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I bought a second hand ladies fur jacket off Sneinton Market around the mid 60's in my hippie days. Cheesecloth shirt and purple flared cords with Paisley inserts. No wonder dad cringed when I went out.

I've posted this link in another thread but thought I ought to post it here too, http://www.historyworld.co.uk/

On Ebay at moment photo of interior showing part of the former Black Boy Hotel

Arnold it is then, Lizzie!

This area would definitely be my choice of abode in Nottingham Stu, .....but unfortunately the kids got there first !!!!

See what i mean.........even the Boss ignores me...............lol.

Oh Catfan, you're the expert at extolling the virtues of your beloved Bulwell. Are you the alleged head of the Bulwell Mafia ?

I think you've gone onto the mobile skin! I think only admins can reset this for you. Happened to me before!

I really like Hucknall but I've never lived anywhere but Radford and I'm pretty happy here

Bramcote - if it is good enough for Roger Moore then it's good enough for me.

colly, I once saw a bunch of photos of cake decorating gone wrong. Someone had called the bakery and asked for Happy Birthday Stephen, it's Stephen with a ph. and the cake said Happy Birthday Phteven.

Sorry, I suppose this could go under "Pet Hates" bit I think it might have a lot of mileage in it! I hate it when supermarkets "hide" a full priced article in with loads of offers! I was in a suprmarket the other day with the grandkids buying chocolate - what else are grandparents for. They had a "Buy 3 for £1.20" deal, so, mouth watering, I thought "Ooh, one for me!" We chose our Galaxy bar, and Whisper and I had a Mars bar. Got to the checkout - no offer. Went back to the shelf which was full of these "3 for £1.20" bars - except for the Mars bar, right in the middle, which was part of a se

#2 But I could change my mind for this place in the Med, it is wonderful(been there ten times.

If I could afford it Newstead Abbey Grounds, but my money will not reach that far, so I will settle for the council house in slab square. Middle of Nottingham.

Do you mean since I moved in there RobL? Having spent my growing-up years in Arnold I know where I'd rather live

Hi crankypig re post 27, Yes the convent is lovely, my daughter bought a flat by the playhouse , now living in Shanghai but rents it out ......beautiful property and location ......handy for the derby road hostelries !!!!! And the theatre .....

I always thought posher areas would be more targeted with burglaries because people know it's a nice area and people living there are likely to have more valuables..

Not a knock on the area at all Michael but unfortunately I think many who live in the area would cite the various problems that Bilborough has these days. It's not just a couple of people and it's not just Bilborough. Yes, 'posh' areas as you term them have crime and violence too - off course they do - markedly less of it though.

Bravia40x,samsung ue55ju6800,5mbpx netflix,bandwidth5mbtx,streaming,.............i know ive woke up this morning,but what planet am i on ?

I'm with Banjo, Somewhere on the western side of the Trent like Bleasby, Fiskerton, Morton, Averham. Would obviously have to be cautious of any flood prone areas. Alternatively some of the beautiful villages further away from the river Gonalston, Thurgaton through to Southwell

Chulla , how dare you compare me with an Aeroplane !!!!!!!! only joking because your wife may not speak to me again if I shout at you. But Brenda may sound italian to you because you've known me for so long. There is a name in italian which is similar Wanda ( Vanda) Many english names are popular here but the emphasis on certain letters change the name completely. Nicola is a masculine name pronounced NicOla emphasis on O. AlicE emphasis on E (female). Ida (Eeda) A lot of masculine names translated are very old names but quite popular here. Maurizio, Maurice, Giorgio, George. Alberto , Alber

Would help if I could. Sorry, no idea on that one, Benji.

Catfaan,Stu,Carnie,Melissa,and David,.........you all tried to help Col........what about me and me Smilies ?

I'm perfectly OK where I am. Got everything I need around me in this area.

Anywhere in Nottingham with only one exception....................................Aspleh !!

I know col.............i still aint got me smilies.............

Just watching the newspaper review on BBC news channel. The Telegraph has a headline about proposals to ban confusing offers in supermarkets. Perhaps their reporter reads Nottstalgia!

Here's the Black Boy before it became the building we recognise. Seems to have been a bit of a nondescript place until Mr Fothergill got his hands on it; this is the building which he modified to his own style.

