Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 And to add a bit more, 'Britain from Above' have one of the area, so this will be 1930s. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 Many, many moons ago I worked with Alf's wife, Jane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roy Mills 11 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Here are three pictures I took in the late 1960's of Daybrook Suare after the railway bridge had been demolished - sorry about the quality - my camera was a very cheap model Whoops the pictures are too big to upload at the moment I will try again!!! I realise space is a bit tight but 50KB is a bit too small for my individual pictures they are between 50 and 100 KB in size Is there any way I can post them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 To post pictures here you'll need to use one of the photo-sharing sites such as Photobucket or Flickr or Picasa. Ignore that 50kb limit you find on "attachments". It's a complete waste of time and it's impossible to do anything useful with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nottarian 16 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 In reply to a post on the first page of this Topic regarding "Rex's" opposite the "white Heart pub" here's a photo of Rex in his Barbers Chair in 1954, Taken by my late Father. Rex is still alive and kicking at the time of this post, He attended my Mums Funeral in February of this year.. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Further to this thread, here are a couple of photos of Daybrook Square. The shop was owned by the wife's auntie, and is just out of view on the left. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Roy, I wonder if you ever chanced upon another railway employee at the time of your stay in Daybrook. He was Wilfred Marriot. I think he was a signalman in one of the station boxes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kayjay 1 Posted May 28, 2017 Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to say that Alf and Jane were my grandparents. I remember the barber shop clearly, and sitting on a glass counter, and looking at fishing tackle and maggots for sale. I'm not sure when it went, I'm 49 so my memories must date from the early 70s.  Catfan - I'd be interested to know where you worked with my Gran?  I know she was an upholsterer and having lost my mum there's nobody left to ask.  If anyone is interested I can add a photo of my Grandpa? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted May 28, 2017 Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 Welcome to Nottstalgia Kayjay, we always like to see old photos of people who've been mentioned in threads and you seem to have quite a few links with some of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 28, 2017 Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 5 hours ago, Kayjay said: I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to say that Alf and Jane were my grandparents. I remember the barber shop clearly, and sitting on a glass counter, and looking at fishing tackle and maggots for sale. I'm not sure when it went, I'm 49 so my memories must date from the early 70s.  Catfan - I'd be interested to know where you worked with my Gran?  I know she was an upholsterer and having lost my mum there's nobody left to ask.  If anyone is interested I can add a photo of my Grandpa? There was an old family firm called Gold & Dunn who had a warehouse on Beech Avenue selling furniture & re-upholstering furniture , for a number of years. I worked there briefly in the late '60s & your mum not an upholsterer but a very skilled seamstress who would sew the joints on some re-upholstered furniture, Jane being very, very good with needle & thread !. I don't think I ever met her husband Alf who at the time had his shop at Daybrook & later I believe on Radford Boulevard. Did they have a son who was in the Gents Hair dressing business ? I hope this may help you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kayjay 1 Posted May 28, 2017 Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 Yes thank! Â It's amazing to find out there are people who still remember them. I remember my Gran bringing scraps of fabric home and making bags out of them for us, I had a recorder case made out of some blue upholstery fabric I remember! Â She also made me and my sister rag dolls and bears. I like to think I've inherited my sewing skills from her. My gran died back in 1979 and grandpa Alf a few years later. You're right, my uncle was a barber (maybe in Calverton for a bit? I can't remember exactly) and he then became a prison officer at Leicester for many years. Â All passed away now, we don't have great genes for longevity .....! Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 Jane was a lovely lady who could sew anything together, her work with needle & thread was the best.As much as you tried you could not see any stitching. I can picture her now after all those years ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 I would love to see a photo of Alf, Kayjay! He was my barber from about 1955 through to my joining the RAF in 1969.  When I joined I told him I needed a haircut for the services and he gave me a wartime pudding basin job!  Made no difference though - I still had to have another hair cut the day I arrived at my training camp My first fishing rod also came from Alf's shop, around 1960. It was a one piece steel rod with a wooden handle and small centre pin reel. I still remember the quill float I had with it too.  I went straight to Arnold Park pond and caught nothing with it.  This seems to have set my fishing catch pattern ever since!  Looking forward to any photos you may have of Alf or his shop. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 The area in question can also be seen here. Â https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/14780-nottingham-from-above-daybrook/ Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kayjay 1 Posted August 14, 2017 Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 Sorry it's taken so long, but here's a photo of my grandparents, Alf and Jane Hutchings    1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smudge 0 Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 my dad had the cobblers shop across the entrance ,a spirituals group met upstairs above the shops ,Alf hutching son went to a private school ,hilwyn preparatory school just off Thackeray's lane.the family lived on galway road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 I worked with Jane in the late 60s. Lovely woman. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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