DaveyH 0 Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Hi New to the site. I am trying to track down where I used to live as a child. I lived on China Street, Bulwell at some stage, probably about 1960-63 is. It was not far from Rufford School, which I attended. I remember the street being cobbled and there was a bakery right on the corner. At the back of the houses on the other side of the road was a dyke, the school was on the other side of that. There was a lampost right outside our front wall, believe we lived at number 24. I remember that when we looked out of the window in our back room, it looked onto a yard that belonged to the next few terraced houses along. I have checked recent maps, the street dosnt appear to exist anymore. Anyone any ideas/memories of the place? Or does anyone know where I can access any maps showing the street? Thanking you in hope Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Ayup Dave and welcome , somebody will be along shortly to help you out!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Hi DaveyH, China Street was off Quarry Road which in turn was off Main Street, Bulwell. I hope this helps see: Nottingham Street Directory 1920 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BARRIE-M 0 Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Hi New to the site. I am trying to track down where I used to live as a child. I lived on China Street, Bulwell at some stage, probably about 1960-63 is. It was not far from Rufford School, which I attended. I remember the street being cobbled and there was a bakery right on the corner. At the back of the houses on the other side of the road was a dyke, the school was on the other side of that. There was a lampost right outside our front wall, believe we lived at number 24. I remember that when we looked out of the window in our back room, it looked onto a yard that belonged to the next few terraced houses along. I have checked recent maps, the street dosnt appear to exist anymore. Anyone any ideas/memories of the place? Or does anyone know where I can access any maps showing the street? Thanking you in hope Dave Ihope someone can help you,Ican't recall china street but part of bulwell used to be nicknamed CHINA TOWN. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Hi Davey, there is a quarry avenue now on Crabtree estate, might be a link there. Take a look on Google street view something might seem familiar. Bulwell Hall estate was called Chinatown because every time the rent man went round the kids used to say shintin. (she aint in) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 There is also remains of a quarry ( part of it now a sort of park) between Main St and Loop Road, seem to recall alot of the houses there were stone built? First time I heard the phrase chinatown was in my teens, was gettin on a 44 bus outside Redifusion on Chapel Bar one night and conductor was telling everyone "only going as far as market as theres a pea souper at chinatown" funny how remember things? hadn't a clue where it was till I asked Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 The church of St. John the Divine, Bulwell was situated on Quarry Road in Bulwell. Quarry Road no longer exists, part of Quarry Road was re-named Commercial Road, and the Church is now situated off Keys Close. Quarry Road led past the quarry to Blenheim Lane and Shaw Key Pit nicknamed Shonky Pit There are images of Quarry Road on Picture the Past Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveyH 0 Posted May 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 The church of St. John the Divine, Bulwell was situated on Quarry Road in Bulwell. Quarry Road no longer exists, part of Quarry Road was re-named Commercial Road, and the Church is now situated off Keys Close. Quarry Road led past the quarry to Blenheim Lane and Shaw Key Pit nicknamed Shonky Pit There are images of Quarry Road on Picture the Past I remember the church because I was a choirboy there. Got sacked though, because I only turned up for weddings. Used to ge paid a tanner a time. Quite near to it was some waste ground where a chap used to park his coach that he converted to a mobile greengrocer. I even used to clean that up for a few pennies and piece of fruit. Running in line with China St at the rear of it was a lane that went down to an old quarry. I am not sure, but it could have been called Sandy Lane, probably because it was sandy. I took a trip out to the Churce, noticed that you cannot turn into the road it is on from what would have been Quarry Road previously. It appears Rock Street, which I thought came off a junction of either Quarry or Commercial Road, now continues round in a bend and is longer than it used to be. Either that or its bad memory. I also remember that if you turned right out of China Street you could walk all the way down into Bulwell cenre, mostly walking down Commerical Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveyH 0 Posted May 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Hi DaveyH, China Street was off Quarry Road which in turn was off Main Street, Bulwell. I hope this helps see: Nottingham Street Directory 1920 Thanks, at least I know I wasnt dreaming it. Just wish I could find some maps proving it. