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I’ve worked out what the blue line is for. It marks the point at which you are seeing new posts which you haven’t read. Next time you see a blue line in a thread it’s telling you that everything above the line is posts you’ve already seen, and everything below the line has been added since your last visit. Once you’ve read all the new posts the blue line disappears.

My hubbs and of course both my children are Black country born, and they all love the Nottm accent. Apart from the twang that has remained with me, I very rarely say 'Aye Up Miduck' except in jest. All three of my little family always greet me with it and have got it off to a tee. Dad was proper Carlton and I can't remember him ever saying 'Duck' always 'Youth' Mam was Mansfield, but I can't remember her using either? The 'Black Country' saying that a lot of our generation remember from the television music show 'Juke Box Jury' (I think) said by Janice ,which we can add to WWs l

Keep taking the tablets Mary. Talking about Radio Nottingham, three weeks ago I contacted them wondering if they were doing a special programme on Remembrance Day. I told them that I had written a poem about an aspect of the First World War that affected many people, and if they were interested I would send it to them for consideration. They never got back to me. I was not disappointed in not have it considered, but an acknowledgement would have been appropriate.

. Imagine what they know about us all. They could write a whole play about that! Jill and Catfan the moggie people, Loppy, the guy who thinks he's a dog. Ben the lothario, or should that be Casanova. RR the Radford guy. Cliff ton, the guy that has to lay down the law every so often. The possibilities are endless. Sorry to all those I have missed. Carni the cream cake expert comes to mind as well. The BBC could come up with something like Cornation street. The Nottstalgia Saga. It could go for years.

The foot of ah stairs. I'll be able to tell me grankids about this. The day of the blue line. (Well sleuthed Cliff Ton !!)

I think you’re correct in that assumption Margie. I listen to Radio Nottingham when in my car and very often in the mornings and have noticed several times recently a topic they are discussing has been on Nottstalgia only a few days before.

Looks a bit of a weedy tree, Michael!

Therein lies a story......many years ago, back in about 1970, my brother had a go at growing summat as what he shouldn't in the loft. During this time his wife left him for another man and he decided that the loft gardening wasn't for him anyway so he he threw out everything that should not have been there. Some days later he had a visit from the bobbies, who had "Had a tip-off from a lady" who said he was growing naughty stuff in the loft. They asked if they could go up and take a look and of course he said yes. When they came down they looked disappointed but not downhearted. "Is there

People actually working at road-works sites

I think this calls for a test. Keep your eyes open for a bit of fake news.

Here you are Albert and Loppy. My God, just look at the labour, time taken and working conditions. No wonder we have diesels nd electrics.

I listen to Radio Nottm a lot too, especially in the car, and Lizzie is correct in the assumption that NS topics are frequently discussed a couple of days later It just goes to show how on the ball we are here, and that ALL pertinent news happens here first. Currently in Hants & Dorset, where they mostly talk like intelligent Cockneys. If there is such a thing !

TV and radio has spread the caricatures, if you will, of various accents. Here are a few poor overused imitations I can think of which come out when certain regions are mentioned: Och eye the noo when the boo-at cuums in Ay ya gotta loit boyeee. Look you dai iznit. Oo ee oo aaar Awite gavna Ay up miduck I once stayed in a small hotel on the south coast and the owner asked me where I was from. When I told him Nottingham his comment was ay up miduck. I usually moderate my accent when in forrun parts for the sake of clear communication but I can't remember

Flash bulbs for your camera. You'd take one off the strip, slot it into the top front of your camera, take a flash picture and discard the bulb. Brownie box cameras Hair laquer that you bought a refill for. The refill was in a soft plastic tube, you'd snip off the end and refill your bottle, then squeeze the bottle. This stuff would hold your beehive 'do, in the strongest of hurricanes! Shampoo that came in satchets Nylon stockings held up with a suspender belt. They came seamless or with a seam up the back, in different deniers.

