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Hello, Trogg. I've just read your post and see that you're having an op to remove a kidney today. I wish you well and hope everything goes ok for you. When I was in my early twenties I had a pain in my lower back and had it checked out at the hospital. I was told that it was just a cold in my kidney and was I aware that I only had one kidney from birth. I didn't know but was told to just carry on with my life normally and to this day that is what I've done without any problems. I've mentioned this to reassure you that you'll be ok after your kidney op.

Origins of some old “sayings” - 1. In the 1400s a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule of thumb.' 2. Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only... Ladies Forbidden'... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. 3. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs -Alexander the Great, Diamonds - Julius Caesar 4. In Shakespeare's time, mattres

The Bald Eagle, the national bird of the USA, can reach diving speeds of between 75 - 99 mph.

An update on the photo from a few weeks ago.

I've cracked that, I'm taking travellers cheques...

Well done the England Ladies football team, through to the semi finals.

8.30 pm now just had a walk outside , its a bit cooler but not so much. Stood watching about 10-12 swifts swooping down to drink water, they miss and then circle round again for the next dip, theyre not the only ones I've just netted a cupful of wasps from the surface, only hope theyve got their nest a long way from us.

CT The ducklings have changed into cygnets, and mother duck into a swan. So Fairy Tales really do come true! sorry, I was looking at the photo you posted on 4 June, not the one in May

Yes Lizzie on most grounds it does as the actual playing surface is one of a number on what is called the wicket square and when they use the outer ones they result in much shorter boundaries. I was referring to the unusual shape of the ground itself that seems to result in a shorter boundary too. Most cricket grounds are oval in shape but when they built the stand in the left hand corner of this shot from You Tube it seems that the architect only had straight lines in his CAD system and no curves. Most unusual!

Trogg, Many good wishes from me, too. Sorry we had to miss the meet up today, everyone Because of the increased pain in Paul's leg and the extensive bruising from his failed procedure last Friday, we had to go to A&E today... only had 4 hours there so that wasn't too bad I suppose. The vascular doctor decided that, despite Paul's right foot being much whiter than the left one, and there being only a very weak, intermittent pulse, his leg wasn't in imminent danger so he just had to carry on till he gets another clinic appointment, where they will discuss the pros and cons o

If you look back at several earlier posts in this thread, there are photos which show the 1930s version of Whitemoor Lodge.

Bobbers mill crossing 1900s-1920s? from an earlier post, looking north. This Wheatsheaf pub was rebuilt facing Aspley Lane to the left and is now a fast food retail. The railway is still there as is the (rebuilt) footbridge. The crossing was closed to the road traffic and permanently fenced off when the main road bridge was built, 30s. Following the road round (about a quarter mile) behind and beyond the horse and cart is where the Whitemoor pub was built and adjacent to that was a big old overgrown house behind a high Bulwell-stone wall which we knew, in the 50s, as Whitemoor Lodge

Welcome CBH. I think you (and FLY) are probably correct in thinking Whitemoor Crossing is the same thing as Bobbers Mill Crossing. I think the bridge - replacing the crossing - was built slightly earlier than FLY suggested; actually some time in the 30s. So the name of Whitemoor Crossing would have gone out of use after that time. Another clue is on this map from the early 1900s which shows a place named Whitemoor Lodge (no longer there) right next to the crossing. Hence the name - perhaps.

The Manning site on Gregory Boulevard is now occupied by a gym/swimming pool on part of the admin block and upper quad footprint. Djanogly Academy was built over the tennis courts and hockey field. Pickleface would turn puce but she probably haunts the gym. If I'd been more successful with my javelin that day in 1972, she'd have started her spectral career much earlier!

CBH you seem very competent to me already finding your way round Nottstalgia! Welcome, by the way...

I'd got a few items that needed washing when on hols in Florida, not enough to use a washer so did a hand wash = everything came out nice & clean, gave them a good wring & put stuff on coat hangers & hung them outside on the walkway to dry - only they didn't: It was so humid they were still damp at the end of next day, ended up hanging them on the shower curtain rail & blowing the hairdryer & fan on them, they then gave in & dried. Bit of a faff but it worked...

ok just seeing if you was awake

Best wishes for a good result tomorrow Trogg.xx

Exactly on both counts !

Ay up, our Ben. Nice to see you back. As for young Trogg.... get it done and dusted and get back on NS pronto as you will be missed.

All the best trogg,,will be in my thoughts mate,,

Wishing Trogg all the best for his big operation tomorrow, get back on Nottstalgia as soon as you can and let us know all is well.

I couldn't work out exactly how many babies there are.

With that list, there's a fair chance that she's wearing something designed by my youngest.

I may have posted this photo before but I thought it was worth a second look. It is an Atlantic Grey Seal pup on the foreshore near Duncansby Head, Caithness. I took a scramble down a very steep cliff to reach the breeding colony but it was worth the effort. Nothing was disturbed during the taking of this photograph.

I remember Cyril Ave quiet well. As I recall at the location of the arrow behind the houses there were old cars dumped there.As a youngster I would sneek in and sit behind the wheel of the wrecks, I guess it would have been around 1952/4. My mother had a hairdressing salon just down from the Nags Head. I note an earlier surname of"Soar" in a school photo I wonder if she was any relation to a Robin Soar I knew,lived in Cyril Ave, his Dad was a coal miner. I spent many a Saturday fetching fish and chips for the drinkers in the Wheatsheaf beer garden.

Near the bottom end of Friar Lane, on the left hand side as you face the Market Square. The building is now a bar called "The Approach" (unless it's changed within the last few weeks)