Mum's Shop

A Memory of Carlton in Lindrick.

The shop behind where the car is parked used to belong to my mother, Freda Davies who still lives in Worksop. She took over from the Wards and the Hopkinsons took over from us. I lived at this shop for several years whilst I attended King Edward V1 Grammar School at Retford. I well remember the immediate surroundings of this photograph. The shop next door used to belong to the Padleys and the Fisher family lived behind these shops. Further along the road was the Methodist Hall, the Sherwood Ranger Pub, the Methodist Chapel which my grandparents used to attend and the village blacksmith.  Opposite was the village policeman, the village post office, the fish and chip shop and the barber's shop.

My grandparents, Alf And Frances Spittlehouse, used to have Bridge House Farm at the bottom of the village and that is where I started life before moving to Low Street, Oxford Road and then Water Lane before moving into the shop.  I went to the village Primary School when Mr and Mrs Graver were headmaster and headmistress and I always remember that, each Christmas, Squire Ramsden would send a threepenny bit to every school kid.

I left Carlton around 1959 and moved to Worksop before joining the Royal Navy in 1961, finally leaving the RN in 1995. I then worked for a Marine Engineering Consultancy in Chippenham and Bristol for a further 10 years before finally giving up work. I now live to the north of Bristol.

I visit Carlton now and again to refresh my memories and, although much of the old village of North and South Carlton is still as I remember it as a kid, Carlton has grown incredibly and now nearly joins up with Langold and Worksop.

I don't know if anyone remembers me but, if they do, I would love to hear from them.