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If I had any spare money I would occasionally invest in one of these:

I think it was Berridge Rd. Central near to Stanley Rd. Jill although I'm sure lots of sweet shops sold them. I lived on Russell Rd. and loved the shops nearby. Such a choice of newsagents, chippies, sweetshops and beer offs. I've just remembered the thick receipt book that newsagents used when you paid the papers. It was a tiny little paper receipt with a number on it IIRC. And what about the newsagent marking up all the papers, comics and magazines in pencil ready for the paperboy? In common with most grocers ours used to write down the prices in pencil on the brown paper sheets on

Choked on those a few times. I believe the idea was to bite the ends off the hollow liquorice tube and suck up the sherbet. Problem was it took quite a suck to get it going and when you sucked hard the sherbet would hit the back of your throat before entering your lungs whereupon it would nearly suffocate you lol. Safer just to dip the liquorice stick in methinks. Talking of the safety of sweets my friend managed to get a giant gobstopper stuck in his mouth trapped behind his teeth. I think his mum had to prise his mouth open to flick it out.

A Nottinghamshire prayer Loosely based on the Lords Prayer (no offence intended) and the Bus Drivers Prayer by Ian Drury Our Farndon, who art in Hucknall, Arnold be thy name; thy Kelham come; thy Wollaton; on Edwalton as it is in Headon. Give us this day our daily Bestwood. And forgive us our Treswell, as we forgive those who Treswell against us. And lead us not into Trowell; but deliver us from Epperstone. For thine is the Kirklington, the Papplewick and the Gedling, for Elton and Elton. Averham.

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#152 I was familiar with the Russell Road/Stanley Road area in the late 60s/70s, Mess. The environs of the dreaded and dreadful Manning Approved School for young ladies who were not bright enough to fail their 11 plus exam!

Have you noticed that JS is on her third avatar; each one depicting her a little older. I like the latest - nice décolletage (love that word). In August we are going to see her as she really is - I am selling tickets.

Currently have a barrel of IPA and a Barrel of bitter to drink. The IPA will go on the hand pump over the weekend. Also have a number of bottles of Nut Brown ale; Ginger Ale and Strong ale in the loft. The cloudy and sparkling ciders are under the stairs. cloudy made from locally sourced and scrumped apples but the sparkling is made from Lidls apple juice.

Barnett's had a sweet factory in Radford, on the corner of Norton Street / Hartley Road.

So someone's got to be blamed for the heat. Jesus Christ - no he can do no wrong. Theresa May - well she's blamed for most things. Angela Merkel - nasty piece of work. How about the North Koreans? I'll mull it over whilst I have a pint of cider - not driving anywhere today.

Don't know if anyone posted this before, but I just found an article in the 'Left Lion' about Nottingham council housing with loads of pictures. Maybe someone can identify a few? https://www.leftlion.co.uk/photos/2016/january/homes-and-places-a-history-of-nottinghams-council-houses-in-photos-532 eng

Ever wondered what it is like in the far north west of Scotland on a typical damp and misty summer's day? Here's a few pictures to show you: https://flic.kr/s/aHsm2Gb1Ta

Or even a packet full of liberty bodice buttons from a certain member Rog

It's my fourth, actually, Chulla. The current one was taken at my 40th birthday bash! Lovely dress...can't get into it now! Selling tickets? You'll probably get a few shirt buttons and the odd washer!

Goodness me Carni that's a term I've not heard in over 57 years,going to the shop on the corner of Bunbury street/Bathley street,"can I look on the penny tray please mister" what a great reminder Rog

It probably made them hyper active Mess. The regular drinkers when young are all probably in nick now serving long sentences.

Essentially sweetened baking powder with added flavour to mask the astringency of the ingredients. I see malic acid is also sometimes used as an ingredient. If you didn't know malic acid occurs in green apples and is very sour indeed. All the "sour" kids sweets available today use it. Do you remember Cresta which was a sherbet fruit flavoured drink? The TV ads with Cresta bear were very funny. Some of the ads are on YouTube but I can't find the first one they used when the product was launched I think in the early 70s. It was hilarious. The strap line was "It's frothy man" and i

Have you all seen the latest moppet commercial. In the back of her dad's car singing to some terrible disco racket while the AA man fixes his car. God Almighty, roll on death - give me a rest!

There you go.....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbet_(powder)

What was Sherbet made of? I used to like Sherbet fountains as a kid, but when you are that age you don't usually ask yourself, what am I eating?

I inherited a book that has sat unread on the shelf for many years, so I am giving it a read. I thought it would be dreadful but to my surprise, it is turning out to be a great read: Journal of a voyage Round the World. Charles Darwin. First published 1842. This edition 1890. It is his journal as the naturalist of HMS Beagle in her voyage of exploration around the world from 1832-1836. It contains over 600 pages of small print, written in the Victorian style and Victorian language. Not the easiest of books to read but it is turning out to be well worth the effort. This particular book

It's obviously the times when their imagination knows no bounds.

I remember buying my youngest daughter a small dolls house for Christmas when she was about five. The house was ignored, and she played with the box that it came in for weeks afterwards.

Anybody remember a sweet called Chocoos? We used to buy them on Berridge Rd. when I was at school in the early 60s. They were small brown nibs and made from sugar and cocoa. They were sold loose out a jar. I think they were 6d a quarter but were a poor substitute for real chocolate. On reflection they didn't taste great but you seemed to get a lot for your 6d

Bit of a late reply I'm afraid FLY2 but on the subject of Callard & Bowser I remember buying a Callard & Bowser selection box in the mid 60s in the run up to Christmas. It contained a pack of each of their products including liquorice toffee in a black packet and an almond toffee called Plain Jane in a pink packet.

Made me laugh out loud years back when a Mars spokesman declared that they had reduced bar weight to help the public reduce their consumption of sugar for a healthier life. If that bloke convinced anyone they should put him in charge of cladding sales for high rise flats!

I remember the heat waves of 1975/6 when there wasn't a blade of green grass to be seen in many places. The scary thing is, it only seems like a couple of years ago. I was 17/18 then. Now I'm almost 60!

My neighbour, a little silver-haired old lady, called me and said, "Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle and I can't figure out how to get started." I asked her, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?" The little old lady said, "According to the picture on the box, it's a rooster." I decided to go over and help her with the puzzle. She let me in and showed me where she had the puzzle spread all over the table. I studied the pieces for a moment then looked at the box, then turned to her and said, "First of all, no matter what we

I'll share this with you, me Great uncle Alger & Great Auntie Henrietta.