catfan 14,793 Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 Yet more student accommodation red ! Read somewhere the other day that 1 in 12 houses in Nottingham are occupied by students ! http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/one-12-homes-classed-student-344296 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 Named after The Right Honorable George Canning 1770 - 1827 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Canning Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 There'll be a few suicides buried at what was the crossroads there. It was supposed to confuse the errant spirit should it return. These days, more likely to get mown down by the tram! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 1989 & 2018 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 Amazing photos. Thanks. The last time i drove around Canning Circus was in 1988 when I visited General Cemetery. What is the round building under construction on the left? When the E1 bus came up Ilkeston Road and turned to the left around Canning Circus there was a dress shop just before it got to the cemetery buildings. They always had a lovely dress on display in an upstairs widow. Does anyone remember the shop? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 A red logo, wonder went they went to blue? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 I suspect that the original image was sepia and it has been colourized. Possibly whoever did it was not accurate in reflecting the logo. However, Boots is an old company and the logo may have changed over time. The early signs looked like gilded lettering under glass. I love that style of fascia and there is probably a technical term for it, although I don't know what it might be! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted January 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 7 minutes ago, Jill Sparrow said: I suspect that the original image was sepia and it has been colourized. I agree. There are a lot of fake-coloured old photos around the internet. Those auto-colouring programmes have a lot to answer for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 The more I look at it, the more I think it is the gilded lettering encased in glass. Many shops had those type of fascias when I was a child, including one on Denman Street where my mum sometimes bought items. It may have been Maypole. Even as a toddler, I remember staring up at the fascia with its gold, almost three dimensional lettering and thinking how beautiful it was. Too expensive for these times, I suspect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 I must admit that I agreed with Jill in that the photo of Boots may be a black and white image that’s been coloured but I found this enamelled sign on fleabay so maybe it was red originally. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Interesting, letsavagoo. On the subject of shop fascias, I remember a dry cleaning firm who had a branch on Gregory Boulevard in the row of shops near the Post Office. I think it was Daybrook Dry Cleaners. The fascia had the name delineated in what looked like large, gold sequins. I thought it was beautiful when I was a child! It really hit you in the eye when the sun shone on it. Gold sequins on a blue background. They moved about in the wind, so must have been individually fixed at the top. Does anyone else remember that? Presumably, there were other branches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,123 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 I don’t remember a Daybrook Dry Cleaners per se. Daybrook Laundry, opposite the Home Brewery, did have a chain of shops throughout Notts and they did take in articles both for dry cleaning and laundering back at their factory. I did their audit many years ago. It was owned by the Farr family who also owned the brewery. Some of their shops sold wool and knitting requisites. When doing spot checks at the shops I always chose Southwell so that I could lunch at the Saracen’s Head! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 My mistake, it was Giltbrook, not Daybrook! Well...it was a long time ago! Perhaps the flashy fascia represented the Gilt element? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,412 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 There are several sites that display and give the history of company logo's. Just googled Boots logo, can't see a red one though so it's a real rarity Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: My mistake, it was Giltbrook, not Daybrook! Well...it was a long time ago! Perhaps the flashy fascia represented the Gilt element? I don’t know if you remember this Jill but on the corner of Grimston Road with Alfreton Road was Clarkes of Retford cleaners. It had yellow/cream tiles covering the exterior. I walked past it every day on the way to Berridge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 I do indeed, letsavagoo! It was there for years. The building is still there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted January 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 3 hours ago, letsavagoo said: on the corner of Grimston Road with Alfreton Road was Clarkes of Retford cleaners. It had yellow/cream tiles covering the exterior. I walked past it every day on the way to Berridge. Is it this place which is now Chilli Hut ? https://goo.gl/maps/iKvNV3A5kgSieWz39 I must've also seen it when it was a Cleaners, but I can only remember it in more recent times when it was a Nottm Building Society. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 That's the one, CT. You are right. It was at one time a building society branch. Next door was a newsagent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Between the cleaners and news agents was another small shop which was a jewellers. It appears to have been knocked through to be part of the Chilli Hut now. I dare say it was popular with the Players angels. If you look at the front of the Chilli place you can make out where the door was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Can't just bring to mind the jewellers, although I remember the other shops along there: Carrotts, the mini market, Capitol Shoe Repairs, Parisienne, Hairdressers, Searcy, CO-OP, Cantrell's, Mrs Green's library, Hobson the chemist, etc. It was an excellent shopping area. Not a fast food outlet in sight apart from the fish and chip shop at the far end. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,141 Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Forgive an ignoramus Jill, but would that be the whole row of shops between Radford blvd and Church field Lane, opposite Berridge Rd.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 Yes, Beekay. There were others I haven't mentioned but they ran from Radford Boulevard to Churchfield Lane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 Jill. At the back of my mind I have the name ‘Trouts’ which was a green grocers next to or close to the CoOp. Was the library which you mention part of the toy shop. I don’t remember the library at all. My dad bought me my first watch from that jewellers, a Timex. It was stolen when left on the mantelpiece for pe at Berridge one time but quickly recovered from a lad who was a well know school rogue. You’d know the name Jill. In you’re year I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 @letsavagoo I do indeed remember the culprit. The greengrocery as I remember it was part of the CO-OP and there was a tiny butcher's there as well. Divi on everything you bought. I remember the carbonized receipt slips. Mrs Green kept toys, fancy goods, etc, and ran a subscription library. My father was a member. Wendy Green was my sister's age. The Green family lived behind the shop. Wendy, I believe, went to Berridge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted January 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 An old thread has a specific mention of that row of shops. Scroll down a bit from here.... https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/2545-alfreton-road/?page=2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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