Mr Smith 9 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 I was born at 2 Curtis Grove, Wilford Road in 1960. We moved to Hyson Green about 6 years later. I now live back in The Meadows on The Embankment. Despite looking at a couple of 1960's maps of Nottingham, I cannot find Curtis Grove. Please can someone help. Thanks in anticipation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Could it have been a terrace?? If so it wouldn't be on standard maps. I lived off Briar Street and the terrace I lived in, Osman Terrace wasn't shown on maps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,879 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 That sounds familiar, it might have been near Mayfield Grove off Kirkwhite St. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,879 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 According to Theoldmeadows.co.uk. It was at the bottom of Bosworth road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Summat wrong there Den, Bosworth Road was only crossed by two streets, Briar Street and Hawthorne Street. Bosworth Road ended just past the school on one side and the "Stute" on the south side. There was a fence across the bottom of Bosworth Road with playing fields behind it and then Clifton Colliery tips behind them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p344/alanmee/image0.jpg[/iM Can,t see it on this 1900 map of the Meadows! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 It's not on the later, that is after Clifton Bridge was opened either. I suspect it was a terrace, not a street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Curtis Grove, on this seeing this posting I misread it and had a vision of a black soul singer Curtis Groove! lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Hi, Curtis Grove is listed as being off Wilford Road in the attached directory which shoud be west of the railway.I can find census records for 1901 but these do not locate the position along Wilford Road. Curtis Street & Terrace is shown as being off Mayfield Grove to the east of the track. I have a map showing Curtis Street but no evidence of Curtis Grove. The link below will take you to the directory which is well worth saving, it's a PDF file. Nottingham Street Directory 1902 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 He does say 1960, I lived off Briar Street at that time not 100 feet away from Bosworth Road, looking at a map of that period, there is no such street. It had to be a terrace as none of the terrace's are listed on normal street maps of the period. At a rough guess, I'll bet it was a terrace on Hawthorne Street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 That's a very old map Lynmee, the rail tracks were pulled up years before I lived in the area. All coal from Clifton went to the power station next door in my days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,879 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 There is a mention of the Daykin family from Curtis Grove on Theoldmeadows.co.uk/Daykin.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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