; a Capitalist at such a young age! I forgot you did shopping for several folks, who most likely all gave you their divi number! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 A friend rented a Mustang in California when I first visited in 1995. Having owned a Mustang T shirt bought at Santa Pod in 1970, I was dissapointed, as it was like a tin box on wheels. Very thin metal. Perhaps recent models are an improvement. Dunno what the 60s models were like? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Nowt like the "LeBaron" we hired in Fla '94 not that this is it ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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