Willow wilson 894 Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 1 hour ago, jonab said: The part of the building at the back of the Wimpy with the smaller windows was the MidlandsHQ of GPO Telephones before it became BT. That's right jonab, Walton House to give its formal name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Walton House was the main office for Nottingham Telephone Area, which covered most of Notts and Derbyshire. You might notice in the picture that the Windows on the sixth floor have blinds. That's where the bosses had their offices, with posh furniture and their own dining room. The eleventh (or top) floor was where the canteen was. BT moved from there to Castle Wharf in 1999, and vacated that building when the lease expired in 2014. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 That wimpeys was the one my sister worked at in 73 she only did the Saturday. But it was handy for me, cos I got my food free and only paid for a coffee. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Thank you, oh master of expert knowledge of all things computerish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 ^^^Spent many a happy hour in those workshops from January 62 onwards, but I do remember some of the idiots in the main building looked down on the trade apprentices, would do now though..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted March 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 12 minutes ago, IAN123. said: Just had a zoom in on this particular photograph, is the scaffolding on the left the beginings of the car park? Looking at the equivalent today, I'd say yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 That's how I remember the approach to the People's College. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Don't know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Is that the chimney from the old general hospital? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 With Austin/ Morris 1100 and Vauxhall Victor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,016 Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 Great photos IAN123, in black and white that's how I remember it all, thanks for publishing them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 The coach is a Bedford VAL. Chinese 6. Obviously Bartons. Someone will know whose body it is. This pictures are interesting to me as I really cannot remember Nottingham at all before Maid Marion Way was built. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 The Italian Job one was a Duple body. The one in the picture doesn't look like a Duple to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 Plaxtons maybe ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 Hearty Good Fellow. My God, that was on a par with the Bench & Bar, Lord John and the Toll Bar ! I nearly abstained after visiting such establishments. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 9 hours ago, IAN123. said: Cheers Trogg! Last one for today...what is the building above the roof of the Anglia?.the one with the clock.Is that coach a Bedford Leigonaire? I remember standing outside roughly what would become the Brentford Nylons shop, to the right of this shot, waiting for a bus with my mother. The multi-storey building to the left of the shot was under construction. I was quite a young child and was terrified that it was going to fall and crush us. I had never seen such a tall structure before. I recall vividly my relef when the bus came and we were able to get on and drive away from the danger. I have never forgotten it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Started my stag night in The Hearty G F on the 29th August 1968 and if I remember correctly finished up eventually in Yates. To tie in with the thread on Mansfield and Sutton, was wed at St Mary's in Sutton on the 31st, still suffering from the effects of the pub crawl 36 hours earlier! The Reception was held upstairs in The Denmans in Sutton and I did not imbibe any alcohol other than the glass of bubbly for the toasts. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Seen The Cure at the HGF think I was about 14/15 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted March 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 10 hours ago, IAN123. said: ...and no new Hearty Good Fellow. Cliff?? See this old thread. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/12588-hearty-goodfellow/? The building in the photo at the top of that thread is also in the photo a few posts back in this thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted March 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 This is a wider view of MMW under construction with the old Hearty Goodfellow (mock tudor building) just visible on the right on Mount Street. The tower block on the left is currently the Park Plaza Hotel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted March 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 The curving road just visible on the lower left corner is Walnut Tree Lane. The pile of rubble in front of the church is the remains of demolished buildings. In this photo, the central building with 3 vertical windows can also be seen on the previous photo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Can just see the building which housed Browne Jacobson & Roose, corner of Friar Lane in Ian's photo, so can get my bearings. They didn't do the area any favours! Recall my mother saying there was a bakers shop next to the Olde Salutation before the war. She worked in an office on Friar Lane and often nipped to this shop to buy cream cakes! There was just a paved area and a couple of trees on the site, as I recall it. It went the same way as her other favourite haunt...the Oriental Cafe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 15 minutes ago, Jill Sparrow said: Can just see the building which housed Browne Jacobson & Roose, corner of Friar Lane in Ian's photo, so can get my bearings. They didn't do the area any favours! Browne Jacobson and Rose. I knew them well. They were our company lawyers. I nearly went to work for them in 1962. They offered me articles to become a solicitor but the senior partner, Derek Grice, said I would have to start right at the bottom ‘making the tea and suchlike’. ‘No way am I going to be a tea boy’ I said so I didn’t take up the offer and became an accountant instead. At Hubbart Durose and Pain we had a man who made the tea amongst other things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 I worked for BJ&R as a legal clerk between 1976 and 1980 and remember Grice. By the mid 20th century, articled clerks had life comparatively cushy! Originally, the clerk had to PAY the practice for the privilege of being trained! BJ&R was still pretty Dickensian in 1976, as were most legal firms. I think we had a tea lady! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 You’ll probably remember Richard Brooke. He was our company contact although I dealt with others on debt collection, employment law and property matters Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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