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Last week I went fishing with two pals. We had to walk over half a mile over rough ground with two of us carrying our fishing tackle in rucksacks and holdalls. The other pal had a fishing trolley to cart his stuff but it was to his disadvantage - the trolley kept grounding and tipping over. The day after I built my own 'off road' trolley using scraps that were in stock. An old kids bike and a broken light sack trolley. Works a treat with bigger wheels and better ground clearance. Handle is removable for ease of carrying in the boot. Cost nowt.

At least most of mine left me with a 'Story' to tell.............Schoolboy cricket on Bulwell common'''..........''falling down stairs in Bodega''.......''Coop Carlton road'' ''no anesthetic 2am Dentist on Mansfield road,,.....Coop Strelley''...........and my last 12 all in one go Derby hospital............

I dunno what I want to be when I grow up so I'll just muddle along for the time being...

Consider myself very lucky that i never had a boring job........enjoyed all my working life.......mixing with all sorts of people,,and travelling the length and breadth of mainland Britain,,,

When the Trent eventually became quite clear about 20 or so years ago some fishermen started complaining about how difficult the fish were to catch. The fish were able to see the tackle and got spooked. Quite daft really. There was a golden period of easy fishing between 40 and 35 year ago when the river became fairly healthy but retained a bit of colour. Last week an 18lb barbel was caught along with many fish exceeding 12lbs. So the river is returning to it's former quality. In the olden days the gentry would have their servants wade in, to shuffle the gravelly river bottom. This action rele

Just had a count up. Reckon I've got 23 left. The tooth I just had root canal in, in a second root.. 'cos the first one had already been done....this being the tooth that broke off at gum level a week or so back, doesn't hurt if I prod it etc. But the next one along, also crowned by the same bloke at the same time.. is very sensitive to a bit of a prod. I'm wondering if I've been talked into spending £350 on the wrong tooth. Some serious questions will be asked on Monday. And the pain at the moment is nothing much for a hard Bestwoodian like me, but the swelling is already building up..

Thanks to all who've wished me well on my birthday - nice of you to say xxx

The NEP have done one of their 'old photo' features, this time showing the Meadows (mainly Arkwright Street) at various times in its life. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/gallery/take-look-back-life-meadows-2624018 And the adverts don't get in the way too much.

In a similar vein to trogg I was driving up Ainsworth Road in Radcliffe with a car battery in the boot which I had failed to sell to a local scrapyard. The traffic was sparse and just as I got to a decent rate of knots this vision of loveliness appeared. It would have been rude not to have given this lady my full attention. As I looked up literally split seconds later I was confronted with a car boot just yards away. I slammed the brakes on and heard the disconcerting sound of the battery roll in the boot.God was kind to me that day and I managed to stop in time.I rushed home, threw the boot

I frequently drive past Carr Mill Dam near St Helens and I'm contiually amazed by the amount of kit Anglers have these days. As a young lad I went fishing with a cheap rod. A little tin of maggots and another tin with a few floats and hooks all in my ex army school bag. That was it. These days they all seem to have tents, loungers, half a dozen rods or poles,, (and maybe a perch if they catch one.. Boom Boom!!) Beds, loungers, seats, sleeping bags, lamps, catapults, etc., etc. Very few turn up on their bikes. They all turn up with a car and a boot full. Be Artics next...

I quite liked Walter Weddle, he was a bit distant, but I guess not intrusive. He encouraged me in theatre, before it was popular and in my drawing as well. For years after I left Red Hill he had a map of the county that I and someone else drew framed on the wall outside his office. I guess he was also instrumental in getting me into Digby Avenue College, by working with the county to allow me to stay on at school after the Christmas holidays when I should have left because my birthday came just into the new year. I think that someone actually wanting to go into further education from Red H

At 53 & half I always have to make sure I'm clean shaven when I visit me Mam, & when I shaved me head she offered me money to grow it

I bet the car didn't have a 'Brand New Key' !

The idea of swapping an NSU Prinz for a Melanie LP must be one of the most bizarre exchanges to have ever taken place.

Really?!! A really good friend of ours knew him well, they both lived in Nazareth in Pennsylvania as kids. The story goes that Mario used to take our friend Adam for a hair-raising spin around the neighbourhood. I believe him, he doesn’t tell porkies!

And all to kill, maim and generally torture a creature the does no harm or has any value to the angler...

Only a couple of lads wore uniform = black blazer and grey trousers. Mum bought me a blazer and sewed the Berridge badge on it - but it was to good to wear for school! When I was awarded the school colours she was very proud of me and sewed the 'Honoris Causa' {sp) badge under the school badge. Trouble was I had grown out of the blazer and had to stop wearing it - got embarrassing walking around with my arms stuck out like a scarcrow and sleeves ending at the elbows

This one ? the clock is still there, but slightly downgraded. (I posted this in another thread a couple of years ago)

Thanks Gem. I don't go overboard on birthdays (well, mine anyway) but it was a nice day..

You don’t think I got my perfect smile for nothing do you? Actually I’ve probably spent more hours in the dentist’s chair than you lot put together ...... but to me it was worth it, my Mum had to have all her teeth out when she was only 40 due to gum disease, I’ve still got 28 teggies but some have been crowned for years.

Question: If a water dragon breathes fire, doesn't he put himself out? Just wondering....

