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  1. We thought the service for Chulla was quite fitting - and it was good to hear more about his life from his friend David. You spoke well, too, Katyjay. It was good to see so many Nottstalgians there - at least 15, including some spouses, I reckon. I shall really miss Chulla's posts on here...... continuing thoughts and prayers for Linda and all the close family members
    15 points
  2. Thank you, to everyone that attended Chulla's service today. It was grand to see so many Nottstalgians, I think I met you all, except Radfordred. Wished you had introduced yourself. Lovely wake afterwards, and couldn't have wished for a nicer day.
    13 points
  3. What a wonderful send-off for a really lovely man. During that service we Nottstalgians learnt so much about our mate Chulla. We knew he was an incredibly bright and warm man but I doubt any of us realised just how intelligent the man was. Apart from his posts about old films, music, poetry I had no idea he was an author with many published articles in ‘Air Britain’. I think his friend and colleague Dave Piggott said he’d had 94 publications which is brilliant. Plus he was an international authority on aviation. We will miss Chulla so much, especially those of us who became close to
    11 points
  4. I have been sitting here with my finger poised waiting for inspiration to come and I can't find the right words, nothing is coming into my mind. All I can say is I feel so sad but also so glad to have got to know Chulla for the short time we had. Seeing everyone today showed how much we all thought of him in our own way. It appears he had such a knack of being natural, comical and caring and he endeared himself to us all. Chris and I already miss him on NS and think we always will. The service today was very appropriate to how Chulla shared his beliefs with us. Thank you to Linda and Barbara
    11 points
  5. I wasn’t able to be at Wilford Hill, but Chulla clearly got a suitable send-off. It’s appropriate a large number of Nottstalgians were there. Chulla was the main man for getting a lot of people together in the same place at the same time on a large number of occasions. Nottstalgians who have met other Nottstalgians probably owe that to Chulla. He will be a hard act to follow.
    10 points
  6. It was a wonderful service, and a fine eulogy from his friend David. It made me feel as though I knew Dave personally. It was also good to meet Kath, although would have liked it to be under better circumstances. Hopefully I will get to meet more of you all at one of the meets. R.I.P. Chulla.
    10 points
  7. Lovely service for chulla,,,,,,,,and the sun was shining quite rightly for him,,, Not the right circumstances i know but good to see so many Nottstalgians,..........a few i met for first time......Brew,,Mary,, melissa,, and Commo,,nice to see you all..........
    10 points
  8. Wonderful service for a top man x
    8 points
  9. We will soon be leaving home for the journey to celebrate Chullas life and as it should be the sun is going to shine for a special person.
    8 points
  10. How about future 'Meet-ups'.............being called '' Chulla-ups''. in tribute to his memory.........?..
    7 points
  11. I'll hopefully see a few of you there in around an hour. Lovely day outside to celebrate the life of an equally lovely man
    7 points
  12. To - day is "Chulla's" day we will be there Chulla to give you a good send off. Not sure how to say this as now days some people are not religious and some are when at work on of the girls quoted this to me, God saw the hill was hard to climb. he closed your eyes and said peace be thine. R.I.P "CHULLA"
    7 points
  13. The sun has opened up for Chulla, bless him !
    6 points
  14. It was a privilege to be there Katyjay, chulla was a lovely man. He will be missed.
    5 points
  15. The sun shone for Chulla, which is as it should be. A bright, warm, delightful day for a bright, warm, delightful person. Wherever you are, Chulla, some of us will be raising a glass of Tibetan tipple in your honour this evening. Might even look out my saffron robes!
    5 points
  16. Well said all, I can't really add anything new to all of those lovely comments. It was an excellent 'standing room only' send off for our Chulla, which in itself was a good measure of the man. Lizzie, I had a few long conversations with Dave and whilst I was aware of his interests, I too had no clear idea of his standing in the world of aviation research etc., so I think I'd add 'modest' to his many other traits. Obviously not the best circumstances, but it was also a pleasure to see so many 'Stalgians. Some familiar, others new to me. I too am sorry to have missed W
    4 points
  17. WHAT MORE IS THERE TO SAY A REAL GENT! "GOODNIGHT GODBLESS CHULLA" R.I.P
    4 points
  18. We could Chull out at Wetherspoons!
    4 points
  19. So sorry I couldn't be there for you Mrs Chulla but my thoughts were with you.
    3 points
  20. Just a lighter note for us girls only! Bottle Green and Navy Blue nickers with elastic legs use for them? great for tucking in your dress when doing cartwheels? Great for keeping the boy's away (Hand Trapper's) and for saving your virginity.
    3 points
  21. If the cap fits, as they say Ben. Wear it! Edited to add. It's bit far for me so I won't be there tomorrow but will be thinking of Y'all.
    3 points
  22. I too sadly cannot attend due to prior arrangements, but will be thinking of a good, kind and thoughtful man.
    3 points
  23. Continuing the Minutiae.. I'm really no longer sure about dates on this stuff.. late 50s/early 60s is the best I can do.. Sometime around 1959/60, I went to a single meeting of the 'Cubs' at 'Blackwoods' on Hucknall Rd. I was taken there by another lad out of Southglade Road . Bestwood. I felt like an outcast all the time I was there, though I did fall in love with that little bit of heathland .. trapped, alongside a main road and between houses. As far as I know it is still pretty much the same, and long may it remain so.. But, that wasn't going to be
    2 points
  24. We used to jump off Clifton Bridge in the early 50's. The water was almost black. It was also much deeper then and large barges would come by quite often. I always assumed that the barges carried coal but could have been any bulk item. The wash made by the barges eroded the banks quite badly. I remember sitting on my fishing basket seat at Farndon when the whole bank gave way, just sort of slid down into the Trent. Got away with a scare and wet feet.
