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The Manning Grammar School, during my period of incarceration at least, sported four houses: St David's, yellow; Armagh, green; Canterbury, red and Edinburgh, blue. Prior to my arrival, there had been more houses, including Ely, but these were defunct by 1969 when I darkened their door and existed only on the various Rolls of Honour of earlier female achievers dotted about the place. I was allocated St David's and we were all supposed to wear a daffodil on 1st March! St David's was noted for achievement in the Arts. I won the speech and drama competition several years in succession but was

I am not a snob having been born and raised in Radford but on the BBC local weather tonight just before 7pm we were informed, and I quote 'it will be a bit more fresher' I would prefer the BBC to be proper like what I do. Is it me?

My kids used to call them by both names Tip Top or Ice Pop. Depending where they bought them from. The nearest thing we had in the Olden Days was a Jubbly. Cor, I used to make some good slurpin' noises with a Jubbly. Tipping it up every so often to drink the thawed orange juice. Luverly Juberly.

Ice Pops.

Who used to bit the crimped plastic bit off the end and then find the ice pop wouldn't come out because you hadn't bit low enough?

I must have typed in Alzheimers because I am blown if I can remember how I found it.

Jill, I shared your aversion to large quantities of water and was an observer when the class went to Noel Street Baths. I remember we had a teacher, Mr Haywood, who supervised the swimmers. I saw him walking backwards down the side of the bath encouraging a swimmer to keep going. He did not realise that there was a recess where the steps were and walked backwards into the water. Like your posts, Jill, and their attitude. Keep them coming.

I also recall house games, immediately prior to the Christmas holidays. Gathering in the school gym, together with house mistresses, we all sat on the floor and played pass the parcel, charades and other such activities. I remember feigning illness and sloping off to the sick bay where, wrapped in a brown Witney blanket, I had a nice snooze on the Dickensian looking couch and left the silly beggars to it! That sort of thing didn't appeal to me!

Grey flannel knickers at Manning too, Margie. To be worn at all times under the uniform. Knicker inspections were regular and any girl caught mot sporting them was in trouble! I did hear that one girl was expelled for running a pair up the school flagpole! A comment, perhaps?

# 36, 37 and 38 !!! Margie the entire damn uniform was bottle green though!

Margie, the site has played up all afternoon as usual. Re green being unlucky, my mum hated it as she had a green suit on the day that her father was killed on the Somme, and always detested green after that. Needless to say, green has ALWAYS been my favourite colour. Not to be awkward, but I love the soothing tranquility of it.

Brincliffe GS had Bristow - red, Golding - blue, Nicholson - green and Randall - yellow. No idea who the worthies were who inspired the Houses. I was in Nicholson and only excelled at a bit o` poetry reading and the odd bit of Drama. Absolute rubbish at games and PE and made history as the only gel ever to voluntarily drop Domestic Science GCE and take extra Maths instead. Rubbish at owt practical yer see.

I wondered what I was going to be looking at. I even cleaned mi glasses ready!

Bought the latest edition of Bygones today. I don't normally purchase it, as 90% of it is waffle, and not about the front page headline. However, this has got a good article on old Arnold, a good piece on early pop festivals and a great article on the much mentioned group Tristram Shandy. Also a good bit about Nottingham Castle, Players, old Nottm buildings, a snippet about Bulwell and a good piece on Forests legends. All in all, a good read for once.

Classy Bird Aye Chulla.

William Crane junior and senior girls had Aspley, Broxtowe, Nuthall and Strelley all the way through.

ice pops, not jubblies thats them big things

# 22. Margie I'm afraid I have to agree with you with your comment that Carnarvon WAS the best house, or at least the most successful one when it came to inter-house competition. I was in Stanhope and the house colour was WHITE not Green......... rather boring eh?

Had a look round looks beautiful the old Rhinegold will open as a pub today @ 4 named after Nottingham born footballer Herbert Kilpin manager & founder of AC Milan.

#38 No other way to explain it Margie!

No No colly.........only Germans,Poles,Russians,Austrians,.. they don't mean any harm its just their way......same with their blokes as well,......always seem angry,.......mind you if i was German,Polish,Russian or Austrian.......i'd be angry........lol................. Sort of right Benjamin, she spoke goodish English & would end most sentence with "JA!" & sounded like she was giving an order. She asked me out with: "You go out with me JA?" As she was quite pretty I said "ja!" She'd say "we kiss JA!" "We go pub JA!" "You meet my parents (GULP) JA!" "We have se" - err, you know what I

BHGS were Alvric,Godric, Levric, Ulvric WTF was that all about.....? Being a naughty girl at school , I was never going to be head girl but the house system allowed the pupils to vote for their house captain.....much to the disgust of the teaching staff, hippo girl was house captain for Levric !!!!!!

I was looking for information on Garden Street in Radford and up popped Nottstalgia! It was brilliant. I think you are all wonderful!

Also remember the annual traipse to Victoria Baths in Sneinton for the swimming gala. Having the distinction of the only girl in the entire school who never learned to swim, my services were thankfully not called upon. However, the rest of us were still required to sit in the gallery and watch. I can still recall the acrid stench of the starting pistol which mingled with the stifling aroma of chlorine. Terminal boredom! There were those who, carried away by it all, hung perilously over the balcony, yelling their support for various girls but I was content to loiter at the back and read a book!

We had four Houses at Berridge seniors in the 40's/50's. Cannot remember any of them. I do remember that the Houses were made up from all years and class grades. I do remember being peed off when the House Captainship was given to a low achiever. He even captained the House cricket team although he was not in the school team like me. Looking back on those experiences taught me things that were not on the curriculum. Anyway, I did win school colours which he did not. Black and Amber. Honoris Causa (sp?).

barrettkellar #3 Certainly not you usual house names and I must admit to having to look up a couple of them and, as is often the case, left this site with much more knowledge than I had before.

MM do boys flutter their eyelids/eyelashes - thought that was just us girls!

I understand how it must feel Compo. Natural sounds and particularly birdsong is taken for granted by most folk. I heard birds singing for the first time in my life, 20 years ago - thanks to the NHS I can now hear the dawn chorus. Hearing aids can only amplify or adjust what is already there. With me it was always the high frequencies that were totally absent. The range of loss gradually widened until complete deafness about 20 years ago. I had a cochlea implant and a new world opened up to me. The NHS have been fantastic. The implant processor eats expensive batteries, which I get free. Bein

To back up the theory of it being an American car, a model no-one in the UK has ever heard of - the Plymouth Cranbrook. 1. The chrome trim at the front doesn't extend to the door; 2. Chrome trim line over the rear wheel arch; 3. Chrome plate at the front of the rear wheel arch; 4. Rear bumpers wrap around

Bryson is a brilliant writer and his books are so full of interesting facts about things we don't even think about until reading them. He loves taking the mickey out of us too. I have a friend who says he would never consider reading his books because Bryson takes the pi$$ out of the Brits. So what?