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This is me aged about 9 or 10 with my grandma. Mum used to curl my hair in rags each night as my hair was never naturally curly! It's only photo I have with my grandma... she was quite old when I was born as my dad was the 'baby' of his family, and he was 41 when I was born.

Always hated being photographed. This is c. 1960 at Highfields. I reasoned that if I couldn't see the camera, it couldn't see me!

Taking the plunge and finally embracing the 21century I bought a super dooper TV to go with the new Virgin TV and Broadband service we had recently. What a disaster! anyone have a spare 10 yr old they can rent out for awhile? The TV remote is the most annoying. It puts a pointer on the screen which appears to have no relationship with where the damn remote is pointing, even backwards and under a cushion it's still there!. No idea what has been pressed but now it nags us to speak to it for voice commands. 'no sod off' 'please speak clearly' 'no go away' 'do you require assistanc

I've just re-read all of this topic and some of my photos are missing, so I'll repost some of them. this one is a school photo when I was about 5

May I repeat an earlier post and say many thanks for all your kind words. One of you very kindly offered to ' pop down' and bring me back up to Nottingham, ( you know who you are). It's when you get a response like this it make you realise its not a bad old world after all ! Thank you Nottstalgians , Barrie.

I also hate being photographed, especially since getting older - I'm not a photogenic subject. However, it is nice to look at old photos and see what we wore and what we did in days gone by - I reckon I'm just a bit .....Nottstalgic!

My smokeless fuel is delivered in 25kg bags. The last delivery was before Christmas at around 6am. The gates were not unlocked...never known them deliver that early...and I had to move the lot. I'm tougher than I look!

I did the same with all my photos when I were young, but i think the police might still have a couple!!

Just found these old photos of myself, taken around the mid-1950s. On the step of the house, Morris Terrace, Daybrook: I am at the topp and my younger brother is below:

GTO 10 is a very stylish machine. It was at the closing event for Central Fire Station. Apart from my fogrider bike, it was the only ex-city machine there out of several. UAU 999 shown recently was not available , as it's in Sunderland I presume the fuel costs would be behind that. I went through the log books once on miles and fuel issues, it was averaging 2 mpg. Probably does 5 or 6 on a run though ! GTO 10 looks the part, but those Merryweather ladders were horrible, flexing all over the place.Some actually collapsed, one fireman was killed, Merryweather issued a strengthe

Crikey Owd Prince Phillips rolls his car at 97 ..... hope that wasn't miles per hour?

What beautiful eyes you have Margie.I used to have my hair in rags too as my hair is even now as straight as pump water. When I was little my mum did everything she could to make it curly.

https://sfrheritagetrust.org/portfolio/gto-10-dennis-merryweather-2/ This website gives a basic history of GTO 10, a Dennis Merryweather turntable stationed at Shakespeare street in 1940 to 1955, when it went to Dunkirk until 1965 according to the text. There are some great thumbnail pics too. It's a fine looking machine and I was always overawed when, as a child, I saw it on the streets.

Mince Pie update. We decided to give the Supermarket that the pies were bought from a call today as we have heard nothing since October, at which time I received a letter asking me to call and confirm my permission, as in my quote above. I did so and that was it! The Manager of the Supermarket today apologised and said he would contact the Manufacturer. Within ten minutes we had a call from them. They said they had no record of any complaint from the shop and so they are going to contact them. In the meantime they are sending us an E Mail for us to attach the two ph

Here's one taken in 1951. Does anyone recognise the location? It must have been soemtwhere on the East coast because we only ever had day trips in those days. Location? East coast I think but where?

Sadly, for unfortunate reasons, you've discovered one of the benefits of belonging to Nottstalgia. My sympathies to all concerned.

We don't need Italians or the French to make us look fools, we doing a perfectly good job of it ourselves than you very much...

Thanks Dave, The pic of Pam and me is very nice so I'll put it up again here, though I must say that RadfordRed's pics, especially #538 are fab too and so are many of the others. Incidentally it's only just dawned on me that I wasn't wearing specs in this pic but I definitely got them when I was 5, so maybe later that year. I've often wondered about the chap who took this pic. He just approached us in the street. I recall him being a young man.. anything from maybe 18 ish to early 20s. So if he was 20 in June 1955 he'd be early 80s now and could well

From the posintgs in the 'Nostalgic age' thread it would appear that many of us have a "Nostalgic age" or frame of mind when we post nostalgia. Here are three photos of me depicting my lower (18yrs), middle (26yrs) and older (30yrs) nostalgic age. 1. Taken on the footpath Between Annesley and Moorgreen 1969 . 2. One for Ashley....Where's this exactly? 1977 3. At my late parent's house on Gladehilll Road. c1981/2

This appeared on FB today . St.Pancras under construction in 1868 . Guess they are some of the Mapperley bricks piled up ?

