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  • Jayne C. on Landers Bakery

    12/08/2022
    Luxury Loaf in Bidston, Birkenhead - the building was previously occupied by Vernon's (Football) Pools. It's now the HQ of...

  • Kev on Berry Hill Rehabilitation Centre

    11/08/2022
    As a young lad with mates we’d chat to the injured miners who would give us a tanner (6d or...

  • Kev. on Jenny Becket’s Lane

    11/08/2022
    This has been an interesting read. I remember Jenny Beckets Lane when it was unmade and just a wide track....

  • Gail Davison on The Roscoe Family

    11/08/2022
    Also the editor asks what The Tapper was. This answers the question: https://www.sheetmusicwarehouse.co.uk/20th-century-songs-t/the-tapper-invented-and-featuring-miss-adela-roscoe-and-c-m-farmer-1930/

  • Gail Davison on The Roscoe Family

    11/08/2022
    Freddie Fitzgerald was my Grandmother’s brother. His surname was originally Bates, not Brown.

  • Rachel cooke on Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital

    09/08/2022
    I was in Harlow Wood at the age of 14/15 (1988/89) for months having major surgery, and I’m now 48....

  • Steeve Cee on Girls Grammar School, Mansfield

    05/08/2022
    Thanks for that ladies, I must have passed it many times having worked in the area for several years, long...

  • Stephen Revill on Debdale Lane

    04/08/2022
    When were the cottages on Debdale Lane Mansfield demolished, which year as I thought it was in the early 1970s?...

  • Jenny Wright on Girls Grammar School, Mansfield

    03/08/2022
    The old house you referred to was called the Cedars when I was there. It housed the 1st years and...

  • Jaqui Taylor on Girls Grammar School, Mansfield

    03/08/2022
    I was at QUEGGS as it was called in 1978-1981, the sunken pond was there then. The older building which...

  • Andrew Wainman on West Notts Concert Band – Flute Section 1980

    02/08/2022
    Think that’s me on the Euphonium! Gosh 42 years ago. We practiced in Sutton on Stoneyford Road if I remember...

  • philip tatley on Greyhound Track – Old Mill Lane.

    31/07/2022
    As mentioned by Ian Carlisle, Sid Mintey was national grass track champion. He lived on Eakring Road, just above the...

  • philip tatley on Debdale Hall Recovery Hospital

    31/07/2022
    My grandad, Sidney Tatley, was head gardener at Debdale Hall in the late 40s when it was a miners rehabilitation...

  • Andrew Wainman on Albert Street Shops

    31/07/2022
    Which shop would the bakery have been? Be interested in any photos stories etc. of Wainman's Bakery. Cheers Andrew Wainman...

  • Dorothy Clarke on Memories of Queen Elizabeth Girls Grammar School

    30/07/2022
    I was at QUEGGS from 1956 to 1961 and would love to know if there is anyone from that period...

  • Steeve Cee on Ravensdale School.

    28/07/2022
    I just had to mention teachers Mr Foden and Mr Fareham, not forgetting Miss Paxman. Apologies if I mentioned Miss...

  • Jenny Wright on Girls Grammar School, Mansfield

    27/07/2022
    The school is Queen Elizabeth's Girls Grammar on Woodhouse Road. The photo shows a view across the quad, and going...

  • Tina Mclynn (nee Williams) on The History of Mansfield Shoe Co

    27/07/2022
    I worked in the Birmingham store from YTS to full time sales assistant, to working in Men's Dept. on my...

  • Denise Hurst on Ravensdale School.

    25/07/2022
    Have been on this before there at Ravensdale 1959- 1963 happy days, some school class Lynn Benson Eileen Nelson Chris...

  • Editors for Steve Goodwin on Sherwood Hall Technical Grammar School for Boys, U15 Cricket Team

    24/07/2022
    Just a response to Neil Footitt and the Under 15 cricket team! Remember the names and the exciting times we...

  • Steeve Cee on Mansfield Co-op, Payment Method, & Clock.

    23/07/2022
    Checked online, plenty of material (inc pics) on the building/s old and new. Didn't see anything to suggest (or prove)...

  • George Humphreys on Mansfield Maun Motor Cycle & Car Club

    23/07/2022
    Growing up in the 50s my dad had a bike so I followed in his footsteps, he was friends with...

  • Derek Smitheman on Mansfield Co-op, Payment Method, & Clock.

    23/07/2022
    Does this building have listed status? It should have.

  • Glenn Sutcliffe on Memories of a local pub!

    22/07/2022
    Jackie George is the girl in the last photograph.
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    26/07/2022
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