emmanotts 0 Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Hiya, Not sure if this is in the right place but trying to find some info on the net for my mum but can find Zilch,so hoping someone here can help! My mum stayed in a place in the early 1960's when she was about 11...Called The Gables on Nottingham Road New Basford,she was originally told it was a childrens hospital,but then later told by her Mother it was a childrens home and she was put there for a few weeks.My mum has virtually no memory of this although she does remember her and the other kids being fed lots of pills..tranqilisers,anti depressives etc. Does anyone remember this place and can tell me what sort of place it actually was!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 There used to be a girls home on sherwood rise which is a continuation of nottingham rd. it was big old house next to baptist church and opposite the garage near gregory blvd. nottingham rd started the other side of herbert rd, there were lots of big houses hollis st to langtry grove, but none a girls home I know of Quote Link to post Share on other sites
emmanotts 0 Posted November 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 Thank you for the reply but Its not the same place...She said it was definatly mixed..and more like a hospital than a childrens home...Been trawling the net all night and can find zilch! Do you know of any other way I can find out what this place was? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted November 15, 2010 Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 no sorry, lived on Nottm Rd 1945 to 64, walked up it twice a day from 1950 to 61, can tell you every shop on it during that time! but don't know of hospital/home thus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted November 15, 2010 Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 There is a Gables Hotel on Hucknall Rd Carrington just round the corner from Nottingham road. I wonder if there is any connection? Not sure what the place was in the sixties. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted November 15, 2010 Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 Also, towards the bottom end of Sherwood Rise (between Beech Avenue and Falcon Street) there is a nursing home run by Anchor Trust which is called The Gables. It's a modern building, but often in those cases the old name is carried over from a previous building. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
emmanotts 0 Posted November 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 Thanks for the replies, My mum also lived on Nottingham Road since birth until she married and said this place was just down the road from where she lived,she said there was a church nearby but not next door to it..Having spoken to her again we have worked out it must have been around 1967 she was there. I have seen other places nearby with the name "The Gables" and also wondered if they were connected in any way but can find absolutly nothing online which I find annoying as usually you can find anything online! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Strongman 13 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Like Ashley, I was born in that area, and also walked up and down Nottingham Rd, sometimes four times a day, to and from Claremont school in 1967, but never recall seeing any thing like that. The only two churches as far as I know were/are the one near the Gregory Blvd junction, and the one at the junction of Haydn Rd/Northgate, and Nottingham Rd, any idea as to which one it would have been near to? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zab 47 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Just a vague recollection but wasn't there a childrens home on one of the avenues - first, second or third? The houses there are certainly big enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trafalger 1 Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 There was a childrens home used by the Nottingham Social Services on Second Avenue . Do no recall the name but don't think it was the Gables. Gables Hotel also used by Social Services for some time to house homeless people (bed and breakfast) and victims of family abuse. Recall Several Social Services establishments in the area Will be speakaing to someone tomorrow who worked in them. Will Ask about the Gables Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 What was the name of the Police Station up there, that was a converted big old house? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 The Cop Shop was Hamilton House. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Bit off topic but re Hamilton Road, on there was an annexe to Claremont Sec School, A big detached house on south side of the road, I hated the place, no playground, it reminded me thinking back to a POW Camp with captives shuffling round the square garden path at break times! might in later years have been a National Assistance Board claim office? (which I bet local residents loved!) lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,592 Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 I seem to remember there being a residential home about opposite the djanogly center or just a bit further down the hill towards the city, the main entrance was on Nottingham road and there was also a side entrance on one of the side roads leading off Nottm road but can't quite remember what that was called, I think the home may have been called the Gables though, this would be in the mid to late 90's Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trafalger 1 Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Spoke to my friend this morning, He is an ex childrens home worker and was employed at several homes on the City area, particularly Basford in the 1970's. Unfortunately he cannot recall an establishment using the name Gables but he will make some enquiries and if there is anything positive will let me know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 There is a huge property called "The Gables" on Nottingham Road between Beech Avenue & Falcoln Street - almost opposite Ebury Road. It looks pretty modern but is probably a rebuilt older property that has now lost all it's character. