Lenton Times
The Magazine of Lenton Local History Society
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Claude Street - Dunkirk
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Family Memories 
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| The shop at the corner of Montpelier Road and Claude Street. In the distance are some of the Beeston Road properties. Whether the wildlife shown in this photograph were regular visitors to this part of Dunkirk is not known. |
| It may take some believing but this is what the property in the previous photograph looks like today (July 2005). It has been converted into two separate businesses with the Dunkirk Chippy housed in the portion on the right. When the photograph was taken the premises on the left were unoccupied. |
| A 2008 view looking along Claude Street from its junction with Montpelier Road. |
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Ken Beckhaus who lives
in Australia got in touch with us asking if we had a photograph
of No. 39 Claude Street as his mother, Gwen Beckhaus (nee Atkinson)
was born there in 1951 and it remained her family home until
1964. We didn't but happy to oblige took these shots in
January 2007. The centre view is the house in question
while the shots either side feature No.39 plus others on
that side of the street. Gwen was suitably grateful to
receive her own copies of these photographs.
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Pat Forster
(nee Ellis) 
I
lived with my family at 71 Claude Street Dunkirk from 1956 to 1963. We are the
Ellis family, consisting of Ted (dad), Joan (mam), Maureen, Pat, Angela and
Debi. After Claude Street we moved to West Bridgford where we lived for
three years and then in 1966 the whole family emigrate to Australia and since
1966 I have lived in Sydney. My sisters and I came back to England for
a visit in 2005 – the first time I had been back in almost forty years. The
memories came flooding back and made me realise how much I had enjoyed my childhood
in Nottingham. The bonfire nights on ‘The Common’, the annual Goose Fair, the
brownies and the coach trips from the Dunkirk Hotel to the seaside, organised
by some good hearted souls who knew we wouldn't otherwise be able to afford
a holiday. We would play rounders and other such games in the street right
into the evening and if dad had won on the horses we would get fish and chips
from the very same chip shop shown in the photographs above. I can recall practically
every household name from one end of Claude Street to the other.
Let us know your memories of Claude Street
Do you have any historical information or other photographs of this street? If so, email us with the details or write to us.
