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  1. I started regularly meeting a girl in the 49 coffee bar. Her mother met us in there one afternoon and invited me to their house just off Arkwright st. When we were nearly there the conversation turned to a day when the mother had argued with the father and stabbed him with a pair scissors. The girl was a nice lass really, affable, cheeky, confident but given to biting when in a clinch. Biting and stabbing not being my fetish I moved on. Another regular date invited me to her house when her mother was out at bingo, her father came home late from work spitting nails, but not at me: he
    6 points
  2. Many acquaintances but only two serious girlfriends, the ex, was a tall willowy blonde but after three years I realised we weren't going anywhere and anyway she didn't like climbing. The next one I eventually married and she was a real keeper unusually for a human beautiful outside and lovely inside.
    6 points
  3. I wish we were, FLY! As my grandmother used to say: "If they can put a man on the moon, why can't they put them all there?" Like Cliff, I've found that most good looking blokes are as dim as night lights.
    6 points
  4. It seems that some men only looked at the outward appearance of the girls they deigned to go out with! I agree that sometimes this is what first attracts people to one another, but after a few minutes/hours of talking to them, then their character should become much more important than their 'shape'. I hope I'm not the only person who thinks this.... All the lads I went out with more than once weren't classically handsome with 'manly' bodies or 'sharp dressers' They were interesting people who respected me as a person. They were kind and considerate and all of them looked ve
    6 points
  5. No Margie, you're spot on, but I was always over choosy I'm afraid. There's always a compromise to be made in such decisions. I went out with moody lookers, and an odd pleasant non looker, but as I'm a shallow soul, I'd opt for the Tess Daly's over the Dawn French's any day. ....... Only generalising as per Margie. But a thing of beauty should always be admired, be it a woman, a building, a car, ...... I'd better shut up hadn't I, before I fall into the massive hole I'm digging !
    5 points
  6. I know it takes all sorts but I can't help but wonder where we went wrong with some of today's youth. It's frightening to think what it will be like when they are running the show. Glad I am the age I am and may not be about when things go bang. Softly softly brigade hang your heads in shame, you do not realise the damage you have done to society.
    4 points
  7. When my lady says intrigued she always means................................................nosy
    3 points
  8. That shop cliff ton holds many memories for me,.....i was part of a team that converted it to self service about 1963,.....even remember the manager lovely Irish chap........then the old customers that came in and wondered what had happened to the place..........no chairs to sit on and have a gossip with their neighbours.......i got some chairs to make em happy and the area Manager gave me a roasting for it, in front of the old ladies.........they sorted him out and he scarpered bless em....i became area manager a few years later.....and always made sure the old ladies had a seat......eeeh lo
    3 points
  9. Never had any serious boyfriends moved around in a group as most students did, couldn't find anyone I wanted to take home. Then I went to Nottingham uni to finish my degree went to goose fair and was stopped by a very good looking guy who said, just leave your mates and come for a drink. The answer was a no but not very convincing, we all ended up together and went to the pub been together ever since. Long way to go for a husband but worth it.
    3 points
  10. A boyfriend once took me fishing by the river at Stoke - I was sooooo bored!
    3 points
  11. Had a great working day....with Libyans and Indians........the Libyans about 50 of em were teaching me some Arabic words and when i used them their kids were a treasure laughing and calling me top man.........seen many of their kids grow up for the last 3 years and given me a lot of pleasure,they give me ''high fives''' and their parents love it when i use their words for goodbye ,hello, see you later,..........learned today 'shukram' and Ma salama'' (thanyou and goodbye)..,but also learned them ''ey up duck'' ............funny hearing north africans saying 'ey up duck,...........
    3 points
  12. Re. MILs. My mother in law was a fine woman. I don't mean she was perfect, but she was fair and had a good sense of humor, although it did take a minute or two for the penny to drop sometimes. . In many ways her daughter was the 'new improved version,'. To me anyway. Simple answer to your question, Jill. "Has the world gone totally crackers?" YES! Sent from my new address on the moon.