Knocking on doors and running away is called Parcel Force.

Thirty seven posts and nobody's mentioned West Bridgford yet! Nor Bingham for that matter which always seems to come out well in these sorts of things.

Get out there more then bubble! Keep em viable.

My mum had a short fur jacket to wear when she got married. I still have it, all carefully wrapped. I did wear it a few times way back in the times when it was not politically incorrect. It kept me very warm! I felt OK about it because the animals died long before I was born and the mammal population balance was very different in those times. Now it is a part of my social history. There is a Galerie Lafayette in Paris. An amazing store. I did not see fur coats when we went there but I did manage to try on clothes and do all the simple conversation using my recollection of GCE French

Thanks carnie,..............until about 3 wks ago all was fine,but all of a sudden when i try to use a smilie or any other,it just stops me posting,getting fed up with putting bleddy LOL all the time to show i'm being friendly LOL,.............I used to love me Smilies,......just feel all my little benefits are being eroded (sad face with tear) LOL,............know what i mean.............

Until I got married and left Nottingham my home was in Bilborough and I was happy there. Reading posts about what it is like there now I could not go back. It would wreck happy memories. Thinking of other parts of the city, there have been so many changes I would find it hard to make a judgement without extensive research. This thread has really made me think! Some posts mention locations in Nottinghamshire, but I am not familiar with the county. This is all rather sad when I feel that Nottingham is still my home town. Nottstalgia does a great job in keeping me in touch.

These and similar villages are some of my favourite places in Nottinghamshire. I probably wouldn't feel a need to go that far away from the city, particularly as I work there. The place I would certainly choose would be Woodborough, or possibly Lambley. There are problems with floods these days but aside from that they're great for what I want out of life, in Nottingham anyway. I have to be honest and say there are vast swathes of Nottingham I wouldn't touch with a barge pole these days though. Things are not what they were.

There's an interesting book about the WW2 oil exploration called "The Secret of Sherwood Forest" available online from Amazon.

That's where I am. Only had to walk back from Nottingham once and that was in the 60's when the fog was so thick that no transport was moving. Had to keep stopping in pubs along the way for stiff whiskeys to keep warm!

Bulwell is THE place to be !

I must be in the mobile skin too . If you use mobile devices more than a laptop , does it automatically default to this mode as I have never tried to alter the skin . Can't post photos nor do I have the drop down toolbar . Change Theme button doesn't do anything . So can someone "do" me too please ?

PP. That was for measuring inside-legs. "Which side do you dress, sir?"

I would if I could, but I'm sorry I don't know how.

Mick2me its the Sacramento Frys or the Concord one if I fly in with my mate. 25 miles either one. Get to fly his Cessna 422 Skymaster just like the one in Bat21, Love that airplane.

I'm Stephen Harry. I get called Ste, Steve, Stevo, Stevie, Stevie it's a bl**dy Wonder, Stephan & some times Stephen. Also get called flash Harry & Haz, Often get my last name shortened to Colly or Col, Colly was my army nickname. My Mam was called Olive, she wasn't struck of it. I had 2 auntie Hilda's, never hear that name nowadays. Dad was Ron, he loved it...

No, Benji, they were Old Basford people. BTW, I have remembered why I thought Brenda was an Italian name. Being interested in aviation I remember there used to be a wartime Italian aircraft manufacturers name Breda.

Sometimes a middle name can be the surname of one of the parents if they weren't married at the time of the birth registration. We have two examples in my family tree.

My mother was Joan. You don't hear that one now. Personally I don't like it but I do like the Irish derivative - Siobhan

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in (y)our philosophy. (Hamlet) I would like to think there are large creatures living in deep lochs - there would probably be more than one! I don't think they would be mystical, magical creatures either, as some people say. Remember when it was thought that the coelacanth fish became extinct at the time of the dinosaurs, and then a live one was discovered in 1938 (and others since). I try and keep an open mind on these things....... and wouldn't it be exciting if there was definite proof one day!

My Great Grandparents lived on St Pauls Avenue for years, but a bit before your time - they both died in the 1920's!

Something our idiot councillors should remember when the rest of us are tightening our belts.