Tony Shaw 0 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 I've added a little more information about Sally here, including a sketch she drew and an odd poem she added to it: http://tonyshaw3.blogspot.com/2011/02/sally-nottingham-newspaper-seller-and.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,014 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Welcome Tony A fantastic Blog. Hope you gain much from our forums, and look fotward to your input. And I note the following comment in your blog... and judging by a few Nottingham nostalgia forums, no one knows where, although they certainly miss her. We certainly do, and would like to hear of her location? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 9,045 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Interesting that this thread has come back to life. I remember often seeing the girl (although didn't know her name until now) and it''s amazing how many other people remember her if you mention the subject. She definitely made her mark, in more ways than one. And I'd never realised that she was also a pavement artist; probably saw her work without knowing it was the same girl who sold papers. And the question which everyone I knew used to wonder about in the days when she was selling papers on Long Row.......did she really speak like that in her normal conversation, or did she "switch it on" for the occasion. Did she come from an up-market background? Was she aware that nobody in Nottingham talks posh like that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Shaw 0 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Welcome Tony A fantastic Blog. Hope you gain much from our forums, and look fotward to your input. And I note the following comment in your blog... and judging by a few Nottingham nostalgia forums, no one knows where, although they certainly miss her. We certainly do, and would like to hear of her location? Thanks for this, mick2me. Sally and Sam used to live in a flat on or near Magdala Road, but I've not seen either of them since the early 1990s, when I saw Sally at Mick's. But quite shortly after that, Mick told me Sam was very ill. Now, Sally worshipped Sam: she was a lovely, very quite person, but if anyone insulted Sam she went wild. So I suppose she could be anywhere. Mick asked me a few times to go with him to see them there, but it was more of a dare. I won't go into details. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Shaw 0 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Did she come from an up-market background? Apparently very much so, although I know nothing further than that, other than she came from southern England. I assume she rebelled against her background, as she was very, very unconventional - I always saw her as a natural anarchist (and of course I mean that in the nicest way). Was she aware that nobody in Nottingham talks posh like that? Oh, she'd be very aware of that, but she certainly spoke that way all the time. I think the spelling was just an act, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,687 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 An interesting thread brought back to life after sitting dormant for several years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Shaw 0 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 An interesting thread brought back to life after sitting dormant for several years. Yes, it is interesting, and although it's only been dormant for just over two years, it could probably have done with an occasional bump. I revived it by accident as I was just (under powerful orders) de-cluttering. Anyway, I've just sent an email to Andy Smart at the Evening Post asking if he knows Sally's surname. If nothing comes of it, so be it, but I shall look elsewhere. But the missing surname is the problem. I believe Nottingham University paid them for a few days - maybe a week - to look into the pavement art, although this is received information and may be a little skewed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,014 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I think she is a Nottingham person of note, a little like Xylophone Man - Frank Robinson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 288 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Re Xylophone man , I was playing in Wikipedia looking for famous people from Nott'm the other day, and theirs a bit about him in there too!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylophone_Man Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 125 Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 A quick look at the electoral roll for the Magdala Road area in the late 80s early 90s may throw up some information. The microfiches are held at the County Records Office. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Smith 9 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 I remember this young lady. I remember her high pitched cry "Evening POST !" & her great art work. I seem to remember having something of the Kate Bush about her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 541 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 i remember sally too when the kids were small they liked her pictures when she first started she used to draw straight on to the pavements roads outside m and s latter she whould draw onto paper stuck down on by tape this she whould roll up and take away with her at the end of the day or if it rained i surpossed she sold these she once dida small picture and gave it to my youngest sonperhaps couse he was cheeky and asked if he could have it. .wish we still had it might be worth something now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nottarian 16 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 & her picture can be found here.... datet 1980 http://www.dreamtargets.com/nottm80s/gallery_0187.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,335 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 I remember Sally very well we met often in the Grosvenor Mansfield Road...There's much in this thread about her bloke called Sam...all I remember is that the bloke she was with for years was called Dave,ex squaddie with a scruffy beard.Never seemed to work,I think she kept him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bartonfan 3 Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 I saw this young lady often around 1984-5 and took several photos of her and her work. A few of them are here https://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/?start_tab=new_set 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bartonfan 3 Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Sorry, should be this link https://www.flickr.com/photos/78104432@N07/sets/72157645446726534/ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Countrygirl 6 Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 A friend told me she supported her boyfriend who was on heroin. Extremely talented lady. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 5,567 Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Poosssssssssssssssssssssst Everning Post! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 9,045 Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 Two recently-added photos borrowed from the BBC Radio Nottm Facebook page. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 5,567 Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 Sally @Brew Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 4,289 Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 That's her.. thnx as I said I wonder where she is now.. Â 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,654 Posted October 25, 2019 Report Share Posted October 25, 2019 Apparently her name was Sally Freeman and she passed away recently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 8,622 Posted October 25, 2019 Report Share Posted October 25, 2019 That's very sad, Denshaw. Â She can't have been that old. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NowanON 0 Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 On 12/10/2004 at 2:37 PM, bamber said: Can anyone remember the name of the "girl" that used to do chalk drawings on the pavement in town? She sold The Post for a while from a stall at the bottom of King Street. She was very thin and IIRC she came from a very good background. Cheers, Bamber It was Sally. Sadly, she died a few years ago. A very nice lady indeed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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