I agree with you in part Brew. Angling is a divisive subject and we have to make our own minds up about it, just as we do with religion, politics, business ethics, personal and family issues etc. I put a great deal of effort into protecting the aquatic environment that provides so much to terrestrial wildlife. I just hope that the naysayers do as much or more. I just wonder how far the human race has moved from nature sometimes? I prefer to be part of it and to embrace, understand and to protect nature. It may seem a bit primitive to some, but once the 'hunter, gatherer protector' instincts ha

Or was it Emerson Fittapaldi (sp) can't find the post card so can't be sure. Think it would be around 1974/75 ish Rog

Correct Lizzie, he has some sort of two seat racing car similar to formula one/Indie car that for a fee he will drive you round a race track at frightening speed, I have a signed post card of the Lotus JPS car somewhere when he came to the Horizon factory, at the time my SiL worked in the offices there and she got it for me Rog

Welcome to Nottstalgia Cynthia. I've moved your post into an already-existing thread about Arnold County High. Hopefully, it will help you get a few replies.

Hi. I went to the high school in years 1959 to 1964. Is there anyone out there that went to this school during those years? My name then was Cynthia Tuxford and I was one of the first 1st years to attend, based in Schweizer House. I would love to know if there is going to be any meet up to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the school's opening in September 1959. I was devastated to learn from posts that it had been demolished as I have very fond memories of my time there. thanks. Cynthia Evans (Mrs)

I have never subscribed to the belief that the British Worker is basically lazy as portrayed for example, in the film ,I`m All Right Jack. In my experience the willingness to work is particularly endemic in the female of the species.There are inevitably boring aspects to a lot of jobs on a production line but this boredom can be some what alleviated by job rotation. Being busy makes the time fly by and whilst I was never so naive to believe the girls would not snatch a break when they could, generally speaking they would quickly bring a breakdown to my attention. Thereby lay a problem, how d

Belated Birthday greetings MargieH, pleased you had a good day.

There you go PP, all that practice building trolleys when you were a mere kid paid off. Any chance of a picture miduck. Hey PP, If it is that good, you had better get it patented pronto.

It looks like AfferGorritt has been fiddling with his image hosting account, and the photos have disappeared. This is what the site looked like a few days ago.

Sorry Margie, I had a day off yesterday. Hope you had a nice birthday!

Interesting post PP, when I used to fish the Fairham brook in the 60's/70's I used to wade a little way upstream to where I had set up, rake up the gravel and silty bottom to create a muddy cloud in the water, go back to where I had set up, start fishing and start catching big Chub to threee and four pounds,once the muddy cloud had passed the fish catching would be slow again, great sport though Rog

I feel quite lucky with my teeth...................when I can find them! I am lucky really - just two front ones............................for central eating!

Col, you're probably brushing the wrong end!

I always seem to be late offering birthday wishes enjoy what is left of your day Margie.

I've followed Notts for 60 years and there have been many low points but this season is without doubt the worst. I just hope the new owners who Alan Hardy tells us will take over in about six weeks time can pick up the pieces and get us back into the league quickly because relegation to non league looks almost nailed on now. Lincoln, Mansfield and Luton have come back from non league better for the experience. I just hope Notts can do the same but they need to rethink their approach. Kevin Nolan and Sam Alladyce understood that hoof ball up to a centre forward built like a brick s**t

I was there from September 1958 to June 1962, then Digby Avenue College. Walter Weddle was the Headmaster and Miss love the Headmistress. Misters Pilgrim, Fowler, Pettit, and Misses Dabell, Hough, Ball? were there then as far as I can remember. I had to take evening classes to qualify for Digby Avenue, because Red Hill didn't do things like exams in those days. Mr. Fowler lived not far from us and used to give free extra lessons at home for boys who were good at technical drawing. He couldn't do enough for anyone who tried, but could be harsh with those he thought were slackers.

Good on you Lizzie. I never skimp on my dental care. Not as many left as you, but enough at 73 !

20 grand ? bleddy hell......i'd sooner have me ''Gnashers'' falling into my Pint every time i laughed..........

They’ve been sighted in theTrent near to me at Hazleford weir. I notice an application has been registered to build a mini turbine generator there. There already is one at Beeston weir. It does seem a shame to seen all that water energy go to waste. There’s scope for a few more between Cromwell and Colwick. Fish passes are part of the planning submissions of course. It’s great to stand beside the Trent now and actually see the river bed.

Never thought of that, perhaps he only lives near water possibly. You can just see some of my dragons on my mantle piece, have them all over the house. It’s the original dragons den!

Afraid the colours didn’t show up, the dragon is different shades of blue but didn’t want to take him (he is definitely male look at the pose) off the wall.

Hooray finally did it only taken half an hour This is my water dragon.

Sorry for your dental problems, Brew......shame it's your front teet as well. Hope it's not too physically painful for you (the financial pain will be bad enough!).

30 Mins DJ that's too long . I am in and out in under 10. Thats because I have the right to go before any other patient. I get embarrassed when I go in front but then they hear its day hospital and they tell me you must go before me. Hang my head when I go out because I get daggers thrown at me.I had an argument one day with a woman who insisted I should take a ticket and wait like everyone else. I told her I would rather do that than have what I've already been through. She kept quiet. Its an appointment system , Appointments first but day hospital patients can interrupt and then there

I'm amazed that thing still exists at all. Even in my days there it was held together with Araldite, string and elastic bands. Has it been re-jigged?