    3 points
  13. All this talk of Pork Pies and mustard brought to mind a chap called Carl Brindley, with whom I served some time in the RAF. At the local pub he would go in every night, buy a pork pie and sit with the pie and jar of Colman's mustard, spreading the mustard on the pie like sandwich spread. Eventually, the landlord barred him from having mustard, saying that he couldn't afford to provide a whole jar of mustard for a single pie! Unphased, Carl subsequently took in his own mustard
    3 points
  14. Not listening to the Queen's Speech is my only pleasure at Christmas.
    3 points
  15. Ben card 18. A moody moonlight picture of a Bentley. With a few Hobgoblins inside you, you could be forgiven for thinking that the little stone bridge is the one over the River Leen in Bulwell, with St Mary's church in the background.
    3 points
  16. Ben, you are a very special man - such a good ambassador for England (and particularly Bulwell!) PP just seen your post - so sorry that Mrs PP isn't well. Hope she will soon be better.
    2 points
  17. We've had a photo of this shop before, but not this particular angle - looking up Denman Street.
    2 points
  18. Sounds like you are lucky to be alive to tell the tale W.W. Glad you survived. Re. former post and penny dropping slowly with MIL. GF and I were fortunate in being able to use the car when we wanted to. We often used to take a drive in the evening usually by the river at Stoke Bardolph. We would get back around ten and MIL would always make tea. Then she would ask. Where did you drive to? Answer, Araahnd Stoke.... What did you do?... Sit and look at the river.... Oh nice!!! I've often wondered if she ever pursued the idea of two hours sitting looking at the river at St
    2 points
  19. September, no. The Queens speech is actually recorded a few days before it is broadcast. Easy mistake to make for those not being interested in it.
    2 points
  20. According to the BBC news website, there is a growing trend in solo weddings, ie people marrying themselves! What? Has the world gone totally crackers?
    2 points
  21. I never listen to nor watch the Queeen's speech. I am no more interested in what she has to say then she is in what I have to say.
    2 points
  22. Loved all my mother in laws, first one very homely and looked like Una Stubbs, second one tall and elegant, present one is lovely and i will be dancing with her all xmas,
    2 points
  23. I grew up to look like and, more importantly, BE like my mum and I'm well pleased with that..
    2 points
  24. It's alright Ben we all laugh WITH you. Tell us more about Maude. She must have really been something.
    2 points
  25. I always found that the girls I initially found attractive often turned out to be a bit dim or uninteresting or simply on a different planet; whereas the ones who I didn’t notice too much at first turned out to be the ones I ended up liking best and for longest (and some who I still know).
    2 points
  26. But beauty isn't just someone's body!! It goes much deeper than that...
    2 points
  27. One of my ex's worked in a biscuit barrel factory in Kirkby, every time we met she give me a biscuit barred she'd stolen, Mam had more biscuit barrels than she knew what to do with..... A stunningly pretty girl went out with me only because I looked like Leo Sayer back then, she'd call me "Leo" at intimate times, that was a bit weird. All my mates jaws dropped when they saw her, Mam said "you wont stay with her, she knows she's very pretty!" Mam was right, she'd spend all her time preening herself & I never saw her without make up, when it was dark she kissed & felt like any other thin
    2 points
  28. And what useful contribution does this idot make to the advancement of the human race, I feel so sorry for the majority of todays young people if they've got to share this planet with morons like that waste of space Rog
    2 points
  29. The name on the place could be confusing. On the sidewall, you get get the official royal version. But the sign hanging from the side gives the comedy version.
    2 points
  30. We all did daft things PP but this bloke is an idiot full stop, looks like David Beckham my arse, trying to express himself you say, don't make me laugh.
    2 points
  31. Sent a letter to Santa: Next year I would like a low golf handicap & a large bank balance. Don't get them mixed up like this year! Merry Christmas to you all.
    2 points
  32. Met my present SWMBO on a blind date 32 years ago, I didn't want to go but was cajoled & bullied into going by a mutual female friend. We went to Ilkeston bowling alley where she beat me hands down. As I dropped her off outside her house I said "do I get a kiss goodnight then?" & that was that, as they say, been with her ever since, she can shout though, lol..
    1 point
  33. I know it's been said before, but another instance of everybody on Nottstalgia having a connection with everybody else from some time in the past. It's quite probable in your days in that shop you would've served my grandma who lived on Grimston Road. The only reason I "know" Denman Street is because I remember hearing my grandma mention the place when she was talking to my mum about shopping-related things.
