Do you remember my shop? I also had another shop at 173 Mansfield Rd - Software City - from 1987-90. It had previously been a joke shop. Next door was the terrarium guy. There was a good car audio place too. Bill the barber? He was 2 doors up from my record store.
@@LPCLASSICAL Yes, I recall very clearly at least two record shops, the barber who cut my hair at least once, and even the joke shop which really takes me down memory lane. Was there a Scottish butcher at the top of the road quite near to the cemetary and junction with Forest Road ? And a shop selling stamps (Stanley Gibbons type of shop) back down the hill closer to the Victoria Centre ?
@@HartfordHD125yes there was a scots butcher nearer the top opposite Neales auction house. Two record shop yes and mine was one of them. The stamp shop I do not recall. There was a stamp shop near the theatre royal.
Do you recall Michael Dockery - Irish hairdresser - he was near the top. He vanished in the late 80s - maybe died. He was a character - a boxing fan - I had many a chat with him about Henry Cooper, Ali etc.
@@LPCLASSICAL Yes I do !! In fact, upon reflection my Dad took me for a haircut on Mansfield Road, and he was the man who did it. Although I was only in my early teens at the time he struck me as being a very down-to-earth and straight-talking sort of chap. Interesting to know he was a boxing fan !
I had the great fortune of growing up in a school system (in the late 1950s and through 1969) that emphasized classical music. This was in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Starting in 1st grade (age 6) at least once a week the teacher would play a selection on a record player, and we had to sit still and listen. These pieces included Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade", Shubert's "Unfinished Symphony", Mozart "Piano Concerto #21", Bach "Goldberg Variations", and many others. This caused me to fall in love with classical music that lasts until today. Although Prokofiev'S "Peter & The Wolf" scared me almost shitless in 2nd grade.
Quite a contrast between pre- and post- the start of Google Street View: every street is now photographed at least every couple of years, but finding images before 2012 is so difficult.
I have about 700 classical records in my garage which were part of a larger lot which I have kept. Is there any interest in these? They are from the 50s through to the 00s.
Let me know how you like the new background - records and turntable etc.
A very interesting story ... Thank You ! 👍👍👍
thanks for sharing. eagerly awaiting part II. thanks from New York
Part 2 has been recorded and will be uploaded soon. There may be a part 3.
I live in Nottingham and know Mansfield Road very well indeed. I can remember almost every single shop you have mentioned !
Do you remember my shop? I also had another shop at 173 Mansfield Rd - Software City - from 1987-90. It had previously been a joke shop. Next door was the terrarium guy. There was a good car audio place too. Bill the barber? He was 2 doors up from my record store.
@@LPCLASSICAL Yes, I recall very clearly at least two record shops, the barber who cut my hair at least once, and even the joke shop which really takes me down memory lane. Was there a Scottish butcher at the top of the road quite near to the cemetary and junction with Forest Road ? And a shop selling stamps (Stanley Gibbons type of shop) back down the hill closer to the Victoria Centre ?
@@HartfordHD125yes there was a scots butcher nearer the top opposite Neales auction house. Two record shop yes and mine was one of them. The stamp shop I do not recall. There was a stamp shop near the theatre royal.
Do you recall Michael Dockery - Irish hairdresser - he was near the top. He vanished in the late 80s - maybe died. He was a character - a boxing fan - I had many a chat with him about Henry Cooper, Ali etc.
@@LPCLASSICAL Yes I do !! In fact, upon reflection my Dad took me for a haircut on Mansfield Road, and he was the man who did it. Although I was only in my early teens at the time he struck me as being a very down-to-earth and straight-talking sort of chap. Interesting to know he was a boxing fan !
I like your new backdrop.....I feel the urge to rummage through those records right now!!!
I had the great fortune of growing up in a school system (in the late 1950s and through 1969) that emphasized classical music. This was in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Starting in 1st grade (age 6) at least once a week the teacher would play a selection on a record player, and we had to sit still and listen. These pieces included Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade", Shubert's "Unfinished Symphony", Mozart "Piano Concerto #21", Bach "Goldberg Variations", and many others. This caused me to fall in love with classical music that lasts until today. Although Prokofiev'S "Peter & The Wolf" scared me almost shitless in 2nd grade.
Quite a contrast between pre- and post- the start of Google Street View: every street is now photographed at least every couple of years, but finding images before 2012 is so difficult.
Not sure how this came up but very much enjoyed the story. Not so big into classical vinyl as I am into jazz but nethertheless very interesting video.
I have about 700 classical records in my garage which were part of a larger lot which I have kept. Is there any interest in these? They are from the 50s through to the 00s.