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Cleaning the steps wwith a donkey stone brought back memories for me, I lived on Barlow Road and I used to clean our steps and also the steps next door where Mr and Mrs Green lived they used to lead the Ballroom dancing at BelleVue and were picked up by Fred Bonnelli in what I thought was a very posh car,to take them to Belle Vue, I used to get half a Crown for doing the steps, happy memries.
I was born in Derby in 1935 so my Derby is the one of war years,the 40s and 50s, grammar schools and Derby Tech. The Derwent Hotel, the Cheshire Cheese, the Nottingham Castle and the Plaza. Also frequented the Bell and Jimmies and the Severn Stars with the rowing and cycling clubs. The Severn Stars was home brewed in
those days - so was the Nottinham Castle.
I lived in the Ashbourne Road/Uttoxeter Old Road area so knew Friargate well - locospotting at Friargate station and at the Midland.
I met my wife in the Derwent Hotel on her 18th birthday. We had our wedding reception at the Friary Hotel.
A lot of what I knew has gone - the West End, Siddals Road area and many shops - Midland Drapery, Ranbys, Ratcliffe's toy shop, the Central Educational book store.