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Skegness (Nottingham by the sea) I think most of us don't like it because we spent most of our childhood there. Used to always stay on Stow's Manor Farm caravan site. From slop buckets, gas mantels to real pluming and electric lights. Dad won at bingo and sent me of to the hairdresser's to have a perm (first ever perm) what a site I looked, use to go to Derbyshire holiday camp to swim in there out side pool cost 6d, Linger longer chippy (why is it called that) well you get your chips open with salt/vinegar in news paper, and start eating when you get to the caravan site their is the rubbish b

Not been for a year or two but me and the wife still love it when we do..............stay at a half decent Hotel on the front........and heres the secret of making it still exciting.................i go out by myself..........and find a pub/bar........an hour later this lovely lady walks in,and buys herself a drink.........i naturally move in in and offer to pay for it...........and after some playful banter realise we know each other from way back........and you know one thing leads to another................and the wife still likes my little games.........LOL.

Always magic is Skeggy............remember sleeping on the Dunes as a teenager with two mates from Marsdens in our suits and ties,after two pints and being really pi55ed,........then couple of years later being more sophisticated taking a girl in my car,and slipping the Barman ten bob' at Happy days holiday camp on Trunch lane,for the use of a Caravan for the night,.........no expense spared with me ya know...........lol.

If you go out with the intention of having a good time then you'll have a good time whether it be Skegness or anywhere else.

#23 Don't know why, Ben, but I have a mental image of you being born in a suit and tie and the midwife saying, "Oh, isn't he smart! He'll go far in life! What's this he's clutching in his pudgy little hand? Oh, it's a Marsden's price list! Dinneford's Gripe Water 2/6!"

It's Nottingham by the Sea, and that's what is important to US !

Just to add a little more to my tale. Master always wanted to live by the sea, so kids grown up and off hand, decided to sell up and move, (yes you can guess where to) not quite Skeg but the village of Anderby NO not Anderby creek the village of Anderby. Master loved it he had left work and was semi retired, me I'm a town girl hated it. Now being younger than master I had to go to work, went to work in Skegness the only problem was in winter the buses only run every hour till 6 00pm the its about every two hours, I used to finish work at 6 00 pm then if I did catch the bus home it would only t

We love Skeggy, l think most of you know by now that Skegness is where my hubbs and I met in 1964. The long term holiday romance. Don't listen to anyone who tells you it wont last!!! Whilst bringing our children up and living in West Mids, Towyn near Ryhll was our yearly (one week holiday destination), simply because it was the closest by coach. Since they have grown and fled the nest we are free to choose our hols every year. Guess where we go.....Skeggy. These days we choose it mainly because we can cycle for miles and hardly see a hill. 18miles to Mablethorpe from

I'd been in touch with R.E.A.D. in the past by pm and sent him a message a few days ago about the comments people have made

We went to Cleethorpes on New Year's Day a couple of years ago and the place was heaving with people. The first place we could find somewhere to park was Mablethorpe!

Like Skeggy or not we all have fond memories of the place reading all of these posts Rog

It's a bloody long walk from Merthyr Tydfil!

When you go to Skegness do you hope it will be just like when you were a teenager? If so, you will certainly be disappointed unless you go on all the rides, spend money in the arcades, paddle in the sea, say hello to the donkeys, get a bit tipsy, meet a new girl (of course you can't do that as you are married!!) have a cuddle in the sandunes (you can still do this with your wife!) and all of this in beautiful sunny weather..... except the sandune bit - this may be more appropriate when the sun's gone down!

You always got these at Skeg (and Mablethorpe)

I can't remember much activity at Towyn when we used to take the children late 60s, but it fit in with our limited budget at the time Wincups caravan site or Palins just across the road were our holiday stays for a few years late 1960s. No televisions, and for a fee we could rent a radio for the week. A visit to the camp site club until about 9pm each day, just to ware the kids out, a burger on the walk back to the van and then put the sleepy kids to bed and stare at the wall till bedtime. lol. Give me Skeggy any day.

There's a programme on BBC4 tomorrow night (Monday April 3rd) at 9pm called "Roof Racks & Hatchbacks; The Family Car" about family cars from the Morris Minor to the Ford Cortina. I'm sure for many of us it will evoke memories of our younger years.

