Did you go to Peveril ?

[katyjay 5,090]

My youngest brother was born November 1955, I thought he may be on one of your photos, but no.

[Marrowman 33]

Perhaps he missed the photo session that day. I've got some more school pics to post later and he might be on one of them. 

[Marrowman 33]

Here is another school photo from William Crane Juniors North. I think that this is the 1963/64 academic year. The teacher on the right was Mr. Morgan and the headteacher on the left was Mr. Metcalfe. Looks like the class size has increased to 39.

 

[Marrowman 33]

Another one! Possibly 1964/65

 

[Marrowman 33]

And finally 1965/66. I'm not very good at putting names to faces but some of the lads I remember are Steven Smalley, Phillip Broughton, Neil Crosby, David Baird, David Anscombe, Michael Lilley, John Birch, Roy Dexter, ? East and ? Brooks. I am far right 2nd row standing (Roy Johnson).

 

Roy Dexter and John Birch both went on to play cricket for Nottinghamshire. John eventually went on to captain the side and later became a coach. 

 

[benjamin1945 16,139]

Just read the whole of this thread.......but didn't go to Peveril or William Crane.....however found it one of the most interesting......Pity a lot of the posters no longer do so...

[Jill Sparrow 10,303]

Their alumnus, His Holiness The Dalai Chulla, for instance. We miss him. They don't make them like that any more.

[Marrowman 33]

I've found a Wiiliam Crane School magazine "The Venture" from 1966. There are some adverts in it from businesses around Aspley and Nuttall Road that have now sadly all gone. Maybe one or two of you Nottsalgians might remember them.

https://postimg.cc/TL4n5CR3

 

https://postimg.cc/gXCqBN1B

 

https://postimg.cc/nMLxRGqT

 

https://postimg.cc/NLb6YB9B

[Cliff Ton 10,454]

The good old days when shops were run by ladies named Hilda.

[philmayfield 6,115]

Of all the old names that make a modern reappearance Hilda doesn’t seem to feature. My mother was a Hilda. It’s of Nordic/Germanic origin meaning battleaxe. My mother was that way inclined!

[Jill Sparrow 10,303]

I certainly remember Major's cake shop on Gregory Boulevard, near to Males' the pork butchers. Major's on Gregory Boulevard was run by a couple of ladies who seemed very elderly to me as a child but were probably younger than I am now!  Their cakes were displayed on cakestands in the window and, when purchased, were always in a box with a fancy ribbon round it. Must admit, I didn't realise they had other branches.

[The Pianoman 1,532]

I remember Majors on Aspley Lane. It was always a must when visiting granny on Minver Crescent. It was in the block of the shops to the left of The Beacon. One of few shops I do remember there.

[Cliff Ton 10,454]

Majors is now Picasso Nails & Beauty.

 

https://goo.gl/maps/3emJ8MJZi8d3Kb379

 

 

Hilda Brady - Hair Stylist, is now Kitchen Lads Takeaway.

 

https://goo.gl/maps/DEXShVKPcfDQiVpS7

[Jill Sparrow 10,303]

Major's on Gregory Boulevard was a high class cake shop but rather expensive. Further along, there was a bakery/confectionery shop. It was a family concern. Dad did the baking onsite, assisted by his wife and their daughter served in the shop. The smell in there was just heavenly! Dad would appear through a sliding door at the back of the counter with wooden trays of bread, straight out of the ovens. They made their own cakes and pastries. Whilst not as highly decorated as those for sale in Major's, the cakes were beautiful and my mum usually bought hers from there. The bread was wrapped in tissue paper. Not a plastic bag in sight. I loved that shop.

[Marrowman 33]

Yes Clifton,  I've been looking some of them up on streetview. Hilda Marriott is now Vivian's Nail and Beauty Salon, B. Sheffield and Sons is now Bees Bargain Beds and Furniture,  Deeleys fruit and veg is now Atmoe Vapes and Hadlums Fish Bar is now Kullys ((permanently closed). It would have been nice if at least one of those original businesses had kept going. 

[Marrowman 33]

16 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said:

Major's on Gregory Boulevard was a high class cake shop but rather expensive. Further along, there was a bakery/confectionery shop. It was a family concern. Dad did the baking onsite, assisted by his wife and their daughter served in the shop. The smell in there was just heavenly! Dad would appear through a sliding door at the back of the counter with wooden trays of bread, straight out of the ovens. They made their own cakes and pastries. Whilst not as highly decorated as those for sale in Major's, the cakes were beautiful and my mum usually bought hers from there. The bread was wrapped in tissue paper. Not a plastic bag in sight. I loved that shop.

 

 

Hello Jill, was that shop near the corner of Bentinck Road? I used to live on Northumberland Terrace just off Gregory Boulevard and I remember a little baker's shop. They used to do lovely cherry bakewells and custard tarts. Northumberland Terrace was demolished many years ago.

[Jill Sparrow 10,303]

No, it was in the row of shops that included Hyson Green post office on Gregory Boulevard. The shop is still there but the bakery is long gone.  The man who ran it must have had to get up at a ridiculously early hour every morning to start baking but the family lived on the several floors above the shop, so at least he didn't have far to travel to work.

[Cliff Ton 10,454]

I've come across an old thread about Peveril which was buried under the main heading of 60s Nottingham.

 

I haven't cross-checked to see if any information is duplicated.

 

https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/9059-peveril-secondary-bi-lateral-aspley/