    1 point
  34. Strange there were more cars down Stoke after nightfall than during the day, wonder if it's the same today.....
    1 point
  35. Bloomin heck Loppy I would have been in the next layby along, looking at the same river, got difficult though when the windows steamed up.
    1 point
  36. I am rather lucky, FLY2, in that I have permission to take any windfalls from the conifer wood across the road. This morning I went over and cut up a whole tree that fell during Storm Caroline a couple of weeks ago. Tomorrow I am going back over to cut down a dead but standing tree, before it falls on the railway adjacent to where it stands..
    1 point
  37. Some of mine have IKEA stamped on them.....
    1 point
  38. My ex worked in a travel agents, she was the last resort.
    1 point
  39. Lot of responses to an old thread in a short time. . Potentially dangerous topic. Only really had one 'ex' girlfriend and I think I've mentioned her before. I think I treated her badly (emotionally). I still wish I could contact her, just to apologize. Lot of water under the bridge. She may not even be alive now, who knows. Next one I married for 33 happy years. Next one now 16 happy years. So I guess I really don't have any experience of ex's. It must have been hard for those of you who have had the experience. I'd better leave it there.
    1 point
  40. SIMPLY ON A DIFFERENT PLANET..... Cliff ! All women are on a different planet!
    1 point
  41. So pleased you liked it, carni, But shush, don't tell everybody or they might begin taking notice of my film recommendations.
    1 point
  42. Just finished watching 'The Bishops Wife'. Lovely Lovely (Not a typo error) film. It has started my day with a feel good factor. Sorry to say that due to an 'unthoughtful neighbour' we were kept awake until after 2am by their constantly barking dog, so I overlaid and missed the first part of the film. I only came in at the scene where Loretta Youngs character bought herself the hat. Particularly enjoyed the skating scene, but the whole film was just my cup of tea.. Really peeved at missing so much. Gave me a little shiver when Dudley was being called to go from above and he looked up and a
    1 point
  43. Just found this on YouTube. A Christmas fantasy tear-jerker. It's got ghosts and a vision of heaven, and even has God talking, so should interest certain members. Picture quality is not so good, but quite viewable.
    1 point
  44. Looking forward to seeing you in Nottingham NonnaB, hope our Social Secretary is organising a meet-up during your visit.
    1 point
  45. Didn't appeal to everyone, some of the comments have given me more ideas, especially Chullas wimpering dog. My friends say i am downright morbid i also have a victorian Mourning establisment which will soon be joined by an undertakers. Gem
    1 point
  46. I love it too. The drapes, the widow in her weeds, the flowers (should be lilies on the coffin to counteract the smell). The coffin - with its viewing window? The only thing missing is the master's whimpering dog with its paws on the coffin.
    1 point
  47. Colmans ready made mustard is fine. There was a flurry of complaints a couple of years back when they seemed to change the recipe so that it was more like a mousse than a paste, but it seems to have returned to form now. I mostly only use it as an ingredient in my cheese sauce, for Cauliflower. I used to get 'nominated' to dig up a bit of Horseradish Root from the garden when I was young. As I recall it was grated up and mixed with a bit of cream or the top of the milk.. with maybe vinegar too? Eitherway, it was a bit of a lottery.. it could be mild but tasty, or hot and vicious.. Alw
    1 point
  48. As a kid I remember waking up to the stocking on the end of the bed which was filled with a couple of mandarin oranges, brazil nuts, hazel nuts and walnuts, dates, chocolate money and most importantly selection boxes. It was only one "big" present each yearWe always had chicken for lunch (a luxury meat then) along with roast pork and all the trimmings. Like TBI tea was usually leg ham followed by a trifle UGH! and left overs if any in sandwiches on Boxing Day. First Christmas in OZ, 100 deg F wandering trough a shopping centre with the air conditioner blasting you and hearing
    1 point
  49. I can remember the Marsden on Sneinton Dale with a 'beeroff' on the opposite corner. Grandma used to send me to the shop with a little red notebook that contained the grocery list. Shop keeper would hand it over, mark the cost at the side of each item and Grandma would settle up on payday. Butter from a barrel behind the counter, loose sugar in blue bags. loose tea, loose lard and beef dripping. Weird thing I remember was they sold a package of lard and sugar together which always struck me as strange combination. I was all of six years old when Grandad regularly sent me to the
    1 point
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