StephenFord 866 Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 i worked in the offices which replaced skinner and rook called Alan House no idea who alan was? I don't know who he was, but if that was Alan House on Clumber Street it was at one time the offices of British Railways Nottingham divisional manager (for many year R D Gardner). That was before he and his organisation moved to the new purpose built Furlong House, built on the site of the old Nottingham engine sheds. The telephone number comes swimming back from the murky depths - Nottingham 48531 (not to be confused with the Midland station which was 85251 - and my dad was on extension 23). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 Can anyone confirm that Skinner and Rook had a bottling plant at the top of Great Freeman St, junction with Huntingdon St? I remember Skinner and Rook being shown as "Bottlers" on the label of a Guiness bottle. Were these one and the same? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 I'm going to bump an old topic of mine, because it's relevant to this thread and some people may not have seen it before. Again, you can play at spotting who is still trading. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8228&hl=1969 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 I I'm going to bump an old topic of mine, because it's relevant to this thread and some people may not have seen it before. Again, you can play at spotting who is still trading. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8228&hl=1969 I'll BUMP it separately (if you don't mind ), as I will post similar cinema and (great ) entertainments from the Evening Post January 1966 when I upload them shortly . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 re lyms rolls its still in the bath st window along with the old hand cart they had when they first started up. And do you know what? Good luck to them, they got into a business that was never going to fail, there's nothing so certain as death!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 ...and taxes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 now such a big bussiness concidering they started with just the hand cartnow have branches in most parts of nottingham know they in carlton ,arnold ,clifton bullwell,aspley.hucknall ect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 These adverts from the Nottingham Evening Post January 1966 . First one is County Sales , whose adverts were great but when I went there never actually found anything worth buying , though come to think of it we may have got our first "Continental Quilt" from there . Re my bit above about the advert from County Sales , my wife says I was wrong (as usual )......Our first quilt was from Brentford Nylons , another name long gone . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 Brentford Nylons, lest we forget...................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 Good grief, is that all we paid for sheets in those days! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted March 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 But weren' they awful sheets! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 Especially if ya nails needed cutting! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 Not just your nails, any rough skin got snagged on the darn sheets. The brushed nylon ones, anyway. the smooth nylon ones were as slippery as hell! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 One of my great aunts used to work somewhere in Nottm that made, Bri-nylon bedding. Bloody horrible stuff ! They also made womens undergarments and pyjamas and things, she was always buying the seconds to give to family and friends etc. When she died, mum inherited suitcases full off the stuff, and when mum died I put the lot in a skip we hired to clean out the old house, yes she still had heaps of the things all brand new never worn or used in the case of bed linen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
covkimbo 0 Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 The very thought of Brentford Nylons makes me shudder! My parents had a bright orange quilted bedspread from there. Disgusting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 One of my great aunts used to work somewhere in Nottm that made, Bri-nylon bedding. Bloody horrible stuff ! They also made womens undergarments and pyjamas and things, she was always buying the seconds to give to family and friends etc. When she died, mum inherited suitcases full off the stuff, and when mum died I put the lot in a skip we hired to clean out the old house, yes she still had heaps of the things all brand new never worn or used in the case of bed linen. Sounds just like my wifes Grandma . She worked into her 90s at a factory , that I think was called Mills on Stoney Street . They made underwear , slips and night dresses etc and everytime we visited her , she had a bagful of the seconds to give out . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 Sounds just like my wifes Grandma . She worked into her 90s at a factory , that I think was called Mills on Stoney Street . They made underwear , slips and night dresses etc and everytime we visited her , she had a bagful of the seconds to give out . My Ex Wife's aunt owned that factory ! P R Mills, now flats I believe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 My Ex Wife's aunt owned that factory ! P R Mills, now flats I believe. Never met her but the owner used to drop material off at grandmas house for her to work on at home , if they had a rush job on . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 Mens foamback rain coat 97/6, sounds like heaven for the flasher mack brigade Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 I remember if you turned of the light and wafted the sheet it would light up with all the static electricity the nylon sheets generated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alan (Wack) Walker 14 Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Skinner and Rook disappeared in - I think - the 1950s Don't think Redgate still exist - in fact I can't think of any "Pop men" who are still operating Midland Red don't exist any more. Buses and Coaches have been regulated, deregulated, nationalised, privatised and I think they are now part of "National" like verything else Lymn's probably haven't got that old Roller, but they still have stretched Rollers I worked for Coca Cola and in about 1965 I remember having to pick up empties from Skinner and Rook at their Eastwood depot! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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