benjamin1945 14,353 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 My 3rd Delivery was the other side of the tracks onto Hucknall road...to the lovely Miss Mabel Thorpe...a single lady in her late 5os who lived on Orville road.....she also worked in Marsdens/Farrands head Offtce on Wigman road...... Morning Miss Thorpe..you ok ? Hello Ben...i;m good thanks,,,on holiday this week... Have you been or done owt ? No just relaxed mostly reading,,and a couple of walks across 'Common'' into Bulwell... All alright at Head Office? Yes was talking to Mr Vaughan about you...(she said smiling,,Mr Vaughan was the General Manager) Nothing bad i hope? Far from it...he will be coming to see you... Had another cup of tea with her and more small talk...before bidding her Tat ta.........Mr Vaughan a big Yorkshireman and Father of one of the 'Paper Lace group'' did indeed come to see me......and it led to the start of my many travels for them and many happy exploits........so i think i owe a lot to the lovely Miss Thorpe...... One Delivery left down Hucknall road near Marble Arch to Mrs Timberlake.....................In a bit 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 9,176 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 1 hour ago, benjamin1945 said: the lovely Miss Mabel Thorpe... You've got to be kidding !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 14,353 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 No Cliff Ton.........all the names ive used are real people inc,,Miss Mabel Thorpe........lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 14,353 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Last delivery to Mrs Timberlake...Hucknall road..... Morning Mrs T....Where you want me to put your Order ? Just leave it on the Hall Table Ben...How much is it ? (she was a customer that paid cash on delivery) £8-12-6 Can;t offer you Tea Ben .in a hurry going out,,,, At that she paid me and we said Tat Ta.......... Just a couple of hundred yards back to Marsdens,,,Manager Mr Richards said..you only made 4 deliverys and been gone all bleddy morning...... I know...sorry Boss...just cant get away from some of em.... OK put kettle on...not had a drink all morning...he said..... Couldnt tell him i;d had 3 cups of Tea....lol Happy Days...terrific people...love to go back and do it all again... 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 8,782 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 £8 12s 6d would buy a lot of groceries in those days, too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 14,353 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 Still on about the Granville bike........never recall having it mended.... Lad from Valley road Marsdens came to work at Andover for a week.....and was sent to do deliverys..... Unfortunately the brakes failed him going down the very steep 'Hove road'' he shot down across Andover thru Mrs Seatons hedge landing in her Garden...........really funny even Mrs Seaton was laughing............. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 14,353 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Remember when shops in Nottingham closed Half day on Thursdays? Hard to believe now with many shops open 7 days a week.. Got me thinking to my days in the 60s at Marsdens/Farrands....and what we did on Thursday afternoons.. Whatever you did it was never crowded because apart from Shop workers everyone else was at work.....there was even a Thursday football league..which i played in for Notts Corinthians...it was ran and sponsored by Redmayne and Todd...It was played to a good standard with teams such as City and County Police plus a Nottingham Forest A or B side ..and i recall playing against a good few young players who later became household names at Forest... The only friends you could really mix with on Thursday afternoons were other Shop workers...and my old school friend Keith (Columbo) worked for the Coop....so together we had many good Thursdays.........we would catch a train to anywhere just to see new places........Coventry and the Cathedral being one...and obviously we dated girls who were also Shop workers.....our favourite place to take them was the Embankment for a Row down the Trent and Tea at the Little T bar that was there at the time........Sometimes Keith would bring his Portable record player and we'd play records with our cup of Tea and even danced with the lucky girl of the day....... Enjoy Waxing Lyrical about by-gone days...... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,555 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 There was also a Thursday afternoon cricket league. I remember matches being played on the field behind the Vale Hotel on Thackeray's Lane. The managing director of Redmayne and Todd, the football sponsors, at that time was Eric Norris. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 14,353 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 The chap from Redmaynes for the football was called Poyser....i think..could be wrong.....it was almost 60 years since...bleddy hell we are old Phil................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,555 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 I may be relatively old Ben but I don't think 'old and I certainly don't act 'old! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 14,353 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 And neither do i ............ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 9,176 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 2 hours ago, benjamin1945 said: Remember when shops in Nottingham closed Half day on Thursdays? https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/9682-early-closing-does-it-still-exist/?tab=comments#comment-125708 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,555 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 My surgery in Lowdham closes for a half day on a Thursday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 14,353 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 When i was playing football thursday afternoons i had a Manager at Marsdens who kept telling me to pack up...cos if i got injured i;d be off work....of course i took no no notice..........anyway he was a keen Golfer and got hit with a golf ball on Bulwell hall....off work for a month...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 311 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Did said Manager get hit in the FORE-head? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 2,440 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 On 1/1/2021 at 1:43 AM, benjamin1945 said: but i'd catch all their Shoplifters and have a fun time doing it. The owner of one of our major supermarket chains has taken to publishing video of shoplifters at their stores on line via social media, good on him I say. Now the bleeding heart snowflakes are saying that it is infringing the civil rights of the shoplifters FFS. What about the rights of the shop owners to not have their stock stolen. It seems that one dubbed the "meat bandit" only stole cuts of the finest Waygu or eye fillets. If these people get prosecuted, many only get a slap on the wrist even though they may be serial offenders and perhaps get a line in the local press if they get convicted. More power to the man. 5 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,589 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 In Doncaster where I lived before there was a Costcutter supermarket in our mining village. They put the names of shoplifters up on the entrance door with “Banned from here” in big letters above the list. It was up for a while then one of them complained and they were made to take it down. I worked in a small convenience store in the village. The stores there had a system that when one of the local shoplifters was out again (they sometimes got a few weeks in prison or were tagged) the first shop they went in called all the others to let them know he/she was out and about again. We had pictures of them taken from our cctv which were kept in the office and the relevant picture would be put on office notice board so we could keep an eye out for them. Although most were “regulars” who we knew anyway. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 14,353 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 Shoplifters come in all sorts of guises.....kids...teenage gangs.....violent pros......ordinary housewives.....bored Pensioners...wealthy middle class thrill seekers...... Most had a story to tell......must admit apart from the violent ones.....quiet enjoyed some of them......many were very funny......long time since i was involved with them......but still sometimes bump into old adversary's and share a chat over a cup of Coffee........its wrong what they do...but shoplifting will always exist (so long as there are shops)........they gave me a decent living for many years...God bless em''.........As regards photos in shops(until it was stopped) had one lad up Broxtowe complain that his photo wasn't up.........be boring world if everyone was a ''Goody two shoes''.......don't ya think ?.... 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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