Great pictures - both sets!

Great photos June

Those photos brought back memories, June. My grandparents were married in Lenton and my father was born in Radford. We often used to visit Wollaton Hall when I was a child.

Hi Lacemaker I was born and bred in Lenton, so Wollaton Park was our playground and, until we moved to this bungalow (13 years ago) at Radcliffe, Brian and I lived about a hundred yards from the Park for nearly 20 years.

Funnily enough though, when it was just a walk around the corner, I seldom went except when the grandchildren came round, as they loved it.

Small world isn't it.

Very small, June.


Monica, at the time my grandfather died in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 according to the Commonwealh War Graves website my grandmother was living at 15 Scarcliffe Terrace, Middleton Street, Radford. I have found Middleton Street on the map but I think Scarcliffe Terrace is long gone - probably a good job, too.

My great grandparents lived in Denman Street and I think an uncle ran a pub in the area - Scarsdale Street rings a bell, too.

Denman Street, as I remember it, was quite a long street with loads of corner-shops at the end of the streets that ran from Denman Street, Lacemaker.

Just about everything you needed could be bought there; wallpaper and paint, "fork handles""O's" etc.
tin bath, washboards and dolly-tubs; sugar weighed into blue-bags, broken biscuits all that stuff - I could go on and on.

They were, as we were, poor, decent, honest people and the back-bone of this country.

Those old corner shops were marvellous - what a shame that they all seem to have disappeared.

Brilliant set of photographs many thanks for sharing them with us.