tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post7391664915346432657..comments2024-03-29T00:20:03.012+13:00Comments on The Tearoom of Despair: Nobby Clark's AucklandBob Temukahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09181473725170489213noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-18921617985395739542021-11-28T21:53:18.393+13:002021-11-28T21:53:18.393+13:00Yes John there are so many different contenders fo...Yes John there are so many different contenders for the origin of the nickname Nobby. Including the Knobby hat. It may be an interesting project for someone with the time and inclination. In the end I guess it comes down to being what is most likely. It reminds me of the Australian nickname for Brits arriving on their shores. Things about pomegranates and the like. For me, "Prisoners Of Mother England" has the best ring.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678356779077301303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-56614381864661584322021-11-28T11:29:46.913+13:002021-11-28T11:29:46.913+13:00As a Clark (who has never been called Nobby, by th...As a Clark (who has never been called Nobby, by the way) I find your explanation for the nickname intriguing. I was under the impression that it was work-related, i.e. clerks in the old days wrote for long hours with quills and developed callouses on their fingers (knobs, nobs), hence Nobby Clark(e); similarly, Dusty Miller, named after the dust-prone occupation in flour mills. Anyway, did Nobby Clark ever sign his work? JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715573503445530491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-55486754546498514772021-11-24T20:08:44.939+13:002021-11-24T20:08:44.939+13:00Hi Steve lovely to read your message. I am Marty&#...Hi Steve lovely to read your message. I am Marty's daughter and Nobbys granddaughter and would love to see the photos jasminejclark@hotmail.com Jasmine Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505569531787217147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-52197447996674888172021-04-01T02:58:07.827+13:002021-04-01T02:58:07.827+13:00An interesting ditty as to the name 'Nobby'...An interesting ditty as to the name 'Nobby'<br />Navy Nicknames.<br />Clark(e) Nobby<br />During the Industrial Revolution, many common people became wealthy and to identify with their wealth had the spelling of their names changed. Smith became Smythe, Brown became Browne and Clark became Clarke. They disowned their country cousins who referred to their stuck-up relatives as aping the nobility, calling them the nobs or the Nobby Clarks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678356779077301303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-35529217330026490542021-03-18T05:15:32.552+13:002021-03-18T05:15:32.552+13:00Nobby and Margaret welcomed myself and my friend (...Nobby and Margaret welcomed myself and my friend (Jock Gordon) who was a friend of their son, into their home in the mid 1970's. <br />The family were extraordinarily talented, fun and kindly. I have always remembered them with affection. I have a few photographs I would like to pass on to them should you know a contact email. Steve Doherty. Hull. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678356779077301303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-25964424377557676352021-01-27T21:37:23.543+13:002021-01-27T21:37:23.543+13:00Nobby and Margaret were close friends with my pare...Nobby and Margaret were close friends with my parents. <br />My father even designed Nobby's house in Evelyn Road, Howick back in the early to mid fifties.<br />He would often turn up at our house and would sit on the floor smoking his pipe<br />I have a few Christmas Cards from him and his family to ours and they are just the same illustrations as seen here.<br />He also worked in advertising agencies in Auckland as did my father.<br />(My father's part time passion was architecture)<br />Put together Nobby, my father and David Them and Ian Reynolds of Kingston Reynolds Thom and Alardice and their incredibly talented families and they were the beginning of Auckland's changeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13975115454281727796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-82964592615005316002018-11-15T00:08:19.152+13:002018-11-15T00:08:19.152+13:00I have both his books. Thank you Nobby for preserv...I have both his books. Thank you Nobby for preserving the old Auckland of my heart.Lenny SBhttps://www.facebook.com/LennyStevenBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-54152146143801651852017-09-09T10:49:14.144+12:002017-09-09T10:49:14.144+12:00Thank you. Nobby was a great personality, someone...Thank you. Nobby was a great personality, someone I will always remember. We worked together in the early 70s and he has always held a special place in my heart. Nobby and the Nelly Bar in K Road are some of the best memories for me. The characters we encountered up there and the laughter is something I could never forget.Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07970542077167850294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-67522458242954647322016-09-28T08:11:41.098+13:002016-09-28T08:11:41.098+13:00Excellent post, it's actually very difficult f...Excellent post, it's actually very difficult finding anything online on Clark's work.Murray Dewhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762610294344841273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-72218884678973954492016-06-07T09:26:19.565+12:002016-06-07T09:26:19.565+12:00I have never seen lark's work before, but it i...I have never seen lark's work before, but it is just beautiful. There are echoes of great artists, Giles, Eisner and Searle in there, mixing together to make something wonderful. Cheers. i look at your blog a couple of times a week, and am always drawn in. Cheers. Matt BunceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com