    2 points
  25. Come to the next meet up then, Phil - there aren't any snobs there.....
    2 points
  26. Checking out at the supermarket, the young cashier suggested to me that i should bring my own grocery bags, because plastic bags are not good for the environment. I apologized to the young girl and explained, "We didn't have this 'green thing' back in my earlier days." The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." I said that she was right -- our generation didn't have the "green thing" in its day. I went on to explain: Back then, we returned milk bottles, fizzy drink bottles and beer bottles to t
    1 point
  27. A friend of ours has a horse shoeing business called Only Foals and Horse's.
    1 point
  28. Mam .... Mam ... Mam ..... Mam ...... Mam .... Ice cream vans here
    1 point
  29. Your right there, it was pretty murky, a sort of dark green. Not quite zero viz but it was good training. The pollution side of it is just the same as when you go white water rafting at holme pierpoint!! And at the end of the day, nowhere near as bad as the ganges!!
    1 point
  30. Steady on Margie, I may not be a snob - but there are limits!
    1 point
  31. I was told I was a snob at grammar school because I came from Woodthorpe! I don’t think I am - I don’t mind mixing with common people.
    1 point
  32. Here's picture of my ORIGINAL snobs, which I bought about 64 years ago when I started secondary school. There are a few spares there, too, and some jacks - the little red ball seems to be missing, though i have tried to teach two of our grandchildren how to play snobs, but they aren't very keen as I'm better than they are!
    1 point
  33. I’m sorry I was unable to attend Chulla’s funeral but my lawn tractor had fallen into a deep muddy pond caused by the wet weather and its extraction was a matter of some urgency. I’m pleased to hear all went well and that he had a fitting send off with a good turnout.
    1 point
  34. Yes NBL........hate you''..........but you are right.......... edit sorry Den............
    1 point
  35. No worries Melissa, I hope to be at the next meet,so should be able to put faces to names. Pity I couldn't get to do at hucknall but had some pressing things to attend to.
    1 point
  36. I used to do a bit of scuba diving many years back,and have dived the Trent a few times. I can't ever remember the Trent being more than 15ft deep at normal levels. Some places near Clifton bridge were shallower than that!.
    1 point
  37. Chocstix - whole length of the sweet jar for 3d. Crunchy tuffy with chocolate down the middle. Barley sugar sticks - another that was the whole length of the sweet jar for 3d. Fruit Salads - small squares of soft tuffy coloured yellow and pink. They seem to have developed into Opal Fruits (or whatever they are called nowadays - Starburst, is it?) 4 for 1d. Black Jacks were similar to Fruit Salads but dark grey and aniseed-flavoured. Again 4 for 1d. Coconut mushrooms. Sherbet Dabs. Spanish Juice sticks (Solazzi?). You could get little tiny ones or big fat ones. I a
    1 point
  38. Nice one waddo, sorry didnt know who you were,I'd have said hello,
    1 point
  39. Don't forget the little pocket for your hankie.
    1 point
  40. Can anyone remember the rules for snobs? I seem to remember the first round was, catch as many as you can on the back of your hand then one up and pick up the remaining snobs one at a time. Germans. Two up and scoop the remaining snobs two at a time Frenchies not sure of Overhands, the snobs thrown up have to be caught overhand etc..
    1 point
  41. I remember chalking a pattern on my top but I knelt on it to spin so the pattern rubbed off. I also used the skate and book but never on a steep hill, my cousin talked me into trying a big hill but I must turn right at the bottom of course I didn't. Broken anke and wrist the bank in question is the one in a previous picture, he had trouble sitting down while was spoilt LOL.
    1 point
  42. Oh dear Lizzie, the mushroom top was a doddle, it was the carrot that I struggled with as it kept wobbling and falling over.
    1 point
  43. Footy half time lasting 10 minutes.
    1 point
  44. Sadly Mrs C & i wont be with you tomorrow but we willbe thinking of our oldmate Chulla & be saying a prayer for him.
    1 point
  45. A good man willing to share and contribute to an interested group of folk. I will miss his very balanced and trenchant contributions to this forum.
    1 point
  46. My roller skates had rubber wheels but the rubber must have been low-grade as the wheels wore down to triangular shape! Had a lot of fun on them, despite the bumpy ride, because we lived on a steep hill. My favourite top was a ‘carrot’, I just couldn’t get the ‘mushroom’ shape to work.
    1 point
  47. Rover tinned biscuit selection.
    1 point
  48. As well as the Carrot top you also had the window Breaker (which some reason use to get tangled in the string, lace, or piece of what ever was on the end of your whip) when you tried to get it apart the top seemed to just fly for the nearest window, the you also had the Turnip top, also you had to chalk a design on the top to make a pattern. Talking of pattern's you don't see Clyedoscops (not sure of spelling) you know the smartie tube that you turned at the end to make different patterns.
    1 point
  49. Your pic is of what we called a 'carrot' top, very difficult get 'em going but the more usual type was easy. Diablo?.. easy peasy and yes I had steel skates for a long time before going 'upmarket' with rubber wheels. My dad, because of the way the skates gripped, always threatened I'd have to go barefoot if they ripped the sole off my shoe
    1 point
  50. A couple of months ago a local couple bought a bungalow up the hill from me. The grounds had a mature wood of about 150yrs age and a good hedgerow in front of their garden wall along the roadside. They immediately set about razing the woodland to the ground and grubbing up the hedgerow. They now live in a bungalow surrounded by emptiness apart from the gravestones towering above their wall on their eastern boundary. They cannot garden the former woodland without removing the tree stumps - which will be near-impossible now that the stumps are at ground level and their front wall, a drystone
    1 point
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