tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post6577667102917902969..comments2024-03-13T16:33:53.563+00:00Comments on <b>Dr Tony Shaw</b><br>: Sally, Nottingham Newspaper Seller and Pavement Artist. And FriendsDr Tony Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-41615618501020004392024-02-11T17:42:31.050+00:002024-02-11T17:42:31.050+00:00That's excellent news!That's excellent news!Andrew Coopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-85710594612272903202023-12-23T14:23:07.226+00:002023-12-23T14:23:07.226+00:00I have just received a Christmas card from my very...I have just received a Christmas card from my very beautiful cousin Sally Freeman. She is very much alive and absolutely gorgeous.Amanda Bostocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-69813498301681473482022-06-11T17:18:13.627+01:002022-06-11T17:18:13.627+01:00Thanks for this Anonymous. Court case? Could you s...<b>Thanks for this Anonymous. Court case? Could you send me a copy of the article plus the other information so I can alter my post, and I'll also include the information I've so far withheld? I can't imagine her marrying, but then who knows? Cheers, Tony: anottsquair@hotmail.com</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-45874449292815087502022-06-11T11:47:58.928+01:002022-06-11T11:47:58.928+01:00Tony, I recently posted on Nottstalgia a new found...Tony, I recently posted on Nottstalgia a new found photo of Sally discovered in the news archives.<br />It confirms her name as Sally Freeman. There is also a court case mentioning her full name as " Sally Anne Freeman" and gives her age and address.<br />Despite being a relatively common name there are few records of anyone if that age in the UK deaths. She could be still alive or may be she married ? Maybe she went abroad ? She's certainly a puzzle ! Link here to photo : https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/913-painter-girl-newspaper-seller/?page=2<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-81417189409014535072022-04-29T23:13:00.666+01:002022-04-29T23:13:00.666+01:00Pleased to be of help. Memories are often precious...<b>Pleased to be of help. Memories are often precious and help to keep people alive, if they are or not.</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-26560185237292335932022-04-29T22:44:29.815+01:002022-04-29T22:44:29.815+01:00I used to walk from Broadmarsh to my job in H.M C...I used to walk from Broadmarsh to my job in H.M C&E on Talbot street at about 8 am and would often pass her starting her drawings in the pavement.<br /><br />Sadly by the time I left work at 5pm and walked back to the bus station she would be gone and the drawings erased.<br /><br />Tho I always remember her on her knees. Voluminous dress and a floppy straw hat. Her tiny little hands always heavily coloured with chalk dust.<br /><br />Thankyou for jogging that memory. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-11208933966177958332022-02-06T13:06:54.948+00:002022-02-06T13:06:54.948+00:00And why is it so many Nottinghamians remember Sall...<b>And why is it so many Nottinghamians remember Sally but not Sophie Curly, an equally colourful character? https://tonyshaw3.blogspot.com/search?q=sophie+curly</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-78002104604365296142022-02-06T12:27:41.863+00:002022-02-06T12:27:41.863+00:00And thank you for this Hugh. Email to follow.<b>And thank <i>you</i> for this Hugh. Email to follow.</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-70837276187287701782022-02-06T10:40:25.048+00:002022-02-06T10:40:25.048+00:00Thank you SO much for this information. I’m making...Thank you SO much for this information. I’m making an animated film set in Nottingham in the 1980s. Naturally I ended up coming across this and like some sort of Hitchcock zoom she instantly broke into my nostalgia feelings and woke everything up. I would love to own a piece of her work and hear absolutely everything anyone knows about her. I’m a fellow artist and she is my current muse, but this blog is the closest i can get to information or images. Any help, information, pictures or stories (I’m not easily put off) would be absolutely amazing. HughBriss88@protonmail.comHugh Brisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13485172188121318515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-80501589931634088832021-06-20T15:08:18.655+01:002021-06-20T15:08:18.655+01:00Exactly - it's like Chinese whispers on a gran...<b>Exactly - it's like Chinese whispers on a grand scale.</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-32615414794756573102021-06-20T14:23:30.102+01:002021-06-20T14:23:30.102+01:00Understood entirely. It's one of the drawbacks...Understood entirely. It's one of the drawbacks of the internet that falsehoods and speculation get spread and repeated as facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-2671026349501833962021-06-19T22:40:49.010+01:002021-06-19T22:40:49.010+01:00There is no proof that Sally is dead, in spite of ...<b>There is no proof that Sally is dead, in spite of comments online. However, as I've said before I can't imagine her surviving without her partner, who certainly died long ago. Simply for the sake of history I'd like to record a few things of what I didn't add about Sally, of why I positively refused Mick's invitation to me to go to her flat on Magdalla Road. And I shall do so, although I don't feel quite ready for it. No information I have, I have to add, is any criticism of Sally.</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-3744432426413899772021-06-19T15:39:46.428+01:002021-06-19T15:39:46.428+01:00I've shared this in this thread https://twitte...I've shared this in this thread https://twitter.com/ronmanagernottm/status/1406151881890611202?s=19Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-78774047194059611252021-05-08T05:34:47.962+01:002021-05-08T05:34:47.962+01:00I remember her from 79/80 we had the Honeycoombe C...I remember her from 79/80 we had the Honeycoombe Cafe in the West End Arcade on our return from Australia till our return in 1981 she would come in with the other newspaper sellers from around the square.Like most we were fascinated by her as she seemed out of place,it's strange how she keeps coming back into our lifes after all these years.