Hilly2166 0 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Hello everyone. I am new and am researching for a novel I am writing. it is set in the Meadows in the 1960s and I would be grateful for any anecdotes anyone can recall. I am particularly interested in Mundella memories and the lives of teenagers during that period. Hope to hear from you H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Suggest you start looking at www.mundella.org .uk. Good luck ! Stan. !clapping! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 I spent many a happy hour chatting to the working girls in the all night cafes on Arkwright Street.The sight of two burly vice squad officers legging it down the road hotly pursued by a Totties alsatian was a sight to see. Or the guy screaming at one girl..."You gave me crabs last night!" And her equally loud answer..."What do you want for two quid....Lobsters?" Or is it not that sort of a novel??? !cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Hello I'm sure you will get lots of info from folks here, but why Mundella? Mundella was a Grammers School. I would think very few pupils actually lived in the Meadow? The Scecondary school for Local Kids was Trent Bridge Senior Which I attended. I lived in and frequented the Meadows in the 60's and 70's and went to Trent Bridge Juhior and Senior Schools. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 I have this idea for a book, about a chap who works at Raleigh, has affair with workmates wife, then meets a girl who gets pregnant, in between he shoots woman up the **** with an air gun, what do you reckon? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 I spent many a happy hour chatting to the working girls in the all night cafes on Arkwright Street... And how is your above post less offensive than other recent postings that you farcically accuse of racism? Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Sorry vicar... my sense of humour 'aint appreciated eh?....I won't bother again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hilly2166 0 Posted October 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 that's exactly the sort of thing I need to know! More please.... My dad had a shop on Kirkwhite Street east (Heasons) and I went to school out of the area (I was sent to the High School). The book I am writing is about the isolation of a child sent 'out' to school and being a misfit in the posh school and being seen as a snob at home. Because I was sent away to school I missed so much of what went on in the 60s and need any anecdotes anyway can let me have. PS lobsters for £2... that'll do me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 My dad had a shop on Kirkwhite Street east (Heasons)... Related to Richard Heason of Stathern, by chance? Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BAZZER 10 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 that's exactly the sort of thing I need to know! More please....My dad had a shop on Kirkwhite Street east (Heasons) and I went to school out of the area (I was sent to the High School). The book I am writing is about the isolation of a child sent 'out' to school and being a misfit in the posh school and being seen as a snob at home. Because I was sent away to school I missed so much of what went on in the 60s and need any anecdotes anyway can let me have. PS lobsters for £2... that'll do me Hiya Hilly, I was about to say, what 'angle' are you aiming at for the novel ? It'l help for people to offer the right anecdotes,,,,, snow good people throwing too serious bits in if its a comedic piece,,,, & vicci vercky,,,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hilly2166 0 Posted October 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Richard is my brother! You know him? I have a sister, Penny, too. The book is a straight novel (think Catherine Cookson), but needs some fun in it, too. I would like to know about the experience of growing up in the Meadows, of meeting friends and dating, where teenagers slocialised, the sounds on the streets. The seamy side of drunks and poverty as well as the humour. The pride of the housewives and efforts to get everything clean after the floods. When did the outdoor lavvies stop being used? Did people use portland baths for washing and bathing as well as swimming? Were there still cobbles? Did Shipstone's horse still come around? Am I imagining th elephants under the railway arch? How much was the rent on a house? What did a working man earn? What about the first arrivals from the west Indies? How did people react? Was there prejudice? I remember the Hong Kong and those awful pink corsets, but what else did Arkwright Street offer? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Richard is my brother! You know him? I have a sister, Penny, too. I have known him for almost 30 years, he is a close friend and former work colleague. Know of your sister, but have never met her. Might I suggest that there is much Meadows material for you in our 'The Medders' forum, into which your thread has now been placed. These contributions go back to Oct 2005, and cover a comprehensive view of the area, made primarily by members who were born and bred there. IIRC, the majority of their recollections were from the 60's/70's era. To read all the postings, simply bring up the forums list within the group, click on 'The Medders', and all the 41 different topics will be tabulated. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 There is a Meadows site linked from Bosworth Street School. Just google bosworth street school. Outside bogs only went when the area was cleared by demolition orders. Work? Like most people, all over the city, local work was Dobsons, Gun Factory, Railways, plenty of companies down Meadow Lane and Daleside Road, Clifton Colliery, Wilford North Power Station, Hosene Works on Briar Street, tons of factories in and around the Meadows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 All of the Coop-s activities were centered on Meadow Lane area Bakery Dairy Transports ad Removals service, Soft Drinks (mineralwaters) Cobblers factory, Coal Yars, Pork Factory, Garage, Greengrocery, fiberglass shop (milk floats), even cars sales at one stage. And of course until recently, The Coop Laundry on Daleside Road. In those days Coop vans were RED. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joy James 10 Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 I have actually written a book about growing up in St Ann's during and post the 2nd world war. Its called Yo'd Mek a Parson Swear! We moved to St Ann's via a moonlight flit and trust me you would not have liked to have us moving in next door to you! By the morning, our neighbours would learn why our dad labelled us 'the brass band' and we were to bring new life to Moffat street, most of it rolled up in the bedding on the back of the cart!!!!! Have just finshed a sequel called Yo'd Mek a Paron Swear....Again! and this one deals with life in 'posh Broxa', that's what mam called it! Its due out shortly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Anybody know if this novel was ever written,and did hilly2166 ever post again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,094 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Joy has several books in print, I got a couple once from Waterstones in town. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Sorry katyjay was referring to the meadows post ,I have clear memories of heasons in the 60s,would have been interesting communicating with hilly2166. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Andy, Hilly2166 hasn't been on Nottstalgia since December 09 2008. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,094 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 His last post was 15th October 2008. You can always p.m. him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,094 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Great minds think alike Michael. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 I'm honoured to be compared with you, katyjay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 -Thank you both 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WilliamsonMeadows 18 Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Strange that I have just come across this thread whilst on google as I myself am currently working on a book based in 1960's Meadows. I will be interested to read this forum and frequent on a regular basis. Seems like a helpful place to ask the odd question or two that my old man can't sort. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Welcome to Nottstalgia, WilliamsonMeadows. You have a lot of catching up to do, lol. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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