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I think maybe you should stop posting these blank pictures for the sanity & future of the site, it obviously something you are doing wrong your end,, pictures of dogs, cats, food, cakes, pasta & milk churns leave than on FaceBook where they belong

Hi I’m new to the forum but I attended Ellis Bilateral School (as it was called when i was there)from 57 to 62 I was in classes 1TU,2TU,3TU,4TL,5TL my mam said get out to work your not going in the 6th form so I left Anyway i was one of the Bulwell outsiders others being Kenny Haken and Kenneth Wilkinson .Some of the teachers made lasting impressions Fred Barks and his little brown book.Dan Appleton who was in his heyday an excellent amateur wrestler he was also involved behind the scenes with the Coop Arts Centre in Nottingham (he Used to take some of us down there helping with scene shifting

Meadow Lane gates were made in 1886; http://www.riverwyre.com/nottingham/album/index.htm?509_M http://www.riverwyre.com/nottingham/album/index.htm?510_M http://www.riverwyre.com/nottingham/album/index.htm?511_M Incinerator Rd gates made in the same year 1886; http://www.riverwyre.com/nottingham/album/index.htm?504_M Didn't realise they were Grade II Listed; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1247105

Thanks all for the information. As mentioned, there is so much conflicting material about as to which was the actual building - you’d have thought it was something so literally burnt into the city’s psyche it would be well known! Mega thanks to Clif Ton for the aerial shot - I have seen several, but this one is new to me, and really helped in sorting out the bakery location. Presumably the little vehicles dotted about are the ‘new electric delivery vans’ mentioned by Una? I can’t remember now if I asked this elsewhere, but does anyone know where the online eye witness a

Football was the High School's winter game. In 1914 the powers that be decided to switch codes; this was not universally popular with the boys and there was a tradition of organizing football teams despite official disapproval. The photo' (immediate post war) is one of these unofficial XIs, "Nottingham United". Unfortunately there is no indication of where it was taken, but it would be nice to know. I agree that it is probably a county(ish) location (Long Eaton did pop into my mind) but I cannot believe they would have travelled too far afield for their matches.

The concrete wall is shown here if you look from the other side of the Trent supporting the 6 apex building; https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.941817,-1.1326512,3a,30y,345.53h,87.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipNZHlQO6PJewSJoHDgQvD_n_OeyqGMTB-U8VQex!2e10!7i5376!8i2688?hl=en If you read the description in the article linked below, UNA descibes the building more recently known as Stephen Jenkins and the aftermath of the bomb. The staff canteen was on the Ground floor and had the large glass windows facing the Trent. The Offices were above. The ground floor would be

Think you're correct there DA re 9F's not fitting on Vics turntable. They didn't have the same problem at Annesley I don't think. I'm pretty certain I've seen them turned there. Glad you've bought The Back Liny. It'll keep you busy for days. There's also three other good books by Reed covering all areas of Nottm. Check them out on Book Law's website. Best of luck.

Well here we are. Fifty years to the day when The Beatles released their swan song(s) Abbey Road and still the BBC2 special discussed in this thread hasn't surfaced. I'm particularly disappointed because back in September 1969 I was having the time of my life. I was 19 and still living at home, doing well at college (Trent Poly) and at work (Boots QC Labs in D10 Beeston) Notts County were on the up again after years in the wilderness. The world was my oyster. Me and several chums used to descend on The Grosvenor on a Friday night after a hard week at work and college. Most Saturday m

Here we go!

Not really, I'm just a soft old sod.

Tomorrow Never Knows was Lennon's baby. He'd been reading Timothy Leary et al's book about psychedelic experiences which was based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead. He was getting into LSD around this time and apparently read the book whilst tripping and came up with the lyrics. For the music Lennon wanted to reproduce the sound of a hundred Tibetan monks chanting and in the end George Martin finished up using tape loops and a Leslie speaker. The result was a quantum leap from anything The Beatles had done before. Love it or loathe it, it was certainly the start of Lennon's avant garde conv

Here's another one - this time from my dad. Remember it katyjay? Keiler's jam, Keiler's jam, How we all love Keiler's jam, There's plum, pineapple and apricot, All put in a two-pound pot. When I'm asleep I dream that I am, Having the fits, having the shits, Through eating Keiler's jam.

Here is a poem written by my Granddaughter 12yrs old What's Happening To Our Planet An urban jungle, in which we live, Pollution swamps the skies, Foggy smoke, the chimneys give, And slowly our atmosphere dies.