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A Southwellian
I was born in 1941 on Westgate in Southwell opposite the old fire station - now offices - and my father was assistant headmaster at the Grammar School and my mother was a domestic science teacher at the Edward Cludd School. We moved to Vicars Court on Church Street and Kirkbys was the grocers at the top of the street. On the corner stood the National Provincial Bank. Happy memories of running errands very safely in those days as a youngster. The town has grown very much bigger but still retains its character and I remember George Paling the official gravedigger and dog whipper which was his title and "Daddy" Chamberlain who was leader of the bellringers.
Ideal Cinema
I was a projectionist at the cinema, we had a change of programe three times a week. The manager then was Mr Charles Ellis, he then lived at Halam, he used to bike to work then. There was also a ballroom at the top of the cinema, the people came from all over to dance on Saturday night. I also have seen long queues waiting to get into pictures. There was also for a short time live talent shows on the stage. There were two shops attached to the cinema, on one side was a cafe, the other was Bakers fish & chips but not at the same time. The nearest pub was the Shoulder of Mutton, the next business around there was Butler the painter. Thankyou.
Infant School
The Methodist infant school's headmaster was George Topliss, my teacher was Mrs Cresswell. The school is now a private house. There were only three classes, infants, juniors and seniors. If you did not pass the 11+ you stayed until 14-15 years and then went to work. In the juniors was an ogre of a teacher, really strict and who spat when getting cross. Getting to Mr Topliss's class was the aim, he was lovely, or when Miss Hallam left, even better, getting into Mr Bushells class, it broke my heart when he got married! I still remember most of the names of those in my class. We all lived locally. In the winter our milk froze. Our toilets were at the bottom of the playground. All the teachers were in school, the caretaker lived in caretaker's house in the school grounds and never failed to have a warm school for us, the infants class had an open log/coal fire which heated the boiler/radiators, none of the school was harmed, no... Read more
Ancestral Home
With my newly obtained lawyer´s degree and after joining a British bank based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I was sent to London, to follow an international training course of one year, along with my wife Rosemarie and our one year old daughter Cecilia. It was my first time in the UK and one of the things which I had decided to do was to visit Car Colston, the birthplace of my gt-grandfather, Prof. Albert Euerby Martin, who had emigrated to Argentina, in 1888, with the objective of opening english schools and musical academies. He did in fact open many schools which would become the starting point of a long life dedicated to education in Argentina. Finally after a few months in London, and on a grey and chilly November Sunday morning we drove up to Car Colston. On arriving we were warmly received by dear Mary (Girlie) Martin, whom I had never met, but whose grandfather William Martin, of Car Colston, was my own gt-gt-grandfather. Girlie still lived in... Read more
Farming From Horses to Electronics.
My grandfather G. A. Smith took the tenancy of Springs Farm on Edingley Moor in 1931, when I was six months old. A builder by trade, and a sergeant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry during the First World War, he farmed entirely with horses and the hand-graft of his sons and daughters, not to mention his wife Aggie. In 1934 agricultural depression was at its worst and he went back to his trade and his son-in-law, my father David Butler (Jack) Watts took over the tenancy. The farm was then part of the Hexgreave Estate. Jack, a champion ploughman from Derbyshire, brought an old Fordson with him to supplement the horses, and was able to start farming with a contract with the new Milk Marketing Board. The farm then had its own watermill, and by gradually adding labour-saving machinery and another tractor Jack was able to get established. I was eight when the war started, and in August 1940 the farm was straddled with about 180 incendiary bombs, possibly jettisoned... Read more
Family History
My parents married in this church on 10th December 1960.
I was christened here in 1962. My father's ashes were scattered in the churchyard in 1993. To my family this is a special place.
Good Times
I came across this site today and was taken back to my childhood. I was born in Netherfield at 21, Hodgkinson Street in September 1957, the daughter of Brian and Barbera Pritchett, and 2 years later had a brother called Mark. Our parents have sadly passed away now but I have so many happy memories of living in a close tight knit village where everybody knew each other. I have now lived for the past 25 years in Keyworth but often go through Netho and still have family there. I would love to hear from anyone who remembers me and share some memories, I still consider myself a Netho lass and always will. I look forward to hearing from you. Sue Hart, nee Pritchett, tel 07761149255
