Memory Lane

[poohbear 1,360]

Looks like it needed it too....

Old 'Framework knitters' windows at the top...typical Victorian build in and around Nottingham.Must've still been dark in there though facing North/N.West.

[jackson 301]

'Old framework knitters' windows at the top'; interesting that you've pointed that out Pooh Bear. Gives some idea of the industry that once was centre of the city.

[Compo 10,328]

Thanks for the picture Cliff Ton! See the small window behind the MKI Cortina? I used to sit inside just there or thereabouts.

[Compo 10,328]

Is that a Wolseley behind the Cortina?

[Trevor S 2,003]

Reckon you're right Compo..............Wolseley 24/80 (1962-65).

[Compo 10,328]

[Compo 10,328]

ISTR Leather seats and walnut veneer finish in what appears to have been an upmarket Oxford/Cambridge. The Princess was a similar shape too.

[StephenFord 866]

Had a Wolseley 1500 for a couple of years. (The more rounded shaped one). Real leather seats and walnut fascia as you say. Obviously, they didn't do reclining seats in them days, but I have never had a care with such comfortable seats ever since. You could drive all day in it and still not feel stiff, cramped or backache.

[Cliff Ton 10,467]

If you want to wallow in Wolseleys, take a look at this http://www.aronline....rques-wolseley/

If you're interested in old cars, look at the site starting at its Homepage http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/

[Michael Booth 7,364]

[Michael Booth 7,364]

The above photo is a my Mum in Grainger St. and behind her is my Dads car. I think it's a Wolseley but does anyone know what type it is?

[Paulus 541]

Reckon you're right Compo..............Wolseley 24/80 (1962-65).

Mark 2

[Compo 10,328]

Cortina MKI rear insignia taken from a scrap car in a Dunkirk scrapyard in the mid70s:

[Trevor S 2,003]

The above photo is a my Mum in Grainger St. and behind her is my Dads car. I think it's a Wolseley but does anyone know what type it is?

Humber Snipe circa mid 40s onwards????

[Michael Booth 7,364]

Thanks, Trevor S. I thought that it was a Wolseley but I can see quite clearly that it was a Humber Snipe.

[piggy and babs 544]

cor micheal you must have been posh to own a car in them days

[Michael Booth 7,364]

Yes, ha ha and it looks like my Mum was wearing a fur coat too. I was told recently that we were the only ones on the street to own a car. My Dad was always in work at Railway And General which was opposite Grainger Street on Meadow Lane and then on the City Transport. My Mum worked in the CO-OP canteen on Meadow Lane so there was always money coming in. The photo was taken in 1957 so things had improved quite a lot since WW2.

[mick2me 3,033]

I worked at the Coop, it was a great canteen

That would be 1968-1975

[Trevor S 2,003]

Does anyone remember getting dosed with a tablespoon of Brimstone and Treacle when they were kids? I enjoyed the taste but could never remember what it was for.... maybe to ward of the winter colds, evil spirits or the worms!

[Compo 10,328]

According to this website it was a cure for spots. http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/cures_remedies.htm

I like the cure for 'sore breasts' - Make a small heart shaped amulet from some lead taken from the frames of church windows.

Or : To cure thrush in a child, take the head of a live duck and place it in the child's mouth ensuring the child inhales the duck's breath. Having done so, the 8th psalm must be read over the child three times a day, three days a week for the following three weeks.

[mick2me 3,033]

Anyone remember being given Radio Malt as a kid?

Says it prevents Rickets, certainly worked on me and was yummy.

[Michael Booth 7,364]

I can remember having a big spoon of malt every day as a little kid. I don't remeber the radio being on though..!!

[Deeps 68]

Me to never had it since

[Fynger 841]

I used to get 'malt' too.....nasty stuff.

[Deeps 68]

One of my childhood hates along with School milk, school dinners,cod liver oil and syrup of figs