Compo 10,328 Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 A familiar Road? [With apologies for the picture quality] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Ilkeston Road, Radford ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I see why you said that - it does look like Illson Road going down the hill. There used to be a café part way down whose illuminated sign I once acquired for my bathroom. Alas, it is not Illson Rd. Try further East. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Colwick Road near the hermitage Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Spot on. It is an undated photo but looks like the early-mid 1960s to me. Obviously before '66 because the trolley bus lines are still up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I used to go to Sneinton Boulevard School till 1957 and I passed that every day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I went to St Bernadette's on the Dale. I used to go that way to my girlfriend's house on Brand X Street. Did you know Jennifer Snell from Sneinton Boulevard? Lived on the right going down to Colwick Road, near the bottom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I lived on St Stephens Rd and I was friends with the Disneys that lived on the Boulevard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I didn't know them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I think TMS (motorcycles) started out in one of those shops nearest the camera? thinking about it maybe out of view but same block Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 IIRC there used to be a tobacconists shop on the corner of Sneinton Blvd and Colwick road just out of shot on the left. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Lynmee beat me too it, know the area well. The building on the left which was on the corner, I think was a Hardware shop. But was it originally a Picture house? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 First shop without an awning about the middle of the picture used to be a little cafe owned by a lady named, Grace. Often dropped in there for a cuppa and a fried egg in the mornings while working for EMEB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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