bamber 128 Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 I do know the girl you mean, but have not seen her for some years. Mainly because I do not visit town that often now. I think she may have been featured in the post. She was a very tallented girl. Anyone Know what happened to her? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leveret 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 I remember her both as pavement artist and papergirl. I haven't a clue what her name was but she used to squeak "post!" at the top of her voice - the most distinctive newspaper seller in the town Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 There was a thread here, but I am darned if I can find it. About a girl pavement artist. I found a picture of her on Chris Richards excellent 'Radford Gallery' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 There used to be an elderly bloke with glasses who drank in the Sir Richard Arkwright, he sold newspapers in the city centre, damned if I can recall his name now. That was in the 60's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Those pavement artists are great,such talent & yet they spend their days chalking up on the streets of Nottingham & wherever else they can make a few bob. Most of them are far more talented then the so called artists who have pictures hanging in gallerys , some of that is pure tripe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted June 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 What a superb example of the art/skill of trompe l'oeil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Actual Shedfixman 4 Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 I know she hung around with some bearded low-life who slapped her around regularly. I saw a lot of this, as I served them at the Newshouse in St James St. She also did the menu boards for Pete Mac who was my guvna there in those days. I could never see why she put up with that crap from the piece of sh1t. If any one knows of HIS whereabouts, chirp it up and I'll gladly call on him with a bag of surgical instruments on Christmas day. Dunno where she is, but I fear the worst. She was a lovely girl who deserved better. Piece of coward sh1t. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 I remember this girl so well as I used to catch the bus on Long Row where her newspaper pitch was outside the pipe shop. She was a lovely girl and extremely well spoken, quite posh in fact. "Post...late extrarr". Before that time I remember her pavement art. I also remember that bearded guy and am sorry to hear that sad story. What a lowlife. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 It's a few years ago now but i think she had a flat/studio on St James street and her name was sally. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Here's Sally. Wonder where she is now? Newspaper seller, Old Market Square, 1981. This edition of the Evening Post concerns the capture of the Yorkshire Ripper, which dates the photograph exactly to 23 May 1981. The well-spoken newspaper seller pictured here was also a popular pavement artist towards the latter half of the decade. http://www.dreamtargets.com/nottm80s/gallery_0187.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russ 2 Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 I'm relatively new on here and I mentioned the newspaper girl on a previous post.I didn't know her name was Sally.Thanks.I also remember the bearded guy.I once saw them in a pub together.I'm not sure whatever happened to Sally but,hopefully,she is still around,somewhere. Russ (Nottingham area resident 1975-1986) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mariag 4 Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Was this women 'sally' quite petite and was she always doing chalkings on the floor outside marks and spencers in the 80's? Or am I thinking of someone else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Thats her. The funny thing was , with all the yobs that hung/hang around town very few would ever try to deface her drawings unlike anybody elses. I have absolutely no expanation for this (Maybe it's because she usually had a big crowd round and they were afraid of getting 'Lynched' by the mob) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 I think a lot of her work was cartoons or characters, snow white etc. She would also come round to your house and draw you a "murial" (Hilda Ogden) on your wall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 My missus just had her memory jogged by this thread......I used to see sally most days in the late 70s sellin her papers and drwing on the pavements...she also used to drink in the Flyin 'Oss and downstairs in Ben bowers at Canning Circus.................Well my Missus recons that Sally was hired to paint Murals at Carrington Day nursery off Mansfield rd....she did loadsa Disney characters....also did the kids bedrooms upstairs where the owner lived. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Shaw 4 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
Cliff Ton 10,458 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 4 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 4 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
Tony Shaw 4 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 3,033 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 305 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 128 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
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