Hyson Green: the corner of Gregory Boulevard and Radford Road
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Hyson Green: the corner of Gregory Boulevard and Radford Road
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 20 Nov 2009
Tastee's Superstore was once the site of Beech's Department Store, where until the late 1950s there was a "Money on Wires" system, suspended from the ceiling, which took customers' money from the counters to a central cashier and returned their change. It was wonderfully old-fashioned even then, but fascinating to children. Unlike Woolworths round the corner in Radford Road, Beech's stocked Triang and Hornby train sets....
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Image Location
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52.965266
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-1.170367