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RMMee
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replied on: 10/27/2004 6:44:37 PM I've not lived in Langley Mill since about 1984, but Malcolm is the only one who cuts my hair!!!! And he has a poster for the website in his shop. And you're right - he knows everyone and everything. (Still, I can't remember the name of the other barber that was around when I was a kid, on Station Road opposite the church - I used to dread going there, as there was only one haircut that he knew, and that was short back and sides) |
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kinza
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replied on: 10/27/2004 7:23:00 PM Hello rob The barber on station road that you refer to was non other than JOE,S---- as kids it was a no' 1 all over for us, i remember joe cos he was bald. But best of all he kept the beach nut chewing gum on the front of the counter in easy reach of my little 6 year old mitts, when he wasn't looking i helped myself!!! yes i was a naughty little boy, always in trouble with the local bobby (mick patrick)!! It was nice to see malc again, it was just an off-chance visit as i was visiting my brother who has decided to live on a barge on the" basin" canal. Yes theres not much that malc doesnt know about langley mill, he is a nice guy too. kinza |
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RMMee
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replied on: 10/28/2004 2:45:20 AM I remember Mick Patrick well, but not from as early as that - surely he wasn't around until the 70's? Where did the police work from in those days? I think the police station at Langley Mill had already closed by then, so they must have come down from Heanor. Yes - same recollections about the haircuts, which is why I avoided Joe's. Malcolm didn't arrive till the mid/late 70's, but before that it was the Co-op Barbers on Bridge Street - still a definite improvement on Joe's! |
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kinza
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replied on: 10/28/2004 2:54:09 PM I think that mick patrick was around in the early 70s, but wasnt he also a local lad? I know that his dad lived on upper dunstead, but that was late 70s early 80s. Do you also remember the laundrette next door to joe's? i can still smell that dry cleaning machine that was there. kinza |
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ginner
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replied on: 11/13/2004 11:29:34 AM The old Co Op barbers were Ivan Hurrell and John Stoddard.Whilst the old building at the bottom of Bridge St was being demolished,the 2 barbers were relocated in a room at the back of the Co Op hall.Short back and sides half a crown! Yes I too remember the dry cleaning machine in the laundrette.It used a chemical called "Perklone" and if you shoved your head in straight after its cycle you'd be high as a kite for ages after that!!Found that out by being an inquisitive little kid! |
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moet
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replied on: 11/26/2004 8:43:15 PM I remember Langley Mill races as 'Divi Day' my mum's co-op number was 8022, a big pad with pink tickets and carbon paper. The co-op on the corner opposite Aldercar infants school had the system where they had a series of wires and pulleys with a canister that shot across the shop, don't know what it was all about but it used to fascinate me as a child. One of the employees was called Dolly Kirk and she drove around Aldercar and Langley Mill in a sports car, she had white blonde hair in a 'beehive' Very glamorous. I went to Sedgwick Street school when Miss Barfoot was the head, and remember the sweet shop at the entrance to the school on Ebenezer street. Another favourite of mine was Morris's chip shop on Peel Street I think. Morris had one leg. He sold everything in his shop,(as well as chips) Indian Brandy, Condoms, hairpins,plastic pants etc. I don't live in the area anymore, although my Dad, sister and brother do. Love the site! |
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replied on: 12/20/2004 3:15:49 PM RE the shop on Ebenezer Street. I lived in Ebenezer Street and can remember the shop well. Although properly called "J Holford" (??), it was known by all and sundry as "Junes" after the woman who served there. She claimed always that she originally came for a holdiay for a week and never left. The front garden was flagged over, with 7 slabs from one wall to the other. We always had it marked out to play hopscotch. |
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RMMee
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replied on: 12/20/2004 5:07:20 PM I lived on Ebenezer Street too, in the early 60's, but then my parents went and moved to Cromford Road just as I was due to start at Sedgwick Street School - so a longer walk was necessary. |
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suzard
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replied on: 12/22/2004 2:39:16 PM The shop on Ebenezar St I remember for their penny ice lollies(occasionally tupennt ones-twice the size)-they were homemade-not in a wrapper -usually orange flavour, but sometimes Vimto flavour-divine-we used to suck them until all the colour went and you were left with ice on a stick! |
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Peter Chamberlain
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replied on: 1/8/2005 9:00:33 AM Does anyone recall Miss Parkers shop on the Corner of Elnor Street and Milnhay Road it closed in the 1960s.Miss Parker a Spinster must have been well into her 80s but kept a good selection of general goods both foodstuffs and other She was supposed to have been the first youngster in Langley Mill to own a Bycycle. |
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replied on: 1/8/2005 10:17:06 AM Yes, I remember Miss Parkers shop. I went to Elnor Street school in the early 60's and used to spend my pocket money there. She used to weigh the sweets on a small balance scale and put them in a triangular paper bag. Chrisbrin |
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RMMee
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replied on: 1/20/2005 6:34:48 PM Suzard I've just acquired some excellent photos of Turners, and am looking at writing a page on the main website. If you still have the items re the firm, now would be a particularly opportune time to share them. Robert |
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suzard
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replied on: 1/21/2005 10:47:04 AM I have in front of me 4 large photos of wagons made at GRTurners -workmen standing in front of them-also a photo of office staff standing outside the new office building when it became Redpath Dorman Long Ltd-also a book giving picture history and a foreword telling a little of the history-began in 1868.Don't know when this book was produced, but but the phone no of Turners is given as Langley Mill 34 ! The chairman at the time was Lt Col A.F. Holden M.C.Turners was started by Mr Turner and Mr Pender(Penders Row?)-1874 it became Vulcan Works.I think I've mentioned this before on this site-GR Turner's grave headstone is propped against a wall in Aldercar Churchyard-can hardly be seen -thought this was quite sad. Another snippet-GR Turner was born at sea!! |
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ginner
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replied on: 3/6/2005 9:18:11 AM I have been sent a photo of a postcard for sale on Ebay entitled "F.H.Lees,Hairdresser/tobacconist" it depicts a man standing outside a wooden hut-like shop and the wording on the bottom is Richardson , Langley Mill,Notts. Never heard of this shop before.Not forced to be Langley Mill of course.Any ideas? |
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RMMee
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replied on: 3/14/2005 11:07:08 PM The auction is now over, and I've now discovered that the photo was taken in Belper, so it was nothing to do with us any way! |
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