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That would be Sandtoft I think, some trolley buses there including a couple of NCT ones Rog

It’s probably the old wartime airfield at Sandtoff. I flew into there many years ago. They did a good Yorkshire fry up!

Ah Garlic coffee! We had a subsidiary company in Dublin and one of the directors claimed that his cousin, who worked at the Shelbourne hotel, was the inventor. I thought it was a load of Blarney! Back in the day the Riverside flats were the upmarket place to live. Now they look like a concrete prison block.

Whether we agree with it or not at least someone is finally doing something positive and not just bleating about some ill-defined, hodgepodge plan no one, not even the proposers understand. Actually that's classic political debate. Every political party regardless will always claim to have an answer to a problem, just as they will always have a reason why it didn't work, and a place, or someone to lay the blame upon. It's not a particularly right-wing gambit. It's always been a popular axiom that something easy is "like a job on the council". An urban legen

@plantfit, Rog, remind me please, of the name of that other transport museum up near Doncaster way. I believe you've been there afore. B.

Used to love the Chateau, back in the day when Irish coffees were considered posh. I must have had some of that Birds Eye apple pie in my time. My aunty used to have a flat at Riverside on Wilford Lane.

We used to go to the Chateau regularly. One night I paused my meal to play the drums as a member of the group hadn’t turned up. I’m not a trained drummer but can turn my hand to most things in an emergency!

Lincolnshire transport museum Hykeham open days 30 June 27 October free admission, refreshments available at reasonable cost also open Sundays 11.00 till 16.00 but no buses running then A few pics of what they have Plenty more on show than these few Rog

When I worked at SPD, we used to deliver Birds Eye to the Chateau. They used to advertise "Home Apple pie" etc., but we delivered it in frozen trays, uncooked. When the trade descriptions act came in they removed the advert and just put on the menu, "Home cooked". nb. I believe the range was called Top Tray and was Birds Eye catering range.

Rog, let us know about open days there might be a few interested on here.

Oz, I think you need to look at Burnley’s remaining fixtures too. With all the other distractions surrounding Forest the players are pretty close to giving up and they probably won't win any of their remaining games. They may scrape a couple of draws but I can see an unexpected outcome emerging that sees Burnley beating Forest on the last day of the season meaning the Reds and Luton are relegated. It could happen.

Yes, the Chateau was a Berni at some point in its life, although I never managed to visit the place. It closed down and was demolished in the early 2000s, and the site now includes a Gym, a Starbucks, and a Lidl.

As an aside wasn't the Chateau, a Berni Inn on Wilford Rd. In all the years of going to Nottingham I never travelled on a South Notts or a WBUDC bus. NCT Trent, Barton. MGO, Gash's but never those two.

Didn't know Camms had one of those, good bit of info there Marrowman, still waiting to get over to Ruddington heritage place to see some of their vehicles, hopefully this summer, I live not far from the Lincolnshire transport heritage museum and that's worth a visit, sometimes having open days and free bus rides in their vintage buses Rog

Used to be nice pies from Odlings in Navenby but the younger side of the family took over and got greedy putting prices up and lowering quality, soon went bust, we do have a nice butchers down at Bassingham another family run butchers and they have excellent prize winning pork pies Rog

Best Pork Pie in my opinion is from Bottesford AE Taylor’s

Camms also used to have a double decker with the upstairs side walkway. I used to travel to school on it when they ran special school busses from Broxtowe Lane to my school, High Pavement. I don't know what make of bus it was though, sorry!

Some Clifton services went over Clifton Bridge, and others went over Trent Bridge. The latter route included going along Wilford Lane which had a low railway bridge. All the operators (NCT, South Notts, WBUDC) had low-bridge buses to cope with that bridge. That's how I had direct experience of those long seats and side gangway.

Col, maybe God is letting you know in many different ways tnat you should employ a plumber/bathroom fitter for the job? I am not joking x

Midland General also had Bristol LD6's with the same arrangement. Regularly used on B1 for no apparent reason.

Having worked in the public service for a while. I am a firm believer that you could sack at least 30% of the work force and make no difference to the services offered. I am not talking about the front-line workers in our health services, emergency services, armed forces, transport etc. I am talking about the rapid proliferation of "administrators/managers" whose sole aim appears to come up with more ways of having the front-line staff do more reporting and data collecting thus spending less and less time on doing what actually matters. Political staff should be reduced in all levels of govern

Given that it looks like the battle to avoid relegation is now between Forest and Luton let's look at what games are left Forest 28th April, home to Manchester City who are still in the premiership race. A loss 0 points 4th May, away at Sheffield United who may well have been relegated by then and playing for pride. A draw 1 point 11th May, home to Chelsea who may have lost interest having nothing to play for. A win 3 points 19th May, away at Burnley who also may be relegated by then. A win 3 points Luton 28th April, away at Wolves who have a solid hom

Spent my day (again) battling with a supposedly simple Bathroom refurb. Expensive products not living up to their 'rep' etc. Item I wanted from Screwfix is suddenly 'out of stock', except the site doesn't say so.. you are supposed to 'divine' it by clairvoyance. Simple 'clacker' basin waste turns out to have defective chrome plating... I won't go on... Try it all again tomorrow. Apparently 'God loves a tryer'.. I think he overlooked me..

As I've said elsewhere.. I'm quite busy at present with a bathroom refurb, so my eye has been off the detail of politics..but... I see the Rwanda Bill has passed. We'll see what it actually DOES., apart from being Part One of the Tory Distraction Plan, in the fullness of time..but meanwhile the boats are still arriving..people are still dying, and nobody has a workable answer. Part Two of the Tory Distraction Plan.. (Just to explain.. for those who still don't understand.. the Tories absolutely cannot defend their appalling record, so they are desperately casting around

Forest - After Everton beat Liverpool 2-0 last night and putting a big dent in their premiership hopes they move themselves to 33 points, seven points clear of Forest. It looks like the battle for survival has now come down to Forest or Luton to fill that final spot. Whilst not yet mathematically certain it looks like Sheffield United are doomed and that Burnley only have an outside chance of survival.