benjamin1945 16,158 Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 No mate me neither........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 There's a bit about Marsden's in Mansfield here. And a photo which Ben could've been in. https://www.ourmansfieldandarea.org.uk/content/topics/business/shops-and-retail/marsdens_at_moor_street And a Marsden's in Mansfield Woodhouse..... https://www.francisfrith.com/mansfield-woodhouse/mansfield-woodhouse-high-street-c1955_m400005 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Random picture from somewhere on the internet. Seems to fit here; has Ben all over it. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Pound of Lard.........Mrs Pettigrew? How about some Dripping fa his Snap? No Thanks Ben..just 20 woodbines please Duck. He's on a health trip........ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 The first 20-ish photos here include examples of most of the shops in the title of this thread. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/gallery/59-pictures-life-sherwood-over-3734823 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 808 Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Some nice old vehicles in the photos thankyou. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 I don't think this has been mentioned before. Central Avenue, West Bridgford. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 This is an interesting history of how supermarkets first came to Britain, which spelt the end of the Marsdens/Farrands/Dewhurst etc. https://heritagecalling.com/2023/01/12/how-englands-first-self-service-store-heralded-the-birth-of-the-modern-supermarket/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Wot no mention of GEM ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted February 25, 2023 Report Share Posted February 25, 2023 Don't think this has been mentioned before. Radford Road, Hyson Green. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted February 25, 2023 Report Share Posted February 25, 2023 I don't recall that shop, although it would certainly have been there during my childhood. I do recall a Maypole, on the other side of the road and further towards Gregory Boulevard . It had a striking gold and white fascia. My mother often shopped there. I remember her buying tub butter. Picky about her butter, my mother, and wouldn't have margarine in the house. I also remember the scales on the counter in Maypole. All those little weights made of brass. Ah, the romance has gone out of shopping! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted February 25, 2023 Report Share Posted February 25, 2023 The romance went out of shopping for me long ago. Southwell 10 mile round trip, Newark 20 miles and Nottingham 30 miles. Amazon Prime is my saviour! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted February 25, 2023 Report Share Posted February 25, 2023 Tina and I used to use those shops back in 1965, when we moved into our first flat on Burford Road. Remember walking down to the 'green and you had a variety of choices. Think we were there until late 1967, when we moved to Sherwood. It was handy too, to walk down Berridge road and round the corner to the 'Lenos' cinema. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted February 25, 2023 Report Share Posted February 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Cliff Ton said: Don't think this has been mentioned before. Radford Road, Hyson Green. Ah the lovely Mavis.....lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted February 25, 2023 Report Share Posted February 25, 2023 Only Joking ....one of very few i never stepped foot in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 My favourite Marsdens photo.......Bulwell 1920s?........worked there a short time about 1961.......................thanks to Paul Turton's Bulwell photo's 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 Aren't you going to also tell us that the lady in the foreground is Beryl who you took to the Palais in 1962 ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 For those of you who would like to know what happened to Marsdens and Farrands.......they were taken over by this company in the North-east......late 60s 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 Not heard of them before. I can't find if they were connected to the John Moores of Liverpool, football pools etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 Pretty sure they wern't Cliff ton...when they took over Farrands etc it opened the door for me to travel to different parts of the country which i really enjoyed....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 Danish Tub Butter came in Barrels to Marsdens.....weighing 112 lbs or 2 'Firkins'' Firkin heavy too. when we carried them from a lorry to the shop cellars...to keep the butter cool...... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 Tub butter was a favourite with my mother. She wouldn't have the word 'margarine' uttered in the house! Not even for cooking/baking purposes. I well remember sitting in my push chair, watching Norman who kept the grocery shop at the bottom of the road patting butter into shape with two wooden paddles and then wrapping it in greaseproof paper. Same with cheese, cut from a large block with a cheesewire. No shrinkwrap in sight. Lovely smells, too. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 When I was young we always had margarine as the normal everyday thing to spread on bread. Butter was very much something for special occasions and one-off events. My parents treated it as an expensive luxury (I don't know if it actually was) and not affordable for everyday use. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, Cliff Ton said: Butter was very much something for special occasions and one-off events. My parents treated it as an expensive luxury (I don't know if it actually was) and not affordable for everyday use. If it wasn't then, it certainly is now! There is no substitute, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Perrorist 2 Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 11:08 PM, Cliff Ton said: The first 20-ish photos here include examples of most of the shops in the title of this thread. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/gallery/59-pictures-life-sherwood-over-3734823 We lived in Sherwood in the early 70s, first in a rented flat just off Mansfield Rd, then in a small new development - Larwood Grove - at the bottom of Edwards Lane. We were on the hospital's grid, so were unaffected by the power worker's strike. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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