Radford Ramblings

[Cliff Ton 10,458]

There wasn't anything to split, Mick. It just needed a few leftover, surplus comments deleting, which I've done.

[mick2me 3,033]

Maybe you might remember these in old radford.

[Paulus 541]

Were they for cleaning 'the poor' Michael?

[mick2me 3,033]

The 'Great Unwashed'

[jon woodward 0]

Lived at 17 Foster street, facing Hughes undertaker. Could actually see in to the window from our bedroom window.

[mick2me 3,033]

Welcome Jon Woodward

[jackson 301]

Hi Jon and welcome to 'Nottstalgia'.

I had a great Aunt Nell who lived on Forster Street back in the 50's. She had lots of daughters: one called Rose, one called Bette, one called 'what's yer name?', etc (get the gist?); two of her girls married GI's and departed to America after World War II.

I recall Aunt Nell living almost immediately across the road from a funeral parlour situated in the front room of a terraced house; it scared the life out of me when I was a kid to think that the undertaker was sharing their house with departed souls!

PS: remembered the surname was 'Picker' - quite appropriate for the girl named Rose, don't you think?

[Stan 386]

Although born at the City Hospital,my parents 1st home was on Middleton St.,Radford, until sometime after moved to Elm Grove St. Anns. My father was away for the first 6 years of their marriage in the army. Goodness knows how those young women coped.

I hope you can see how angry I get as the country our parents fought and died for is just handed over to all and sundry.

[Radford Boy 26]

I went to Forster St School from 1953 to 1956 and remember a shop around the corner in Denman St called "Cheethams". You could buy a big bag of sweets for threepence.

Back then you could still buy things for a farthing. I also remember Charnel's off license. Mr. Charnel had a daughter called Judy.

A few years later I had a mate called Alan Baines who worked at Johnsons menswear shop in Denman Street.

[Cliff Ton 10,458]

If you haven't already tried it, go to Picture the Past and in the Search box put 'Denman'. There's a sequence of photos taken in the late 1940s of what appears to be almost every shop on the Street.