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philby 21 Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 i worked at the childrens home at the bottom end (gregory blvd) in the late 80's when it was still a childrens home. can't for the life of me remember what it was called, needless to say there were a few "characters" staying there male and female. it did close down a few years after this probably early 90's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlanB 13 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Hi. I've just come across this thread after doing a Google search. I know it's 4 years out of date but I may be able to help. When I was a child I had nervous tics very badly and I was under a child psychologist named Dr Arkle. When I was 13 (in 1969) she recommended that I go to a children's hospital somewhere in the Sherwood area that was called The Gables.I was quite excited about it but once I was there I had a terrible time. They tried various drugs on me, some of which made me pretty zombie like. There was compulsary PE in the morning where we were forced to keep trying things even though we were unable to do them (hanging with my hands inside a dirty steel girder and being told to move from one end to the other, for instance). We were told we had to watch the TV news every evening then each person had to say one story they remembered, but if your turn was near the end it was hard to remember something that hadn't already been mentioned, and there were punishments if you couldn't come up with an answer. But the worst thing was that there was a sadistic nurse named Nurse Hewlett who took delight in punishing misdemeanours by getting you out of bed in the morning, leading you downstairs by pulling on your ear, taking you into the shower room and spanking you. The place was more like a Borstall than a hospital and I was glad to get out of there eventually - I think I was there for a couple of months in total. I remember one boy in the dormitary who walked out in the middle of the night. When he was found and brought back they consficated his clothes overnight so he couldn't do it again. Anyway I am sure this is the place that the OP is referring to. I can't remember the exact location but there was a Barclays or Natwest Bank across the road as one of our neighbours was the manager there. Hope this helps 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Crikey, Alan, that was awful. Sounds more of a punishment than a cure. The powers that be had some funny ideas of helping folks, in those days. It sounded more like the dark ages, than the 60's. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 A long shot I know but there is a New Gables hotel corner of Pelham Rd and Hucknall Road. It is of a good size and looks late Victorian, early Edwardian and there's a Nat West opposite that's been there for years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Seen the New Gables the other day. Spruced up a bit, but I think it takes homeless, refugees etc. I wouldn't like to stay there anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Looks like the 'Villa Bella' run by Mrs Cresswell,in Jolly Boys Outing' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diane 2 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Hi my daughter Emma made the enquiry on my behalf 4 years ago . Alan b thank you for responding you have been a help .I was 14 when I was in there in 1967 have a lot of missing gaps and I believe it's possibly because I was so drugged up . The only nurse I remember was a nurse Kelly she was irish I found her terrifying but can't remember why . It's very odd though because it's like the place never existed as I've tried looking it up on the Internet and nothing comes up about it at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gwenpaul8 0 Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 A long shot I know but there is a New Gables hotel corner of Pelham Rd and Hucknall Road. It is of a good size and looks late Victorian, early Edwardian and there's a Nat West opposite that's been there for years. I think this is the place I was in in the 60's awful place Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cullen 0 Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Hi, Just found this site and not sure whether I'm adding this the right way. I was in The Gables in 1966/67 and well remember Nurse Kelly, yes she was very frightening, but I'm not really sure why now. I seem to remember there was also a really nice Nurse called Sister Tinsley. I had School Phobia and wad sent there as part of my treatment to get me back to school (I understood it to be part of St Ann"s Hospital). It was mixed and I shared a room with someone named Cathy, who had a boyfriend she Sebby Coombes and she came from Radford. It wasn't a nice place and I remember that we all ran away one Sunday afternoon but came back later as we didn't really know where to go. I believe the house did become some sort of home later and it eventually burned down and was replaced by a modern building which I think was a Nursing Home. Oh its all coming back to me now, there was also two boys I remember being there at the time, a ginger haired boy named Nick and a boy named Brian who came from Clifton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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