Some of you may have read in the Nottingham Punk thread how I stumbled across a pic while wasting time on the internet from the Sandpiper in 1977. After contacting the photographer he found 11 others which I bought. Think I've cracked this Postimage thing. We'll soon find out... https://postimg.cc/gallery/wuw5tv3k/

I used to live in one of those rows, Ian: 61 Byron Road, the second one from the colliery. I took the photo just before I left the area. Been down that shaft many, many times. Had a grizzly neighbour next door whom I called "Old Crab face". One day she knocked on the door and walked right in as usual in those places and shouted "It's only me, Old Crab Face!" I was stunned and she just laughed - "Walls are thin and when you happen to have a glass on the wall and an ear on the glass, they are even thinner!" She said. Served me right! We became good friends after that and remained so until her

Some people are priceless Fly.

Waddo, my ex burnt all mine after I went searching for greener grass !

I was passing in a Canoe with big Bev at the time Jill............

Not a chance! I'm a grizzled old man.

Oh, Compo! Weren't you cute!

Cutey!

On the subject of language. My French is limited to what I learned in school up to 1965. Vocabulary has no doubt suffered over the intervening years, but I can still make an effort when required. I find that thinking through what you are going to try to say, before speaking is a big help. Most people appreciate it if you smile and try to speak their language and will forgive errors. I was in the Cavern Pub a while ago . They sell tickets from there for the 'Magical Mystery Tour.' around the places of 'Beatle Interest' ( Strawberry Field, Penny Lane etc..) A couple who were clear

@Waddo I van share with a vaper & I can smell if he's been vaping, even the next day? Edit - And if I ever catch the dirty b*stard he'll be vaping out both ends.

My fridge has 12 holes for eggs? But we only buy boxes of 6, because very really eaten!

Missed Appointments Maybe all appointments missed, names can be kept aside and just have one day when a doctor will see them. Then if its not a genuine missed appointment the doctor can note it on his computer so staff can see who missed appointment. Its no good sending them to A&E as these are not A&E cases and hospital's just don't have resource's these people who miss appointments are just idle.

So that's £48M this year added to the £47 it lost last year and so on. Is the loss calculated before the £4.8M payback or after? They reckon on paying it all back by 2034, I think they are dreaming and it will finish up with a huge chunk of it being written off - guess who'll pay for that! Then again I'm quite happy about it.... I live in Derbyshire

Nottingham Fire Brigade gather at County Hall to help with the East Coast floods of February 1953.

If you pull on your belly button your bum falls to the floor, so its used to hold your bum in place.

Ahh you see, you don't get that with vaping. If you don't smoke or if you vape you can tell if a person smokes as soon as you get near them. The smell lingers on everything!.

Had a spending spree in Bulwell this morning........one shirt,,3 pairs socks. and 3 T shirts all for £25 Wife also extravagant £3 on socks,,, tut,, Also had the pleasure of 'Bumping'' into an old friend off Leybourne drive,,more a friend of my late Uncle John,,,he used to run Bestwood Old Boys football team in the 50s,,...........he also remembered Trogg and family who he said lived 2 or 3 doors away ?.........Barry Clark''' Trogg if you remember him? he had a bother Tony and sister Kathleen,,.

My sister lives in Spain. Recently, she broke her arm and shoulder. She can't speak Spanish and no one at the hospital spoke English. Result, confusion. In my opinion, if you want to live abroad, the least you can do is learn to speak the lingo.

And here's a photo to prove it. On the far left, you can also see the former livery stable which became a restaurant, and which is now student accommodation building

^^^ VERY, VERY SAD!!!!!!^^^ that such a place could have been destroyed like that. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ESSENCE OF VANDALISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by the occupants of the building in the background.

6.5 million bricks in its construction, and I bet many old railwaymen from Bulwell have some for posterity.

I like to ask at Tesco's fag counter how much JP Superkings are . Young wench will say £9+ how many packets would I like ? My answer is NONE thanks, just checking how much I'm saving !!

I think people are beginning to treat vapors the same as cigarette smokers because no one wants other peoples breath or exhales forced upon them which is what's happening,you walk down the road and suddenly go through a cloud of sickly smelling steam that someone else has had swirling around their lungs, I am an ex smoker, now for nearly ten years and believe me I have no will power what so ever so if I can stop anyone can Rog

Spot the family resemblance.

My Great Granddad George Chilvers b.1850. Head Maltster at Beeston Brewery Co. for many years. His son W.G.Chilvers was also a Maltster. George's earliest recorded working life was as a Stock-keeper on a farm in Norfolk age 11 W. G. Chilvers and family after emigrating to Australia the child (H.C.Chilvers) seated 2nd right is bottom right in NSW team with a certain Mr. D.G.Bradman.

Don't think it ever had an 'E', it's not the construction company .......

The only Wimpey that I know in existence in this area is the one in Broad Marsh. It's been there since the very beginning of the Centre and has survived, despite almost everything else around it closing down. And I've just noticed their spelling - they no longer have an E in the name.

Tode ya we was poor, this is me and my mate dressed up for a night out! Actually it was a tramps supper fancy dress party, me on the left, aged about 19.

How to look a complete prat at age 48½!

My Dad RCAF Tail Gunner on right near Wigsley or Ossington Nottinghamshire in WWII.