New Basford Lad- where abouts was Billy Bacon's field? I searched for Basford Wakes and read that it used to held near the allotments? Near the pub recently converted to flats? Do you know what happened to Billy Bacon? I'd be interested to hear how old basford has changed since the 50s, anything else noticeable either with buidlings or community wise? Rog- thanks for your response, I'd never noticed it before, it makes sence when you put all the place names together. Unfortunately, I'm focusing on Old Basford, it's where I grew up as a kid and I was interested to know m

Nottingham has more than it's fair share of history if only the powers that be were interested in it as much as the general public (nottstalgia folk) then the word might be spread throughout the land and the city and its people could benefit from this untapped wealth, Newark have woken up to the fact that "There's money in history" and their history is starting to get exploited for the benefit of the town, So come on Nottingham city council forget your expensive foreign meetings and channel your efforts into promoting this great city,we have a lot to offer Rog

A Plumber opposite the police station on Radford road had some prints hanging up of the real Nottingham castle A magnificent castle in its day After the civil war it was almost derelict and the then Governor had it knocked down fearing that Cromwell might set up parliament in Nottingham with it being central to the country When Cromwell returned to Nottingham he summoned the governor to explain his actions He told Cromwell he did it so as not to give any aid to Cromwells enemies To which Cromwell replied had I known of this I would not have suffered it The governor retired suitably chastend

I'm seeing that as well. Never noticed it before and no idea what it means. Maybe someone on Radio Nottingham will let us know.

Red oil lamps at road works and holes in the pavement.

Put peg int hole un put sneck on giz me ganzi its gerrin cowd and put sum sleck ont fire

Jill Sparrow. Meloids, yes that's the one. Made by Boots. They seem to have been superseded by Mighty Imps, Nipits and Black Imps as noted by gem.

My mother always kept a tin of Andrew's in the pantry! She was never a tablet taker but if she felt under the weather, out came the Andrew's. If that didn't cure it, it was summat serious!

First building set I had for Christmas, when I was about six, was Bayko. What I didn't know was that it was actually a hand-me-down from my older brother! Still, played with it anyway. A couple of years later, I was given a big square wooden box with a sliding lid, which was full of Lego bricks. Spent many happy hours with that, apart from when I trod on the bloody things! I think that was repackaged and became a nephew's present after I'd grown out of it. Who said we never used to recycle?

Willow, do you mean Black Imps, you could hide the tin in your pocket and sneak one in while in class.

Nice one Chulla, 10 years before my railway time! 10 hour shifts & 'disposing' of the engine was the norm. in those days but a pity the 'preparation' of the engine wasn't shown as it involves the driver squeezing up to oil the inside motion. I could be wrong but I think the LH side rod should be @ 5 oclock, the RH rod would be @1 oclock to put the 'inside' bits forward to allow the driver space between the firebox/ashpan & the bigend etc. Still a tight fit and woe betide the cleaners if the driver got dirty! A standing joke was if the driver had a bit of a 'belly' and got stuck the fir

As carni has mentioned, in the old system there were several options for the "look" which could be changed at the bottom of the page. I hadn't noticed but there now only seem to be three, which are called; Default: OldSchool V4: FB Look I've just tried them all and none of them had any pink or blue bits. So letsavagoo seems to be in a world of his own.

Perhaps there's a BBC mole on Nottstalgia getting ideas from looking at the different threads...

shudda leritt cooloff then Rog

Colly you forgot the 'tot'. Got one cold morning on Luneburg and went for a shovel job as you do, on the way back past the REME L.A.D. "Tea" someone said, whipped round and got a mug of tea and a boiled sweet, one big gulp of tea and I new what the boiled sweet was for they had only boiled ........cheap brandy, jesus nearly fell over.....

Neither bang in the centre, bullseye, this is good bit of poetry for you.

Where does that leave Derbyshire, extends further north than Notts and as far south.....Reckon your right Fly more discussion needed.

Right, so we are East Midlenders, and the border between Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire is the cut off point. So by that reckoning, south of Leicestershire is the South. Glad we've sorted that out. Although I reckon there'll still be some discussion on it. On nearly thirty years of following Forest, I used to love seeing the signs on the M1 when returning home that read 'Welcome to Nottinghamshire. Robin Hood Country',