<br />Trevopr Millingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502526261693483308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-9525248559563715902021-03-18T22:03:47.650+00:002021-03-18T22:03:47.650+00:00And many thanks for this memory Ian. If you'd ...<b>And many thanks for this memory Ian. If you'd ever been with her socially I'm sure you'd have been even more impressed by Sally. I could add a lot more about her to this blog but I think it's best kept as it is: she was a lovely person.</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-17094556028532758762021-03-17T16:51:38.526+00:002021-03-17T16:51:38.526+00:00June 18, 1981, just shy of 16, I travelled from Li...June 18, 1981, just shy of 16, I travelled from Lincolnshire to Trent Bridge for the first day of the first test between Australia and England. During the afternoon and evening sessions I was intrigued by a young female newspaper seller who walked around the periphery of the pitch with a sing-song call of "Post... Eee-vening Post". I can remember the melody and her lovely tone to this day. A section of moronic, beered-up cricket fans started to mimic her, but she seemed bemused and unperturbed by their bellicose echoing of her curt but rhythmic Post-poem. She just kept on walking and calling. Today, almost 40 years on, I decided to google her and came across this blog. Many thanks for that. I really, really hope that she is still with us.Ian Plenderleithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-4027938485981756152020-11-20T22:57:02.830+00:002020-11-20T22:57:02.830+00:00This is not a biography of Sally but comments or o...<b>This is not a biography of Sally but comments or observations about her. I'd have liked to write much more on her, although Mick McMinn (now dead) didn't think it a good idea, so he withheld information: at the same time, most of what he did tell me isn't too, let's say 'pretty'. But that 'grapevine' is merely a ragbag of suppositions best avoided at all costs, although I can't imagine her ever surviving without her partner, which in itself means little as it's only a personal supposition. Someone asked me for more information about her, which I gave by email, although I suspect that that information (for whatever reason asked for) was far too much more than they wanted to know, which I assumed from that person's non-response.<br /><br />The internet is generally assumed to contain a huge wealth of knowledge, which is certainly true, although there still exist gaps, and the 1980s for some reason seem particularly full of those gaps. As far as I know neither Sally nor Sam had anyone to fill in the spaces, and perhaps they'll never be known. However, the biography of the fascinating Nottingham character Sophie Curly (Joan Aderney Easdale) by her granddaughter Celia Robertson (reviewed elsewhere here) might give a slight hope of fresh information about Sally by unknown others: it's very odd to think that I probably know more about her than anyone else.</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-74459310533312735962020-11-20T14:41:27.394+00:002020-11-20T14:41:27.394+00:00In view of your biography of Sally, what is not kn...In view of your biography of Sally, what is not known is whether sally is still with us even though we no longer see her pavement art featuring McLusty and her ubiquitous 'pomes'. <br />Word on the grapevine was that she had passed away. Are you in a position to confirm or deny this situation?Peter Mannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-33687630329698070102020-02-03T17:52:33.459+00:002020-02-03T17:52:33.459+00:00I have now realised that you have to approve all c...I have now realised that you have to approve all comments. If yu want to contact me directly regarding Sally, my email address is: andyroach@rocketmail.com<br />Regards<br />AndyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-50192790485303874292020-02-03T17:51:09.990+00:002020-02-03T17:51:09.990+00:00Hi Tony, Have you found anymore out about Sally? I...Hi Tony, Have you found anymore out about Sally? I used to talk with her when I went in to town, but started working abroad in the late 80's and didn't see her again. Is she still alive? I had heard she had died. I tried sending you an email, but there was a problem. I always thought she was a talented, intelligent and pretty woman and have thought about her on numerous occasions. Regards Andy<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-64333573877735555112020-02-03T17:48:05.275+00:002020-02-03T17:48:05.275+00:00Wall's surname was Freeman,a nicer lady you co...Wall's surname was Freeman,a nicer lady you couldn't wish to meet,never had a bad word about anyone or anything,greatly missed.James Scarboroughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12593345145681256868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-39671908583059119052019-10-08T10:13:27.102+01:002019-10-08T10:13:27.102+01:00Good question. I don't think anyone knows.<b>Good question. I don't think anyone knows.</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-4837108597411461752019-10-07T16:34:50.750+01:002019-10-07T16:34:50.750+01:00What was Sam's surname?What was Sam's surname?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131051187722997603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-28322389435347251392018-03-07T07:45:54.844+00:002018-03-07T07:45:54.844+00:00Thanks for the comment, Michael. No, don't rem...<b>Thanks for the comment, Michael. No, don't remove anything: the more people are aware of Sally and her work the better. She'd obviously be much better known had she been active in the internet age: there are still many blank areas online, and unfortunately Sally is one of them.<br /><br />Cheers, Tony</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-70235440545938222662018-03-06T22:24:34.858+00:002018-03-06T22:24:34.858+00:00Thank you Dr. Shaw. Your blog on Sally was very in...Thank you Dr. Shaw. Your blog on Sally was very interesting. She has always intrigued me. I'm trying to gather images of her for a portrait and your post has gave me a better understanding of the subject for my future painting.<br />I must apologise as I used some of your notes and Sally's sketch in a recent post with a face book group. Should you wish, I can remove it.<br />Warm regards,<br />Michael McEvoyMichael McEvoyhttps://www.facebook.com/michael.mcevoy.3576noreply@blogger.com