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Hi Mick2me, You ask about the clubs. When I first hit the Big City thre were no Clubs, we had something much better, Dance Halls, Everyone was on Display , you could see across the room, everyone was there to dance & with few exceptions everyone would take to the floor with you. It would seem strange today to see a young fellow walk up to a girl & mutter the word 'Creep' followed by them both setting off in an anti-clockwise circle both smiling but not talking for at least half a revolution. When the music stopped they would either walk off the foor, stay for the next dance or retire

Locations Used in Boon. http://www.martinunderwood.f9.co.uk/Boon/location.htm#Cinema

Great to see that Martine won her competition, with the most votes, congratulations gel.

In the attic I found a whole pile of old maps. Amongst them are a couple of old ones of Nottingham. The really interesting one is a Geographia from sometime before 1929 ( it shows the old Poor Institute that became City Hospital). Someone has marked in areas of Sneinton and the Meadows in coloured zones with HQ, Stations and Kiosks and also 'points' rnning from Trent Bridge to Broad Marsh and also a couple in Sneinton. I am intrigued as to what they were as it looks like an official map of some sort. I have a large scan of it (1MB) which can be downloaded from the link. http://img515.imagesh

PC Plod at Point D And PC Plod at Point A

This is a vey exciting find. It is a divisional map for the City Police and dates to the very early 1930s. The force jurisdiction extends across Trent Bridge to include parts of the city that are now in West Bridgford (The City Ground and the site of County Hall) but not that part of the Victoria Embankment by the suspension bridge. Note that The Forest is shewn as the Goose Fair site so it must be post 1928. This should be deposited with either the city local studies library or the county archives.

There goes society as we know it...they'll be legislating how long you can jump up and down on a hooker next.

I am suprised to note that in mentioning the Belvedere Club there is no mention of one of Nottingham 's finest Jazz Men (& Alberts Partner) Ray Kilby. Many of their old patrons were at Rays Funeral about five years ago. The Blonde behind the bar with Marylin was Jane. Another Misquoted Partnership mentioned was at the L Shaped Room. Not Mick & Dave it was Mick & Billy. (Billy Grinsell) Billy was a fine Tenpin Bowler & at the time of his early demise he held many records at the Then Excel Bowl in Nottingham.

Hiya,Today we were back on our bikes,on the Stafford shire and Worcester canal tow paths,we have got up to 12 miles now,not a lot but getting longer slowly.We saw at least 6 duck families with ducklings at varying stages of growth and 2 moor hen families each with two offspring,very cute,1 Heron that was teasing us, as soon as we got about 20yards away,he was up and off again,i took a photo,but he looked just like a grey stick sticking in the ground,For the first time ever ,we saw what looked like 2 Canadian geese and 5 goslings,I thought they might attack,so i did the best thing and put my hu