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The 'mock plaque unveiling' was the brainchild of Nottstalgian Vintagemann who started a Facebook group for old Dungeonites about a year ago. The group has grown quickly and now has over 400 members, we even had to move to a bigger venue for the monthly get-together. Mick Parker who owned the Dungeon (50 years ago) came from his home in Spain to perform the unveiling! The Nottstalgians who I know were there were Vintageann, Moz, Jan Kononowicz, Paulus, Dave48, Hippogirl and Craig Strongman. I would have loved to have been in attendance, being a regular at the club in my tee

At 7am this morning, we are going to the flagpole in our community for a little ceremony to mark 16 years since 9/11. Then the group will walk together around the 2 mile path circling the area. Wearing our red, white and blue of course. Hope it's not too warm, I'm a wimp in this heat.

Thanks for your kind words, Cliff Ton. We should also remember that it makes a lot of extra work for yourself. Photobucket certainly made a mess of Nottstalgia but we can slowly get it back to what it was, an excellent Forum that is enjoyed by us all.

I'm currently in the Pilbara region of NW W Australia, visiting our youngest daughter, she's a midwife here. Some amazing trains here and most if not all are now driverless ! they are controlled from a central hub in Perth about 1000 miles away ! Very disconcerting when you see the barriers on the road crossings come down and the train goes slowly past with no one at the controls, some of these iron ore trains are a couple of klms long.

My dad, far left, in the Army. 1940. Place unknown.

Is this the one you mean from 1958, catfan? I don't think the cowboy hat was part of his uniform, haha.

My dad, second left, with the Nottingham Auxiliary Fire Service, 1940.

My dad, far right, with the Nottingham Auxiliary Fire Service, 1940.

My dad, far left, with the Nottingham Auxiliary Fire Service outside the Cedars Hospital in Nottingham, 1940.

Katyjay and Catfan - I do both of these things...... also sometimes find myself counting the slices of carrot and cucumber as I slice them!

I'm pleased that you like it, Trogg and have no problem with you using the photos. Luckily, on the back of the photo was the names of the other auxiliary firemen which I've attached to this post. Click on the photo to enlarge it. My dad, Arthur Booth, is the second name down. I mentioned this because the writing isn't easy to read. I hope that the Notts retired firefighters group find it of interest.

Walking on paving slabs & avoiding walking on the cracks (joints) things we did as kids !

Surely not!! Anyway.. even if we do.. we are never less than fascinating... Welcome Willow.

Just in case anyone hadn't realised the reason for Michael posting these photos, he'd posted them a few years ago but became a victim of the Photobucket ransomware and they all disappeared. I've deleted the old "blank" posts, and thanks to Micheal for repairing the damage.

Catfan: The HP brown sauce was on the table and was used liberally.

Nottingham has a city archaeologist! Roman digs, medieval dig at confetti college and, my favourite, open days digs at Nottingham castle! Love looking at this info from my kitchen table from the other side of the world...

Yes Phil you are quite right the longest in Australia was an iron ore train 682 wagons pulled by 8, 6,000HP Diesel - Electric Locos. Total length was 7.35 Km (4.7 miles) with a gross weights of around 100,000 tonnes. Imagine waiting at a crossing for that to pass! The longest passenger train in the world is also in OZ. The Ghan which travels north south across Australia from Adelaide to Darwin, a journey of some 1,850 miles in a train that is 0.7 of a mile long. The leader of the opposition and I were fortunate enough to take this journey, an unforgettable experience of three days an

My dad in the Army in 1940.

My dad in South Park, Darlington, 1940.

My dad, on the left, in Witney, Oxfordshire 1940.

Late flowering blackbirds, ready to leave the nest: Elder flowers: Geraniums - or should that be Pelargoniums? The birth of a Lupin: Giant Alium: ......and a Caithness Puffin for good measure:

They themselves are a complete load of tosh so what do we expect, not a lot!! Earlier this year I caught a bin man looking in my garden waste bin, he then closed the lid and started to walk away. When challenged he explained the bin was contaminated with 'kitchen waste' and pointed to half a dozen split tomatoes I had chucked in there. When I asked him about the 'blown' calabrese I had also chucked in he told me that was kitchen waste too. I took him round the back and pointed out the veggies growing there and after a few barbed comments from myself my bin was emptied,

It makes you fat or so "they" say, i don't listen.

Nice to see the Dalai Chulla giving us a wave! Wonder if he's got a Tibetan tonic water hidden under those robes?

Mine were at 11 Pelican Street in that year. The adults were Robert and Elizabeth Corpe. There is a long-running theory that everyone on Nottstalgia is ultimately related or connected to several other people on the site. This might be another example.

I've seen them square sausage in the fridge in Iceland, more meat in a piece of grilled lino.

Also a few of our members spotted in the photos

Michael if you are interested in seeing any of the types of equipment your Father may have used Mansfield Fire Museum have loads of old equipment and several fire appliances. Their link to the web site is http://www.mansfieldfiremuseum.org.uk/

Cerainly NOT yours.

Counting stairs as I climb them. Not your run of the mill house stairs, but any tall building's.

Your brother Mick ?

I've just checked and it's a 10 hour drive. Will certainly be ready for a breakfast after that. I don't eat eggs. Would it be possible to have an extra slice of black pudding instead?

All Nottstalgians are welcome to try breakfast at Compo's but perhaps not all at once just drop us a not saying when you would like to attend........

At Compo's next Sunday morning we want an orderly queue please I'll bring the brown sauce..............

There's just something about the Robin that makes it so endearing. A photo of a Robin relaxing in the sun.

Now THAT'S what I call a cooked breakfast! 1. In preparation...... 2. Cooked and ready to eat....

I know I'm always saying it, but it looks a lot better than what replaced it. If the money spent on redevelopment had been made available for home improvement grants, those houses would have stood the test of time far better than the concrete- inspired rubbish that replaced them.

This might be the only picture you'll ever see of Brassey Street.

I can't stop checking Nottstalgia every day Rog

Welcome willow wilson............hope you stay around........we sometimes stray from Nottingham subjects though............lol.

My father was in the Auxiliary Air Force 504 Sqdn in the 30s which I think was based at Hucknall, since it was the county of Nottingham squadron. He did weekend training as an airframe rigger. They had a fortnights training at Hawkinge every year. They flew mostly Hawker Horsleys think, from the air to air photos I have from his time in the AAF. The riggers often had to fly as ballast when the official rear seat observers were busy playing cricket etc. When the fortnight was up he would sometimes cadge a lift in an Airplane coming north. He left in the late 30s but the government caught up wit

I worked on the building on the corner of Maid Marion way and Friar Lane when it was being built in 1960. Back then it was called 'City House" . These days I think it is an hotel. I worked for a company called "City Electrical" as an apprentice electrician. I remember having a rope tied around my waist and being lowered from a window on the 10th floor to retrieve a cable. No such thing as OH&S back then.