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Johnny was a chemist's son, but Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H2O, was H2SO4.

I've left it for a couple of days for Steed to reply, but he hasn't so I will as I live in Thailand too. I suppose it's like other places, some bits are great, others less so. I've lived here for 13 years now. The weather is hotter, from mid-February to May it's very hot, often well over 30C. Then the rains start as it might not have rained since the October/ November the year before. Then it's hot and sticky until the rains stop about November. Then it gets cooler to what the Thais laughingly call the cool season. On a bad day the temperatu

Would have been 38 this month "Trent FM was an Independent Local Radio station which broadcast to Nottinghamshire. The station merged with two other East Midlands stations,Leicester Sound and Ram FM to form Capital FM East Midlands (part of Global's Capital FM Network) on Monday 3 January 2011" (Wikipedia) The only ones I recognise on here are John Peters and Dale Winton?

Hi - Just read your method of sensor cleaning with interest. I had the same problem a couple of years ago and as my camera was nearing the time for replacement I simply did not want to spend money on having it professionally cleaned. Having chatted to a knowledgeable employee at a reputable camera repair shop I decided to do the job myself. His words were on the lines of " Go and get yourself some Swan - or similar - lighter fluid and using a lint free swab impregnated with the fluid, gently clean the sensor. Actually the front cover to the sensor (forget its technical description)." He was a

And now we have the phrase which future generations of Nottstalgians will put on the thread "Things our parents used to say" - "Going virol !"

From t'internet , though I can't see any evidence to back it up or even of when he was supposed to be landlord : When things got so noisy that you could not hear your self think, someone would say - "Sound like Billy Balls tap room in here" Billy Ball ran the Black Swan (locally refered to as the Dirty Duck) public house (pub/bar) in Goosegate, where the Tap Room at the back was very small and noisy.

A few months ago, I purchased a book about Nottinham in the 40's and 50's. from Amazon. It cost me 1p, yes 1p. £2.80p postage. I ended up getting a mint copy of a hard bound coffee table book, with lots of nice B/W plates. Just goes to show, the bargains are out there, it's just finding them. The book is invaluable to me. Love it!. The Book is called, '' Images of Nottingham' Pubed by the Evening Post. worth every penny!. 1 penny. De Da.

Carni, Vodaphone are terrible. sorry you couldn't get a signal. I couldn't either my phone wouldn't work. unless I stood on a hill in my village, practically standing up on my head, with my arm stuck out at a 45 degree angle and holding my breath. So much for the glossy ad's. ​Reminds me of the good old days, a bit like a harry Worth sketch, with a portable indoor areil, having to be a contortionist to get a signal. De Da.