Result . Well the cake turned out beautifully soft. I added lemon zest and 1 tbsp limoncello. For the topping I did the same as Plantfit but used limoncello instead of whisky. Cake cooled down as my daughter came over, made two small slices for us to try. Result.......mum it's awful, "are you sure" she insisted....then picked up the plate and said" bye see you later". It was really , really delicious. Went out this morning and was out until about 4 pm. The cake was still on the plate but half was missing. Now there is only a quarter left ! Oh I did put a few cubes of crystall

Cleethorpes

#8. How did you guess ! I didn't mind the good hiding I got off my mother, it was the confiscation of my catapult (galley) that hurt the most.

My memories of Skeggy are the Jolly Fisherman at the railway station and walking from there down Lumley road, the smells of fish and chips, the rock shops and the sounds of the amusement arcades. Left at the clock tower for the pleasure park and pier. Fish and chips for lunch, a pint or two for dad and a shandy for mum. A game of cricket on the beach. Right for the boating lake and the late afternoon walk back to the station pausing to pick up some rock novelties on the way.

Went to Cleethorpes a couple of years back. Not pleasant at all! I'm not the biggest fan of Skegness but much prefer it to Cleethorpes, having said that as a kid we always went to Mablethorpe, still enjoying going for a day out there!

Isn't Pyongyang now called table tennis?

My Mother was psychic, she had to be, she seemed to know I was going to be up to mischief hours before I went out to play.

Nice one Nonna,I like the idea of adding ginger,I will try that next time I make one,I knew you couldn't have just one slice Rog

The little fat guy has got great dress sense and a wicked haircut though!

Pyonyangs alright except for the little fat guy that runs the campground. He's got no sense of humor at all.

Part of the Derbyshire Miners was sold off to a man called Gordon Hawkins, a local businessman who sold his electrical business to Safeways and made a pile. (to be confirmed) He named his site Skegness Sands, and he also had another across the road and one in Chapel, sorry I can't remember the names of the site, but I think the business went under the name of Barhams.. We bought a caravan on his Skegness Sands site and kept it for about nine years. We loved every moment, he kept his site immaculate and his rules were there to protect the owners and their very expensive and some top of the rang

Even though Skeggie is our closest seaside town I have only ever been there for a day trip other than spending an awful week in a caravan at Ingoldmells in the early 60s. The item that Phil has quoted is putting Skegness alongside Damascus and the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. Well given a choice of holiday destinations out of that lot I know where I'd rather be! After all, it is so bracing .....

R.E.A.D. may also be in for a surprise. He hasn't visited the site since I reactivated his post which had been missed, and perhaps he felt that no-one was interested. So presumably before long he will find this thread and discover that a large number of people have expressed sympathy for his situation. I've added a link in the Bilborough Grammar School thread to re-direct here.

#7 I take it the window was closed at the time, Catfan?

As a young lad I accidentally shot a marble from my catapult straight through next door's window. The miserable sod "grassed" me up to my mother. That weren't fair was it !

That reminded me of a post I put in "meadows memories" page 6 when one of the neighbours grassed on me for smoking discarded fag ends,fair enough I was only about 5 or 6 but it's still no reason to snitch on me was it? Rog

Got all ingredients weighed and measured, panic .....no whisky. Every spirit and liquore imaginable but no whisky. Brandy ? Noooo. Last of homemade Limoncello seeing as it has lemon zest in. Yes I think that will work....( hope so) result later came back to recipe because I couldnt remember amount of whisky

I remember saying that last one, Ann

plantfit #57 Tried the recipe for the Lemon Whisky Drizzle cake, I'll admit to adjusting the amount of whisky a bit (hic). YUMMO

I haven't thought about that for YEARS, but for us it was "Made yer look for monkey nuts, made yer pull yer knickers up" or 'Made yer look, made yer stare, made yer lose yer underwear"

I second everything that has previously been said. Cancer is a terrible illness that not only affects the person concerned but the whole family. The initial shock is being told and it takes time to take in. Make the most of the time you have together and enjoy each others company to the full, maybe remembering the funny and enjoyable things you did together. When my brother was terminally ill I remember when we were kids and spent our school holidays at our grandparents who lived by the sea. We went fishing in the local park and my brother was trying to catch a big stickleback and

I didn't see the original post. This is a tragic situation, R E A D. Living with a terminal illness is akin to a huge dark cloud that follows you everywhere you go. I think it is important to talk about how you are feeling and coping with the agencies who do such wonderful work with terminal illnesses, Marie Curie nurses, etc and not to bottle up fears and worries. Although NS members are almost certainly strangers to you, we do listen and try to give support in any way we can so please don't be afraid to talk to us R E A D. Many Nottstalgians, including myself, are thinking of you