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimbalou 1 Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 hy dave china street was off commercial road , at the bottom of it was richardsons bakery.there was a dyke which ran along the back of the houses which were situated on the left hand side as you walked up china street,over the dyke was the the rufford school playground.the street that ran parallel with china street and led to a quarry was aldgate street and at the bottom of aldgate street was a bookies runners house.one of the residents of china street were a family called WOMBWELL their daughter margaret is landlady of the coopers club on highbury road bulwell and im sure she would gladly tell you anything she knows of china street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 There is a thread about this subject in the category "Map Requests" because DaveyH asked this question back in September I know because I posted a map showing China Street, Bulwell in the 1960s, and that map is still there. Message number 39 in that thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grendad 0 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 There is a thread about this subject in the category "Map Requests" because DaveyH asked this question back in September I know because I posted a map showing China Street, Bulwell in the 1960s, and that map is still there. Message number 39 in that thread I think my mam was born on China St certainly up Chinatown. Named Brandham. Anybody know the family? Is anybody out there reading this thread? Grendad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarahnibs 0 Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Hi all I know this thread is really old, but just wondered if anyone has any idea where I might locate 'map requests' as mentioned above. My Great-grandparents (Herbert and Nellie Wildgust - nee Richardson) lived on China St. Herbert was a miner at Bestwood and was killed in WW1. I am the granddaughter of their eldest child Alice Hilda. I would love to see any maps/photos of this area between 1901 and 1917 - can anyone help please? Thanks all Sarah Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarahnibs 0 Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Ooh - excited! Just had a nosy round this forum and found the map!! So lovely to finally see exactly where they lived, but a shame it's not still there. Thanks all Sarah Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 For the benefit of anyone who can't find the map in the other thread, here's China Street again. Bulwell in the late 1950s. And if you know which house number you're looking for, you can probably work out which one it is. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Jones 0 Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 5/20/2010 at 2:53 PM, DaveyH said: Hi New to the site. I am trying to track down where I used to live as a child. I lived on China Street, Bulwell at some stage, probably about 1960-63 is. It was not far from Rufford School, which I attended. I remember the street being cobbled and there was a bakery right on the corner. At the back of the houses on the other side of the road was a dyke, the school was on the other side of that. Dave Hi Dave, I have a very good photo of China street off Commercial Road, if you would like a copy email me xxxxxx Mark Jones On 5/20/2010 at 9:38 PM, BARRIE-M said: Ihope someone can help you,Ican't recall china street but part of bulwell used to be nicknamed CHINA TOWN. Hello Barrie M I have an excellent photo of China Street off Commercial road, Bulwell, which was previously named as Quarry Road If you would like a copy email myself at xxxxxxxx Mark Jones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 The two people who made those posts have not logged in for nearly 10 years so are unlikely to respond. And putting private email addresses on this forum can result in all kinds of hacking and spam problems. If anyone wants to contact Mark Jones, please use the PM system. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Can any member make head or tail of @Cliff Ton photos two up? Either my phones bust or I have cataracts? Wonder what happened to Barry, Davey, Grendad & Sarah they never came back? Glad really, some bad examples of quoting from Barry & Davey (Have you ever tried to read this site on a phone when your paying for data?) And a big warm welcome to Mark Jones, who gets reprimanded on his 1st post Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Simple, get yourself a cheap laptop, then costs are irrelevant. When this site first started cell phones were either a luxury or very few users of them, not to mention, getting on the internet with them was virtually impossible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 I suspect the problem with Cliffton's map photos is that photobucket have deliberately blurred them in their ill fated attempt to extract cash from their users. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Precisely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,016 Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Here is a map of 1955 Bulwell with China Street on it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 20 hours ago, Ayupmeducks said: getting on the internet with them was virtually impossible. Get with it Grandad, I would say 80% if not more of all internet use is now done via a mobile phone, sadly this site never moved with the times & reading endless previous quotes is not workable on a mobile device, probably why we have only 8 or 9 regular posters? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,419 Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 The actual figures are somewhat different. In 2018 from a sample of 0.9 TRILLION visits, 42.3% were from phones 57.7 Computers. The number of pages visited by PC users is more than double that of mobiles and the figure for mobiles is decreasing. Interesting to note that porn accounts for 84% of mobile internet traffic and for gambling the figure is 80%, nothing else come close... 'aint the internet a wonderful thing... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 I have noticed the high street is full of PC & laptop shops, some next door to each other on my break this morning everyone had their laptops out which they keep in their top pockets, have you ever been on a bus, even the drivers logged on, don't speak about mobile apps they will never catch on https://techjury.net/stats-about/mobile-internet-usage/#grefhttps://techjury.net/stats-about/mobile-internet-usage/#gref Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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